Silly Sayings

My kids have been saying some pretty funny things lately. So, before I forget, I'm writing them on the blog.

Danie and Heidi were playing in the kitchen and spinning around in circles.
Daniel: Hold on!
Heidi: Hold on to your knickers cowboy!

The other day, I asked Daniel to go get dressed and come into the front room for scriptures. He found a shirt quickly, but took a few minutes to choose some pants to wear. Finally he came in wearing this...

and then he said "Now I look fancy... like a car!"

We were at my in-laws when Daryl got a call from someone in our ward. He ran over to their house for a bit to take a look at something for them, but he drove my father-in-laws hot rod instead of the suburban. When he got back, everyone could hear the car as he drove it up towards the house, especially Heidi. She turned to my mother-in-law who was sitting on the couch. She nudged her and yelled, "Did you hear that?! Did you hear that?! That's a HOT ROD!"

Happy Birthday Heidi!!

Last Thursday, November 11th (Veteran's Day) was Heidi's second birthday. Lucky for us, Daryl had the day off of work so he got to celebrate it with us for the day. We went to the Arizona Museum for Youth. We have a membership there. I have taken the kids tons of time, but this was Daryl's first time going with us so it was really special. There is a new exhibit about NASA and space. It was lots of fun.



The kids had fun bushing buttons and flipping switches as if the were in charge at NASA mission control.





They even had a little headset to wear and pretend with. Daniel loves it.



Here's a little room that looks like an alien space ship. Daniel picked out an alien and made a puppet show.



Heidi was making all kids of silly faces like this one...

and this one. Can you tell she's having a good time?

Daniel was really interested in this cool little box he found.
It rolls up and unrolls to reveal pictures and facts about astronauts and space.

Heidi and I looked at books about planets and stars.


After lots of fun at the space exhibit, we decided we were ready to go to Artville. Artville is a section of the museum designed just for kids 4 and under. There are several rooms with different themes where kids can play, build and create. 

First we decorated chameleon pictures with tissue paper.



 

Here they are making a track for a ball to roll down.



Heidi and I played nearby in the play kitchen.

Here she is setting the table with plates and cups on a magnetic board.



Then. in the next room, we stopped to play with the doll house.
She loves taking out some of the furniture and sitting the people at the table to eat.

It was such a fun day for everyone. Later, that evening I made homemade pizza for dinner and we red boxed Toy Story 3 to watch together. We all liked the movie and had a fun family day. We'll definitely have to do that again sometime. Stay tuned for the post on Heidi's birthday party last Saturday.

Thank You Heidi

So I'm sitting at my sewing machine trying to sew a new zipper onto Daniel's Halloween costume. I had to redo a part, and it's just not coming easily. All of this is going on when I hear Heidi playing farm animals on the floor behind me. Holding a cow in one hand, and a dog in the other hand she looks at them and says, "Need to pray, Need to pray. Hebby Fauder lubs you." And sets her animals down and starts to pray with them. I guess something is sinking in. Thanks, sweet girl, I needed that.

Happy Halloween

We had a wonderful Halloween this year. We had a blast the week before at my in-laws for the Lamoreaux family party. We carved pumpkins, we ate dinner, we played games. Those that had one wore a costume, and we took lots of pictures of everyone. Unfortunately, I didn't get any with my camera. Sorry. As in years passed, the party was well done. Thanks Cheryl, for all of your hard work. You're my hero!

Halloween night was lots of fun too. Daryl's cousin, Courtney and her husband Bryan came over after dinner and trick or treated with us down a few streets in our neighborhood. Before we headed out, Daryl got some cute pictures of the kids.

This year they were Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Daniel had no trouble posing for the camera. Heidi wasn't happy about having to wear her ears for her picture.

She barely wore them at all for Halloween. Oh well.

11 Months

Heidi turned 11 months on October 11th. She already has so much personality. She is always smiling and laughing, and has also learned to clap her hands. She can also wave hi and bye, but only when she feels like it. She pulls herself up to the furniture, and sometimes she'll walk around, holding on. She loves to walk and push her push toy, as long as it's on the carpet. She loves to climb on the play table. Now that she is bigger, Daniel likes to flip it over and play teeter-totter with her.We love you Heidi!

