Babies

Kylie just finished watching Cake Boss: Baby Special which spurred on a very interesting discussion about babies.

We were then discussing how babies get their names. I told her usually the mom and dad decide together what to name the baby.

I asked her what name she liked.

Zoe

And if it's a boy?

Gizmo

Oh joy I may someday have a grandson named Gizmo!

Other names that made her list

Girls - Bentley, Dakota & Lily

Boys - Romeo

Final verdict - Girl to be named Lily, boy to be named Romeo

School Picture Day

It was preschool picture day.  Kylie wanted her hair curled with a spiral curling iron.  She wouldn't wear any of her clothes so we borrowed from Megan.  I'm not sure I'm ready to see her on picture day as a teenager.

Dinosaur Museum

We've lived here for 6.5 years and I've never been to the Dinosaur museum.  Kylie has been begging to go so we finally went.  Bradley and Kylie had fun. 

Happy Birthday Kylie

Yesterday was Kylie's 5th birthday. She had a party with 9 of her friends. It was a great day!

Toothfairy Coming

4 Days before her 5th birthday Kylie lost her first tooth. Well that's not exactly true, she had a molar that was abscessed that the dentist had to pull but that doesn't count. First teeth are worth $5 in this house. She didn't want to put it under her pillow because she wanted to take it to preschool for show and tell. I assured her the tooth fairy would pay up and let her keep her tooth for show and tell.

Kylie's Halloween Party

Kylie has a Halloween Party at Preschool She was very particular on what Tinkerbell could wear. This is her final costume.

Dress Up

On Friday mornings I volunteer in Bradley's classroom. Kylie always comes with. She loves Bradley's teacher Mrs. Puzey. Last Friday Kim got Kylie dressed up and ready to go. So cute!

Kylie's First Day of Preschool

Kylie was so ready to start school today. She was so excited. Hair curled and ready to go a half hour early.

In front of the preschool.

Putting her new backpack on the hook.

You can barely see her sitting right by her teacher. She knows 3 of the kids in her class from church or last years preschool.

Million Dollar Mouth

Confession: I'm terrible when it comes to brushing my kids teeth and having them brush them every morning and night. I'm totally inconsistent. Sometimes we do great then we go for too long slacking.
I'm paying for that today - BIG TIME!

This morning Kylie was sedated to have crowns put on her back teeth. Ouch to both her mouth and our wallet.
Although I must say I wish I had our video camera because she was hysterical when she was waking up...
"WOW! - You have 4 eyes"
"WHOA! - The building is moving"
"She's a twin"
"You have 2 noses!"

Now that the medicine has worn off she's miserable and doing her best to make everyone else miserable too.

I'm grateful they were able to get all her teeth taken care of today. I don't think I'm up to another day of a screaming child.

Kylie-ism

"Mom!

He's lying!

He's going to Satan!"

New sheets

The clearance aisle at Wal-Mart had a great deal on sheets. Since the sheets on Kylie's bed were the sheets from my brother's bed and had to be nearly 20 years old I figured it was ok to buy her some new $6 sheets! She was thrilled. Kim made her bed for her. Wonder if she'll actually sleep in it now?

Bunnies @ Preschool

The Thursday before Easter we took our bunnies to Kylie's school for show & tell.
She was so excited!

Welcome Hershey

Confession I am neither a pet lover nor a sports lover. Nothing wrong with either but neither is at the top of my list.

That said let me tell you about my day.

Bryce is playing Border League Basketball and they had 2 games today. One at 11:00 and a second one at 1:00. Not enough time in between to be worth going home so that ended up being 3 1/2 hours out of my day being the good, supportive mom taking Bryce to his games and out to eat in between. (I'm not actually really complaining and I don't regret that time, I enjoyed watching Bryce play!)

While I was gone to the games Brian and Kim had a father daughter talk and somehow Kim convinced Brian that she needed a bunny rabbit. The big softie that Brian is he caved and agreed. Thus we are the proud owners of a bunny rabbit named Hershey.

Alas what can I say when they have such big smiles on their faces and are so happy other than Welcome Hershey! Perhaps my children will make me both a pet lover and a sports lover before my life is over.

