Conversation with Atticus...

A: "Mommy, I hungry."
Me: "Well, we are going to eat soon."
A: "Mommy, I hungry."
Me: "Yes, I know."
A: "MOMMY, I hungry."
A: "Mommy, I HUNGRY.
A: "Mommy, I hungry...for chocolate."
Me: "Oh really?"
A: "Yes mommy, I hungry for chocolate."
Me: "Hmmm, I think we should eat something else."
A: "Mommy, I hungry for chocolate.
Me: "No Atticus."
A: "Mommy, I hungry for chocolate."
Me: walking away...
A: following me... "Mommy, I hungry for chocolate."
Me: ignoring.
A: grabbing my leg. "Mommy, I hungry for chocolate."
Me: disentangling my leg and walking away again.
A: following me..."Mommy, I hungry for chocolate."
Me: starting to change Anne's diaper.
A: climbing up my back and sticking his face in mine. "Mommy, I hungry for chocolate."
Me: handing him the dirty diaper, "Will you put this in the trash baby?"
A: big grin. "Yes mommy." throws diaper away. runs back. "Mommy, I hungry for chocolate."
Me: "Go away Atticus."
A: "Mommy, I hungry for chocolate.
repeat x's 30. Finally he gets distracted by a toy. 10 minutes later he comes up to me.
A: "Mommy, I hungry for...an apple."
repeat x's 45....in the time it takes me to cut up the apple!

Home dude has a one track mind. Once he thinks it, he stays on it...and on it...and on it.

the diva says...

"Are you going to give me your cell phone? Or do I have to keep screaming?"

How to eat a pb&j. By Jane

1. Pull the pieces of bread apart. Carefully lick all the jelly off of both pieces of bread.
2. Put a piece of bread on either side of you. Place each hand gently on top of the bread. Massage your fingers through the peanut butter. To really experience it to its fullest, close your eyes.
3. Carefully lick all the peanut butter off of your hands.
4. Delicately pick off tiny pieces of bread at random, and eat them with relish. Take time to savor every bite. Make sure that as you do this it causes the bread to slowly disintegrate into a crumbly, peanut buttery mess.
5. When you have maximum bread disintegration carefully wipe your hands on your shirt, and walk away.

Bon Apetit!

what did YOU do for family home evening...

...we worked on our ability to cross our eyes.

Anne's attempt, ok, so she didn't really get what was going on, but she sure is cute!



















First try for Atticus...hmmm.





















There you go! Well, kind of...


















Jane's pretty much a pro.




















First attempt:





















Sure he's doing it =) even after he saw the picture! Oh, the innocence of the young!























First runner up! Woo hoo...but I've got nothing on the grand prize winner...*drum roll*
























oops wrong one...this one is just Kenneth trying to look normal.



















Here he is, the grand champ of eye crossing. I love you any way honey =).

i love you Jane!

Tonight I am overwhelmed with love for my daughter Jane. Kenneth and the boys are at a friends house, and Anne turned in early. That left Jane and I with a "girls night..." meaning we ate chocolate and watched Hannah Montana. As we snuggled, I got to revel in the feeling of her baby cheeks against mine. And we danced. and danced. and danced. I loved dancing with her, fast or slow. I loved watching her applaud any time there was applause in the movie, and watching her experience the excitement. She is so innocent and so wonderful. I remember a night a long time ago, when my dad was out with my brothers on a father/son camp out, and my mom and I had a girls night. We watched movies and survived a roach invasion(since there were no men folk to kill them). We still talk and laugh about that night...and my mom is one of my very best friends. It is mind boggling to me that I am the mom now. I love you Jane!

in case you didn't notice...

...Jane got her haircut.

first installment of "Parks We Love."

One of the cool things about where we live is the plethora of parks. We have 4 parks within 2 miles of our house! I have made it a goal to visit as many different parks as possible. We have found some good ones, some ok ones, one that I hate, and a few really spectacular ones. All the really good parks have a distinguishing feature that sets it apart from the others. I hope at some point to introduce you to the"elephant park," the "cool slide park," the "up/down park," and the "exercise park," but tonight's installment will present...the "zip line park...." a.k.a:





















Where all the cool kids hang out!























Peek a boo...I see you!























You got dirt? We got diggers...






























The Monkey Patrol, scouting the climbable trees...























Gavin dropping sand....
























...on Jane.























Atticus playing one of his favorite sliding games....























....called "bowling for Annie."




















Not quite enough for our own soccer team, but definitely enough to dominate the see saws.
























Monkey Patrol...finding anything climbable!
























Princess Jane, stepping onto her pedestal. May she never step down.






























Another bonus? Kenneth works 1/2 a mile from this park. Oh the joy as he met us there...























...well, most of us. She is teething, and I kind of forgot her morning nap...























Gratuitous hottie shot. You're welcome.





















Another unique thing about this park. It has a creek...well, right now it has a dry creek bed. But the lack of water doesn't stop us from having fun.




















































We will definitely be back when there is water...Of course who am I kidding, we have already been back twice and I just found the park yesterday!

A rare shot of the California leopard sleeping in a tree....
























And now the feature that gives the park its name:




Doesn't that look fun? You know what would make it better? If YOU were here with us. Consider yourself invited.