fea·ture /ˈfitʃər/ [fee-cher]

*****Also called feature film, feature presentation. the main motion picture in a movie program.*****



For the first few days Lynnea would be requesting a 'teacher' movie. I wasn't too certain which movie she was talking about, so I would quiz her of what she was talking about. Just about every time, the first movie I named was the one she wanted. That's odd...why do they all have the same name?



Then, I remembered, that Lynnea calls "Movies" her "Features"....as in the 'feature presentation.' Goodness, how on earth does a little one get so technical! It must be a word that Jared taught her to confuse her aunt and uncle!



Today Lynnea was asking David for a 'feature' and I could hear David asking her over and over...what movie is that? I interrupted and said..."David, she's saying 'feature' instead of 'movie.'" So David replies, "How the heck does she know that?"

out of the mouth of babes!

jingle belle?

Meet one of Kaylee's newest favorite princesses....Jingle Belle. I've tried to teach her that her name is simply 'Belle' but she continues to call her Jingle Belle. She'll get it right someday.

She currently is saying Cinderella correctly....finally! She used to say 'Tru-la-la-la' which was too cute to hear.

I'm amazed at all the prinesses that she knows...Sleeping Beauty and Snow White? I've never even told her those names let alone shown her pictures of them or shown her the videos. She must be learning it at school!

sunday best

Ready for Sunday with her best cousins! Lynnea and Kaylee just love each other! Lynnea was a big girl and went to Sunbeams with Kaylee in Primary. She had a pretty good time. She was sad in class...probably because she couldn't play with any toys. It's hard to get used to a classroom atmosphere sometimes! Kaylee was excited to go to church with Lynnea.

Aren't they just so cute together!


Cade getting some lovin from Lynnea. Kissin Cousins.

Who couldn't resist a cute little buddy like him!

blaaaah

Poor Lynnea. She threw up while Grammie, Papa and Gigi were over last night watching the kids while David and I went out for a movie. This morning she threw up a bit more....but it was nothing compared to what was to come!

I talked to Lynnea about being sick and how she felt. I told her when she felt sick like that again to tell us and that we would take her to the bathroom and help her if she needed to throw up. A while later, after giving her some anti nausea medicine she got up from the couch and a fun movie and ran to the bathroom....we're lucky we have one so close. She threw up the toilet seat and did her thing. David quickly followed holding her head and I came in and went to work getting the washcloths and cleansers.

Poor Lynnea was crying. We let her sit in a bath for a while. We thought it would be best to just keep her on fruit popcicles and juice for a while. Seeing partly digested fish crackers doesn't quiet make you yearn for some more. Lynnea is asking for food, but so sad to say we can't give her any. Hang in there Lynnea!

aahhhh the perks of visitors

Cade has been itching to get into Kaisa's cute little seat. When the moment came, he seized it!


Kaylee got comfy and watched a Barbie movie with everyone else.


kinda like her own banana chair...too cumfy to resist!

how cute is she!?

Kaisa is so photogenic! Such a pretty little girl!


Today she was finally hungry enough to gobble down a lot of her tasty cereal bites.

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nice skinny feet...definately not my child! :)

nap time

After I take Kaylee to school Cade and I come home and I put him down for a nap...many times I will do the same. This time I had three kiddos to put down. Lynnea at first said she didn't want to take a nap. I gave her two options. "You can either go and nap in your bed or nap in my bed with me." She said "Nap in your bed." So I threw her up in bed with me and we had a heavenly nap.
Once it was time to get up all the Kids were still sleeping. I was sure that Kaisa and Lynnea would be up before then, but nope....the house was as quiet as could be.

I went into all the rooms and got them out of bed. Cade was happy to get up and get sister....but he's used to doing that. Kaisa wasn't happy at all to get woken up and neither was Lynnea. Man....I wish I could teach my kids that sleep is something to cherish! My kids are just too happy to be awake....even when it's still dark outside! what's the deal!

Funny to think that Kaisa didn't want to get up since she had slept in until after 10am with only getting up at 2am to eat. She was ready for another nap at noon! That's my girl!

