Gone With the Fish!

Last week Luke participated in his first play. He did a great job and wasn't even nervous. I was totally nervous and I wasn't even in the play. I guess I got his stage fright for him so he could relax and remember all of his lines. It was a dinner theatre so we enjoyed a barbeque dinner of brisket, ribs, and chicken with some yummy sides. Mmmm. It was a very enjoyable night and when we got home our wonderful babysitter even had the kids asleep. (Eli often doesn't like going to sleep for anyone but his mommy!)Thanks Celina!!
We also watched the movie Fireproof. It had good recommendations from several people and we liked it too. Be warned if you choose to watch it, there is a little bit of cheesiness in the acting but the moral of the movie is very good. BOTH Luke and I shed a tear or two!

Sharing sibling sweetness

 

Here are just a few pictures of the cutest kids in the world according to me, the author of this blog. The bottom right pictures show Micali and Eli hanging out under their tent we made with the card table and big zebra blanket. The pictures of both of them under the dining room table just makes me laugh. I was making dinner and didn't hear either of them. When I turned around this is what I saw. Micali relaxing, sucking her own thumb but, playing with her brother's neck. What a nice little bro. The pictures of Eli in Micali's pajamas show that I may not have done as much laundry as I thought I had or Eli's pajamas weren't in the right place when I did. Daddy said no pictures of his boy in PINK but I think he is still cute. The other pictures of Micali and her friends was just a sweet moment I caught, she had them all laying down taking a nap and had used wipes to put over the horsies as their blanket. Love it!

The Home Depot

 

We have been to The Home Depot quite often. It seems we are in there at least weekly these days while we are fixing up the house. Well, Saturday morning we just happened to be there at the right time. The lady mixing our paint told us we should take Micali into the kids workshop. Before we had kids we saw little ones there building things with their dads and talked about when our kids would do it. But since then we had never been there when it happened and we didn't know how much the cost was. So we decided to check it out. The kind lady let us know this was just something FREE that Home Depot does on the first Saturday of every month. Micali had fun making this box with her daddy. When we got home she put the apron to good use helping with a little touch up painting-----YES, she did have pants on when we took her out!
So for those who haven't done this before go check it out it was a lot of fun. In March they are doing a little wooden race car track. It looked like it would be fun too!

My Micali Girl...

 

The pictures of Micali riding her horse,Denali, with her baby ponies set up next to her and watching Spirit just crack me up. She did that all by herself.

I have been wanting to get a post written of all the funny things Micali has beening saying and doing. I need to make a list of them because it seems like everytime I come down to the computer I forget. But I will do my best.
--"You so brave Eli, good job!" (as she is pouring cups of water over his head in the bathtub
--"Get off my back, get off my back, yeah" (from the horse movie, Spirit, the horse is trying to be broke and he bucks off person after person and the song is "saying get off of my back" in the background.)
--I help you Eli (grabs on to his feet and pulls him across the floor)
--Humpy Dumpy sat wall, fall down, uh-oh, horsies, broken (her version while reading her Humpty Dumpty book)
--I recently realized she knows the song Families can be together forever (all the words) she got so excited when I started singing it
--Everything in her room has to be exactly where she wants it to be before she can relax and fall asleep. This used to be a stall tactic but now we clean her room before it is time to get ready for bed and she is still very particular about where she puts things. Once she has found a place for something it must go back in that spot
--Today at lunch she said,"My name Cali--you Mommy!"
--She often comes up to me during the day and says "I snuggle" which means mom stop what ever you are doing and hold me for a minute
--She is TOTALLY a Daddy's girl. All day long I hear, "where daddy?" "daddy work?" "daddy church?" "where daddy?" If he pretends like he is sleeping she will instantly come and snuggle next to him. She hasn't yet figured it out that he only does that when he wants her to come and she won't. So when he is trying to get her ready for bed and she decides to hide under the table in hopes of getting chased by daddy, he lays on the floor and closes his eyes and she is in his arms in seconds.
--Today her Daddy called on the phone to talk to her because, he had to be at school late for parent teacher conference and wouldn't see her before she went to bed. He told her to be gentle with her brother so she went over to him and rubbed his head softly and said "I be gentle EEjah, its okay"
--When she hears EEjah crying or does something to make him cry she comes running to me and tells me he needs me NOW.
--This morning she put her clothes on all by herself and told daddy to "pound it" after she said "good job Cali"

Well that is all I have time for. Enjoy!

