His Papers Are In!

My brother Chad sent his mission papers in this week. I am very proud of him and slightly in shock over the fact that he is old enough to be sending in his papers! He is very excited to go.
I just had to share these pictures that were recently taken. One of the pictures has been doctored by my dad. Can you guess which one?? LOL

Practice Makes Perfect

This morning Sadie and I were playing a little game of catch. For the most part, I was catching the stuff that Sadie threw to me. She was kind of having a hard time catching what I was throwing.
She finally got frustrated and said, "Mom, you REALLY need to practice throwing!!"

Self Control

Last night for dinner we had french bread pizza, salad, and (Sean added) potato chips. Sadie was doing really well eating her potato chips, but having a hard time eating her pizza or salad.
She kept asking for more chips and we kept telling her she had to eat her other food first.
Half way through dinner she yelled out, "I know that I shouldn't eat more potato chips but I just HAVE TO HAVE THEM!!!" (She said this as she shoved her little fist in to the bag.)

Not So Bad

Sean got to work yesterday morning and noticed that he had a set of keys in both pockets of his coat. He knew Bethanie had preschool that day and would be very sad if she couldn't go, so he drove back home to drop off my keys.
On the way to preschool Bethanie was saying how glad she was that Sean brought the keys home.
She said, "Daddy is a good dad after all!"

I'm Full

After the big dinner on Thursday Sadie patted her belly and exclaimed, "I am full of MEAT!"

Staples

We had a family first while on our Thanksgiving vacation this past week. On Friday Sean and I took Bethanie to the walk-in clinic to have the huge gash in her head stapled back together!
Bethanie did very well. She didn't like the shot in the back of her head much, or the sound of the staple gun when the dr was putting the staples in, but she was very brave. The dr gave her three stickers as a reward. She immediately put two on and held the third tightly in her hand.
After that was all done Sean and I took her to the store where she picked out a pack of little puzzles. She totally deserved them!
When we got back to grandma and grandpa's house, Bethanie handed her third sticker over to her sister Sadie.
What a great big sister she is! She was thinking of Sadie even when her head wouldn't stop bleeding.

Looking Good Grandpa!

This last week while we were visiting Grandma and Grandpa for Thanksgiving, Bethanie and Sadie took the opportunity to play beauty salon with Grandpa. Bethanie was busy doing Grandpa's hair when she told him,
"Grandpa, we are going to make you look good for women!"
Grandpa got a good laugh off of that comment.

Happy Birthday

A few days ago Bethanie informed us that today, Tuesday, the 20th of November, is her bear's birthday. "Dah" is five years old today.
Bethanie's great aunt Debbie gave her that bear for Christmas the year she was born. I guess it wouldn't be too far fetched to say he was born in November. That would make him a month old when Bethanie got him.
His funny name comes from the fact that she used to call everything with fur a dog, but pronounced it "dah" when she was very little.
That bear looks much different then it did 5 years ago. It looks very loved. :)
Happy Birthday to Dah.
He happens to share a birthday with my friend Danielle, who is not turning 5 today. :)

I HATE them!

Sadie came up to me this morning very upset. She said, "Mom, you should know I HATE cats, watermelons, and onions."
Then she walked away.

Eggs

Sadie loves to watch me make cakes. She will sit as close to me as I will possibly allow (and then slowly inch closer) so she can see every little thing done. She insists on helping me mix up every cake that I bake. She loves every minute of it.
Yesterday she told me, "Mommy, when I get big I am going to make lots and lots of cakes AND I will add my own eggs! No help from you!"

Prayers

I have been so very happy to hear my children saying nice prayers lately. They have been meaningful and thought out. Sadie might be rolling across the floor while saying them, but at least she is thinking about what she is saying! : Þ
Bethanie has made a special effort lately to include her sick grandpa in her prayers, as well as other family members who might need help.
Yesterday when I was completing a cake that needed to be done for a church function today, Sadie included me in her prayer by asking Heavenly Father to "please help mommy to get her cake done". That meant a lot to me and after being completely exhausted from the busy day, got a sudden burst of energy and I was able to do what I needed to!
These prayers are all nice to hear.

