From the mouth of Babes

Here's some funny things Ollie has said lately.

Ollie- "Our toilet is going to grow so big."
Mom- "Why?"
Ollie- "Because we feed it so much pee and poop."



Ollie- "Mom, I want to be just like you."




Ollie- (While writing on a piece of paper) "Santa's making a list and checking it twice."
Mom- "What's he checking it for?"
Ollie- "Good boys and bad boys and good girls and bad girls."
Mom- "What do they get?"
Ollie- "The good kids get a gift and the naughty kids get fire." (I had previously explained to him that coal is used to make fire.)



During family home evening we were playing a game where you rolled a dice that had pictures of different members of the family on it. When it landed on a person you said something nice about that person. Ollie rolled Papa and said "I love Papa because he's so darn nice and because he has a hole in his sock." I'm not sure if Ollie will still think Spencer is so "darn nice" if Santa brings him some new socks without holes. :)

Sunday Best

Every Sunday I try hard to make my kids (and myself) look nice for church. I usually put a headband with a bow on it on Lily. Lately, the second I put it on, she takes it off. Last Sunday I decided to try curling her hair. The only long hair she has is right on top of her head (and sticks straight up).



She looked really cute in the curlers. When I took them out she had two very perfect curls, right on top of her head.



Ollie was trying to explain to her that she had curls in her hair.



The long and short of it... her hair looked okay when we left for church. By the end, the curls had loosened so her hair was sticking up even worse than usual and had just a little tiny curl on top. A man at church asked us if she did her own hair that morning. I guess it looked really bad. :)

Family Camp In

Growing up my family would go indoor camping during the winter season. We have continued the tradition with our kids. We built a fort last weekend and slept in it on Friday night. The fort was too small for all of us so just Spencer and Ollie slept in it. We built a pretend fire and roasted marshmellows. Ollie thought it was a lot of fun. At 10:45 I had to come out and tell the boys to be quiet. We had a very tired, happy boy the next morning. :)

Lily's Art

Ollie decided to do art on Lily's head. Here's the end result. I don't like the kiddos to draw on themselves/each other but this made me laugh. Everytime I looked at her that day I laughed again so I kept it on until bath time that night. :)

Soccer

Soccer is now over. Sometimes he loved to run and play. Other times he just wanted to sit and play in the dirt. We've decided that 3 is too young to play soccer. It will be easier not to have to go to practice twice a week and a game once a week.




Ollie showing me his trophy.



The team



Funniest soccer moment- One day during a game, a member of the other team was bent over with his hands on his knees. Ollie reached over and goosed him (pinched his bum). Thanks to the Olson family for giving us this fun tradition. :)

Ollie Halloween

Ollie wanted to be a skeleton this year for Halloween. He told me that's what he wanted to be several weeks before hand. He wanted a costume that looked nice and not scary. He really liked this one when he saw it. He had a lot of fun trick or treating. He fully understood that he was getting candy. He ate so much candy that night that he threw up! And yes- it was warm enough for him to wear flip flops. :)

Lily Halloween

Lily was a duck for Halloween. We had shown her the costume several times before Halloween so she knew it was a duck. When I was getting her ready she started quacking like a duck. Very Cute! She didn't really have any idea that anything different was going on. She was just happy to be held.

Parenting

As a parent, I always wonder if I'm doing okay. When you have kids, they do not come with an instruction manual. I wonder about the small things, like getting enough veggies, to the big things, like teaching about faith in God. Every now and then they do or say something to let you know that you are on the right (or wrong) track. Today we had such a moment at our house. This conversation was overheard.

Setting: Lily had just thrown some food on the floor.
Ollie: "Lily, I sure love you. I love you even when you are naughty."

Heavenly Father sure gave me two little angels. :)