Crazy Liam

Liam watches me get ready in the mornings. It's impossible to be in the bathroom getting ready without him, so I just let him stand there as I do my make-up. His favorite part is when I curl my eyelashes. (They have no curl if I don't do it, plus, they then hit my glasses when I wear them, and that feeling drives me crazy) Liam usually asks me "eyes?" Meaning, will I do his eyes too? So I just hold the curler up to his eyes. Well, he found a chip clip one day and wanted his "eyes." This is what he did. He would pull it off and laugh like a loon, then do it again. It kept him entertained for a while.

This is Liam's first taste of cookie dough. I know, I must be a bad mother to not make cookies that much, but honestly, I usually do it when the kids are in bed, and lately, that time has been taken up with homework. So one day I made cookie dough and let Liam eat some. He kept it in his mouth for about 15 minutes just playing around before he swallowed it. Then he realized it was yummy and a monster was born. LOL!

"Poppy" Luv!!

Liam loves dogs. All dogs. He calls them "poppies." My boss asked him the other day if he wanted one, and he turned with bright eyes and sais "Uh huh!" Well, the other day, Jordan was reading a book about a puppy. Every page had a picture of the puppy on it. Liam would run over, say "Poppy!" and lay on the book to give the puppy a hug! It was the sweetest thing ever. Of course, I didn't get to my camera in time, so I can't show that, but it was so sweet! Just trust me.

Conference Saturday

I made some cinnamon rolls for breakfast (actually, by the time we ate them, they were lunch). It was a healthy(er) recipe. It had oatmeal, whole wheat flour, and not much sugar. It was actaully pretty yummy. Here is what I get for leaving the leftover sugar glaze on the table.

What you don't see is the puddle of glaze in his lap. :D

Random update about us

Here is just a quick, random update about each of us.... (No pictures... sorry!)

Ty- He is busy as ever with work. It actually is stressing him out quite a bit. The previous Finance Director did something that is kinda shady with the budget. As Ty found it this year, he put a stop to it, but it was brought to the public light not that long ago. Now this city we live in, likes to have some kind of trouble with the city. They like to be mad at them for something, stupid, I know. It's not Ty's fault, but he feels like he is getting the blame. Some things should hopefully be working themselves out this week though. We shall see...

Kristi-I feel like I am a chicken running around with my head cut off. I know, it's my own fault, but I still feel that way. I told my boss that I can give her another morning during the week to help her get caught up at work. I planned on doing this by switching babysitting with my sister again... She watches Liam while I work, I watch her daughter while she goes to help in her other daughter's school. So that is work Monday. Then I had another friend who wanted to switch watching kids so she could go to her daughters class too. So Tuesday, she takes Liam while I run, then quickly shower and then go to Joey's class. Wednesdays were free, but my friend's little sister is trying to learn how to drive (she's 19 and wants to get her license), so for an hour on Wednesdays, I am driving with her. Hey, I get two hours of free baby sitting out of it. Thursdays I have my niece and my friends little girl. So it's about 3 hours of three kids, aged 3-almost 2. Thankfully they usually get along. Then Friday is my work day since Ty is home. I have been doing this work day since Liam was 6 weeks old! Oh yeah, I am also taking a statistics class, so after the kids get to bed for the night, I study and/or do homework and tests. I am actually doing ok at keeping up with an online class. So, needless to say, I really feel busy.

Jordan- She is just as smart and as actively crazy as ever. She is already reading at a 2nd grade level. I have to go the library for her once a week to get new books because she just goes through them so fast. As I said in another post, she is really into Barbie right now. She loves just about anything Barbie. She is working really hard at keeping her room nice and clean so that I can paint it pink and blue for her. She can't wait for that! Her feet seem to not stop growing. I have had to buy her size 12 shoes already. I don't know where she got her big feet from.

Liam- Where do I start?? A friend described him as a spit fire, and I think that's the best description I've heard yet. He just doesn't stop. During church, it's soo funny. I sit on the stand as I am ward chorister. So Ty is forever taking Liam out. When Ty walks back in with Liam, Liam just smiles, waves, and says "Hi" to everyone on his way back to their seat. I just love it. Ty and I are having a debate on Liam's hair. We haven't cut it in several months... the shag look just looks good on that boy. But I think the back is starting to look like a mullet. I want to cut the back, but Ty won't let me. Pretty soon, he won't have a say though and I will cut it anyway. Liam talks A LOT. He even puts little sentences together. My favorite one right now is when you sneeze, Liam will come and ask, "You OK?" He is so polite too. He always says please and thank you. He tried to get me to ride on the back of his bike with him the other day. He is already so opinionated, that I don't know what I will do as he gets older. Though it is fun to have two kids who know their own minds and will fight each other over their ideas. He LOVES his Joey. His favorite time of day is when we go to get her from school! He runs up and gives her a big hug then we walk back to the car and he holds her hand. I just love it!

Home Depot projects

So Home Depot does these kid days. We haven't been for like a year, but Jordan always used to love going to them. Well, we went and took Liam as well this time. He had a blast hammering the nails. They made these pencil boxes, and let some kids paint them there. Being the mean parents we are, we didn't let them paint them there because we wanted to get home and get started on our projects for the day. Joey bugged me enough that we went and bought paint and let them paint their boxes here at home. Thankfully I was smart enough to take Liam's clothes off before setting him outside to paint. Here are the pictures.

Jordan's Be-lated birthday present

Jordan was told no toys for her birthday, so to figure out what she would like. She wanted one thing really and only one thing. She wanted to dye her hair blue. So, we finally got the blue ordered and put in (my girlfriend is a hair stylist and did it for us). The biggest bummer is that it didn't stay long. :( If anyone else wants something like this, it is much smarter to get a colored extension put in. We may yet do this with her hair since she loved the color so much. Here it is.



Here are pictures of her birthday presents from her grandparents and friends. Oh, and her ice cream cone shaped birthday cake I made her. I was so proud of myself!

The lady standing next to Joey in this next picture is a very dear family friend who also shares the same birthday, as does my sister. What a big birthday day in my family!
Jordan got two Barbies, tons of Barbie clothes, and a Barbie movie. Do you think she likes Barbie?
She also got playdoh, stuff for her fingernails (stickers to put on), braclets, and more. I just can't remember and the pictures came out fuzzy so you can't see what it was. Thank you to those of you who participated in anyway to her birthday. It was great!