On the way home from taking Colton to school.....

Aubrey: Mom, my rolie polie is almost coming open


Me: That's gross

Aubrey: Why?

Me: I don't know, just next time don't bring bugs in the car

Aubrey: next time I should just leave him upstairs in my room in a bed

Me: No!  Bugs live outside, don't ever bring bugs in the house!

Aubrey:  But I don't want the rolie polie to get lost in the front!  I have to take him in the back.

Me: Ok, but then put him outside when we get home

Aubrey:  I just want the rolie polie to find his family and Colton always smashes them!  The bad guys always try to trap them, and the dad rolie polie should punch them in the face

Me:  Just put him the grass when we get home

Aubrey: Why don't bugs come in our house?

Me: Because bugs just like to live outside in the grass and the dirt

And then she said some more funny stuff.  The best part was when I was trying to get her to take it outside, she kept changing the subject like she always does to avoid what I am asking her to do.  So finally I told her I think he is dead because he just keeps staying curled up.  She of course responded with "No he's not!  He's shy, he's really shy"

A few minutes later....

I just told her AGAIN to take her bug outside and she said..."I AM MOM!  Jeez-da-weez!"

April 17th.

This girl....

....turned 4.

She had an amazing princess party shared by her cousin Sophie, and when Amy finally stops hogging picnik I will be happy to blog a play by play.  It might have been over the top.  Maybe.  Depends on who you ask.

Pictures or no pictures, Aubrey has enough personality for at least a little post on....

Who You Are at Four......

*You are my little companion.  You almost always know where I am in the house.  If I leave the room without telling you where I am going, I can always count on you to find me within about 2 minutes.

*At your yearly check-up I was so so so happy to find out that your 30lbs put you in the 25% for your age.  I was afraid your skinny legs wouldn't even be on the chart.  I was so proud of you at your appointment, you were so brave.

*You like to call people "Dumby"....or at least I assume so, since you do it so often.

*Every day after Colton goes to school you want to watch a movie and have popcorn.  You don't eat to much of the popcorn, and if the movie you are watching is on the laptop, I think your favorite part is pressing the spacebar to pause it.  I think it makes you feel like you know how to use the computer.

*You drive Addison crazy.  Completely and totally crazy.  I'm sure it has nothing to with your relationship to be, right?

*You play.  I love that you play.  You love little people, and puppies, and princesses, and doll furniture.

*Aurora still seems to be your favorite Disney Princess

*You love to answer the phone

*You talk at a volume that exceeds your size.  That means you're really loud.  Maybe you got that from your dad....hmmm...

*You L.O.V.E love "lips", you would smear lip gloss on your lips all day long if I let you.  When I let you wear my lipstick it drives your dad crazy.

*You love to go.  Go to the store, go to grandma's, Sophie's, McDonalds, just about anywhere.  You don't like being left behind.  Unless it's with me.  Sometimes.

*You say "Serious" pretty much always

*When you say "I love you mom", and I don't answer right away, you say "Mom, I said I love you" we do this almost every day, one of my favorite parts...

*When Addison wakes up, you crawl in her crib

*You still play with my hair to fall asleep

*When you write notes, you right a bunch of A's and circles on your paper

*You like to tattle on Colton

*When you are really trying to make a plan, you talk with your hands, and then you ask at the end.."Is that a good idea?"

*You would eat chips all day-everyday if you could.  Most times you will settle for a heart sandwich, fancy for peanut butter and a cookie-cutter

*You still love your tap shoes, and now jelly shoes.

*You want everything Disney Princess, and lucky for you they make everything Disney Princess.

I should probably wrap this up, this list is longer than I anticipated and I could still just keep going.  I love you so much my cup overflows.  I love that I tell you I don't want you to get big, and you always tell me you will just get a little big like me and dad. 

You are growing up so fast.  Please stop.

You Know You're A Loser....

When your 6 year old gives you a bloody nose playing tether ball. 

Hours later.......my nose still hurts. 

Sisters...

If it isn't one of them....it's the other...

Colton's Birthday Party

This year Colton asked for a Super Mario Party.  It was a pretty fun theme to plan.  A ton of stuff was made out of poster board, and after scouring the internet Amy and I adapted a bunch of things we found to pull this party together.  I would like to thank Amy, Katie, Kimmie, Lisa, and Kent for all their help and patience with me and my obsessive tendencies.   Seriously, I could not have pulled this off without their help.  Kimmie and Lisa helped with the cake and Amy and Katie helped with a bunch of the decorations and hats.  And Kimmie, set-up would not have been the same without you...

As the kids started arriving, this is what they did first....

After a few minutes of jumping with the ghosts, we called them in for the first party game.....