Partying!

 

 

Birthday Cake

I finally got Eli's cake made, a candle, a husband home, and a healthy Eli so lastnight we sang Happy Birthday to Eli and let him have fun playing in his birthday cake. He really got into it and, I was very satisfied to see him enjoying it so much. Here are the results so you can enjoy it too!

Eli's Got MOVES!

Eli goes everywhere in our house with this army/inch worm crawl. He is getting faster too. He is funny because he gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth all the time but when he really wants to go somewhere this is how he does it.




I brought Eli in from the car today and went to get the groceries. He evidently wanted to play in the snow like Micali and ended up getting out the door just to touch it a bit. The memory space ran out as soon as I turned on the camera but you can see him for a second.

Pictures on Eli's Birthday day!

 

I took these pictures of Eli on his birthday. I was going to wait and post pictures of him and his cake, and presents but we haven't got around to doing that just yet because the poor guy got sick. He is feeling better now and finally sleeping at night so hopefully we will be able to have his cake tomorrow. Thankfully they had it one at a time but, because of that it lasted two weeks straight. We are praying that we can enjoy our healthy status once again. We want no more sickies!!

Lover of all things FRUIT!

Micali was sick for about a week straight. She had a fever and just laid on the couch for a few days. I couldn't get her to eat much of anything. She just drank a lot of juice and water. Well, finally when she started feeling better I wanted her to have some healthy things to eat. I went the store and bought her lots of yummy fruit. She got her appetite back quickly. These pictures show the watermelon rinds that Micali went through for breakfast, and lunch. In between that she also downed a pint of blueberries and a couple bananas. I think her all time favorite food so far is WATERMELON. She would take that over any other treat that was offered to her. She finished the watermelon mostly by herself in just one day!

 

Dearest Little Lijah!

 

 

Hey Little Man,
You turned One today. Wow! That year went so fast. You have had a lot of exciting things happen in just one year.
--You have eight teeth
--You weigh 24lbs
--You love taking baths and are quite the little fish. The water doesn't bother you one bit even when sister thinks she needs to dump it on you.
--You have quite the little army crawl going on right now. You hold your hands together in front of you and then scoot with your feet.
--You love to eat mostly anything we put in front of you. But especially popcorn, pretzels, and bananas.
--You love saying "dada" and have even started saying it on cue as soon as he walks in the door from work.
--You have a sister who adores you and is so excited for you to be awake and loves watching you learn new things. She is trying to teach you sign language and likes getting you your sippy cup and bringing you toys to play with. She will get mad at you if you touch the wrong toys and has learned very well to trade you one of your toys and then take hers back.
--You have a mother who has absolutely enjoyed every minute of having you in our home. Daddy says I am a "softy" but really you have been so easy going there isn't anything I need to be tough on you for. I don't mind you throwing all your food on the floor, or rolling across the floor when I am trying to change your diaper.
--You have a father who loves that you say dada and not mama even though he knows dada is easier; who is excited to have another little helper soon with the home remodeling projects; thinks your chubbiness is flattering (you get it from your uncles on his side), and loves your little smile every time anyone looks at you or says anything to you.
--You have many nicknames, something your sister never had---we like to call you, "Eli, Lijah, Little Man, Brother, EEEjah(micali's).
--You happen to be the cutest baby boy there has ever been. Lucky Me!

WE LOVE OUR LITTLE MAN!