Little People Merry-go-round

This morning I went upstairs to check on the kids in the playroom (It was a little to quiet...I had to make sure they weren't up to something) and Gabby had found a new way to use her See and Say toy. It took me a couple times taking video of it so by the time I got this video she wasn't doing it as much. But you still get the idea of what the Little People were doing on the see n say. It was hilarious walking into the room with this creativity.

A Play day and the Easter Bunny

Today I met Wendy at the mall because I didn't have any Easter shopping done, and Gabby's birthday is also next Tuesday. When we first got to the mall we let the kids play in the play area to get out all their extra wiggles so they would be better while we were shopping. They had so much fun running, jumping, climbing, and playing. Roman was majorly in love with the dinosaur. He kept crawling to it and kissing it. It was fun watching the kids play.

After we left the play area we were hungry so we set out to find the food court. We ended up finding the Easter Bunny instead. The kids wanted to sit on the bunny's lap so we pulled out the camera and figured it was a great photo op. Even Roman was really good about sitting on the bunny's lap.

After visiting the bunny we did make it the food court which had a huge carousel in it. The girls immediately wanted to ride it. We managed to get them to eat a pretty decent amount of lunch and then they hopped on the carousel. They found the hourses they wanted (or rather the horse that Kaylee wanted), and rode around and around in circles. They all LOVED it including Roman.




After the fun stuff at the mall I did manage to get my Easter shopping done. We headed home (Stopped and visited Paul at his office) and then Kaylee had found a quarter in our car. Since we have to pass McDonald's to get home she figured that the quarter MUST be for a kiddie cone...so, I stopped and got the girls kiddie cones. When we got home they ate their kiddie cones and played outside for another hour and a half...Hopefully this means they will be sleeping REALLY well tonight.

Easter Pictures

This is my favorite picture that we got. I think she looks so cute with the curls in her hair

We attempted to get all the kids together for an Easter picture. The photographer said she got some really good ones of the kids...I don't know that I would call them really good ones but they do show the kids personalities. (Have I mentioned I did NOT like the photographer?)

Here are some pictures of my adorable nephew Roman. I think he looks so sweet and innocent.

We got our pictures back today that we got of the kids in their Easter clothes. I think they turned out pretty good considering how incredibly aweful our photographer was (yes, that is putting it very nicely...she was AWEFUL). However, the kids were all cute so the pictures turned out good. I bought my kids some incredibly cute (and way to expensive) dresses hoping for some cute pictures of my incredibly cute girls in their incredibly cute dresses...It almost worked, we just shouldn't have gone to Target expecting much. Okay, I think I'm done venting about the horrible photographer.

Easily Ammused!

I am always amazed at easily ammused kids can be. You can get them an amazing toy and they are more interested in the box...etc. Yesterday the girls were bored after church. They played in the play room for a while and then played the computer for a little bit. Paul and I have an agreement that I make dinner on weekdays and he does on the weekend. So, Paul went to make dinner and offered for the girls to help him make dough for rolls but at that point they were busy on the computer. Then he offered again when the dough had risen and it was time to make the rolls. They were bored of the computer by then so they both agreed to help. After they were done putting rolls on the pan Paul gave each of them some dough to form however they wanted...you would think they got the COOLEST new toy ever. They played with, rolled flat, tossed, and formed the dough for at least an hour and a half, and they were completely ammused the whole time. The only reason they stopped was because we had to eat dinner. It's funny the things kids find ammusing.

Lately I have been trying to do pilates everyday and Kaylee loves pilates. This morning I was talking to my mom about needing to go do pilates before I lost my motivation and Kaylee heard me from the other room and piped in: "I want to do pilates too!" She was still in her pajamas and needed to get her "Workout cothes" on before she could excersize. Her favorite pilates video is when she gets to do leg lifts and scissor kicks and stuff like that. I didn't mind because that is actually the easiest of the pilates videos I have. So, she got her workout clothes and we started doing pilates. She was even courteous enough to do some pilates for the camera. When I was almost done with my pilates she said "Whew! I thirsty...Mom, are you thirsty too? I'll get you a drink." It was so nice to have a cup of water waiting for me when I was done.

What happens when Wendy visits?

Today Wendy came over to scrapbook and save my sanity. I had to take Kaylee to school and Gabby wanted to stay home with Wendy and Roman. Roman was supposed to be sleeping but he only took about a 45 minute nap. When he woke up instead of getting Roman out of the Pack n' play Gabby got in with him to play. Wendy called to find out where a camera was and they were still in there when I got home. We didn't egt much scrapbooking done but it was really nice to have some company and some sanity...and at least the play room got cleaned up and stayed mostly clean today.

When I went to pick Kaylee up from school Gabby did not want me to leave her behind...and she was in desperate need of a nap. She was asleep before we were half-way to Kaylee's school. On our way home we got stuck in horrible traffic because of an accident on I-15 and as a firetruck went past us with it's siren blaring Gabby woke up. Since traffice was completely stopped I opted to take Provo Center street and avoid I-15. I think we made it home faster that way, or at least I would like to think we did. It usually takes me about 15-20 minutes to get home from Kaylee's school but today it took about 45!!!

My life would be pretty boring without my kids!

My life would be pretty boring without entertainment like this. I got out my camera to take some pictures and Gabby said "I want my picture too!" When I went to take the picture this is the pose that she struck...not once, but twice! It was so funny.

What a day!!! Pictures & Grandma's 80th Birthday

Today we took the girls to Target to get their pictures taken in their Easter Dresses along with Roman, Savannah, and Jaren. I think we may have been insane trying to get them all together in a picture but we got some cute and funny pictures. I really didn't like the photographer...she seemed more interested in getting us in and out more than anything. At least the kids cooperated and we got some cute pictures...I would credit that more to the cute kids than the photographer though. Anyway, we went to Wendy's house and she did the girl's hair before pictures. First, here are some cute pics of Gabby with Curlers in her hair.

These next pictures are after we got back from getting pictures taken with the kids in their Easter outfits still. Kaylee's hair was still kind of wet when we took the curlers out of her hair for pictures so her curls had completely fallen by the time we got back. Gabby's hair stayed curly pretty well until the rain and snow got to it later. I think it's funny that Roman is just interested in watching what Gabby is doing.

Tonight was my grandma's 80th birthday party and Kaylee was so excited to jump up and say surprise when my grandma walked in but by the time it was time to say surprise she decided to pretend to be shy. My sister took a few pictures there so here are a few of the pictures she got.