I do it

If you have a toddler then you know these three dreaded words, "I do it."  Not said politely, but screeched at me.  Now, I am all about my children having independence, especially while I take care of the infant, however, "I do it" doesn't really mean, she will do it.  I just wanna tell Emily, then do it, do it right, don't change your mind a million times, and clean up when you are done!  But, she's 2 and this is not a reality.
She wants to dress herself (and then un-dress herself 3 minutes later, in a secret hiding place, usually behind the chair in the livingroom) and then come out yelling, "naked baby!"  in a superhero kind of way.  You must be thinking, How Cute!, it is, most of the time.  Until I try to dress her again and she screeches, "NO!  I do it!"
You get it, right?

On another note, we went to the airport yesterday to pick up a friend.  She has a toddler also.  He and Emily are bestest friends.  They have been gone for 15 whole days.  That's a long time and Emi has been asking about him.  So we say to her, "Do you want to wear something pretty to see Timo at the airport?" and she says, "Yes!  Timo's Mickey Mouse jammas!"  She had borrowed these pajamas a while ago and we never returned them yet.  It was very hot yesterday and these pajamas are flannel.  But I choose to pick my battles.  Cute, right.  We told her it was too hot so she put on her sun hat.  It's too small.  Then we left for the airport.  At least she's modest :)

July 4th, 2012

Anybody reading this has heard of Pinterest. I know you have.  I L O V E Pinterest. I will spend hours looking at Pins.  So we tried a lot of new things that we found there today. And needless to say, today was a day of firsts.

Alex's first 4th of July (actually, this had nothing to do with Pinterest :) 

Our first 4th of July ALL BY OURSELVES! (and neither did this one)

First time making fruit skewers

Just a cute kid

First time making red, white and blue yummy drinks

I even made one for Emily.  And yes, it was all over the kitchen floor.  But she had fun drinking her "soda".

I also made this Jello mold flag that we make every year.  It's not finished yet so I didn't get a photo, but it will look like this one.

We also made some fun decorations that I forgot to photograph.   And we are having lots of fun over here.  We were checking out some firework displays on YouTube to get Emi excited for the fireworks.  We watch the fireworks in the field right behind the school they are shot from so it gets very, very loud.  Emily was a little scared last year.  And that's it.  Happy 4th of July!!

New-s

 So we welcomed Alexander Maverick into our family on March 12, 2012.  The girls absolutely adore him and I have to say he is a very good baby.  Emily has kind of regressed to playing baby with the girls and ga ga and gooing and having to have her sucky any time Alex has his..which is often.  He's a sucker :)

I have also finally gotten back on track with some homeschooling.  At least math and spelling every day.  Harley and Chloe are thriving on the routine also.  It's a blessing because I was so scared of the fighting and arguing I used to put up with and I was not looking forward to it again but it was all in my head.  They got right back into schooling and I don't want to say it's been easy, but it has and I am doing and not just trying to do.

The girls also auditioned for a play through our homeschool group and got a part.  They are excited about it.  It's for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  We need to watch the movie or read the book so we can get a better gist of what it's about exactly.

Alex will be 7 weeks old on Monday.  He smiles at us all if we give him enough attention.  Which is not hard.  Everyone is always in his face. :)

LOL!

So I guess my new blogging technique didn't work to well. Story of my life.

I've been keeping busy with my friend Lisa working on de-cluttering this house we call a home to make room for the newest addition. A Boy... What am I going to do with a little boy? We still haven't found a name for him and he will be here in approximately 6 weeks. 6 weeks!! I am panic nesting. My dryer broke down and I want (need) to start washing tiny itty-bitty baby boy clothes. I don't want to hang them on the line outside because my nesting mode says: 1. they will get dirty out there, and 2. they won't be soft and cuddly, they will be hard and crusty. And I just don't want to wash them at the laundromat because who knows whats in those washer and dryers. I do realize how dumb this sounds but my protective mommy mode won't let me get past it.

Emily is growing huge and speaks so well that I'm afraid she is going to start correcting my horribly bad english. We borrow the series "My baby can Read" from the library and she is learning millions of words. Well, maybe not millions, but lots and lots. And of course, some I can't understand which frustrates us both.

Harley and Chloe got a modeling contract. We haven't signed it yet. We are still praying about it considering I am about to have another baby and most auditions are in L.A. We have to buy a reliable car that can fit us all. They are very excited. Besides that, they are in a drama class that will be putting on a play on the Thursday before Easter. They are excited about it and so are we. We are falling behind in our schoolwork, mostly because I just don't have the energy to argue the why's everyday. And Emily is a handful who wants constant attention. I've been trying to play with her so the girls have quiet time but then they sit and argue with each other over stuff that makes no sense to me. Must be their age.

Shawn is so excited for another baby. He's plum crazy. He just took the big girls on a field trip to Rueben H. Fleet Science Center and had so much fun that he is really looking forward to his "vacation" time when the baby comes. He wants to take them on more field trips and some fishing trips. Sounds good to me :) I told him not to forget Emily :)

So that's everything up to now. Thanks for listening!