Bedtime Shenanagins

Last night the 3 girls went to bed. After a manner of speaking, I mean. Callie and Marian giggled and faught and whispered and wandered around the hall for a while. Eventually, it was mostly quiet. Marian was quietly in her bed, and Callie finally settled down to sleep in the hall. I went up to check on her and I heard distinctive rustlings behind Delaney's closed door. Curious, and knowing she was out of bed, I opened the door.

Sure enough, Delaney was out of her crib. (She learned to do that on her Utah trip.) Even more interesting than that, is the fact that her pjs were on the floor, and she had dressed herself in a short sleeve shirt and purple pants. Amazingly, she had put them on correctly, in the dark! My silly, silly girl!

She was most upset when I tried to put her jammies back on. Apparently, she no longer wants footie pajammas. So I had to find a 2 piece set for her to wear. And then I tucked her in and I think she went to sleep!

The Beautiful Red Dresses!

While in Utah, Dan's mom got matching dresses for all the girls. She also got the same dressed for my Sister in Law's 3 girls, so all 6 kids have matching dresses. I think that is so cute! And the dresses are beautiful. The girls loved them. Of course they had to wear them today! Once they had them on, I had to take lots of pictures. And then I tried to get a group shot of my incredibly uncooperative children.

My 3 lovely princesses. You can't tell, but I did all their hairs in 2 ponytails with red ties. They all matched!

Marian is trying to make a silly face. Callie was looking so cute, I wanted a picture of it and Marian wanted to sneak in on it.

Callie was having a good morning and was very cheerful and she really really wanted her picture taken.... 100 times!

This is Marian, shoving Callie out of her picture.


Delaney loves this dress. She wanted to put it on every day since she came home. She also was thrilled to have pictures taken. Both these girls were so funny. Callie would call out "Take my picture!" And Delaney would just grin and say "Cheese!"

Yes, I wanted to try a nice group shot on the stairs. Although this is the silly shot, it is also the nicest shot!

We moved to the couch to see if they would cooperate better. Joshua gave this horrid grin and tried to make a hiddeous face, but I was too fast. Marian had her arms in front of her face, which prompted Delaney to do it for the next 5 pictures. Only Callie looks great in every picture!

I think this was the winning shot. It was the one where everyone looked mostly good and no one looked awful. Gotta love kids and pictures!

After the good shot they got to make a silly shot again. Then they got the chocolate I bribed them with so I could take 500 pictures. Then we went to church.

Dan's Trip

Dan had a very good trip with the girls. He flew in and out of Salt Lake and drove down to visit his folks in Cedar City. Callie told me every time I called, that she was having "the best" time. And since she is smiling that huge smile in many a picture, I must assume it is true! They arrived home very late Tuesday night. Fortunately, all the Inauguration insanity was about over and the drive to the airport (at 10pm) was great. I met them at the gate and Callie was thrilled, but Delaney wasn't sure she knew me for a bit. They had plenty of time to run around while waiting for the baggage though. So, their trip was wonderful, their flights out and back were wonderful, and while we didn't get home till 11:30pm, all was well.

Here are some of the shots Dan took while he was away. Darn Blogger keeps putting them in our of order and I'm not in the mood to put them where they belong, so, in no particular order.....

The girls loved eating out with Daddy. They seemed to like everything about the trip with Daddy!

Ah, here they are on the airplane, on the way out. I had packed them little backpacks of fun stuff to do, and I guess they had a good time.

My brother in law and his family went to Utah to visit while Dan was there and here are their 3 girls, plus my 2. Grandma got them all matching dresses! Isn't she wonderful?! And aren't they cute?!

Here is Delaney with her gandma. She's being a helper! I'm not sure about that face though.

Nice faces! Dan took the girls to Salt Lake City.

Or, more specifically, he took them to Temple Square.

There was snow to play in and Callie was thrilled to meet a new cousin and to play in the snow. No, I didn't send them with any proper snow equipment! Dan only wanted to take one suitcase and keeping it under 50lbs was tough! So, no appropriate snow stuff.

Yay! This is them at the airport Tuesday night! I was so happy to see them, I got a little teary, which made Dan very amused. I missed my babies. Oh, and I missed Dan too! Now life is back to normal- messy and noisy and crazy! Just the way I like it.

Life with 2 children

I have been having a very good time with just Joshua and Marian. It is a little tough to feel the pressure of having to squeeze every drop of enjoyment out of this time, and there are so many things I haven't done still. I think the kids have been enjoying themselves. I think I mentioned I bought a cheap kiddie camera.... well, it takes cheap, kiddie shots. However, being the photo addict that I am, I have used it to provide you with cheap, kiddie quality pictures so you can see what we've been up to this week.

I didn't take this picture! I volunteered at Marian's school for art time in her class, and another mom came around and took pictures of everyone. This is Marian's dinosaur, made of clay.

(And as an update, that boy who told me Marian kicks and pushes.... well he also told me she bites and that she kicked him- from 5 feet away. Um, she does not bite, and I know she did not kick him, so now I think he was lying about all of it. Especially since her teacher says Marian does not kick, or push and she only sometimes says bathroom words, just like all the other kids. I felt better.)

Since we have a dishwasher now, I am happier to make the kids cocoa. Marian and Joshua both had cocoa with marshmallows, because we could!


Since it was just the 2 of them, I let them play with Play Doh. I know! I did! They had a great time and we went from 4 different colors down to 2- funky blueish and almost poo brown.

It was 11 degrees outside on Saturday. It was stinking cold. I let Marian wear whatever pants she wants when we're not going anywhere, and this was what she chose. Then she saw a cat outside and off she went. I made her come in and put on boots and a jacket, but those knobby knees were still bare.

This is Joshua's downstairs room. It is a Lego haven right now. Joshua had a slumber party with his friend Giovanni, and I think they put every lego on the floor and bed here.

Marian, after church. You may notice that for once, her ruby red sparkly shoes actually match her dress! Joshua has enjoyed leaving his legos all over the house without having to worry about them being destroyed by Callie and Delaney. He has even let Marian play with them. It has been a very quiet week here. A little lonely as well.

Hee hee hee for the Day

Yesterday I had a flat tire on the interstate. So I eased my car over to the shoulder of the road, carefully, got out of the car and opened the trunk. I took out 2 cardboard men, unfolded them and stood them at the rear of my car facing oncoming traffic. They look so life-like, you wouldn't believe it! They are in trench coats exposing their nude bodies and private parts to the approaching drivers.

To my surprise, cars started slowing down looking at my life-like men. And of course, traffic started backing up. Everybody tooted their horns and waved like crazy. It wasn't long before a state trooper pulled up behind me. He got out of his car and started walking toward me. I could tell he was not a happy camper!

"What's going on here?" the State Trooper asks.
"My car has a flat tire," I said calmly.
"Well, what are those obscene cardboard men doing here by the road?" he asked.

I couldn't believe that he didn't know. So I told him,
"Oh Hellooooo! Those are my emergency flashers!!"

(If you didn't realize by now, this did not happen to me; its a joke and I thought it was vastly amusing!)