The 5 of us: July 2010

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Just cute

You can just hear him saying EEEEEEE! (His version of cheese!) What a cutie-pie.

Katelyn found a new bed. Why not sleep in the tube! That way Ethan can't get in and after all, that is the purpose to everything. Move the dolls out of reach. Move Ethan's toys out of reach. Move the snacks out of reach. Anything that Ethan might want to play with, eat or look at... move it, play with it or eat it. (True, though they really are the best of friends.)

Katelyn got some beautiful princess dolls from her cousin Hannah. Thanks Hannah!! Katelyn loves to dress up and play with them.

The 4th of July and friends

I've gotten the sewing bug lately, so I made these three cute little skirts for my 2 nieces and Katelyn. The love to wear their matching skirts and dance around. Here they are waiting for the inevitable candy throwers at the parade.

We just finished children's parade and Ethan didn't want to stop eating his Pace bar for a camera break. My beautiful sister is on the right. It was so much fun to see all the kids all dressed up and their bikes, wagons, strollers, you name it, totally decorated.

Ethan, Daniel and Katelyn are exploring at the Daybreak lake. It was so cute to see Ethan and Daniel try and figure out how to walk in the sand.

Jace, Zoe, and Austin came to visit a couple months ago. We had so much fun swimming and playing together.

Here's the whole group... trying to smile for the picture. :) Katelyn just loved having all her friends from Highland over to play.

A little more

The kids love to stand at the back door when Dave comes home.

They took a little nap on our rainy bike ride.

The bike ride. Okay, I can't figure out how to delete the next duplicate.... and I'm too tired to figure it out. :) Just check out the last, very kissable, picture.

Fun at our new home

A Katelyn/Mommy family drawing. Katelyn was in charge of telling me what color of clothes everyone needed to wear. For example, Daddy should NOT wear pink shoes. You can see that they are now green.

Loving playing in the tent of balls

Family room picnic. A definite favorite.

The two girls.

All of Katelyn's friends lined up for a good time. About a minute later, she had them all laying down for nap time. So cute.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership with God

Watch this clip. You'll love it.

-Tiffany

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership with God

Out of the mouth of my babes

Ethan: Mom, watch how the floor gets dirty.

(Drops his pizza on the ground.)

Ethan: See?

3-18-12

Ethan: (Achoo!) My ear hurts. I'll fix it with my water.

(He licks his finger and rubs his "water" all over his ear.) That's better.

Dec 2011

Katelyn is starting to read, so Ethan hears her sounding out words. He has started doing his own reading... "t-t-t Ethan!" 11-28-11

Ethan's learning to negotiate. "Ethan it's time for your nap." "I need to play mom. Two minutes. Okay?" 9-8-11

Katelyn was talking to Abby on the floor. I thought she was singing the ABC's to her when she asked me what was after T. I told her it was U. No, Mom! My name doesn't have a U in it! Evidently, she was spelling her name. She said, "That would be Kate-you!" Oh my... is she understanding how this reading thing works? :) 6-10-11

The kids were laughing at their own jokes in the car last night. Katelyn would say that they need to show "Drawmpa and Drammie thier gwasses." I'm not sure why it was funny... but they repeated it for a good 15 minutes. That's the funny part. 3-20-11

Katelyn is so excited to see her new sister that she frequently asks, "When is she coming out?"

Ethan is a happy kid. Morning, night, whenever. In the morning he runs out of his room and as soon as he sees Dave or I, he exclaims, "Awake!" :)

"I ov oo." Melt my heart. That's Ethan's new phrase this week. 2-21-11

Driving toward a new bridge. "Look Mom, they made a bridge! That was so nice. They made it with blocks. No with squares and they glued it together like paper." 2-27-11

After trying to explain that the sky is really big and goes a long ways...

K: The sky is floating... like toys in the bathtub.

K: Look mom, the moon is melting. (When it's a crescent.)

Every morning...

K: Mom, is it wake-up time?

Katelyn's first joke...

We need to stop and get the mail.

K: Okay, is Mel going to be there? (Smiling) Melanie? (Her aunt)

(Then she busted up laughing because she thought the pun was so funny.)

Katelyn, did you know that Heavenly Father made the earth?

K: I haven't seen the earth.

It's everything we see. He made the mountains, the trees, the plants. And he even made the sky!

K: That's cool! Did he get a ladder?

He also made people. He made you and me.

K: How'd he do that? Did he use blocks?

Jan 2011

This morning I told Katelyn and Ethan that we're going to some gardens with lots of grass that they can run around on. "You're going to be in heaven!" I said. Katelyn excitedly pipped in, "I'm going to see Jesus?!" Oh, the sweet innocence of my cute Katelyn. Dave and I are still smiling about it.

8-10-10

I was doing my hair in the bathroom when Katelyn came running in (she always runs), "My brother in the bathroom!" Uh-oh. Playing in the toilet? Bathtub? I started toward the other bathroom with Katelyn and Dave in tow. Outside the bathroom door I started calling to Ethan. "Ethan?" I was greeted with little happy sounds and grunts coming from behind the closed door. Opening it slowly I found little hands clinging to the door and a big smile... pretty proud of himself for being in the bathroom by himself.

Katelyn has a little sore on her foot today, so she declared she was sick and needed to be carried. She also couldn't sing, eat or frankly, anything she didn't want to. "I sick." We were driving home in the car and after explaining that she wouldn't be able to play outside and that she'd have to stay in bed, she had a miraculous recovery! With her head tilted to one side, she declared, "I get better!" It's a miracle!

When I get Katelyn out of bed each morning, she frequently tells me what princess character I am. Lately, I'm greeted with, "You're the queen!" She is usually Snow White or Cinderella, but my favorite is Ethan's daily "fairy tale" assignment.

Me: What's Ethan?

Katelyn: Ethan's a frog.

(or today it was...)

Me: What's Ethan?

Katelyn: Ethan's an elephant. (what?)

I was wearing some of Dave's basketball shorts yesterday. Katelyn looked me up and down and said, "You're wearing daddy's clothes!" I agreed and asked if that was okay. "No. You wear mommy's clothes!" There you have it. No more borrowing clothes. Dave will be happy. :)

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Just cute

The 4th of July and friends

A little more

Fun at our new home

Friday, July 9, 2010

Motherhood: An Eternal Partnership with God

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