01.26.08

conversation as we're leaving to drive down to phoenix...

brian: let's roll

estin: let's roll!

dade: let's roll homies!

01.25.08

not much to report except that curran and i are going to ..... HAWAII TOMORROW! i don't know if i'll have internet access there, so i don't know if i'll be able to post for a while ... but i'll hopefully have some great photos to post when i get back! brian, estin, and dade get to go skiing next week in winterpark, co with boppo ron, grandma barb, uncle booney and aunt julie.

so excited!!!

01.23.08

want to keep your kids occupied for a while? get a some funnels, cups, and water - they love it! we did this last night as we were getting dinner ready and it was great! and as an added bonus, i had them wipe up all the water that spilled on the floor and now it looks pretty clean! i think i'll count that as mopping for this week, lol!

other recent things that have surprised me by keeping their attention for a while (let's say more than 20 minutes) - 1. a hand mirror - estin needed one for some science experiments at school the other day. all i had was a tiny pocket/makeup mirror that i got as a freebie once (note - when you buy handmade, it's pretty common practice to get freebies in your package! isn't that cool? can't say target or gap hands out free stuff when you check out. although ... the other day at new frontiers, our natural grocery store, we walked out with a free loaf of bread because it was squished and they couldn't sell it ... anyway, i digress...). so when i gave him the tiny mirror, he looked so disappointed! it was clearly not what he had in mind for a hand mirror. so i went out to get one. unfortunately, safeway only had one and it was made in china but i couldn't disappoint my boy so i got it. it has a mirror on both sides, one with higher magnification. it's the coolest, he loves just staring at himself and flipping it over and over, lol.

and 2! - playdough! i bought some playdough waaay back when i was still preggers with curran to have some fun stuff on hand to keep the boys occupied when i was in labor. didn't end up using it because they were asleep during all the excitement. so fast forward to now, they played with it recently and i am not exaggerating here, estin played with playdough for almost 2 hours straight. i could hardly believe it. we're going to try making our own tomorrow, i'll let you know how it goes...

01.22.08

new hat for e-bomb! it's a little small but it was his turn for a new hat and he said he wanted it, lol. dade calls estin "estin" now, it used to be ennin. if we tried to call him ennin, he'd tell us only dade could call him ennin, we need to call him estin or e-bomb.

i invite you to see pics of more stuff i make (and the boys!) at my crafty blog. :)

01.21.08

(sitting at the table for dinner)
me: how many boys are here?
estin: 1, 2, 3, 4 and there's 2 girls
me: who?
estin: lucy and you
me: how many altogether?
estin: well, 2 girls (holds up 2 fingers) plus 4 boys (holds up 4 fingers on the other hand) is (counts his fingers) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - that makes six!
brian: dude, that's like 1st grade math!

me: dade, how old are you?
dade: i'm TWO!
me: what's your name?
dade: i'm TWO!
me: is your name curran?
dade: no, i'm TWO!
me: what's your name?
dade: i'm dader tot :)

dade: there's a spider web daa-dee ... you better clean it daa-dee!

01.20.08

ummm, has anyone seen my newborn?! he's about 6 months old, he just started crawling and now he's already pulling up on his knees! he's growing too fast! :(

my friend noel was telling me costco has this canned pancake batter that comes out like whip cream. i'm thinking, ew, that sounds pretty gross. then she says it's organic - she must have known that would sell me, LOL! so we couldn't resist when we saw it at costco on saturday. we always have pancakes on sunday mornings, brian makes really good pancakes!

the bunnell family review of organic batter blaster:
brian - they taste a little cardboard-y, but they're ok
kelly - the raw batter tasted mysteriously like baby formula, the pancakes weren't too bad, they don't really taste organic/fresh/natural though, i don't know, maybe because it's squirting out of a steel can...
estin and dade - they each devoured two plates of mini-pancakes, definitely a hit for them

surprisingly, we went through a whole can that morning! good thing they came in a 3 pack so we get to experience the batter blaster 2 more times, it was pretty exciting. but i think after that we'll go back to brian's yummy pancakes.

01.19.08

awww, so cute when they're nice to each other!

so dade's afraid of the dark. estin actually likes to go into dark rooms and look for monsters, but not dade, he wants the lights to be on all the time. so brian put his headlamp on dade and they went off to explore and see if there's anything scary in the darkness. here they are checking under dade's crib - dade says, "nope! nothing scary under HERE!"