My mini-me

First off, this is going to be out of order, but I wanted to write it down before I forgot it.  I can't believe I am almost 2 months behind on this, I'm very overwhelmed with all I that I have to catch up on.

Today I am writing about my little Ellie Beth.  When Kent and I returned from out two week vacation (more on that to come), Ellie strutted into my room and asked, "Hey mom, do you know what a crush is?"

Me:  "I'm not sure, what do you think a crush is?"

Ellie:  "It's when a boy likes you, and Cody said he he has a crush on ME!"  Bounding away.

Next day, bounding off the bus, holding out a piece of paper.

"Mom, look what I got!"  I opened it up and it said,

I LOVE YOU!     Cody    What in the world?  My daughter is 5 and she is receiving love letters.

Fast forward one month.  Today she came off the bus, lip quivering, chin held  high.  We got about 4 steps toward the house and she fell apart, blubbering, confessing everything in her little heart.

"MOOOMM, I got in trouble at school."  Seeing her knees covered in dirt (yet again).  "Mrs.  Christy called me over and made me stand against the wall."

Me:  "Why?  What happened"  more blubbering, heart broken sobs.

Dani:  "She tackled a boy at recess and she can't do that at school."

Me:  "Is that what happened Ellie?"

Ellie:  "Yes, but I didn't mean to, it was an accident."

Me: "Have they asked you not to do that before?  Did you know that was the rule?"

Ellie:  Still torn up, her heart completely shattered that she got in trouble and she thought people were mad at her.  "I didn't meant to." 

It was all so sad, yet funny at the same time, only because I experienced that same exact thing in elementary school.   I told Kent she was the one in trouble because she is the fastest.  Those silly, slow runners always get off easy.

My poor Ellie Beth, such a sweet girl.  She was soon better after lots of hugs and snuggles and reassurance that no one was mad and she wasn't in trouble anymore.  I so love me that girl!

'couve trip cont'd

 

I guess I was in too big of a hurry....here are pics. from the 2nd half of our trip.  We met one of my college friends at the park with her 3 children.  Two moms and 6 kids at the park, good times, not many good shots were captured.  Here is Dani and Ainsley.

 And this is her son Carson.  It was a quick visit, but I'm pretty sure neither one of us stopped talking for a solid two hours.  :)

 My monkey girl, on the monkey bars, her hand was literally splitting apart from blisters.

 Slip-n-slide and cousin Leila.

 The birthday boy.  My dad turned 64 while we were there.

 The kids and I also took a trip to the zoo, non-stop fun, I tell ya.

And the highlight of my trip, hanging with my 'Couve girls!  I love you girls, it was such a good night!

Party on Party People

 

Kent's amazing Grandpa turned 90 in August!  Sandy and Uncle Pete threw an unbelievable surprise party for him!   Pretty sure he was blown away!

 

 Grandma Phillips and her angelic grandchildren.  :)

 Uncle Pete, Kelly and Kent.

 Auntie Shelby and Uncle Scott.

Great-Grandpa, and some of his great-grandchildren!  It was a fabulous night for everyone, what a wonderful reason to celebrate!

Summer time

 After a long day in the sun at the water parks, I found Claire Bear dead asleep like this, (she was supposed to be in time out).

 We made a trip to the 'Couve to help my parent's pack up their house and move.  We took a day off and my mom and I headed to Seaside with the kids.

 Carousel fun, but what's a road trip without a massive melt down?

 After we were all cool, calm and collected we headed to Mo's in Cannon Beach for lunch!

It was a perfect Oregon coast day!  Near 80 degrees with no wind, unbelievable!

 While we were at the beach, my Dad sold the couch and kitchen table, it was a long week of sitting and eating on the floor!

Artsy Fartsy

I am going to try to catch up on all my overdue Summer posts, brace yourself.

A few months ago I subscribed to kiwicrate.com   which is a company that sends craft kits to you each month.  It took me over two months to finally open our kits, so I ended up cancelling it, BUT the ones we did do, the kids loved!

The first theme was a castle theme.  Brayden got to make the catapult, it was pretty awesome.

 

 Dani got the princess crown...

 Ellie got the knight's mask.

 We also had a gardening kit that was shipped in the Spring.  We opened it in July, but Brayden was still successful with growing his beans.  We had to throw them away after we got back from vacation, but it was fun while it lasted.

My funny family

I meant to write about this in the last post, but forgot.  Last night after we got home from the open houses, Kent and I were talking about the kids' teachers.  Kent said how he was talking to Mr. McCaslin for a  while and he was kind of offended.  Apparently Mr. McCaslin said to Kent,

"I see you married up."  (totally random)  Kent looked at him, dead serious and replies,

"I don't think I could have done much worse."  Mr. McCaslin just stared at him, dumbfounded.  Kent never did smile or give any indication that he was kidding.  Those of you who know Kent well can totally picture this.

I heard this after we were home, and I started freaking out (after I laughed for a bit).  But all I can think is Mr. McCaslin must think we have a totally dysfunctional marriage and home.....oh well.

Another tidbit about our first day.  I just managed to help both girls with their homework, which is going to be a major feat every week.

An excerpt from their "All about me"  project:  What do you want to be when you grow up?

Dani: "A doctor!"

Ellie:  "A rock star!"

And there you have it, my two very different, twin girls wrapped up in five words!  :)