Eating Toes

Makenzie loves to eat her toes. Especially during diaper changes. She grabs her legs and sticks her toes in her mouth. This time she started sucking on her toes. It was so cute!


 

 

Exhausted

Almost 2 weeks ago, Lilian graduated from Head Start. So for almost 2 weeks I have had three very needy kids at home all day long... About a week into summer break I almost lost it. Makenzie had a temperature of 102.8, so she was extremely miserable, day and night. Lilian LOVES to do arts and crafts and create. Which is great, however, when she is done, my house looks all upside down. She is great at cleaning up when threatened , but awful at picking up her messes as she makes them. So on top of everyday chores; such as: laundry, dishwasher, meals, etc.. there is constantly paper clipping on the ground, crayons and markers everywhere, toy cars spread out, dress ups out, you name it, it needs to be put away. Connor is great at entertaining himself. He is also very smart and funny. But he is also great at whining, peeing all over the bathroom floor, and waking up at 5am. So put my three wonderful children together and you get a very EXHAUSTED mommy! I was so done one night. Jaron was at scouts, and was gone helping a friend move the night before. I felt like an awful mommy. For the first time after having Makenzie, I felt depressed. I wanted to get out of this funk, but for the moment, I just needed to go to sleep and be left alone. The day that followed was better. I spoke with a great friend who I confide in and who is an excellent listener. My visiting teacher also came over and shared some wonderful advice with me. I told her that Heavenly Father knew I needed her to watch over me. She is so good at listening and has great advice. When she left my home, I felt renewed and ready to face being a mommy again. I knew the day to day trials would not change, but my attitude had changed. Instead of "hammering granite to make money, I was building the house of the Lord"(analogy from a YW lesson I taught). I tried hard to not stress about having a perfect home, but enjoy spending time with my children. They really will not remember our clean house, but they will remember how they were treated. I know I will have hard days. But hopefully I wont have two hard days. I need to find the balance of spending time with the kids, but also time for myself, with my husband, with my Heavenly Father and for my Home. I am learning that it is OK to say  no to my kids when they bug for me to do something when it is not the right time.  So here I am, Exhausted, but in good spirits and loving the time I have with my family.

Lilian Graduates from Head Start

Lilian graduated from Head Start this week. Lilian attended Head Start this past year every Tuesday thru Friday from 12-4. She got on the bus at 11:15 daily and got off the bus at 4:20 daily. Some days were very long and tiring for her. But most days she just LOVED it! She grew so much this past year. Lilian knows her letters and their sounds, she can count and write her first and last name. Lilian loves learning and creating. She loves to work on projects using her imagination. Her favorite thing to do is make books. I am so proud of Lilian. She is sad to leave Teacher Carly, who she just adored. We are hoping that she gets a wonderful teacher for Kindergarten.


 

Proud Brother who went every day to put Lilian on the bus. Rain or shine, we were out there!

Teacher Carly giving Lilian her certificate at her End of the Year Celebration.

 

Happy Mother's Day to ME!!!

Daddy asked Connor if they should get Mommy some flowers for Mother's Day. Connor said, "umm.. ya probably roses!!" Daddy said lets just get some flowers. Connor insisted that mommy would like these roses. I feel so special! What a sweet little boy!

Daddy and Son Campout!

This weekend Jaron and Connor went on the Father son campout that our ward goes on every year. They had a blast!! They had beautiful weather!

 

They launched bottle rockets!!!

Connor is such a boy!! I am sure Daddy took this picture just for me :)

They went on a hike over a mile long, Connor did the whole thing by himself. He would not let Daddy help!

 

They even found a little frog. How cute!

 

They cant wait to go next year!! I told them to take Lilian next time, sometime this year. Makenzie and mommy will stay home :) Babies are not fun camping, we know from experience.  

Lilian at 6 months-Same outfit as Makenzie

 

My Sister found the picture!! Hurray!! Here is my sweet Lilian at 6months. Who looks like who??

My Babies!

Lilian April -12 months

Connor Jaron-6 months

Makenzie Xela-6 months

I have a picture of Lilian wearing the same dress as Makenzie when she was about 6 months. My sister Rebecca took that one for me. Maybe she has the copies? I have no digital ones to be found! I would love to have these pictures developed and put up in our home!! Too cute!