Emma's New Favorite Spot

Blowing Bubbles

Yesterday Corbin brought me his piggy bank and asked if we could count his money and maybe go to the dollar store to buy some toys for himself.  He was so excited when I told him that he had $9.  We talked about his options that he could do with his money.  I told him that he had enough to be able to go and buy 1 ninja turtle that he has been wanting for a couple months now but if he did that it would take all of his money to get it or he could take a few dollars to the dollar store and save the rest of it.  He thought about it really hard but decided to just take a few dollars and save the rest of it.  I was surprised by his decision but very impressed with it at the same time.  He told me that it made him sad thinking that he wouldn't have any money left in his piggy bank if he got the ninja turtle.  So I helped him count out $3 and we put it in a little baggy for him and I gathered some change for Emma so she could participate as well and we headed for the store.  They both picked out bubbles and the second we got home they were ripping them opened and wanting to blow bubbles.

This morning Corbin did ask me if he could take the rest of his money to go and buy a ninja turtle and I explained to him that because he took money to the dollar store yesterday he now didn't have enough money to go and buy the ninja turtle.  He threw a fit for a little bit but eventually got over it.

Shape Art

Every morning there is a part of me that dreads that conversation I'll have with Corbin once he wakes up.  Most of the time the conversation goes like this, "Mom.  What are we doing today?"  I'll tell him what's on the schedule and he'll either be excited for the day and immediately start asking when we are leaving or he'll give me that look of, are you kidding me, and say, "That is so boring!  Why can't we do something fun?"  Most of the time I get the second reaction because we have to go grocery shopping or do laundry or clean the house.  On the days that we really need to stay home and do things I've tried really hard to do an art project of some sorts but I felt like they were getting slightly bored with just painting all the time.  The night before in one of my dreams (my dreams have gotten really weird and very realistic.  It's kind of crazy) I had dreamed about the kids painting and using toilet paper rolls to work on their shapes so that morning when Corbin asked what we were doing that morning I told him I had a surprise in store for him.  As soon as breakfast was over we went to work on collecting the toilet paper rolls for the garbage cans.  Fortunately I was able to collect 5 of them and make shapes at the ends of them.  Thank you dreams!  Corbin loved it and he worked on making patterns and Emma worked on naming her shapes and colors. 

30 weeks

The countdown has begun in our home to when this little baby joins our family! Less than 10 weeks till we welcome our new little girl or little boy into our home!

Sunday Dress

Lately I cannot get enough of my kids all dressed up for church on Sundays.  As soon as they are ready I just want to take a million pictures of them.  Today I was watching them and I got a little emotional thinking about how big they have gotten.  I'm sure 90% of it is all pregnancy hormones but I just love these kiddies of mine!

I painted her nails yesterday and Emma wanted me to take a picture of them.

Boys Ski Day

Yesterday Corbin and Kyle were able to go skiing up at Deer Valley with Kyle's brothers and their sons.  Corbin told me it was a boys ski day and maybe next time I could come.  They ended up having such a great time!  After the first run Corbin was a little distraught that Evan was a better skier than him, which when Kyle told me that I was surprised that he even noticed and that he would put it together that Evan was younger and better at skiing then him but he does come from a slightly competitive family so I guess I shouldn't be.  Kyle said it was good to let him see that and understand that that is why we need to practice things because it helps us get better. He also explained to Corbin that Evan had been able to go skiing a lot more this season than he did but if he continues to go and practice that he will be just as good as Evan is now.  He said if anything it motivated Corbin to listen and don't give up which he has done in the past.  He immediately wanted his edge-wedge off and by the end of the day Kyle told me that he was getting so good that he almost wanted to take the straps off his boots.  He was going around all the obstacles and getting really good at doing turns.  I wish I was able to see him ski but I know that we have many years ahead of us of skiing together.  I love the pictures that Kyle got of Corbin, Evan and Beckett.   They are just all so cute together and I hope one day that they really are just the best of friends.  Kyle said that it was really fun to be able to go and hang out with his brothers for a day with all their boys.  On the way home the 2 little boys passed out from a long day of skiing.

