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Ellie and Addison
04.29.09

I suppose (someday I’ll miss)

I suppose someday I’ll miss they way Addison goes through an average of 15 different outfits each morning before she finally gets dressed.

I suppose someday I’ll miss cleaning up constant food messes just in time to prepare another snack/meal and start all over again.


I suppose someday I’ll miss all of the fingerprints on my stainless steel fridge and sliding glass doors.

I suppose someday I’ll miss the obsession my girls have with bodily functions. The laughing any time one of them mentions poop or pee or “little fluffs” as my girls like to call it. (Great name right? Ellie came up with that one when she was two and it has stuck :)

I suppose someday I’ll miss the way I have to say “please open the lemonade gate” every time before the girls will let me undo their car seats to get them out of the car. They can be so annoying adorable when they want to be.

I suppose someday I’ll miss all of the help with home decor.


I suppose someday I’ll miss hearing voices screaming “ME FIRST, IT’S MINE, and GIVE IT BACK!” from the upstairs.

I suppose someday I’ll miss burning the chicken I was cooking for dinner because of these screaming voices from the upstairs. (*disclaimer – I have to be honest here – while tonight the chicken burning really can be blamed on my girls fighting, it usually occurs because I’m a crappy cook and am way too impatient for chicken)

I suppose someday I’ll miss cruising through the princess isle EVERY TIME we’re in Target and I suppose someday I’ll miss the fight that always follows as I attempt to leave without purchasing a toy. (I’ll admit…I don’t often win this battle)

I suppose someday I’ll miss having my scrapbook supplies, shoes, and jewelry strung all over the house because they seem to be much more appealing than regular toys.

I suppose someday I’ll miss having to gather all of Ellie’s “friends” each night before she goes to bed – hunting all over the house for a certain Snow White or Jasmine or her favorite stuffed bunny “Haula“.


I suppose someday I’ll miss pretending that I can’t find Kenny and the girls when he walks in the door every night. Even though they are hiding in the same spot that they hid in the night before…and the night before that…and the night before that.

I suppose someday I’ll miss getting into bed at night and being greeted by a My Little Pony instead of by my pillow.

I suppose someday I’ll miss all of the “help” with vacuuming and sweeping and dusting and laundry. So much “help” that it takes me twice as long to get anything accomplished.

I suppose someday I’ll miss all of the craziness that goes along with raising young children because I am told by nearly every other woman in the supermarket who has been in my shoes that I will.

And you know what?

I suppose they’re right. Even though it can be hard to believe, I suppose someday – I’ll miss it all very much.
xoxo, Erin
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Ellie and Addison
04.27.09

Week Happenings

Just wanted to post a few pictures from last week. Some of the week happenings were:

{OUTSIDE TIME}

The girls enjoyed some particularly warm weather at the beginning of the week. We’re clearly ready for summer around here. We’re also clearly lovin‘ the new shades. And while we’re at it, we’re clearly needing a new sprinkler that shoots higher than one foot high on full blast.

(also a big thanks to Mr. Snail who kept my girls entertained for over an hour. I owe ya one big guy.)

{GYMNASTICS}

A few shots of Ellie at her gymnastics class. She’s doing great and I love that she has something that she is passionate about. Except for when that passion leads to gymnastics happening all over my house…and my furniture…and in front of her little sister…who copies everything…and is a bit less coordinated.

{FIELD TRIP}
On Wednesday morning I went with Ellie’s pre-school class on a field trip to the beach. They flew kites, played at the park, and had a picnic. It was great spending some one on one time with her and seeing her interact with all of her cute friends.

{READ-A-THON}

Then on Wednesday afternoon I partied with my ‘Activity Day’ girls. Twice a month I have a group of 8-9 year old girls from my church over to do fun activities. What better way to show the girls the positive influence literature can have in our lives than with a good old fashion read-a-thon? Plus I just wanted an excuse to put on my pajama’s at 4:00 in the afternoon. My girls worship these older girls and actually sat still and “read” the whole time with them. I love read-a-thon’s. I remember loving them as a student and I remember loving them as a teacher.

All of this remembering is making me suddenly feel very old.

{SEAWORLD}

SeaWorld Saturday morning. I know. We should just sleepover there. We have definitely made good use of our season passes. The girls love it and we always hit it early in the morning before the crowds. Feels like we have the whole park to ourselves for an hour or two. Plus this Saturday we got to meet Sesame Street Friends. :) Good times.

