Tic-Tac-No

I must brag that my children have never had the urge to color on anything like the walls, floors, etc. Hailey did color on our tile floor when she was about 1 and a half. She tried to blame it on the cats that they did it, but I knew better and I had her clean her mess. She must not have liked it cause she never colored on anything again. She keeps it on paper and is quite the artist. Even Taylin being Taylin hasn't had the need to color on anything until now. She has become somewhat obsessed with drawing on her lower extremities. She colored on her feet the day before her surgery, not sure why but she did. Yesterday we went grocery shopping and she managed to draw all over her leg and said that her new masterpiece was actually a snowman and lots and lots of snow. So I scrubbed that off got her all cleaned up and it litterally lasted a few hours that she was a blank canvas. My mom and dad were over tonight and Taylin was upstairs playing. My parents were getting ready to leave and Taylin came downstairs with a pen in her hand and asked where they were going. They told her they were going home and Taylin started to lift up her dress and said, "but Mommock I wanted to play tic-tac-toe with you." She had drawn the tic-tac-toe diagram on her leg and wanted to play tic-tac-toe with my mom. We couldn't do anything but laugh. She must be paying attention to the economic status, but child it's ok we can afford paper now use it.

Sports Fantatic

Today is school spirit day at Hailey's school with the theme of "sports". Hailey was excited for this day cause the child has an obsession with Brandon Roy who plays for the Trailblazers's . We searched for his jersey, found one, but didn't want to pay the price for it for her one day. I would have bought it, but knew she probably wouldn't wear it any other time. So she settled to wear something from all the teams in the area. She wore a Seattle Seahawk shirt, a Seattle Mariner hat, her foam finger from the Blazer game she went to, and her red coat and black pants cause
those are some of Brandon Roy's colors.

Back off Taylin the washer is mine

Taylin has become very interested or should I say obsessed with the washer and dryer and trying to do all the laundry. A few posts ago you will notice her doing the laundry. The next day I was having problems finding Hailey's clothes from the previous day so that I could wash them. My house was spotless and I couldn't find the darn things, but I knew they would turn up. So I went to start some laundry and lo and behold I opened the washer (I always keep it open between loads and for some reason it was shut) there were Hailey's clothes. Taylin decided she wanted to wash them for me. So I loaded the washer and started the clothes and at this point Taylin came running into the laundry room to change the lint. She was having problems getting all of the lint off so I took it from her and did it myself, mean I know. She looks up to me and said, "how could you do that to me? You ruined my life." It was rather funny that she would get so upset like something like that. Taylin has since assisted me in EVERY load of laundry I have done this week.

Last night my mom and dad were over and Taylin wanted to show my mom how she can get clothes out of the washer and put them into the dryer. There were no clothes in the washing machine so she went ahead and put herself into the washing machine.





Taylin was really super excited that the washing machine actually turned. She told my mom that she now has a merry-go-round in the house. No way child. It's mine and you will not play in it.

It seems like I always post about her when she is up to no good. I just want to clear some things up. She really is a good girl. She doesn't get into things she shouldn't (except the washer), she is in no way destructive, she helps clean, she doesn't climb all over things. She is just a happy go lucky, full of a lot of energy girl. There is never a dull moment when she is around.

Shannon......

.......I just want to let my sister Shannon know how happy I am that she lives in Utah. Did I just say that? I am anti-Utah and feel really bad she is there, cause I live in Washington and she should live by me. I mean really, it is so beautiful here, Utah is brown and there are a lot of pot holes. Washington has raised bumps in the road so you know when you are crossing the lane in a rain storm. Utah sucks and they don't. The people in Washington do not own umbrellas even though it rains 9 months out of the year and a 99% chance of rain the other 3 months. Utah girls think they will melt if they go in the rain. Utah girls think they have to copy Katie Holmes and go out in public dressed to impress. Us up here don't really care what we wear in public, jeans and a sweatshirt mostly. I can continue to come up with differences but I would be up all night and I am sleepy. Just know Washington can kick Utah's butt any day. But I love Shannon for living in Utah cause she always calls to let me know who got kicked off American Idol so I don't have to sit through all the unnecessary bull crap to find out who got the boot. Thanks Shannon you are the BEST, but I live in the West and we are the best. Lame I know but I am tired so it is what it is. I need to go to bed now.

What the Pug?