Our Little Plumber

Aside from Sadie having a chronic problem with keeping her pants up, no matter what time of day it is, she has decided to even act out the part of a plumber!
The other day Sadie used almost a whole roll of toilet paper after using the bathroom. Amazingly, the whole roll wouldn't flush down. Who knew? She let me know right away that the water wouldn't go down.
After spending quite a bit of time looking for a plunger I found out from Sean that we had not yet purchased a plunger since our move. I told him that he needed to get one because I wanted the toilet to work.
A few minutes later Sadie reappears. I don't know why we didn't notice the silence. She had decided to take it upon herself to fix the toilet. She used her very own hand to scoop all of the paper out of the toilet. She was then able to flush.
She actually fixed the toilet all by her little three year old self.
I think she was slightly surprised at our reaction. I think she expected more praise instead of the "EWWWWWWWWW! GROSSSSSS! Sadie! Don't put your hands in the toilet!" reaction that she got.
Our little plumber.

It's Still On!

Sadie just stacked her little pink chair on top of a kitchen chair and decided to do balancing acts on top of it all. I saw her and told her to get down right away because she was going to break her neck!
She slowly got down, not because she was being careful, but because she didn't really want to obey, and walked over to me.
"Is it still on mom? (Tugging at her head and chin)."
"Is what still on?"
"My head! Is it still on? I think it is still on. It didn't come off! I climbed on the chairs and it didn't come off!"
"Sadie you could really hurt yourself climbing on those chairs. I don't want you to hurt yourself!"
"But look, I can do this, (dancing around)and this! (skipping) And see me turning? My head didn't come off! It didn't! It's still on!"

Sadie Is Cursing

Sadie recently started using her own little curse word when she gets mad. She gets a really grumpy look on her face and says, "OH PICKLES!"
It reminds me of Sister Lucero from our branch who told us if she ever called us a "fishstick" then she was really mad at us. :Þ

No Rest for the Weary

Last night we woke up to Sadie screaming. She was just bawling. Sean went in and rubbed her back for a few minutes and she stopped and fell back to sleep. As soon as Sean got up to leave she started screaming again.
I got up to see what was going on. Sadie is kind of a momma's girl, so I thought I could help with the situation. Sean was trying to get her to tell him what was wrong. She finally screamed "MY HEAD HURTS!!"
I went to get the tylenol. I don't know why I asked, but I asked Sadie where her head hurt. She pointed down her throat. UGH!
Bethanie had strep throat a little over a week ago. I was REALLY hoping that somehow we avoided having it go through the family after a week had passed. In fact, I was bragging to Sean before bed last night that I think we had actually gotten away with it.
I guess we will be taking her in to the dr today.
Now can anyone tell me after a night like that, WHY did both of my kids wake up at 6am???

Startled

Two nights in a row I have opened my eyes in the middle of a deep sleep to find a little person inches from my face and staring at me. That is always startling! No matter how many times they do that it still freaks me out.
Thursday night Bethanie came in around 4am and stared at me. Once I woke up she let me know that she had a horrible dream and could she please crawl in to bed with me. That is when you don't want to be the cold heartless mother, so you say yes, and just pray that THIS time she won't continue to kick you while you are trying to sleep. Apparently that was not to be.
She did let me know what this terrifying dream was of. It was quite frightening. She was at the preschool. It was time to go home. She got in to a car and drove herself to the museum. The end. AHHHHHH!
She told me that she wished I could be in her head so that I really understood how awful it was.
We got through it though.
Friday night at 3am Sadie was the one staring. I woke up and she started talking to me like it was the middle of the day and time for a good chat. She said that Pooh, her favorite bear that accompanies her to bed every night, would NOT let her sleep! He kept waking her up and wanting to play!
I didn't have as much patience with Pooh as I did for the bad dream the night before. I told Sadie that she really needed to tell Pooh to go back to sleep. It was time for everyone to sleep.
Sean heard what was going on at this point and carried her back to bed. I am told she closed her eyes as soon as she hit the pillow. Hmmmm...
Tonight I hope for an uninterrupted night of sleep. Fingers crossed!