Seven

Look who's Seven! Lucky number seven.

Adalyn wanted to say thank you to all her family and friends.

And I want to say thank you to Adalyn for being such a joy in our life!

Love you!

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Adalyn and one of her friends decided yesterday to draw some stars. . . using bark as their paintbrush, and a car as their canvas.

And we're not talking one or two stars on one door.  We talking a star on every side of the car.

Yeah.

It took Adalyn a LONG time to finally come forth with the truth - and she only admitted to it once her other friend broke her silence.

The woman who owes the car seemed rightly upset, but not necessarily at the kids. . . . just the fact that she had bought the car only weeks earlier and she's just moved into the townhomes about a week ago.

Welcome to the neighborhood.

We are, of course, paying for the damages.  Adalyn had to dump every single penny she had of hers from her piggy bank, purse, wallet, etc. that she could find and will now be earning money to pay her half in full.

Anyone need a toliet cleaned?  I have a maid for hire.  

Another one

Last night, our toothless wonder lost another one.  

And she's as happy as a clam when she does.  3 down, 17 more to go.

Sweet Six (going on teen)

On Friday, we celebrated Adalyn's birthday! 6 years old! I can hardly believe it.

The Birthday Girl:

The first thing she did when she woke up, was run and get Grandma and Grandpa B.'s gift and open that.
Have any of you read this book? This book has Adalyn down to the T.

See, I told you. (Look at book, look at Adalyn - couldn't be a better resemblance there!)

After kindergarten, we had a birthday party with some of Adalyn's friends and family. This year we did a "Disney Karaoke " themed party.

First, all the kids made microphones and then they got to sing along with the Wii game, "Disney Sing it: Family Hits." Only two kids at a time could hold the real microphones, but we sure had a lot of cute back up singers!

After the singing, the kids got to come back and make an edible microphone (ice cream cones, donut holes, frosting and sprinkles) to put on top of their cupcakes. Thanks Jandy for putting that all together!

The blowing out of the candles:

And opening all her gifts:

Addy was spoiled and got a lot more gifts than just these pictures I posted. Thank you to EVERYONE for all the generous gifts and for coming to her party!

I made this paper birthday cake and filled the slices with candy for the kid's take home "Thank You's."

If you just eat the outside, it's actually good for your diets. :)

We ended the night with pizza with the family and a few friends. (and yes, Adalyn had a wardrobe change because she wanted to wear this new dress she got from Grandma G. for her birthday too)

All the cute boy cousins:

And Tora officially called it a night. When we were cleaning up, she laid down on the floor in front of the vacuum and wouldn't move. I don't know if she found it relaxing or what, but we found it hilarious!

Happy, happy birthday Adalyn! You are a special girl and we are so glad you are in our family!

Happy *House Wide* Pink Day!

So a late Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone! Hope no one got pinched too many times. We celebrated a little bit - mainly just by wearing green clothes and I surprised the girls with green pancakes.

Yummy. . .right?


Mieley's giving me the "I know you are up to something mom" look.

Adalyn looking *thrilled* to see that I went out of my way this morning to *try* and make her smile. :)

For the most part, my kids were happy, but I did have a good SOLID hour of this:

All of this happened before she actually ate the green pancakes. I think first she was mad that I had chosen "greenish" clothes to wear and then that I hadn't let her make the green pancakes with me. She got SO MAD! I just laughed and took pictures of her - which made her even more furious than I was documenting her temper tantrum. For some reason I just found that temper tantrum more entertaining than frustrating or annoying.

So when I went into the girls bedroom this morning to help get them ready, Adalyn declared it "Pink Day!" (Since yesterday was Green Day!) She said, "Mommy, today is pink day and we get to make pink pancakes!! And we need to wear pink shirts so we match our pink pancakes!" She was so excited about it all, I thought "why not"? Don't want a repeat of yesterday's tantrum so HAPPY PINK DAY everyone!

First of all they both had to wear pink:

Then we made pink pancakes:

Maybe tomorrow will be "Yellow Day!" Who knows. We do need a little sunshine around here!