A good ole fashion matching game...Colton and I made the matching game together.  He helped me pick out some of the characters and cut some of them out for me too....

Next, we moved on to the Obstacle course.  Here they are all lined up...

The first leg of the race...climb through the tunnel and weave in n' out of the piranha plants...there were 5 plants total and I am so lucky they stood up.  It was windy and my skills were lacking, thank goodness for packing tape...

When they made it through the plants, they had to climb under the trampoline, then get up and jump 10 times.  The trampoline was surrounded by ghosts from the game.  Amy drew on the faces and I taped on the arms...

When they got off the trampoline they jumped through 3 hula hoops...

And then they were on their way to knock over the goombas.  It end up being a little harder than I thought.... until Payson's turn. He blasted them.  In a couple of the pictures you can see that the wind finally blew down the front of the game and we had to put rocks in the cans the goombas were taped to so they wouldn't just blow off....

Now the course was coming to an end.  They had to grab the flag and head down the slide...

At the end of the obstacle course they all got to pick out a ? bag.  Inside was a toy, a mustache, and punching balloon....The mustache's....well you'll see...          

After the Mario photo shoot we played a Yoshi Egg Game.  I don't have any pictures, but basically there were easter eggs with white dots all over them spread out in the yard and the kids had to run around and find the one with the star inside.  The winner got a special prize....speaking of the winner...here he is...

That wrapped it up for the games, so on to cake and presents...

This cake was a group effort. Kimmie and I made most of the decorations, my favorite piece she made was the arrow sign.  Lisa of course came along and made some pretty cute stuff too.  I don't know which of hers I liked best, the goomba(little brown guy) or the yoshi plant.  Her apple even had a little white for the shine.  I know right?  And I think my favorite thing I made was the piranha plant.  I seriously HATED to cut the cake

He loved all of his presents.  My mom tricked him by putting the money she gave him in a box of candy...

After all that we had a little time left to play some Mario on the Wii.  I think the party was a great success.  Thank you to all those involved that helped.  I can't even imagine what next year brings....

 Here are a few of the decorations and party favors...

Just for fun....proof that Aubrey was going to be a part of this party one way or another...

Yesterday.

Yesterday Colton turned 6.  So weird right?  I have a 6 year old.  I don't know how, I just gave birth to him last week.  I swear, I have the stomach fat to prove it. 

I am feeling a little guilty for not getting a post done yesterday, but I am hoping that the killer birthday party we had excuses me.  I was busy ALL day, and then when I wasn't, I was exhausted.

I think I will write a few things about my 6 year old, and show you a few pictures as a teaser to the "Super Mario  Party"  post that will soon follow.  When I have recovered from my party hang-over.

So, here is the thing about my Shmote.  He is great.  And here are a few of the reasons why....

*he gives the best hugs

*he argues like nobodies business

*he is an amazing big brother....to addy.  someone else is too busy pushing his buttons to be mentioned here.  actually him and aubs have the most fun running around the house together when i vacuum.  it is pretty cute to watch.

*he has been an awesome kindergartner.  

*he loves to play video games.

*he loves to collect things.

*if he is sent to his room, or flees to his room because of the injustice inflicted upon him by his parents, he comes back downstairs with his blanket around his shoulders or over his head almost every time.

*his concept of time, "you mean like in 20 hours it will be time to go?"  "Oh, not like 20, maybe like 5, 6 minutes?"  "Oh, like when the thing on the clock goes like straight, and then the other one goes like this?"


*He says 'serious', 'fart', 'weasel', 'your bracket is busted', 'noooo', 'uh-huh, that's what grandma said', 'totally', 'mom, you said!', 'dad said no', 'can i please have someone over?', 'oh, you mean like...', 'i am totally the best at this', 'tedder ball', 'it needs new batteries', 'can i play wii?  what about the playstation? what about my dsi?  the computer?', 'there's nothing to do', 'you never let me do anything', 'watch me mom/dad', 'why do i have to take a bath?  i took one yesterday', 'uhhhh, why do i have too?', 'goodnight mom, love you', 'aubrrrrey', 'i'm gonna get you booskers!', 'can i go somewhere?', 'i already know how', 'can i watch a show?', 'remember at the beach...', and so many other things all the time, alot of these I hear daily.

He is learning tons and growing like a weed, and there is nothing I can do to stop it.  He starts t-ball this week, and I am pretty excited to see how he does.  I wish there was a way Kent and I could get him to understand that he won't be good at everything right away, but if he just keeps trying!  He is so quick to give up when he isn't instantly good.  But how do you explain potential to a 5, 6 year old?  A 6 year old!  Are you kidding me?!  So weird.

Here are just a few pictures from yesterday....

the candle picture and shmario picture were edited by Lisa.