Saturday, February 26, 2011

Ode to Abraham Lincoln


So, Rainier and his craziness strike again. Last week his class learned about Abe Lincoln, and our family was subjected to Abe Lincoln talk for an entire week. And by Abe Lincoln talk.......I mean Rainier style, Abe Lincoln talk.

I picked Rainier and Addie up from school on Friday and Rainier told me, "Mom, Abraham Lincoln is the #1 president". Addie couldn't keep her mouth shut on that one so she said, "Actually he was the number 16 president. George Washington was the #1 president". Rainier was NOT happy about this and informed us that Abe Lincoln was HIS #1 president and that he hated George Washington.

Sunday rolls around and the kids went to my parents for dinner. Rainier said the prayer asked that they would all grow healthy and strong like Abe Lincoln. No biggie, just kinda cute right?

Fast forward to Monday. Rainier is in HUGE trouble for trying to get out Gavin's BB gun. He has been banished to his room indefinitely with no toys. He comes into my room holding The Book of Mormon and says, "Mom. You need to read your scriptures. Jesus is NOT happy with you today..............and either is Abe Lincoln."

Oh my. This boy is something else. My life will never be dull with that kid around!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Valentines







HaPpY VaLeNtInEs DaY!!!




(Not my most favorite holiday but I am blessed to have 5 beautiful valentines this year. And oh did I mention that I didn't get to have even ONE stinkin sugar cookie? I didn't? Well I didn't get any.)

Thursday, February 10, 2011

This week





Oh Rainier.......that's about all I can say after talking to my friend who sat behind Rainier in church on Sunday. Apparently in Primary they were doing a lesson about following (the prophet, Heavenly Father? This I'm not clear on) and the lady doing sharing time held up a GPS unit. She asked if anyone knew what this was. Rainier yelled out "I do! My dad has one of those! It helps him to find dead bodies!" I was like, HUH? But when I relayed the story to Russ, he explained that Rainier was apparently thinking of Russ' avalanche beacon. Oh dear. What the people in the ward must think!

Pierce had his 4 month checkup (and shots) on Tuesday. He weighs a whopping 14 and a half pounds! Oh Pierce, you are such a little chunker! I can't believe how much he has grown. Gone is my teeny tiny little newborn. That has been replaced by a roly poly, giggly little boy!

As soon as I get some pictures off my phone I will post our adventures in cooking this week. Russ made homemade donuts and sauteed berries on ice cream. I made an icebox cake that failed BIG TIME due to the recipes suggested addition of chili powder. I thought it would be tasty, like the Lindt chocolate bar with chili that dear Jen Smith introduced me too, but alas it was nasty! Rainier snuck a bite when he was supposed to be in bed and I found him laying on the stairs yelling "SPICY!!!". Served him right. I remade the cake last night and omitted the chili powder. Much, much better. Pictures will come later!

I have patched and retextured the bare spots in my room. Now I just need to primer and paint them. The kids got their pictures taken on Monday night so I will pop those in frames, hang em up, and voila.......semi finished room!


Sunday, February 6, 2011

The blahs

So, what is the deal with all the preterm babies that have decided to be born at my work? It's time to keep cooking little ones, not be born!!! It has been very busy here in old L&D this past month. I'm hoping that it slows down a little bit because by the time my work week is over, I completely lose the motivation to do anything else for the rest of the week. Sad huh? I've got to find some motivation!!!

I have decided to start on some projects so that I am forced to get out of bed and DO SOMETHING other than sleep with darling baby Pierce! Project #1.......texturize and paint the patched sections on my walls. Project #2..........find out info about starting in on getting my Bachelor's degree. I also am going to work more on this blog. Get some pictures up, write more often. I've got to get out of this funk!