The Princess and The Witch

Last night, Adalyn's Grandma Grover took her out on a date to go see Enchanted in the cheap theatre. Grandma said Adalyn LOVED the show! (and I've see it too - if you haven't seen it yet make sure to rent it this Tuesday - GOOD SHOW!) She said Adalyn, of course, LOVED the princess, but also, surprisingly, thought the witch was cool too. Here's what Adalyn told Grandma on the way home from the show.

Adalyn: "When I grow up I'm going to be a princess. . but sometimes I'm going to be a witch too!"

I had to laugh when I heard that. It's probably not too far from the truth. Ahh. . the teenage years should be fun!

More Adalyn Funnies

The truth is that Adalyn's talking so much now, that she usually says or does something that cracks me up almost every day. But I've been thinking of them lately and here's a few more of my favorite storys:

A -tale- yn ( Pronounced Ad`a`lyn) #1:

April 24, 2007: I opened the window blinds upstairs to help get light into the house. Adalyn saw me do this, ran to the window and said, "I want to turn the window on!"

A -tale- yn #2

November 27, 2007: I was helping my neighbor Kristie make some of her wedding CD's at my house. Adalyn was watching us, when Kristie asked Adalyn, "Did you know I'm going to get married?!?" Without missing a beat Adalyn says, "When I get older, I'm getting marry too. . .Primary."

A -tale- yn #3

February 24, 2008: Adalyn had to give the scripture in Primary for the first time, so Adam and I snuck into the back of Primary to watch her (and I was going to help her with her scripture when it came time.) Well Adalyn spotted us right off and as loud as could be she kept saying "MOM, GET OUT OF MY PRIMARY! MMMOOOOMMMM, GET OUT OF MY PRIMARY!" Adam high-tailed in outta there, and I just sat there as embarrassed as could be.

A -tale- yn #4
March 9, 2008: Adalyn's primary teachers brought Adalyn over some papers and a small package of skittles on Saturday night. Adalyn was already in bed so she didn't see any of it until Sunday morning. So yesterday morning, she came downstairs, saw her papers and treat and exclaimed, "Ooohh, these are so beautiful! I love them! A treat?!? Mom, can I eat my skidies now?" I just love how she called the Skittles "Skidies". Say skidies outloud - it's just a funny word! :)

I'm sure there will be many more A -tale- yn's to come!

Potty Mouth

Probably most of you won't appreciate this, but here's what Adalyn told me after I got mad at her for getting off the potty without wiping her bum first after going the famous #2.

Me: Adalyn get back on that potty! You DO NOT get off the potty without wiping first.

Adalyn: But I need help. I need your help!

Me: (Walking toward the bathroom) GET BACK ON THE POTTY. You're dripping everywhere!

Adalyn: (As she's hoping back onto the potty) Well you can't spank me because then you would get poop on your hands and on your sweater. It would get everywhere.

Can't agrue with that. She had a valid point.

What a Busy Weekend

This has been one whirlwind of a weekend. I can't believe that it's already Monday night! Here's what's been going on the last couple of days.

Friday: Adam, the girls, and I helped my parents move. I'm super excited for them, and now they are living closer to me than before! However, at the same time it's kind of hard to let go of the house I've grown up in and have so many childhood memories in. I feel like I've lost a little part of who I am. Is it weird to feel this way? It's also a little bit hard to know that my kids won't ever go to the house that I grew up in anymore, but now I guess it's just time to make lots of new memories in their new home! Their new house is beautiful and I wish that it was me moving into a home. Oh well, someday my day will come!

Saturday: We had Adam's mom's 50th Birthday Suprise party in our clubhouse. Saturday was filled with making cupcakes and soups, decorating, and just getting ready for the big bash. Adam's mom was suprised and I think the party went really well. I was a little worried, because when we went in to decorate, the clubhouse had water damage and there was wokers in the clubhouse cleaning it. But I told them I had a party I was getting ready for, and they moved the carpet back into place and had plastic around the area they were working on, and were good about leaving early enough for us to finish decorating. In the end, all worked out and everyone had fun. We love you GRANDMA GROVER!!!