{PARK}

Other happenings this week were pretty routine…

-Ellie played lots of pretend

-Kenny negotiated a merger

-Addison set a new record for minutes spent in time-out

-As for me, I tried to focus on the fun times with my kids during the week. The times from the pictures above. And for the ‘not so fun time-out times’, I took lots of Ibuprofen.

xoxo, Erin
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Ellie and Addison
04.23.09

The Rule Is:

If the bed looks like this… it’s off limits. But if the bed looks like this…it suddenly becomes a…

– tent
– beauty shop
– swimming pool
– castle
– boat

– tree to support the vine that swings people into the mud (mud being the brown pillows)

– pet store
– skating rink
– warm place for “friends” to rest
– volcano full of hot lava
– picnic spot
– and of course – a trampoline
Lucky for them, the bed usually goes un-made.
xoxo, Erin
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Feeling Creative
04.21.09

Inspired by the weather

I’m loving this Springy time of year! I’m not usually a crafty kind of gal but this weather has inspired me to create! When I saw these fun button butterflies in Pottery Barn Kids I decided I could easily make something similar with scrapbook stuff I already had on hand. So on a sunny afternoon, I blew the dust off of my circle punches and ended up with this –

I just painted a wooden scrapbook frame green (you can buy them at Michael’s for $6.00). Very cheap. Very simple. Very quick. For now, my butterfly’s home is in Ellie’s room on this shelf –

I’m kind of into butterflies. I’ve had these butterflies (also Pottery Barn Kids) hanging in the playroom for awhile…

Whenever I walk by the girls’ playroom and see these butterflies hanging I remember the day I hung them. My mom was visiting and I was being a bit of a perfectionist and kept hanging and re-hanging until I felt I had them all three exactly how I wanted them. My mom gets so annoyed by my tendency to over analyze small details so when I asked her what she thought for the 20th time she answered, “I know what those butterflies are thinking. They’re thinking how do we fly out of this window and be free!” I always think of her and smile when I see my perfectly placed butterflies…and then I re-adjust them so they are facing the right way.

Some Springy flowers also in the playroom and a favorite picture of my sweet little Ellie smelling the flowers – 18 months old.

My windows are open right now and we are enjoying the nicest ocean breeze. Outside my petunias are blooming. :) Happy Spring!
xoxo, Erin
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Ellie and Addison
04.17.09

To my sister, Carly

Just wanted to thank you once again for the brilliant Christmas gift you gave the girls. We’ve so enjoyed listening to their melodic recorder tunes over and over and over again…ALL DAY LONG. In fact, to return the favor Kenny and I have something extra special planned for Claire’s birthday.

JUST. YOU. WAIT.

xoxo, Erin
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Family
04.14.09

Easter Weekend

My cute parents came to visit for Easter and we had such a fun weekend with them. Took them to our annual egg hunt at the park, went shopping (thanks for tending dad!), colored eggs, visited the flower fields (pics to come soon), watched movies, ate out, and drove scenic routes along the ocean. The girls enjoyed lots of attention and hugs.

{Egg Hunt}

{Surprises from The Bunny}

(decided to be rebels this year and get Easter pajamas instead of Easter dresses…comfort first)

{Decorating Eggs}

We have so much fun with my family that it’s always hard to say good-bye. This morning when my parents left, Ellie cried. Her sniffles made me sad, so we huddled together under a blanket on the couch and watched Miss Spider. I reminded her of the party that her group at preschool would be having today and that made her feel a little better. I drove her to school (lucked out getting a great parking spot), went to the gym and the grocery store with Addie (where I bought my favorite peppered turkey), came home and re-organized my kitchen pantry. And then I felt a little better. Thanks for spending Easter with us mom and dad. As Ellie said, “This was the best Easter we’ve ever had!”

xoxo, Erin
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Birthdays
04.10.09

Happy Birthday Darla!

Happy Birthday to Kenny’s cute mom! We all love you so much and hope you have a great birthday today. I asked the girls what they love about their grandma and this is what they told me:

Ellie:

-“She plays with me.”
-“She has princesses and bricks to make houses with.”
-“She gives me chicken fingers and Twinkies. That’s my favorite part!”
-“I love her cause she likes me.”

Addison:

– “I love grandma.”
– “I love to have cheese at her house.”

So as you can see Darla, you are very loved. :) Thanks for all you do for our family and for being such a fun grandma to the girls. We are so lucky to have you in our lives. We’ll be thinking of you today and hope you have a fabulous birthday!

p.s. Thanks for raising such an incredible son…and for giving him your killer calf muscles. :)

xoxo, Erin
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Ellie and Addison
04.08.09

A few facts

Fact 1 – Easter candy is the best candy and Cadbury Creme Eggs are the best of the Easter candy, making them the best of the best….of the best…of all candy.

Fact 2 – A girl can never wear too much jewelry.

Fact 3 – I’m typing this post right now in a desperate attempt to keep myself from eating a Cadbury Creme Egg.

Fact 4 – One Hershey’s Cadbury Creme Egg contains 170 calories, 6 fat grams & 28 carb grams.

Fact 5 – Daddy’s make the best pillows.

Fact 6 – I ate so many Cadbury Creme Eggs when I was pregnant with Addison that I was surprised she didn’t pop out as one.

Speaking of Addison…
Fact 7 – My little elephant is growing up.

