Tuesday, April 22, 2008

My Buddies

Today I just wanted to mention a few things that have been going on around our house. Dallin and Trista have each developed new addictions. Trista's new passion is "Doro," better known to most of us as Dora. She asks to watch "Doro" first thing in the morning and during any other lull in the day. For a couple of weeks she would even cry out "Doro" instead of "Mom" or "Dad" when she got hurt or sad. Watching Dora seems to make everything better. We have a video tape with about 8 episodes taped on it, and I must admit that I've let her watch it too much, but it's just so nice to get stuff done! I think she's getting tired of the same old episodes though. However, she did pick out a "Doro" swimming suit the other day at JC Penney.

Dallin has two new passions. He recentlyy figured out how to play games and visit websites on the computer and he's loving it! For awhile we could hardly drag him away to eat, sleep or leave the house, but the newness is wearing off and he's remembering his other hobbies. Speaking of hobbies, Dallin got a new floor puzzle in the shape of a fire truck for his birthday.

It really sparked an interest, and for the past few weeks he's spent probably at least an hour a day working on puzzles. He's always asking me, "Mom, will you get the hard puzzles out of the closet for me?" Here is a picture of Dallin working on his "hard" puzzles.

Today he even got the 100 piece Spongebob puzzle out and did it with just a little help from me. He's even gotten Trista interested in puzzles. She works on her wooden cut-out puzzles while he works on his.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Little Helper


Trista is quite the little helper. One of her favorite things to help with is unloading the dishwasher. Our usual order of operations is: first she puts the cooking utensils in the drawer while I put the silverware away. Then she puts the sippee cup lids and tupperware lids away while I unload the bottom rack. When we get to the top rack she stacks the plastic cups while I do the rest.

Oops, she dripped a little bit of water on the floor, so she grabbed the dishtowel to wipe it up!

What would I do without her?



Sunday, April 6, 2008

Tulips and Two Pics

I LOVE TULIPS! Tulips are my favorite flower, and I've gotten to enjoy them a bunch lately! Last fall I planted some bulbs in front of our house along with some pansies.
I only half expected even a few of the tulips to bloom, considering I didn't follow the directions about the right type of soil and some other conditions. But to my surprise, about a month ago I saw little green leaves and stems sprouting out of the ground!



The tulips are in full bloom now, and I love it! Everytime I pull into the driveway I pause before entering the garage just to admire them.


Then on Tuesday I got an extra surprise when Jordan brought these tulips home for me. I'm in Tulip Heaven!!!


Here are a couple other pictures I took this week.


Where do you sit to work on your computer? Apparently Jordan prefers to sit on the toilet and use the countertop for his desk. He was actually watching Dallin and Trista while they took a bath. And here is one of a sleeping Spencer. He fell asleep watching TV before bedtime one night this week. He was so worn out!