After school, or in this case — art class, Pippi runs into the other kid’s arms. You’ve got to love siblings who love each other.
Reunions
King Boo Boo’s Boo Boos
Dash was on the couch today, and I was amazed at all of his bruises. This kid has scrapes, cuts, bruises, and bonks at all times! Talk about a kid who wants to live up to his nickname.
Cowgirl
How stinking cute can a cowgirl be?
She thought she was so big because she was on it all by herself for a little while!
Scout’s Third Grade Performance
Scout’s school has an awesome music department. His performance was really good. But afterwards, I asked him why he is the only person who looks at their mom every 3 seconds and gives an “isn’t this ridiculous” smile. He and I were literally cracking up (across the room) with each other the whole time.
Same Church
One of the best things about our church, is that you can walk into your own building, or a building across the world, and it is the same.
It’s true.
Because if you walk into our ward building in southern California any week, or a different one in Salt Lake this weekend, you will see the same naughty girl climbing the pews with stickers all over her face.
Fingers & His DayDay
I hope this boy never grows out of his DayDay and his two front fingers.
Scout’s Camp Out
For Scout’s birthday, we planned a camp out. It got delayed a few times because he wasn’t up to it after his tonsils, but today is finally the big day! He invited a few buddies, and Micah and Jason were the adults on duty. They headed to the Ortegas, and found a rad spot. Micah brought about every kind of food imaginable, and was prepared with all things, for all weathers and all situations! I knew they would have fun. But when they came back with their stories, it seemed like a perfect night in any boy’s eyes!
They got to set up camp, played for hours, made a million s’mores, ate and ate, and got up and started over. The best story was when they saw a huge 6 foot snake, and Seth said, “I love snakes”, and went over to pet it. That snake turned around and hissed at him, and everyone ran for their lives! Then, as they were all scared like little girls, the snake slithered away, and up into the wheel well of my car! Micah couldn’t get it out, so they just started driving. Luckily, somewhere along the drive, Mr. Snake came flying out of my car! Funny story? To them, yes. To me, only because the ending was without a snake in my car.
Scout, happy belated birthday party.
Baking
I have a slight hatred of baking. Too many specifics, and you have to follow the directions exactly. But my cooking class had the most amazing cheese rolls last night, so I wanted to quickly recreate them.
They looked amazing.
I followed the rules to a T.
I proofed, rolled, and proofed again.
Which leads me to another reason I hate baking — 3 hours later, I had hockey pucks on my hands!
Pips the Helper
Apparently Pippi is very hands on. If Blush is in the bath, Pippi gets in. If Blush is eating, Pippi is feeding her. If Blush is in a diaper, Pippi is trying to change it — dirty or not. And if Blush is sleeping, Pippi is crawling into her crib with her (even inviting the neighbor girl to join in)! Looks like someone is a very good big sis.
Train Field Trip
I wasn’t sure I would feel good enough to go on Dash’s train field trip — 2 days after my hospital stay, but I felt great.
So Dash and I headed to the train station for his “favorite field trip ever”!
The whole preschool gang boarded the train to Oceanside.
We hung at the beach, walked the pier, and I took Dash to Ruby’s for a milkshake.
We ended up having the best time, and Dash told me at the end, “Mom, I am so glad you came, because my teacher didn’t think you would be able to. But I knew you would.”
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