Here's a couple scrapbooking pages that I did to give to Adam's mom for her "fake" birthday present (she got her real present at the party). It's the first pages that I've really done, and I think they turned out fairly good - but don't zoom in too close. The template was from the great Mrs. Racketty Scrappety. If anyone is interested in digital scrapbooking, she has the greatest templates. She's very talented and not only that - she's my AWESOME sister-in-law MEGAN! (Had to put a plug in for you MEG!)

Credits: Kit "Reverie" by Weeds and Wildflowers. Wordart by K. Pertiet. Templates by Racketty Scrappety

Today I went back to my parent's new home to help my mom strip wall paper off in a room. The room we were doing was so "overkill" done by the first owners of the house. It was a "pepto-bismo" pink colored room with a pink and white striped border from the bottom to half way up the wall. Then on top of that wall paper, they put another wall paper border of kittens. Then on the top of the pink walls, they stenciled flowers and bugs all around the room. I'm sure the little girl who had stayed in that room loved it, but it was way too much for my taste. My mom and I got all the wall paper off, scrubbed the walls and then called it a day. Later, I went furniture shopping with my mom and dad in Idaho Falls to help them look for a new couch. All was going well until Adalyn took off running to get Mieley. I'm not sure what exactly happened, but the next thing I know I look over and my mom has Adalyn and there's blood pouring down her face. I guess Adalyn had tripped and hit her head on a coffee table. Poor girl! Good thing my mom was there to take care of everything! She had her cleaned up and happy within a couple of minutes. What a good grandma. Here's the battle wound:

Adalyn's now just happy that she gets a "Shrek" bandaid on her head to show to everyone. Kids have the greatest attitudes!! I'm sure if it was me, I would be trying to come up with ways to hide my wound the best way I could - Adalyn shows her wound off proudly.

So that's my weekend in a nut shell. Never a dull moment!

P.S. Before we even went to the furniture store my mom and I were laughing about what happened the last time I went to a furniture store (Furniture Row in I.F.)- The last time I went, it was with Adam when Adalyn was around 2 years old. I was sitting in a banana chair on one side of the store, and Adam was a ways away looking at other banana chairs. Adalyn takes off running from me to find Adam, when we both hear a big CRASH and glass shattering. I had the sickest feeling in my gut. Adam, me, and 2 workers immediately went to investigate. Adalyn had knocked over a HUGE framed picture of Tinkerbell that was on an easel. I just kept thinking, "I can't believe I'm going to have to buy this huge picture of Tinkerbell that I don't even want." Luckily, the workers just made sure that Adalyn was okay, cleaned up the mess, and didn't want payment for the picture. We did buy a banana chair though. :)

So before I left this time to head to Odells, I was retelling this story and thought, what could happen? I guess Adalyn's just jinxed when she goes to furniture stores. I'll have to remember that next time I want to go shopping for a couch.

Porcupine Lodge

I am so excited!!! This weekend will be the 2nd annual trip with all of Adam's family to Ashton to a cabin called the "Porcupine Lodge." We leave tomorrow until Sunday. For those who know that area, it's located pretty close to Cave Falls and Mesa Falls. I can't wait for a weekend of sledding, snowmobiling, games, food, and fun. The only downfall is that it's supposed to be windy until Saturday. I hate the Idaho wind. The only good thing about it is I can blame all my bad hair days on it! This will also be a perfect time to recoup from my strenuous workout yesterday. Ha.Ha. Okay, it may not of been that strenuous, but I am sore today. I know, poor me.

So we're off tomorrow, leaving this wonderland:

(Picture from right outside my front door - so much snow!!! - January 18, 2008)

to this winter wonderland:

(Adam and I at Mesa Falls - Picture from January 2007)

(Adalyn all bundled up - she still looks cold though! Picture from January 2007)

(Mieley a year ago. Man she's grown since then! She had to stay inside all last year because she was really sick, but she still had her cute smiles! Picture from January 2007)

(My favorite picture of Adam from last year's trip. We were sledding down this hill and he got a little too wild! Picture from January 2007)
See you all next week with hopefully some fun pictures!