blair and maisy

June 30, 2009

Not again

Our house was flooded again this morning when we woke up. This time it was a leak from under the kitchen sink that flooded the whole kitchen. I think we caught it early enough that it didn't do too much damage- just some warping. This is the 3rd time our house has flooded in the 2 years we've lived here! Hopefully 3rd time's a charm, and it doesn't happen a 4th.

Not to mention some other crappy things that have happened lately... hopefully things start working out. Just don't ever start feeling sorry for yourself, right? Or it seems more stuff will happen to help you realize it can always be worse :)

June 12, 2009

Mexico

We were gone for 12 days for a trip to Mexico. We went to Puerto Vallarta with Blair's whole family (don't worry no swine flu), and then we stayed a few more days after they left. We made a lot of sandcastles, watched a lot of sunsets, went swimming daily, and mainly enjoyed some needed R & R.

The resort we stayed at with Blair's family was a lot of fun.

There was a even a little pool out on the balcony.

The kids enjoyed a kid's playground pool at the resort.

Xander loved a waterslide that they had there. On this particular day he went on it 9 times in a row.

We went to a Mexican fiesta one night.

ate some good food,

and watched the show.

We went with a few of our group on a boat to Yelapa island one day and walked around the village.

Here were grandma and grandpa with all of the grandkids on their last day there.

Blair with his siblings.

Our family.

The only other things worth mentioning were that Xander learned how to swim on his own, and come up for breaths while we were there (hurray!).

The boys learned the art of shuffleboard.

Blair and I went to a timeshare presentation so that we could get tickets to Dolphin Encounter for free. At Dolphin Encounter we got in the water with dolphins, and got to interact with them.

Will was a little hesitant at first, until he could feed the dolphin.

Xander loved the whole thing.

Then the dolphins put on a little show while we were still in the water.

May 21, 2009

Xander's book

Xander has been practicing writing for his preschool. I have him write a letter, and think of something that starts with it, and then draw it too. His last workbook really made me laugh. Here were some of the pages he did:

"bats"

"fat guy"

"nice mouse"

"little lion"

"hiking indian"

Since it was my favorite, I'll give you a close-up of the hiking indian:

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!"