Corbin the Scientist

The other day I had laid Emma down for her nap and Corbin looked at me and said, "Well Mom, what are we going to do now?" We go through this every time I'm able to get Emma to lay down for a nap.  Corbin insists on being entertained by Mommy.  Most of the time I can pull out some work books or some school work and he'll sit and do that for awhile but today that was just not going to cut it for him.  I had read on a friend's blog earlier that she had done and experiment where you put an egg in vinegar and over a few days the shell would dissolve so I told Corbin that we could try it out but I told him that it would take a few days to see the results so he immediately started asking for other experiments to do.  I pulled out my baking soda and vinegar and let him play a little bit with that which he thought that it was awesome.  He used up almost the entire bottle of vinegar before I realized what was going on so I quickly looked up on Pinterest another experiment and found this magic mud.  It's made of cornstarch and water.  It was really kind of cool.  When you gently put your fingers in it it was slimy and runny but if you put force on it it was a solid.  Very weird stuff but it kept him entertained for quite a while.  

After letting the egg sit for a few days I finally pulled it out of the vinegar and let Corbin feel it.  If you held it up to the light you could see the yolk of the egg and it was super soft.  Unfortunately the touching and investigating didn't last long because I accidentally dropped it and it broke but it was cool while we had it.

Potty Training

Last Monday, March 11th,  Emma woke up and decided, with her big brother's help, that she wanted to wear her princess underwear and start going on the potty. I had tried to potty train her once before and she stayed dry for 2 1/2 hours and then had a huge accident and screamed to have her diaper back on so I was a little hesitant about the whole thing but figured if she was on board to do it then maybe we should give it a go. I told her that she needed to keep her princess underwear dry and that she needed to tell Mommy when she needed to go.  Every time I put her on the potty she went.  She had one little accident but other than that she stayed dry all day! She has done so well ever since! She has had a couple of accidents but most of them are her going a little bit and realizing what has happened and yelling at me she has to go to the potty and then she will finish in the potty. She has only had one accident during the night and it made her so upset that she hasn't had one since. She has potty trained like a champ! She has been so easy that I just keep wondering if it is too good to be true. I am so proud of my little big girl!

Daddy's Outfit

On Saturday we went out and did some clothes shopping for our kids. We walked into Old Navy and I went right to it and started grabbing some things and looking around while Kyle entertained the kids.  When I came back to the cart Kyle had picked out a whole out fit for Emma including shoes.  It was really cute to see him so into it and wanting to pick out something for his little girl.  I was really impressed with what he picked and she looked adorable in them.  Good job Dad!

St. Patrick's Day

This year our friendly Leprechaun came and visited us but instead of making a huge mess he was so kind to be respectful of our desire to keep the Sabbath day holy and didn't make a mess of our house and didn't leave his footprints all over like he did last year.  I'm sure next year he will hit us twice as hard but it was so nice of him to respect our family.  He did however leave his special cereal and some of his gold and of course colored our milk green.

Mommy Failed!

I am pretty sure that I earned the Worst Mommy in the World award yesterday.  I took the kids to the park to play with a bunch of friends.  When I went I thought I would only be there a couple of hours and didn't even think much of the amount of time my kids were out in the sun.  Well, before I knew it, it was 3:45.  We had been there almost 4 hours.  As we left the park I got looking at my kids and realized that I had totally failed and did not put any sunscreen on them.  TOTAL FAIL!  Corbin didn't get it as bad but poor little Emma is fried.  I feel awful!  It doesn't seem to bother her much and she's been a real trooper about it.  Next time they are for sure getting lathered up!  Time to get back into the sunscreen applying scene.

Hair Part 3

This by far is my proudest hair do I have done on Emma. However that being said Emma didn't quite enjoy sitting there for that long although she did cooperate and was extremely patient with Mommy.  I will definitely do this again but probably not for a while.