The Bee

Grace gets to compete in the school spelling bee along with one other student from her class. Congratulations, Grace, we know you worked hard for it! First grade spelling is pretty awesome, so it should be quite a competition:)

Feelin' Crafty

My camera keeps taking really terrible, usually blurry pictures and I'm not sure why (probably user error) so my pics aren't great, but here are two crafts I have recently made that I'm pretty proud of. Number one is a "Merry Kissmas Countdown" it's like an advent calendar only with hershey kisses glued onto a ribbon--super easy (thanks for the idea Nat). I also made one with mini-peanut butter cups for Trev since he doesn't particularly like kisses. Up close and blurry:I also made this cake plate for my mom using a candle holder and a fancy glass plate that I adhered together. I gave it to her for her birthday and she loved it (of course why wouldn't she, I mean, it's awesome...and it was from ME).

Does Terrible + Funny = Terribly Funny?

I have an embarrassing (to myself) story to tell, so brace yourselves. It was a busy day today and I didn't exactly get around to changing Peter's diaper when I should have. I kept thinking, 'oh his diaper is probably full I should change it--but I'm in a hurry, I'll change it later'. After I dropped off Grace at piano I had two returns to make at two different stores. At the first store I made my return and Noah had to go to the bathroom so I decided to change Pete while I was in there. It was completely soaked with pee as was his onesie and his pants so I stripped his diaper off...before checking to make sure I had a clean one in my purse....which I did not. So I had a half naked, wet baby with no diaper in a rather gross bathroom. All I could do was grab a few paper towels, wrap them 'gently' around him and snap his onesie back up and pull up his pants and go. The really terrible part is that I only had 30 minutes to run these two errands before I had to get Grace so instead of going to the store across the street to buy a diaper...or run home to change him...I went to the second store.

I am not proud of myself.

The ENTIRE time I kept thinking, this is a terrible idea. He is going to pee all over me out of spite. But the trip was problem free and lightning fast-hallelujah home depot-and then I ran home and changed him and got to piano with a few minutes to spare.

This was not a great day, but I thought it was a little funny and will probably get funnier as time goes by. As long as Peter isn't permanently scarred from the experience (and he seemed perfectly content in his paper towel diaper), I think we'll be fine.

Easy Healthy Recipes

I need some ideas for dinner that are 1) easy 2) healthy and 3) my kids will like. With Trevor working nights it is hard to get motivated to make a nice meal for dinner especially if the kids are just going to throw it on the floor (Peter...well Noah, too) or complain that it's "blech".
Tonight was pretty successful with Ramen noodles cooked with frozen peas and cut up carrots topped with crispy sauteed chicken breast seasoned with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. But I need MORE...MORE I say!!! Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Sick Like Death

All weekend I had what I thought was the flu--it was so horrible. It turns out it was strep throat. I haven't been this sick since I had morning sickness with Peter and I wanted to die. Literally. Luckily I went to the doctor who gave me some antibiotics and painkillers (yay!) so I could get some sleep and swallow some fluids.
Today I am feeling better but not yet complete. Thank heaven for health. And prescription drugs.

I Am A Builder

My ward decided to steal my friend Michelle's idea for a primary activity and we are using the theme, "I Am A Builder" click the link to see her activity in all its glory. http://thehiltonlife.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-am-builder.html
I built a model for the kids to make popsicle stick towers a la King Benjamin (from the Book of Mormon) and I think it turned our pretty good for being made solely of popsicle sticks, glue, and twine:

Blech Day

The bad part of the day really started last night when Grace got a sore throat and a fever. I didn't realize this would adversely impact me until late last night when I remembered about girls' night tonight. Crud. I am missing girl's night tonight (shopping and dinner-kid free) because Grace is too sick to go to school and a babysitter's but not sick enough to be entertained solely by television and naps on the couch.

Needless to say I am not in the best of moods today. Hearing 'I'm bored!' by my two children who can talk and sensing it from #3 is not my favorite thing.

p.s. grace took the picture of the flower at red butte garden