blair and maisy: Winter

January 27, 2011

Winter

We had a nice December and January so far. Blair spent the whole month of Dec. up in UT doing an awesome rotation, but I had to wait for 2 weeks to join him due to school for the boys. Then we spent a fun Christmas up there with our families.

So backing up to before we went up there:

The boys made a nice gingerbread house. As soon as they could eat it every piece of candy disappeared in 5 minutes.

We visited the lights at the the chocolate factory and cactus garden twice. My good friend came the 1st time and it was nice and peaceful with the help of another adult with my kids.

The 2nd time I went with some other girlfriends that were also single mothers that night, and being that we each had 3 kids- it was CRAZY, and I was ready for a rest afterward. They look pretty mellow here, but really they were running all over and climbing on everything like maniacs!

Up in UT we had a great time with family. Here were all the Curtis cousins with Gram and Gramps.

Blair and the boys had a huge snowball fight with half of my family. They had stockpiles of tons of snowballs and had trenches and protective snow banks that they hid behind and got each other.

We visited the Davises who moved from Henderson to Salt Lake.

Xander and Will with their cousins that are their age.

We had a nice Christmas.

Grandma helping Claire open presents.

The boys took ski lessons this year.

Xander got really good, and Blair took him skiing a second time with him a different day.

Yep, he was going down the run that I usually go down.

Will going up.

Will going down. So cute!

Here was Xander at midnight on New Year's Eve. It was the 1st time we let him and Will stay up for it.

We had a fun time in UT!

Now that we're back, we are out of the snowy weather so we do parks and bikes and normal Vegas things again. We went to the Children's Museum a week or two ago with some friends. We have a season pass, so we go pretty frequently, but this time was cool because it was an evening preview before they opened a new exhibit, and they had food and a special party going on.

Guess who is getting older and even cuter? Claire can stay sitting up now, and started "scooting" last week. She can pivot and roll, and now go forward too. We might have to baby proof soon!

The funnies

Will 12/14 " Mom can you please pour the milk for me because it’s almost full, and there’s a 65% chance that I’ll spill it."

11/14 Me: Why did you dump out all the toys?

Claire: Because I was trying to find something to play with

Me: What did you find?

Claire: The glow in the dark dinosaur

Me: Then why didn’t you put the other toys back?

Claire: Because I had to use the bathroom, so I just runned.

Claire 11/14 "Mom I can’t find any of my jammies, so should I bring you the sew kit so you can sew me some?"

Claire 11/14 "What do these constructions say?"

11/14 Claire: Mom Can I have this?

Me: Sure

Claire: Yes!!! Mom, thanks for asking me!

Claire 11/14 "Oh my Geez"

Claire 11/14 "I had a great dream last night. I got to see Dixie, and eat shrimp!"

Claire 11/14 "Our scarecrow fell over, but we’ll still be able to find our house because you know the numbers!"

Will 11/14 "The only good thing that happened to me today, was that Kord gave me a penny. But then I lost it."

Claire 9/13 "I love polka-dot butterflies."

Claire 9/13 " This pencil needs to get sharpt. Can I sharpt this pencil in myself?"

Claire 9/13 after pulling a piece of tape off of something successfully, "I am a great job."

Claire 8/13 "One time a dog pooped on the grass."

Me, "Why are you telling me that?"

Claire, "Because it was weally gross, PU!"

Claire 8/13 I walked in and exclaimed what a mess it was. "I didn't got that out," said Claire pointing at one little thing.

Claire 10/12 "Ehhhhh he he, ehhh he he."

Gaurd at the Airforce gate, "That sounds like a fake cry."

Me, "Yep."

Claire, "Ehhh he he, ehhh he he. It NOT a fake cwy."

Will 10/12 "Mom, could I miss school on Wednesday, because they're going to learn something really hard like minus?"

Me, "Well what would you do the next day when they were still learning more about that?"

Will, "No mom, we don't have to make up the homework when we miss."

Claire 10/12 "You not funny Will."

Claire 10/12 (almost in tears with the saddest little voice because she wanted all of the toys) "Mommy, brothers not sharing a me."

Claire 10/12 chasing her brothers around slowly with her arms outstretched says, "Bwains, bwains, bwains!" just like a real zombie.

Will 10/12 "Xander is white, and I'm white, and mom's white and Claire is white and dad's a little white."

Will 3/12 "Dad and I are getting gooder at disc golf."

Xander 3/12 seeing frozen peas in his drink that had spilled into the icebox, "Mom, there are green cotton balls in my drink."

Will 12/11 "I know something that's not a word: spit-buggar."

Claire 12/11 "Ha ha, fuh-ee (funny)"

Will 12/11 after he broke a plastic fork, "I would like to put it in recycling because that saves the world."

Will 11/11 as he rubs the carpet, "I like this house because it's hairier than the other one."

Will 9/11 "Mom, could you call my nickname 'shark' please?"

Will 9/11 in a prayer while Blair was away for a month, "Bless that we would ever see dad again, and if we drive there it wouldn't be too long."

Will 3/11 after I asked him how primary was, he said, "I was the 1st kid in class. I thought I was going to have to taught myself."

Will 3/11 "Mom, is today fast Sunday."

Me "What is fast Sunday Will?"

Will, "When we eat really fast."

Will 3/11 "Xander is saying mean things, like that I'm not the leader."

Blair told Will to go to the bathroom with him while we were out somewhere and he was doing the potty dance 3/11, "Hey I had to go to the bathroom too!"