I am She-Ra, hear me roar

When Aubree gets dressed in the morning she always wants to put her socks and shoes on, she gets this from Eli, I prefer to be barefoot. Well the other day she was trying to get her socks out of the drawer and when she pulled the drawer open this is what happened. It scared her pretty good, but she didn't get hurt. The dresser is a hand me down from me, and it was bought at Wal-mart 4 1/2 years ago, so I guess you get what you pay for.

Fat Lip

Tonight we went grocery shopping at Food 4 Less, yes you read right we drive all that way to go grocery shopping because even with gas prices it is still cheaper. Our plan for shopping is Hayley stays with me while Aubree and Eli go and get items that we need, usually across the store so it helps Aubree get the energy out as well as entertain her. However tonight it is a different story as she was going to get the cheese she tripped and bit her lip hard core. Eli was right there to scoop her up to comfort her, and before long her face and the shoulder of his shirt were covered in blood. A man who saw the whole thing found some paper towels that were on the wall to use for spills and brought them to Eli. After the crying and cleaning up Aubree and Eli this was the end result. She says it's O.k. but every once and a while she will look at me and say, "it hurts a little bit". I hope her lip is better by the time we have the grand kids pictures taken next week.

There's nothing left for me to do but dance

Thanks to our great friends the Fors we have found a dance and music class for Aubree. The instructor Ms. Claire is great and is so patient with the kids. Aubree is very active and pretty vocal (we don't know where she gets that from), but she did just as she was told. Ms. Claire is very good at having the kids listen with out ever being negative or raising her voice. Aubree learned to do many ballet moves and loved every minute of it. All we need to do now is get her a leotard and some ballet slippers and she will be set. Aubree can't wait to go back.

Some things are just harder on me than on the girls

Today Hayley had her 2 month old check up. Hayley weighed in at 13 pounds and 23 1/4 inches tall. The Dr. told me she has amazing head control, which should come at 3-4 months. We are thrilled. The worst part of going to the Dr.'s is the shots. Hayley got 3 shots and 1 oral med. She took them like a champ. She cried when the needle was in her leg but as soon as it was out she stopped. Mom on the other hand was teary from the time it started until I got to pick her up again, I was like this with Aubree as well. Hayley's legs are a little tender but with the help of some Tylenol she is sleeping and being her sweet self.
Why are somethings so hard for parents, its like this instant protection you feel for them the moment you give birth.

Amen

Yesterday we attended an office picnic for Eli's work and had a blast. Aubree really enjoyed the bounce house and the hot dogs, but her favorite thing was the duck pond. The ducks were neat but the turtles were even better. Who new all the effort his company put into the party and Aubree thought the pond was the best.

On the way home Aubree started to say a prayer and it was so sweet. She thanked Heavenly Father for the day, mommy, daddy, her baby sister and brother(Aubree thinks my brother Trey is her brother as well), she thanked him for the fun day and then she closed her prayer. The most remarkable thing about this is lately Aubree doesn't want to fold her arms let alone say the prayer. I guess when your ready to pray it doesn't matter where you are.

Leftovers anyone

When Eli came home tonight, I had just finished cleaning up the house. I had done hair all afternoon, and we are having company over tomorrow night and the girls were being great so I thought I should Carpe Diam and clean. We decided instead of messing up what I have just done we would like to go out to dinner. So we went to BJ's, it is a Chicago style pizzeria. The food is good but to be honest we really go there for the Pizookies. If you have never had one let me be the one to persuade to try them. They are a cookie that isn't quite cooked all the way with ice cream on top, this description is not doing them justice so just take my word for it and try one.

Anyways, Aubree as many of you know is a huge fan of noodles (noodles with white sauce, not plain, got to get that one right). Her noodles always come way to hot so we take some off the big plate and put them on a smaller plate to help them cool down (the smaller plate is what she eats off).

When we were done with our dinner and while we waited on the dessert the waiter brought us some boxes just in case we needed them. Aubree said she was done, I asked Eli if he thought we should take home the noodles she didn't eat (meaning the noodles left on the big plate). Aubree took this as if we needed to take her plate with us, she put her plate in the to go box and said,
"I'm ready to go". She is always trying to be such a good helper, but I think BJ's probably wants their plate.

Keek a boo

Aubree loves to play peek a boo when she is getting dressed, however the conversation usually goes like this.

As I am getting the shirt ready to put on her
Aubree: I want to keek a boo, you o.k.
As she is doing whats in the picture
Aubree: Keek a boo
As she is putting her head in so you can't see her face
Aubree: where is Aubree?
As she is poking her head out
Aubree: oh, here I is (like she didn't know all along)
As she is trying to put her hands in
Aubree: Push, you can do it (she like to talk to her hands, more on that later)

We do this routine every time she gets dressed.