How rad are these gems I came across today!
(Newlyweds!)
(Fancy Mom.)
(Dad…is it awkward to say you were hot?)
(I think they were headed off to a White House dinner with JFK in this photo. She actually still has his autograph on a napkin today!)
(And my favorites….proof of my dad making the cradle that all of my kids have slept in!)
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Lucky me to have rad parents!
Quite often, after I drop Dash off at school on Tuesdays, Pips and the Twins have a playdate.
It is really cute, because the Twips are all so mobile and playful right now.
But the interesting part is the match ups.
Basically, Pippi does her own thing — like today she was doing puzzles for a bit.
But more often….she and Sturdy team up as buddies, while Goldi is off on her own.
But when Goldi wants back in, Pippi goes into bully mode and tells her to go away, and even uses force.
Britni likes that her kids are learning the ropes, but I still intervene to teach my kid the ropes.
Look who unzipped her ten, turned off her sound machine and quietly closed the door.
All silence broke when she gave out a little yelp when I caught her!
She thought she was doing something naughty.
I saw it as….thank you for being independent….just don’t get into any make-up!
Dash was SOOO excited for crazy hair day at school.
He said he wanted spikes, so I gave him spikes!
Pippi insisted on crazy hair also, and gave herself this flower headband to fit in.
The patrons at Costco were loving the kid’s hair, and the kids were loving all of the adoration.
And apparently….he won 1st place in his class!
He was so excited that he couldn’t contain his news when I picked him up, and just blurted it out the second he saw me walk in the door.
From the time I was little, my mom has expressed frustration that I never liked to play with dolls. And it’s true — I didn’t. Not Madame Alexanders, not Corolles, not even Barbies.
Fast forward to my first girl, Navy. My mom’s hopes were alive once again. And when my mom spent an inordinate amount of money on a doll for Navy for Christmas one year, Navy opened it and wouldn’t even touch it. And then proceeded to tell Nonnie to take it back to the store. Clearly, Navy isn’t a doll lover either.
But my mom’s final hope….my final child who happens to be a girl….will she love dolls?
Let’s just say that I didn’t catch this picture with Pippi’s eyes closed — she is closing them for effect.
I would say that reading to your dolly should be somewhat exciting to my mom.
And although I don’t think Pippi is a doll fanatic, I think she is at least somewhere on the scale of “liking to play with dolls”.
Congrats Mom….this is the girl of your dreams.
Now do what you’ve always wanted to do…and go buy her 15 dolls, or just go in the wrap room and collect all of the dolls that Navy and I rejected!
Have you ever seen two cuter kids?
They both insisted on their robes this morning (Dash’s wasn’t found, so he is in Navy’s robe).
They both insisted on their fingers.
And they both insisted on each other.
For over a year, I have been collecting the loot out of Scout’s pockets before I do the laundry.
Today was the day that he finally got it all back.
My original plan was to keep it way longer — maybe even gift it to him on his wedding day, but I had no more space in my cupboard!
Between his “metal collection” and his constant cash, he was beyond stoked to get his stuff back.
He first organized it into piles. Then reorganized it. And finally put it into themed baggies.
He did this all, as Navy looked on after being warned, “this is MY stuff! Do not touch anything!” But then Navy started to see things that were hers. Her magic pen, a bouncy ball, and some balloons. I finally had to intervene the Greedy Goat’s good time, and tell him that just because it was in his pockets, doesn’t make it his!
He caught on, and then made Navy work for her stuff back. She organized and stuffed into baggies, while slowly she made some of her stuff back.
Navy is so amicable! And that Scout is such a swindler!
And the best find of the day….
His mini pencil that “took [him] so long to hand-sharpen at school!
Glad he is really spending his time wisely while he’s in class.
I am not sure what is worse…
A toddler running all over the place during Sacrament meeting.
Or a toddler who lays out with all of her art supplies, in the walking path.
They are both humiliating.
When you have no desire for a hard copy of team pictures…or an individual picture for that patter. The one time I ordered them, I just took a digital picture of my physical picture so I could have it with the rest of my pictures. So in true economical fashion….I present you with Scout’s Basketball pictures from this year:
Individual Photo!
Team Photo!
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Someone told me that my “economical fashion” is really just “white trash fashion”.
I’ll call a spade a spade….
It is full blown white trash!
Just like the lady who took these photos.
(Photo cred: Mom)
Nonnie adores all of my kids.
But there is something special between Nonnie and the Pips.
It’s like they are in sync or something.
Maybe because her entire life, she has been rescued out of her bed by Nonnie. Or maybe because Nonnie makes her the best cereal most mornings!
Regardless of the reason, I am not totally sure who Pippi would pick between the two of us, for a day of fun.
I guess it would be a choice between shopping until she drops with Nonnie, or ding-dong-ditching with me.
I know I’d have my three oldest, but I think Pippi would be at Bloomingdales!
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