10 Months

Heidi is 10 months old today! She is getting so big! She is now crawling about 75% of the time. Heidi is finally cutting teeth! Her first tooth is just barely poking throught on the bottom in the center, with atleast one more to follow. Even when she's cutting teeth she has a sweet smile on her face (as long as mom is holdign her.) She loves to stand holding on to everything. She'll even climb a little if she's feeling brave. Today she discovered the little picnic table. Daniel loves her. (Even if she DOES take his toys sometimes.) He often calls her "My Heidi" instead of just Heidi. Here he is holding her and giving her loves.

We love you Heidi! We are so blessed to have you in our family.

9 Months

Heidi is now officially 9 months old.
Weight:17 lbs 7 oz
Height: 28 in. long

I am just amazed at how much her personality shows in everything she does. She can crawl now, but only when she feels like it(when she realizes it's faster). She's even started pulling herself up on things and TRYING to kneel and reach for things. She doesn't care at all that she has almost no balance or strength to do so. (Daniel was always over-cautious about any new stage.) She LOVES to have her picture taken, but loves the camera itself even more. I had to keep moving from one side of the room to the other just to get any sort of picture while she scooted over to get the camera. Silly girl. Daniel absolutely adores her. He would do just about anything for his "sitder".

Water Waders and Flamingo

We had irrigation yesterday evening and Daryl was able to be home and play with us. Daniel accepted the invitation and had a great time wading through the water with his daddy. Heidi politely declined. She tried her best to curl her feed up to avoid getting wet. When that didn't work so well, she settled for standing on one foot. She looked like a little purple flamingo.

7 Months

Heidi turned 7 months old on the 11th of June. She's always so happy and active. She sits up pretty much on her own now. She can even scoot herself across the room to get to anything she wants. Here are a few fun pictures of her. As you can see, she recently discovered her tongue as well.

Here's a picture of her trying to scoot to her toys.

We love you our little Heidi Girl!

6 Months

Heidi, (as of the 11th) is now 6 months old. Crazy huh? I can't believe how much she's already grown and how much she has taught me as a mom. At 6 months Heidi weighs 15 lbs 12 oz and is 26 in. long. Here are the 6 month pictures I took last week of our sweet Heidi Girl. Enjoy!

Easter Weekend - Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was such a beautiful spring day. The kids looked so cute in their Easter clothes. This Easter has been allot more fun, for me anyways, now that Daniel is getting old enough to be excited about things. This picture was taken right after we got home from church. If you look closely, you will notice the orange car in Daniel's hands. When he saw this remote control car in his Easter basket, he immediately fell in love. He literally refused to let go of it, even for a meal, for the next 3 days. All he wanted to do was... "dribe it" ...

"wace it"...

and "cwash it" with his daddy.

(Daddy got one too.)

Unfortunately, like most dollar store toys, the beloved car stopped working after only 3 days of life. I cut the cord last night to avoid any injuries. He still plays with it and carries it around some. But it's just not the same without the power. We'll miss you, little race car, in all your glory. (at least Daniel will)

5 Months

Last Saturday, Heidi turned 5 months old. Here are some pictures I took of her a day or so later. Some are black and white, and some are color. (I wanted to test out the color settings on my camera.) Enjoy!

Food Glorious Food!!

Last week at Heidi's appointment, our pediatrician recommended that I start her on solids to make sure that she was getting enough iron. I wasn't really planning in solids quite yet. (Just barely 4 months still seems a bit young to me.) The more I thought about it, the more I remembered how frustrated I've been lately with a crazy change in her feeding schedule. Could it be, at just barely 4 months old, that she's ready for solid food? I suppose they say 4-6 months for a reason right? So yesterday evening I decided to give it a shot. Daddy took the pictures while I fed her.

At first she didn't know what to think.

By the time she had taken a few more bites, she was totally into it! Unfortunately, first meals don't last very long. Hedi wasn't all too happy about that. She wanted more!