Today it is one month since I posted. I suck. I really have a lot to post about, but no time to do it right, therefor no motivation to do it. So, I'm going to guide you to my Lil' Sisters post on our Spring Break trip. We all went together, so you can see what we've been up to. The only difference is that we just had to skip out on the Calf Creek Falls hike due to Ainsley having a fever. Thanks Sara!
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May 1, 2009
April 1, 2009
April fools!
Looks like an ordinary cup of juice...
Actually it is a cup of orange and lemon jello with blue and red food coloring in it. The kids were surprised when they went to drink their grape juice this morning, and Ainsley was thrilled that they left their cups of jello on the table and mom was too busy dressing, combing, and gathering homework to notice that she had gotten the jello and was squishing it through her fingers. 
Ainsley was SO mad at me for taking the jello away! She couldn't have been more sticky, even if she had attacked a jar of grape jelly! WARNING: Lemon and Orange jello with blue and red food coloring is, so far, not coming out of the white shirt. Do not use this April fools trick in your home! 
Hamburgers were our after school snack. Jason just called and said he was on his way home, but he was going to stop and get a hamburger because he had missed lunch. I told him I had hamburgers here... he's going to be disappointed! I thought they were cute, but Grady cried because he didn't want any 'salad' on his.
My favorite was the sack lunch I sent to school with Amelia. It looked normal from the outside, but inside there was a can of sardines, a baggie with mushrooms, a bar of unsweetened baking chocolate, and a teeny tiny banana inside. I brought her real lunch, a happy meal, about five minutes after lunch started. When I got there the whole table of kids were all huddled around the can of sardines, they said they looked like frog skin. I shared the 'candy bar' with all of the kids on the table, and some of them actually ate it! Amelia loves mushrooms, and had taken a bite of one, but they weren't washed and she said it was a little crunchy. YUCK!
I've enjoyed laughing at the reactions of the kids, but I haven't enjoyed all of the mess I've had to clean up today! I'm not sure that it's worth the work to fool, the joke may be on me!
Hope you all had a good one!
Actually it is a cup of orange and lemon jello with blue and red food coloring in it. The kids were surprised when they went to drink their grape juice this morning, and Ainsley was thrilled that they left their cups of jello on the table and mom was too busy dressing, combing, and gathering homework to notice that she had gotten the jello and was squishing it through her fingers. 
Ainsley was SO mad at me for taking the jello away! She couldn't have been more sticky, even if she had attacked a jar of grape jelly! WARNING: Lemon and Orange jello with blue and red food coloring is, so far, not coming out of the white shirt. Do not use this April fools trick in your home! 
Hamburgers were our after school snack. Jason just called and said he was on his way home, but he was going to stop and get a hamburger because he had missed lunch. I told him I had hamburgers here... he's going to be disappointed! I thought they were cute, but Grady cried because he didn't want any 'salad' on his.My favorite was the sack lunch I sent to school with Amelia. It looked normal from the outside, but inside there was a can of sardines, a baggie with mushrooms, a bar of unsweetened baking chocolate, and a teeny tiny banana inside. I brought her real lunch, a happy meal, about five minutes after lunch started. When I got there the whole table of kids were all huddled around the can of sardines, they said they looked like frog skin. I shared the 'candy bar' with all of the kids on the table, and some of them actually ate it! Amelia loves mushrooms, and had taken a bite of one, but they weren't washed and she said it was a little crunchy. YUCK!
I've enjoyed laughing at the reactions of the kids, but I haven't enjoyed all of the mess I've had to clean up today! I'm not sure that it's worth the work to fool, the joke may be on me!
Hope you all had a good one!
March 13, 2009
It's in your Genes... Jeans?
My sweet sister Brookie teaches first grade at Amelia's school. Amelia is the lucky ducky who gets to stay after school and help her Auntie put stickers on papers, cut things out, and clean the floors with the little push broom... all the things first graders do when they are playing school at home. She loves it, and Brooke is a good sport to let her tag along.
My Artistic Mommy decorates Brooke's classroom door every month, just to brighten the room, and the hall. She does a fabulous job! The door is always so cute, and nobody loves it more than Amelia.