Fact 8 – This isn’t working.

xoxo, Erin
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Ellie and Addison
04.06.09

Weekend Recap

We kicked off our weekend Friday night with the Gabba Gabba gang and special guest star Jack Black. Oh – our little family had been looking forward to this show for weeks! If you remember this post you know that my girls get pretty excited about Yo Gabba Gabba. Kenny and I get pretty excited about Jack Black. He was in rare form as always and his performance was hilarious. Seeing him in DJ Lance’s orange suit was the highlight of my week. It is an episode I’m sure we will all watch over and over and over…

Also this weekend:

  • more waffles
  • bought Ellie a booster seat (a nice one that matches the car…the hideous multi-colored seat that she picked out just didn’t come in her size. Darn!)
  • Conference
  • coloring pictures for the Easter bunny
  • lots of the channel 212 for Kenny (NFL network). He is having major football withdrawls. The 2009 season will be announced soon and meaning will be brought back into his life.
  • watched Marley and Me and Slum Dog Millionaire (loved them both!)
  • {Could add the next weekend highlight to this post} I woke up in the middle of the night (still half asleep) to use the bathroom and instead of walking into the bathroom door, walked smack into the wall next to it. It’s all good. The goose egg on my forehead goes great with my Spring wardrobe. All of those yellows really make it POP. :)
  • A few hours of Sea World (surprisingly slow if you hit it early in the morning). Addison’s favorite of the day – “all the fish.” Ellie’s – “the sharks, but I really just wish Sea World would get some mermaids.”

And my favorite pictures from the weekend: Addison stealing Ellie’s grapes…

and then doing her victory dance afterword. Oh..this child of mine.

Hope your weekend was a good one too. :)
xoxo, Erin
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Ramblings
03.31.09

Blogging

Last year during my favorite month (that would be March) I started this blog. Since March has come and gone again and I have now had this blog for one year I wanted to take a minute to reflect on all of the things that I LOVE about blogging…


Top Ten List:
1) Since my blog is our new family album I am always caught up with at least one scrapbook. (by the way… “slurping” your blog to make a blurb book is the coolest thing since Seven jeans).

2) My blog book includes a lot of the little day to day things. It gives a much better picture of what my family and our personalities are like than my other scrapbooks. It is full of the stuff I believe my 70 year old self is going to want to read and remember.

3) With just the click of a button I can feel close to my friends all over the map (those who are cool enough to blog that is ;) I’ve also made new friends and grown closer to old friends who left my life for a short spell. I love knowing what my friends are up to. I love seeing pictures of my friends and their families. I love getting to know my friends’ kids. I love peanut butter but that’s beside the point.

4) Blogging is something that I can do in front of the TV. I’ll admit it. Kenny and I love our TV. Each Fall we make a spreadsheet of all of our must see shows and set the DVR to make it all happen. I love sitting on my comfy couch at the end of the day with my laptop on my lap, my husband to the right of me, and something entertaining on the tube. Oh…and don’t forget the popcorn. It’s multi-tasking at its best.

5) My mom hasn’t given me nearly as much grief about moving back to Utah now that she can always see what my girls are up to. (Seriously, we’ve gone from her asking a few times every day, to only asking once every few days…major improvement!) Love you mom.

6) It is now perfectly acceptable to spy on other people. I prefer to use the word ‘spy’ instead of ‘stalk’. I’ve never liked the word stalk. I do, however, like the words calamity, optionality, and frigid.

7) Because of blogging I’ve become much more computer savvy. Now I only bother Kenny with computer questions every 20 minutes each night instead of every 5. Like my mom…major improvement! Life is all about improvement, isn’t it?

 8) Blogging hands down beats doing laundry, vacuuming, cooking, or dishes. Plus research shows that writing about personal experiences improves memory and sleep and boosts immune cell activity. (whatever that means…it’s straight from Wikipedia and I plan to recite it every time Kenny catches me blogging instead of doing the above daily chores)

9) Blogging is such a great way to be inspired! You can learn new recipes to try (or in my case to just write down), new activities to do with your family, new ways to decorate or organize your house, new crafts for the kids. After reading blogs you often feel completely crappy about your life and everything you’re NOT doing inspired to try new things.

 10) Comments. Comments comments comments. I have to be honest and throw this one out there. What blogger doesn’t love comments? Who doesn’t love constant, daily, positive feedback. Someone always telling you how great you are, how cute your kids are, how amazing everything about your life is. You cleaned the house today….WONDERFUL! Your kids are making cookies…..DARLING! You and your husband went on a fun date…..PERFECT COUPLE! It can be incredibly addicting. For my photography class I had to upload pictures each week (our assignment) to have them reviewed by my teacher. After my first assignment, he too left me a comment. It was basically a really nice way of saying that my pictures looked awful. Something about “determination and never giving up….just the way they should look for your first class”…blah blah blah. I panicked. I didn’t know how to act! What!? I’m used to only receiving over the top nice comments. All of my pictures are wonderful! Just ask my blogging friends! I told Kenny I didn’t like my photography class or my teacher. I was going back to blogging….because in the blogging world….you are perfect. Just read the comments.
So thanks. Thanks to the person who invented blogging. Thanks to everyone who cares about me and my family and takes the time to read this silly blog. Thanks to those of you who drop a comment once in awhile – they really do make my day. And thanks to Bobbi Brown for creating a foundation that is a sunscreen and a moisturizer all in one. But that’s beside the point.
xoxo, Erin
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