Meleah the Model

I have SO many things to blog about, but I haven't done it because-
1. Randall got a new job (Yay!) so I've had tons of doctor and dentist appointments to set up/go to before our insurance changes.
2. I had my gallbladder removed - which is much less exciting than having a baby removed...just so ya know.
3.  We've been busy with all kinds of fun family activities like Seven Peaks, movies, Birthday Parties, backyard campouts, and Lagoon.
And the most annoying reason -
4.  Cameron broke the space bar on my laptop, which makes typing ANYTHING pretty frustrating.

Well, my replacement spacebar won't be here for another week, and this whole "recovering from surgery" thing is boring me out of my mind, so I'm going to blog.  The first post on the list:

ELLY JELLY IS 4!
My little Meleah turned 4 in May.  As usual my life was crazy at that time with it being the end of the school year and all, but we managed to throw together a couple of family parties and a quick trip to Chuckie Cheese with some friends.  We combined Dalton and Meleah's parties again so Laura and I put our heads together to come up with a gender neutral treasure map cake complete with Lego pirates AND mermaids.  We had tons of fun at all of the parties and Meleah scored some Moon Dough, a baby highchair, a dress, My Little Ponies, dress-ups, hair bows, a stuffed kitty...

Meleah loves to express herself through her wardrobe, and since it's summer I've been letting her choose her own ensemble most of the time.  These are some of my favorites -

Love the model pose on this one -

No one can tell this girl she doesn't match -

What's more adorable than the sideways head tilt?

As you can see she likes A LOT of layers, skirts or dresses with leggings, and socks pulled all the way up.  She loves jewelry, "hair pretties," lip gloss, anything with "sparkles," playing house, and taking care of her baby sister. She's also shown some creativity in home decor. It's amazing what a princess sticker will do to jazz up some boring old sconces.

Peeling paint is much more fun than napping. (Use primer people!)

So much for my  "kid-friendly" design ideas.  I avoided lamps and knick-knacks within the kid's reach so that I wouldn't have to worry about them destroying anything.  Ha!  Lydia's side still looks perfect, btw.

Funny Phrases:
"When I grow up I'm ALWAYS going to wear high. heels."

"My boogers keep falling out of my nose!"

"Did you find the freakin' wet wipes?"

Favorites:
Color - pink and purple
Food - a plum and oranges and apples and tomatoes
Toy - barbies, baby dolls, and Littlest Petshops
Movie - Tangled
TV Show - Dora when she's a ballerina
Book - Enchanted book
Song - Every single song
Thing to do - eating...actually playing with friends

We love our Meleah Susannie SO much! She is so much fun, and the BIGGEST helper.  Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Gallbladder Surgery

Mom:  Be quiet please. I'm on the phone with the doctor.
Carter:  Why do you need to talk to the doctor?
Mom:  Because I might need to have surgery.
Carter (matter-of-factly):  Well, I guess I need to look for a stepmom then.
Mom:  Why?
Carter:  In case you might die in the surgery.
Nice.

I'm not fat, I'm just big boned!

A little while after one of my children made some rude and embarrassing comments to someone...
Mom:  We don't ever call anyone big, fat, or say that they have a big tummy.
Lydia:  Why can't we call someone big or fat?
Mom:  It's not nice, and it can hurt people's feelings.
Carter:  We can only call people chubby.
Mom:  No, not chubby either.
Carter:  But you call babies chubby.
Mom:  You can call babies chubby, but not adults.
Carter:  Yeah, Mom's tired of everyone saying that she's fat.  That's why she's losing weight.
(Alright...who's been calling me FAT?!)
Lydia:  When I'm grown up I won't feel sad if someone calls me big or fat. 
Somehow I doubt that.

Pinewood Derby!

So, Randall and I are not scouts experts (to say the least).  Therefore, it was with a bit of trepidation that we approached our first pinewood derby.  However, it turned out to be tons of fun.

Carter chose a star wars theme (shocking, I know), and decorated his derby car ship with crossed light sabers all over.  We learned during our mighty muggs easter craft that metallic sharpies are awe-some, so that's what he used. 

 Carter won 4th place with his derby ship.  He was thrilled! 

Lydia's New Look

Lydia's been really excited to show everyone her "new look," so for those of you that aren't close enough to see her in person, here she is...

Even more than STAR WARS?!

Happy Mothers Day Mom!!!  I mis you when you leave.  I love you eny time of the day.  I hate it when you cry.  I love you more than Star Wars.  And you ar the one. 

This is a drawing of a flower he made for me using a dum dum sucker and some tissue paper.

I just had to share this to show how sweet my little Carter is.  He still hates kisses and saying "I love you," but he gives me hugs and says "I'll miss you" every single day.  Well Carter, I know you don't like to say that you love me, but as the great Han Solo once said..."I know."

Ew

This is what happens when you try to soften butter on the counter at my house.

I do occasionally feed my children...I swear!