Dinner conversation with Gracey

Since I have this rare hour of quiet time, I want to write about last night's dinner conversation with Gracey. It was so funny that I grabbed a notebook and started writing things down while the girls and I were in the middle of eating. (Corky was out of town. He has worked in Kansas the past 10 days) Gracey asked what I was writing and I totally lied by saying "a grocery list!"

Anyway, for dinner we had grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, steamed broccoli, and salad on the side. Gracey asked, "Why do they call it GIRL Cheese?" I told her that it is actually grilled cheese.

After a few seconds of silence she said, "But the cheese isn't grilled, the bread is!"

(she is so my kid, I always question reasoning that I think may be totally dumb!)

I then told her that it is a "Cheese Sandwich" that is grilled.

I think she got it.

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The next point of conversation really caught me off guard. Fresh off of watching the movie "Home Alone 2," Gracey says,

"Mom, Big Horse's Ass is a bad word......unless you are talking to robbers!"

Oh dear.

So I try and stifle my laugh and tell her that we shouldn't say it to anybody. And if you ever meet robbers, you should run away. Not call them bad names!

I was absolutely dying inside!!

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All the while these talks are going on between Gracey and me, between bites, Emily is doing the helicopter with her pigtails!

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My girls gave me so many reasons to laugh last night!

A rare hour

At this very moment, I am kid-free for 60 minutes! It doesn't seem like much time, and I am not jumping for joy over this (nor am I dying to have my kids home either right now), I am just making a note of it. Especially after such a busy week. A week where being kid-free was extremely rare. In fact, I had more kids than normal. I am not complaining about that either. I babysit 2 boys a few times a week and I have loved them. On top of those boys, I had other kids here too. In fact, there were 2 days between Monday and Thursday that I had 6 kids under the age of 5 in my house!

Crazy? You betcha! But when I can put my everything-must-be-clean-and-orderly mode aside for a few hours, it is actually fun. My kids love it because having more kids to play with is lots better than their boring, old mom!

A funny moment of the craziness happened yesterday. Even though I had 6 kids in my house, it was surprisingly quiet and peaceful. 2 out of the 6 were napping, while the other 4 were watching "Home Alone 2." I received an important phone call and the lady asked, "is it a good time? do you have a few minutes?"

I replied, "It is actually perfect timing"

I am not joking, about 30 seconds later, the baby I babysit woke up screaming, Gracey and Emily started fighting with each other, naturally, waking up the 2 year old. My life went from peaceful to chaotic in 30 seconds or less. I apologized to the lady on the phone and said we would have to talk again soon. After hanging up I looked at the phone log and it said I was on the phone for 46 seconds.

What can you do besides just laugh??

Meet the babies!

With the dollhouse that Gracey and Emily received for Christmas, came a little family. The family included two cute twins, a boy and a girl. The girls had a ton of fun playing with their gift, especially Emily. She would sit and play quietly for hours. One time, Corky went in to join her and that was the first time that he was technically introduced to the twins. Emily had named them, with obviously no prompting from anybody.

Introducing.....

Boobi and Goo!


Boobi is the boy and Goo is the girl! (that is even funnier to me!)

That had to have been one of the funniest things I had heard Emily say. I wish I had my camera when she told me. She told me so casually and quickly, like those were the most normal names she could have thought of it. By the time I actually did get the camera out to record, we had been laughing so hard about it that she became a little shy!



Funny how you can get used to a name. We all refer to them as "Boobi and Goo" and don't even crack a smile anymore. (Only in our heads) That is just their names!

"A horse is a horse, of course, of course!"

New Year's Day, my old brother invited me and the girls to come out and ride his horse. Gracey and Emily had been on a horse before when they visited their Grandma Jean in Snowflake, AZ. but that was almost 2 years ago. So they were long overdue to get back in the saddle! (get it?)





As usual, Gracey had no issues getting right on. In fact, she loved it.


Emily took advantage of the comfort Grandma Joyce gives!


As much of a cheerleader I was when my kids got on, I was surprisingly nervous when my brother asked me if I wanted a turn. I used to ride horses a lot when I was younger. My grandfather owned them as I was growing up and I was always very comfortable around them. It had been a really long time though and that is kind of a long fall to the ground if you get bucked off!

(Why these thoughts didn't go through my head when my own children were on the horse? I don't know.)

I did end up riding though and really enjoyed it.




The girls were so tired afterward! They could barely keep their eyes open on the way home. They perked up a little though after seeing me take a picture of them.



They are such cuties!

The Chefs

*December 31, 2009*

Gracey and Emily have no problem getting dirty and digging in to help cook anything. They are both such good helpers.



On another note, the apron that Gracey is wearing was given to me as a gift from my mom and dad for my 3rd birthday!! I love that my mom has kept it for so long!

Bounce House Galore!

We were planning on going to St. George for New Year's and so the girls and I were real excited to find out some friends were going to St. George and could give us a ride. Putting us there a day earlier than if we waited for Corky. It worked out perfectly because my sister had coupons to Jumpin' Jack's that were expiring, so that evening we took the kids there.

Gracey immediately had a great time. She is my child that has never had fear and is willing to try just about anything, especially when it comes to most any type of physical activity. Emily, on the other hand, is a little more cautious. It took a few times of riding down the big slides with somebody, before she was able to let loose. It wasn't long before she was doing it all on her own though!









One of my favorite pictures of the evening....


Gracey and Emily sliding down together, laughing the whole way!

And it wouldn't be normal if my kids didn't scope out the lamest thrill of the whole facility and insist on riding it!



As you can see, fun was had by all. It was such a fun place for the kids, and a great place for the adults to feel like big kids too! And don't forget about the great exercise! It's not easy climbing up those big, wobbly stairs...especially if you have a 3 year old in tote.

Word to the wise, unless you are actually going for the "crazy-hair" look in all of your pictures, wear a pony-tail!