Kaisa time with Lynnea and Kaylee

So, unless you haven't heard....I'm watching a couple nieces for a week while Jared and Rachel....David's brother and his wife....are away in probably an extremely boring family vacation in Cancun...just the siblings and spouses with no kids. Well, maybe it isn't extremely boring, but probably ridiculously exciting! The kiddos seem to enjoy their stay quite a bit and are getting along very well.

Kaisa was happy to get some friends to help her enjoy her toys. Kaylee, Cade and Lynnea just love playing together and whenever the chance provides, a little playtime with Kaisa too!

Cute Kaisa!

Lynnea enjoying her time with her cousins.

Kaylee just loves all these live in play buddies!

aint nutin purdier than a purdy girl wif purdy shoes

I was at target the other day and just to fancy my imagination I strolled by the shoe section to take a gander at my favorite shoes that I'd love to buy Kaylee but they were too expensive for my taste. Finally I saw that they were in the clearance section and marked down to 6 bucks! AND, they were in her size....well, a size larger, but that's all the better...she'll wear them longer!
She loves to dance to some hip music and requested her pretty tutu and I thought it would be fun for her to try out the new shoes. They're so cute. I think she gets the cute shoe wearing talent from auntie Kelly.

self inflicted torture

Yesterday we had some frun friends over. Emilie came over with Eden and Avi and brought over two other favorite friends of ours...Brody and Ashton. Somehow Ashton and Cade got into a precarious position and began whining. We came in to see them locked down unwillingly and unable to get loose. Ashton looks pretty cool with the whole thing, but Cade's face is all scrunched up...it's too cute when he does that. He's just so munchable! xoxo

pssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Kaylee sure had an experience at school today. While in the little bathroom in her school room the toilet blew out on her. Her teacher was standing right next to the door and saw all this water spray out. She came out of the bathroom and told her teacher, "I made a booboo." At first Kaylee was laughing along with the teacher and her aides, but soon she was crying and kept saying she was scared. Poor Kaylee got her pants and shoes and socks all wet. Thank goodness there was an extra change of shorts and shoes in her bag. When I got Kaylee from school she described the toilet fiasco as a 'pshhhhh' sound and kept saying, "Mommy, I'm scared." It was too cute though. I could tell that when the teacher and I were talking about it and giggling that Kaylee was a bit embarassed.

mommy, buddy stuck

so the kids are outside and Kaylee comes in saying, "Mommy, buddy stuck." I haven't heard that from her speaking about buddy in a while so I knew he had gotten himself in a situation where sister had to be the rescue police.

I came out to the amazement that Cade had managed to get on top of the AC. I was surprised that it wasn't on, or wasn't about to turn on. Imagine how frightening that could have been! yikes!

Kaylee thought this was prime time for a photo.

soon enough, both were on top of the AC and begging for help getting down.

those little rascals!

it's ladies night

Emile, Amanda (aka Brooke White) and I went out and reaked havoc on the town last night. Amanda...I mean Brooke....will be moving to Washington state in a few weeks so we needed a bit of a party night before our wonderful friend leaves us. We went to the mall and had fun trying on things and 'attempting' to embarass each other. I came away with a pretty green dress from Motherhood and Amanda got a few nice scarfs...so european!....and a few other things. Emilie was a good window shopper. We then went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner....kinda our tradition. We were down by a gal pal. Sheena was out celebrating her 22nd birthday....Happy Birthday today Sheena.
Amanda....we're going to miss you so much....but not as much as you'll miss us!
xoxo
we heart you

it's a slippery slope

Kaylee was having fun at breakfast and I thought it would be nice to get some photos. But that lasted all but one shot.
She then decided the session was over.

'it's over mom!'

General Conference

Kaylee and Cade enjoyed the coloring handouts I got from Emilie. They seemed to like their own desk setup in the livingroom in front of the TV. They loved to draw over everything. Maybe next year I'll make them write a 100 word essay of what they learned at Conference!


Kaylee adds a bit of 'rouge' to the prophets faces.


Cade getting into the action too.