London and the bug

This was too funny. L has a little bug where you pull the cord and it makes the bug vibrate or something-it wiggles anyway. The other day she was playing with it outside and it was still kind of chilly, when she came in, she had her in a blanket (not the sacred "squares blanket") and was warming her up. What is with my children and bugs seriously. Pretty cute though.

EW

E and L found a spider yesterday, so we had to capture him and put him in our little bug house. My children were fascinated by this disgusting creature. They wanted to keep him, they named him Mr. Stubby Legs. I hope he couldn't understand his name, it might have hurt his spider feelings, then again, I don't think I really care about his feelings. They also have an unnatural interest in rolly pollies, ladybugs (which I'm cool with) centipedes-wrong, bees-completely not okay, the common house fly (why?), and praying mantiss's's'. I can understand the last one, I think they're kinda cool too, oh and ants! We mustn't forget the ants. During the summer we house many different species of bugs, sometimes I'm aware of them other times I have no idea until E slams one of his drawers shut at my appearance and then I look in to discover I have an ant farm in my child's bedroom-- again....why? Oh well, let 'em be kids.

Keep on Keepin' on Little Man!

Okay, my child is getting his genius on! He can read full books now, he does such an awesome job it's so exciting to watch him learn and grow. I had no idea how happy these things would make me, I love being a mommy. He reads us a story every night after scriptures, it's such a fun nightly tradition.

Kind of funny, this particular book was about a little boy who lost his tooth. WAIT! Which one's Ethan?! Just kidding E (he can read this now y'know).

But wait! That's not all, get a load of this, he rides his bike now too, no training wheels, no mom, no dad, nothing, he's just.....amazing.
When he actually started riding his bike today without my help, I was so excited I thought I would blow up! He's such a rock star!

Make-up your mind!

I had to go in to Sephora today-okay I didn't have to, but I did and it was great! Me and my friend Tricia needed a girls day out, so of course London had to come, we need to break her in. I love this stinkin' store, it's like my kind of toy store. London loved it too, we had such a great time. They have all these little samples of eye shadow and blush and lipstick-London stuck her finger in every color of eye shadow and wiped it on her face, and she absolutely fell in love with everything bright red or pink in the lipstick department and tried on all of them.

smoochie smooch!
Isn't she lovely?
She needed another right eyebrow.
Isn't she wonderful?
Ready for my close-up.
Kisses with our beautiful lips!

We had such a great day together at the mall, then, we went to Target and had the biggest meltdown of all time, but I still just adore this girl! Thanks for the girls day out Tricia, we had tons of fun!

Same Bat time, Same Bat place!

Ethan has this Batman watch, I think he got it for Christmas 2 years ago-actually, I'm impressed he's kept track of it... Anyway, he's been wearing it every day lately, it doesn't tell the right time, and for the life of us, we don't know how to program it. We've started just considering it "Bat time"-it works for Ethan. He has to stare at it while he waits for his bus every day. I just got a kick out of it so I thought I'd let you enjoy it too. Lucky for us, he enjoys posing for the camera.

Poor Cris

My hubby has been through a lot this year, and it's only the beginning of May for crap's sake. Well, he can add pneumonia to the list, that's right-pneumonia! I swear, our family doc is probably so sick of us, but he takes really good care of us we love him.

Well, Cris wanted to get out of the house today, so we went to the mall so he could get a book he's been wanting, I think it's called "The Infection" ....how fitting.

Anyway, here's a little taste of Cris's big day out-enjoy!

If you're thinking to yourself, "that doesn't look like Nickie-has Cris found a younger woman?"

put your worries aside, he's madly in love with her, and I'm totally cool with it.

The Blanky

Okay, I know that just about every mom has a child who requires some object at almost all times. London's "requirement" is her "squares blanket".

She loves this blanket, there have been many Sunday mornings we've made it to the car with every blessed thing in the house we thought we needed-but NO!!! we've forgotten the squares blanket.

Well, I had to wash it yesterday, that did not go over well.

Reunited and it feels so good.