I know this is the 2nd post of the day and you have to make sure you read both of them!!!!! I just have to share this mean, but rather funny story that Eric pulled on the girls. Of course I thought of it and he pulled it off. We hadn't been to Target since like Saturday and we had to go cause we were sure alot had changed in just the 2 days since we were there last. We came across a clearance section that had stickers and what not and some dog magnets. The girls have been begging for a dog for quite some time now, but we rent right now and there is a certain criteria we have to meet to have animals. So anyways I told Eric lets get the magnet for the girls, they want a dog after all. So we waited for the girls to get home and he sat them down and said he had a surprise for them. He asked them what was the one thing they have wanted for a long time. Without hesitation they both blurted out, "a dog." Eric said you guys guessed it I got you a dog. They were super excited then Eric pulled the magnet out of his pocket and said here is your dog. Oh my that didn't go over well. I am pretty sure that the people all the way down the street could hear the girls screaming for an incredible half an hour. Notice that since this was Eric's doing I was in no way the bad guy. Eric, felt really bad for this and has been looking for a dog for them.

We did score some serious clothes for the girls on clearance so it was a worth while trip.

Good job Taylin

Today I was making some cookies for the girls when they got home from school. Eric was on the computer trying to talk, Hailey was helping me make the cookies, and Taylin was acting like a wild child trying to be louder than everyone put together. It was loud and I told Taylin to go change the laundry for me. She like to help me when I switch it. I told her totally sarcastic to go change the laundry and she happily went and did it. I heard her open the dryer and then I heard her pull out the lint tray. She then came back to the kitchen to get her stool and headed back to the laundry room. I stopped what I was doing took my camera and peeked around the corner and this is what I found:

Taylin trying to get the clothes out of the washer.

The pile of clothes she took out of the dryer.

Getting some more out of the wash.

She cleaned the lint tray so well.

That thing she has on her head is actually a hat and she has the matching sword. There was a new Fred Meyers having their grand opening and a nice clown made them for her. She wore it all last night and put it by the bed and put it on first thing this morning. It must give her super powers or something. In case any of you were wondering if she got hurt while doing the laundry, the answer is no. Good thing I get my front loaders next week so I don't have to worry about it in the future:)

I love my cell phone

I don't have a fancy or expensive cell phone. It works, I can call out and receive incoming calls and I can text all day with numerous conversations going at once. The other night while watching American Idol (people know not to disturb me during this time), I got a text. I left it there for a minute cause well AI was on and I couldn't miss anything. So the commercial came on and I looked at my phone and to my surprise the text was from none other than my deployed brother Jeff. Communication had been cut off for quite some time and we usually communicated through emails. But not this night he texted us to let us know they made it to their location. ( I can't reveal where it is so sorry). I yelled for both of the girls and read them his text and both of them wanted to call him immediately. Jeff and Hailey have a special bond, he has been in her life from the second she came out of the womb literally. Yes, he was in the delivery room. I looked at her face and could just tell that she was relieved to hear from him. She also said, "Jeffy Pooh is still alive!" How sad is that. We have sent him a ton of texts and he doesn't usually respond because the cost is just so much. Yesterday he sent me a text that he would call us today. We were so excited we couldn't wait. Well, last night I was helping Hailey study for her spelling test and my phone started to ring. I thought I would just ignore it expecting it to be a sibling and that I would call them back. I looked at the phone and it was Jeff. Yes, he called about 24 hours before he said he would. The girls were so excited to talk to him. I talked for just a minute but it was long enough to be able to hear his voice and know that he is indeed alive and well. There is something so different with him being deployed that we make sure every conversation is ended with the sweet words of I love you. Please don't ever take your family and the little things in life for granted. He is out defending our country (a choice he made), but at the same time is making so many sacrifices for his family. I know he will not read this, but I want my Jeffy Pooh to know that I love him so much and am so proud of him. I am so happy for the modern technology that we have to be able to communicate in a time that is so challenging. I also want Bonnie to know that I am here for whatever she may need. I can only imagine what she feels like everyday having her husband gone everyday. You are one strong lady that's for sure. Well, I better end this before I shed a tear!!!!!!!!!

Jeffy Pooh took them on a tour of the ship.

How sweet is this sign they made for him when he left for his deployment?

They are indeed a special blend as it says so on Jeff's shirt!!