And hopefully Hershey fares better than our previous pets.

Kylie-isms

Kylie: When is it going to be Chinese New Year?
Me: I have no idea.
Kylie: Cause it's my favorite!

Huh?
Her favorite?
We've never celebrated it, don't know what you do to celebrate it and I don't even know when it is -- so how can it be her favorite?
I think she's been watching a little too much Ni Hao Kai-lan on Nick Jr.

And so I could answer her question of when it is I looked it up - It was on February 14th this year and will be on Feb 3rd in 2011. Hopefully by next February she will have forgotten and have a new favorite.

What have I done....

In the last General Conference President Monson gave a talk called What Have I Done For Someone Today? We put a sign on the wall by our kitchen table that asked that question.

This morning at breakfast I looked up to see that our sign had changed:

I burst out laughing as did the rest of the family when I showed them the new sign.
Brett is so funny. He usually doesn't have much to say but he has a great sense of humor and often says and does things that make us laugh.
Now on to Kylie. Lately we've been playing a lot of CandyLand. Since it is Kylie's game we play by her rules. First rule - She get the deck of cards ready and she goes first. Miraculously the first card she draws is always the "Lilypop" (aka Lollipop). We then take turns as normal but if she draws any other picture card such as the gingerbread man which would make her go backwards she declares that she's skipping her turn. And since it's her game it's ok for her to skip her turn. Thus Kylie always wins and usually wins quite quickly.

Can I just tell you that life has been wonderful this week. I think I figured out the reason why: We have been going to bed early every night and thus getting enough sleep. Why the need for change? Brett had not been getting enough sleep lately. He had been staying up late to study and then going to bed way too late and then had to get up early for seminary. He is an incredibly light sleep and wakes up at every little noise. The consequence of this was after weeks of not enough sleep he was a walking zombie. I honestly thought he had mono or something physical causing his extreme fatigue. A trip to the doctor this week and some lab work showed nothing so we were told to give him Benadryl at night to knock him out. We started doing bedtime at 8:00 so everyone was downstairs and settled with lights out by 9:00 thus giving Brett the chance to get enough sleep. What a difference not only in the kids but in me as well. I've been getting 8 hours of sleep each night and the younger kids have actually been waking up on their own fully rested. Yes I know bedtimes are important but I guess I never realized just how important and what a difference it makes when EVERYONE gets enough sleep. Our home is a happier more pleasant place this week with kids that are less ornery and it's actually cleaner because I have the energy to clean and be a good mom.
Last night I guess Bradley said it best. It was his turn for a date this week and I took him to Wal-mart. On the way home he said - I'm glad it was my turn for a date today because you are so happy today. It's amazing what a difference sleep makes!

Decorating the Tree

Kylie was really excited to decorate the tree. She was about the only one other than Kim wanting to make a star for the top of the tree. Prelit & predecorated is starting to sound really good to me!

Party Time!

Yesterday Kylie had a birthday party. She had 6 friends and lots of fun. Here they are decorating cupcakes. Then it was party games and presents. It's sure nice to have big kids to help out! (Thanks Shauna for lending me your camera so I could snap a few pictures)

Happy Birthday Kylie

Our baby turned 4! She was so excited for her birthday. What was her favorite thing? Everything! She is not hard to please she loved all her gifts and her pink cake. She's such a happy girl it was so fun to celebrate her birthday.

Halloween Party

Kylie had her first ever Halloween Party at Preschool today. Boy was she excited. She couldn't wait to go to school. School doesn't start until 11:15 and she asked me every 10 minutes all morning if it was time to go yet. "Why is it taking so long!?!"
Despite the fact that she insisted on me buying her a fairy costume this morning she said she was going to be a princess. She picked out a princess dress and I had to repair the holes this morning so she could wear it.

She got a bag full for treats!

Just look at all this loot!

At Walmart today she insisted she needed a sleeper. Since it has turn so cold here (I finally turned the heat on this morning because it was only 60 degrees inside and was only supposed to be a high of 55) I figured a sleeper might be a good idea to keep her warm at night. Plus she looks so darn cute it in!