One afternoon after helping Miss Auntie Brookie in her class after school, Amelia and Brooke were leaving for the day and Amelia was staring at the newly decorated door. She told Brooke that the door was BEAUTIFUL, and she wished she could do beautiful things like Grandma. Brooke told her that one day she will do beautiful things like Grandma because it is in her genes.
Amelia just stared at Brooke, paused a moment and said,
"The only thing in my Jeans are my Panties!"
My Artistic Mommy decorates Brooke's classroom door every month, just to brighten the room, and the hall. She does a fabulous job! The door is always so cute, and nobody loves it more than Amelia.
One afternoon after helping Miss Auntie Brookie in her class after school, Amelia and Brooke were leaving for the day and Amelia was staring at the newly decorated door. She told Brooke that the door was BEAUTIFUL, and she wished she could do beautiful things like Grandma. Brooke told her that one day she will do beautiful things like Grandma because it is in her genes.
Amelia just stared at Brooke, paused a moment and said,
"The only thing in my Jeans are my Panties!"
March 6, 2009
This is why the laundry isn't done!
I TRIED and TRIED to feed her the noodle soup, for 15 minutes I TRIED, then I gave in and just gave her some scrambled eggs I was making to put in the fried rice for dinner. I went downstairs to change the laundry and Ainsley decided she wanted the noodle soup! This must be the reason they have seatbelts in highchairs! 
March 5, 2009
Were you also wondering?
Sydnie: Mom, when are Jesus and Dr. Suess coming back alive again?
I need to be better at writing these little things down, you know, the ones that make you spray diet coke out your nose.
I need to be better at writing these little things down, you know, the ones that make you spray diet coke out your nose.
March 2, 2009
Crying it out...both of us!
Today is the day, I finally let the 9 month old test out her crib. I should just wait a few more months and put her right into a big girl bed. I had a BAD morning and decided Ainsley would be best off just crying it out in her crib this morning. After 45 minutes she started to calm down and after a few minutes of quiet I snuck in to find THIS... my little monkey still holding onto the bars, one leg out, face buried in the corner. THIS is better than the swing? I only left her there long enough to take a picture and then I had to wake her up, feed the little princess to sleep, and then carefully slip her into her swing. I'm back to square one....February 22, 2009
Ainsleys Adventures!
Lately nothing has inspired me to blog, but I have watched my update date go from 3 days, to 3 weeks, and I fear I will let it go to 3 months if I don't JUST DO IT! So I've decided to post a few photos of my growing beebers...
A day in the life of Ainsley May
Ainsley isn't quite sure what she should and shouldn't be afraid of. She just sat and stared at the dino-- daring it to make a move, when it did she kicked it over! Recently she met a little puppy, much smaller than her. The little furry ball walked right up to her, she was so excited! She went to touch it, but it barked and she screamed in terror! 
Oreo fudgee cookies are her new favorites! However Ainsley also enjoys anything that she finds leftover on the floor under the table. She has also unsucessfully tried to eat: a fuzzy craft pom pom ball, push pin, Hershey kiss wrapper, a leaf, bouncy ball, and has successfully eaten an entire box of tissues. 
Ok.. I know I'm her mom, but she is a true princess here. I love to cuddle her when she is sleeping (she won't hold still long enough to cuddle when she is awake) and kiss her little lips. Lately I get an upclose view of her sleeping because, I confess... MY NINE MONTH OLD STILL SLEEPS IN HER SWING! Except, now she is big enough to climb out of her swing, it's only a small drop to the carpet. So, I usually rock this spoiled princess to sleep, cuddle her for a while and then carefully slip her into her swing.
uh ooo... ( uh oo is her newest word) I took her valentine sucker away! When she wrinkles her nose she is either MAD or trying to be silly, either way we always laugh because she looks so funny.
Our friend Katherine sent us a goody box full of fun things, two being Tasty Cakes (a yummy treat with cake, peanut butter and chocolate) and silly string. I was watching the kids spray each other with the silly string outside, and taking pictures and laughing and ignoring Ainsley in the house. Grady sprayed the silly string into the house so I went to clean it up... I found Ainsley covered in silly string, happily eating a tasty cake, She must have known I wouldn't have given her one if she had asked. I decided to let her finish the tasty cake in peace, when she was finished she started to eat the silly string, that is when I had to step in!
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