Full on Recap

This will all be short clippets from our life, some really short, some more like novels.  and I can't find my camera battery charger now so the lack of pictures continues.


The other day the kids were playing in the living room.  I wasn't paying attention until I noticed that the word "Jesus" was being thrown around a lot.  So I thought I would listen.  They were pretending that they were dying.  Then one of them would "call Jesus" on the phone and tell him that the other one was dying and he should come quick and make them better.  Then Jesus would come and heal them and they would thank him and then it would start all over with the other child falling ill.  All I can say is something in Primary must be sinking in. 

Yesterday Lizzy announced to Trevor that she would like him to bring her home a car.  Ummm  I thought begging for cars started at 16 maybe even 15, but 4 1/2????

Abigail sings head shoulders knees and toes ALL THE TIME.  In the house, in the car, at grandmas, while she is eating, while she is in her crib ~everywhere all the time.  It goes something like this
"Heaaaaa nee na no, nee na no, nee na no."  Actions are involved too. It is awesome.  Actually she just heard me humming it and now it begins. 

We registered Sam for preschool the other day, at Renfrew.  Hopefully it will help his speech.  They just have to review his scores, but the lady was so confident that he would qualify, so I am going to go with that. 

I looked out the window and what did I see?  (at the the ski hill in Golden) a one legged man skiing down the hill, it was so cool.  The funny part, later that day we were in Banff grabbing a bite and I saw a different one legged man shoveling snow.  Seriously these guys had skills, I have a hard enough time doing those things with 2 legs. 

I made a growth chart last fall to measure my kids.  I was just going to measure them yearly on their birthdays but they are growing so much!!  Since the end of October Elizabeth has grown 1.5 inches, Sam has grown 2 inches and Abbi is leading the pack at a whopping 3 inches.  No wonder they all seem to have grown out of their clothes. 

Yesterday was pretty good, until that one time right before dinner, you know that awful hour while you are still alone and things always get crazy.  Well I discovered Sam in the bathroom dumping buckets of water on the floor, big trouble, then When I pulled him down off the counter I notice he had peanut butter all over his hands...and my bathroom mirror, Ummm does anyone remember this PANIC!!!  Then as I started to reprimand him I noticed he had peed his pants (I HATE POTTY TRAINING!).  I continued to find peanut butter all up my stairs in the carpet on the railing and all over my kitchen table.  In my own defense.  I keep the peanut butter on the top shelf in my skinny cupboard beside the stove.  He got it himself.  p.s.  he can also get him self treats off of the top shelf in my pantry.  G.L.O.R.I.O.U.S ...  I was texting Kellie as I went with each awful step that I found out.  Then I started crying because I was so mad.  She came and rescued me, So did my brother Matt.  Matt went and bought pizza for dinner.  Kellie kept Sam and Abbi at the house, and I have to point out she cleaned my WHOLE house.  I dropped Lizzy at dance raced to Cranston where Trevors cousin Jane lives borrowed her carpet cleaner, raced back and picked Elizabeth up. 

Jane called later to see if the kids had survived until bedtime, she had this to say "You don't always have to like them, you just have to love them...and let them live" 

St Patricks Day

Last night we set our trap to catch a Leprechaun.  We baited it with Rainbow cookies.

We told the kids that if we didn't catch him he would turn all our food green with his magic.

Needless to say he escaped...drat that Leprechaun.

So we had green pancakes and green apple juice and green water (because green apple juice is gross Mom).

Little did I know how upsetting this would be though. 

We experienced anger with Elizabeth yelling out at the Leprechaun to come turn everything back.  We had tears when she became afraid that the whole house would turn green including her "pink blankie".

Lets just say it got bad enough that Dad called the "Shamrock Police."  They promised him that they caught the naughty Leprechaun and that only our breakfast would be green.

That made everything better until the kids realized that not only did that naughty Leprechaun take our cookies "HE STOLE THE PLATE TOO!!"  Oh no.  Maybe he is just a nice Leprechaun and he put it in the dishwasher before she went to bed. 

Happy St Patricks Day everyone!