Sometimes they're friends...

tete a tete

Seriously, what a day

Oh, the stories we have today. Cute Girl and Handsome Face were playing with their friend, Jaryn, today while I scrapbooked with my friends. Rachel and I thought it was awfully quiet upstairs, but we decided to pretend like everything was fine so that we could continue scrapbooking. At the end of our "playdate," Rachel came downstairs from where she was retrieving Jaryn and told me that I was going to kill three little kids. She presented Handsome Face to me and I gasped when I saw his face. I asked what it was and she told me it was make-up. All three kids were plastered with red lipstick. And upon further investigation we found Vaseline, chapstick, lotion, massage oil, coconut oil, and who knows what else. At bedtime the kids still smelled like they live in Bath and Body Works.
In the clean up that followed this lovely escapade, both of Handsome Face's blankies got put in the wash. When I tried to put him down for his nap he was really confused and wanted his blanket. He always has his blanket at bedtime and he likes to suck on the corner and rub the trim with his fingers. I put him down with just his cover up blankets but he started crying - not typical behavior for the boy who normally giggles at naptime. Out of pity, I dug out an old Cute Girl blanket with satin trim like his. He took it and stared at it while rubbing the edge. Then he took the corner and touched it to his tongue and immediately pulled it back out. After staring at it for another second he thrust it back up at me and yelled "NO!" It was so funny, I can't even do it justice. He then cried and threw everything out of his bed for the next hour. After drying a single blanket for just ten minutes I rushed it up to him. He went to sleep after that.

Here's Lookin' at You

Don't you just hate it when your orange has a hole in it?

Sledding in the Desert

We had a great time on Valentine's Day as we headed for some distant mountains in search of snow. It took a little over two hours to get there and I was worried because the south face we were driving up was completely brown and covered in cactus. But once we reached the top and started descending we found snow in abundance (or what the desert calls abundance).

We only stayed a little over an hour as sledding with tiny children is a LOT of work and Handsome Face didn't actually like the sledding part so much. But as this was the only way the kids would ever see snow here, it was worth the four hours worth of driving. Maybe only once a year though.

He really didn't like sledding.

But he did like eating the snow.

This is where Handsome Face had lunch. All the college girls passing by thought he was the most adorable thing ever.

Hey Look! I'm blogging!

Well, I already established that I'm boring in the last post, but to top it all off my sister came into town unexpectedly and I haven't done a thing for a week. I love having company!

We haven't really done anything out of the ordinary just because Abby's here - she just tags along with whatever I'm doing. But since we have her car I have been able to do lots of shopping and errands that I wouldn't have done otherwise and that has lowered my stress levels considerably.

(Chocolate chip cookie Star Wars man)

The kids love having her here, especially Cute Girl, with whom she shares a room. She is constantly yelling through the house, asking where Abby is because she MUST know her whereabouts at all times. Abby must play and read and craft with her all day long. I think Abby's getting a little tired!

(Cute, Cute Girl)

It's Official

I have nothing to blog about. I'm officially boring. So once again I'm posting old pictures. Here the kids are finger painting a week ago. Handsome Face wasn't really all that into it, but he did manage to paint his cheeks and his sister immediately followed suit.

Self-sufficient

This is what my child does for her and her brother's snack when Mom is away and Dad is busy. (Those are plates full of raisins and peanuts if you can't tell.)