by Lucky Red Hen on March 14, 2007
Delaney is here today playing with Piper. It’s lunchtime…
Delaney: “I’m hungry. I want yunch.”
Me: “You do? Well then, let’s make some.”
Delaney: “I want a yummy yunch.”
Me: “I can do that. We have yummy food.”
Delaney: “I DON’T want a yucky yunch. Yucky yunch is gross!”
Delaney’s Yummy Yunch (not yucky yunch)
rolled up Black Forest ham sliced (that she unrolls and sticks on her forehead like Piper)
Dora the Explorer yogurt (she asks for a spoon then uses her finger to scoop out the top)
1/2 banana (no story with that one; bummer, isn’t it?)
milk in a sippy cup (didn’t want a regular cup)
by Lucky Red Hen on January 21, 2007
Piper was excited about something and said to me, “Oly mokes, mom! Oly mokes!”
“Oly mokes, huh? What’s oly mokes?” I replied, wanting to know what she was all excited about.
“You know, oly mokes like oh geez!” she said in a “duh” tone that a 3yr old is so good at.
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I’ve been trying to weed out all the stuff I really don’t need to move again (don’t worry, it’s not in the near future but I’m trying to get started so I’m not hauling the same stuff for the next 5 moves like I’ve done for the last 5).
Putting together a pile of books (why would I need to keep What To Expect When You’re Expecting?) I found a few pretty-much blank notebooks that I meant to use for writing down the clever things my kids say and do.
It reminded me of when Jack was little and he’d say something was sicky when it was scary. When he was scared he’d say he was sicked. That stuff needs to be written down so I can look back after they move out and get all teary eyed at the times that were sweet that are long gone.
Ooh, which brings me to another story for later. Got some old papers and photos (I need to scan) mailed to me the other day. So many emotions looking through them.
Way fun – but you’ll have to hold YOUR HORSES ;o) before you see that post. Harharhar.
by Lucky Red Hen on January 5, 2007
My 6yr old son, Jack, was talking to grandma on the phone about his Christmas vacation…
Jack: I woke up in the middle of the night and SAW SANTA!!!
Gma: You did?
Jack: Yeah!
Gma: What did he look like?
Jack: He was 10 feet fat!
We’re creating our Wii characters just a minute ago and I was making “mommy” (that’s me). You can change eye shape & color, hair style & color, face shape & color, etc. When we got to the height & weight portion and I made me the tallest (compared to the kids, I am) then I adjusted the weight up a smidge from the middle and Piper says…
Piper: No, mom! Move it all the way over!
Me: No, I’m not THAT big!
Piper: Yes you ARE!
Jack: No, Piper, she’s not THAT big.
Piper: Yes she IS! She IS that big! She’s WAY bigger!
by Lucky Red Hen on November 27, 2006
by Lucky Red Hen on November 22, 2006
Last week I had Katie & Rebekah over with their kids for lunch (I make a MEAN homemade mac n’ cheese). I figured if I fed them they’d share some photography secrets. Thank you thank you thank you both! It’s fun to see what we all saw… click here for Katie’s pics of the day and here for Rebekah’s images.
Katie, the model, Benson.
Jack & mom (that’s me), courtesy of Rebekah Westover.
Katie’s daughter, Ella “luv bugs”.
Rebekah “getting jiggy-wit-it” LOL.
My handsome man, Jack.
Rebekah giving her “buggy” a love squeeze.
My favorite of my daughter, Piper. She’ll do anything for chocolate.
Katie workin’ the x-process.
Made this a little grainy for a softer, old-fashioned, feel.
Drip, drip, drip.
Mother and daughter, Rebekah & Violet.
by Lucky Red Hen on October 25, 2006
by Lucky Red Hen on September 1, 2006
She has been having a fever come and go, but mostly come. We’ve been alternating between Motrin and the Tylenol with Cold medicine (but every 4hrs, not every 2 like you can – I’m not a big druggie).
She’s relatively well behaved when sick; except when she’s eating, shivering with fever, not getting her way, wanting to jump on the trampoline or wants to get dressed and out of her pj’s. But really, she’s a trooper.
Now that she’s 3 and more verbal she can, and does, tell us what hurts. If she gets an owie she requests a “nandaid” or tells me she’s going to get “bud” (blood) from her owie if she doesn’t get said nandaid (there’s no scrape or anything). With this fevering illness, she’s been having headaches; I think. This is what she says…
“My head’s crackin’.”
Wuh? Crackin’? Alright.
Have some more medicine and how ’bout some peanut M&M’s for good measure.
by Lucky Red Hen on July 26, 2006
Monday daddy was sick so the kids and I took off for a day of whatever came our way. We had a few errands to run (pick up the disc Holly left at a local boutique because she was late for a wedding out of town, meet Angie at South Towne Mall to deliver said disc, plus mine, so she could choose favorites from her engagement session, drop off pictures to Matt from Lisa as a surprise – I love GOOD surprises).
Gardner Village was our next stop. We went to wander and found these…
I almost can’t stand how cute my boy is!!!
Inside these cups are Baboa Tea thingys – not too sure what they’re made out of but they’re an Asian version of a smoothy that was VERY refreshing.
Our families favorite holiday is Halloween.
These boots aren’t made for walkin’.
We ended up at Temple Square (got a sweet parking spot in the SHADE) so the kids could just run around and look. The Assembly Hall was open so we walked in to take a look – just a little chapel inside with the organ against the back wall so we turned back around since that’s not the funnest place for kids. Took a look at a couple of statues then a sister missionary told us about the new family exhibit in the north visitor’s building that the kids might like. Alright, let’s head that way. Inside that building there’s a mock-up Jeruselem, huge paintings depicting stories in the scriptures and the Christus.
Ah the Christus. Jack asked me to come with him to the 11′ statue of Christ to show me something he learned. He pointed out the holes in His hands and in His feet. Very nice! We were having a lovely time when Piper pointed out something too. “Mom,” looking at Jesus’ face, “he’s so CUTE!” Thanks for the buzz kill. :o)
Then we went through the little family exhibit and the kids were so well-behaved. The sister missionaries asked them (mostly Jack) questions and they answered politely. The guy acting as the dad is CJane’s husband, so that was fun to point out to the kids that he was at our house for dinner recently. He did a FABULOUS job ;o)
On our way home we stopped by Karen & Heather’s for a little visiting and ended up home about 8pm (after getting Wendy’s on the way).
Lovely day.
It’s fall but it’s been SNOWING throughout the day today. This is my 3-year-old showing me the fallen leaves she gathered a few weeks ago in the park.
