Tummy Talk

Piper made a couple notable comments about the tummy this week. One cute...one not so cute:

First one: She came out for about the 4th time after I put her in bed for the night. She likes to invent big questions at bed time to stall sleep. She asked "What happens if Jesus doesn't live in our tummy?". After questioning her it was revealed she meant in our Heart, not tummy. That led to a little 3 year old discussion about Heaven and Forgiveness. I thought it was pretty cute.

Second (not so cute) one: We were laying on the bed together watching a movie and I was messing with my button on my pants, my shirt was up a bit and she asked; "mama, why is your tummy old?" Um... Nice! I promptly replied, "because I had lots of fat babies!!!"

Her List

Piper has been talking about her birthday for months now. So when a Toy's R Us party planner came in the mail for her she was so excited. She took it to her bed at nap time one day to work on her invite list. She worked on it for a few days before I saw it. I was starting to wonder what the list was looking like. Was she just scribbling names, was she trying out her letters?

Finally she showed it to me. It's for sure not a complete list yet, but it is a start...and totally adorable. In case your wondering who's who. Claire is the little one on top, Whitney is on the bottom and Zeke with the hat (mama drew the hat) on the right.

Bulldog Cheer

We signed Piper up this year. But it was a little too intimidating for her. At least she got a cute t-shirt out of it.

Boys Night Out

Ty, Daddy & Butch spending some time tonight in Pullman to watch the Cougs narrowly defeated by the Bruins. And you thought the madness in our house stopped with Pac-10 Football. Not so. It's NCAA Basketball time folks. Which means a little leeway every now and again when the men get to steal away for some fun. And the little one gets to stay out late and maybe even miss school in the morning. All for some Daddy & Son time.
(it's 11 pm and they are not home yet, Mike emailed me this pic earlier from his phone)

For Your Entertainment

It's long...but worth it.

Wow...1 Week.

Wow, it's been a week with no post. Sorry.
And I really have nothing to say accept stay away from me...i have Strep throat. Yuck. So much for the long weekend. I spent literally spent it in bed the whole time, and poor Mike spend it on full-time duty with the house and the kids.
Good times.

Hopefully my next post will be more exciting!

I was Tagged

Michelle tagged me...so here I go:

FOUR PLACES I GO OVER AND OVER AND OVER:
Starbucks
Walmart
The kid's School
New Hope Community

FOUR PEOPLE WHO EMAIL/IM ME REGULARLY:
Mike
Angela
Michelle
Nicole

FOUR PLACES I LIKE TO EAT:
Red Robin
Chens
My Back Yard, when Mike BBQs
Any Place on the water in Seattle

FOUR PLACES I’D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
A Spa getting a massage
Sleeping
A Cabin in the Snowy Mountains
A Cabana on a Beach

FOUR TV SHOWS I COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER:
Friends
How I Met Your Mother
Law & Order
Ace of Cakes

and here is where I am supposed to tag, but I'm pretty sure most have done it already.

The Great Purge of 2009!

*be sure to read to the bottom...I'm selling stuff.

Okay, so our house is greatly shrinking! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE MY HOUSE. It is quaint, quirky and cozy. I love the look of it. I love the my neighbors. I love all the trees and plants we have added to it. However...I don't love how the walls feel like they are closing in on us. It's our fault. We Have Stuff! Alot of Stuff! And that stuff takes up precious space in the 1600 square feet. So to avoid doing something drastic like trying sell and buy new in this economy just to make more room, I am PURGING!! I am dedicating this whole year to this project. Because frankly, knowing me it may take that long. I will go through every closet, cupboard, storage box, shelf, etc and PURGE!!

Yesterday, I started the PURGE! I started with my own crap, or SCRAP more like it. I cleaned off my Adorably Messy Scrapbooking desk and transformed it into something more practical; A Photographer's Office Space. I'll be honest, I haven't scrapbooked or created a card in nearly 2 years. So it had to go. (don't panic ladies, I still have more than enough tucked away for a rainy day)

So now in effort to pay myself back for all my years of collecting all this stuff I have created an auction.

You can Find It Here:

Scrapbooking Auction.

Next Purge, under the bathroom sinks. (dont worry I won't auction off that stuff)

Piper's Programs

This week was filled with pre-school programs for miss pip. She had her Birthday Celebration for Jesus in class on Tuesday since it was canceled due to snow before Christmas. And then their Concert last night. I love sweet 3 & 4-year-old's singing.

(Note: anyone who wants to see if I got a picture of their child and wants copies see below).

I had to post this: Mike gave piper a sheet of Cougar stickers. She just had to take them to school to give to each of her friends. I wonder what some of the parents thought, us Pac 10 Folks can get a little sensitive on what our children are exposed to ;).

The Nativity.

So, if you asked me to try to grab a picture of your child (since I was in the front) I did try. Or if you are grandma or one of the teachers, I posted them in a gallery on my site, you can download the digital files. I'm sorry it is so impersonal, but it's just quicker for me then emailing them to everyone.

Here's the Link Enter the password: BLPS. You will have to register for an account in order to add them to your cart and then download them. It will take you through the whole process as if you are buying the images...but it doesn't charge you for anything. Enjoy.

More Christmas!

Christmas morning was as exciting as ever. This was our "gaming" Christmas. Each of the kids received their own little gaming thingy. Ty and Emery got Nintendo DS and Piper got a Leapster. And then we were shocked to receive a family gift from the parents of a Wii. So the whole gaming world has exploded in our house. Before it was just Mike who had one or two games he enjoyed on the PS2. Now even mama's getting into the experience. We were a little worried how we would have to control the kids and the amount off time they spent on their games...but it hasn't been too bad. With a small exception of Mike and Ty's addiction to Lego Star wars. Mama may have a new addiction when she opens up the Wii Fit Cheer Game that came in the mail today! Yeah!
Anyway, back to Christmas...here are a few from Christmas morning. I didn't take many pictures. Piper with her Pink Pony she asked Santa for. She doesn't play with it. Her favorite toy out of everything is a tiny stuffed Chiwawa(i really have no clue how to spell it) she got from Ty. Emery with her DS and her sister's Pet Shop.

Ty with his DS.

The Giant dog that things he's a lap dog still.
Here's Emery with the Wii...she very good at it. Although they play Wii in PE class. (interesting).

Mr. TL who enjoyed all the activity.

The Friday after Christmas we headed up to Celebrate with family in Seattle. Mike had a surprise for us and my parents up his sleeve. We had no clue what was going on until he took us to a nice steakhouse and handed us all little gift bags each containing a Nutcracker! I guessed right away that we were going the the Pacific Northwest's Nutcracker! We all loved it. Even Ty...who was into the mice and the sword fighting.

Here we are having another "Christmas" morning at Grandma & Grandpa's Beach.

Then Mike and our Brother-in-Law Robert planned a joint family party. All my family in Seattle and all (aside from Jim) of Mike's siblings and families. It was very fun! We did a gift exchange game that was pretty funny.

It was a jam packed weekend...but so fun and I am glad we did it! I'll leave you with a pic of Pip having a 3-year-old conversation with her BBF Zeke on the car ride home. Im pretty sure Zeke was in a car ride himself traveling to family.

Piperism

Just for a little laugh.

Setting: The Car Ride Home tonight

Piper: "Mama, when we get home I need some Ben-a-din-dril."
Mama: "Benedryl?"
Piper: "Yeah, because I broke out in Nipples."
Mama: "Nipples?" giggling...
Piper: "oh, wait, what are they called again?"
Mama: "Hives, sweetie, hives."

Premise: She has had a couple rounds of benedryl after breaking out in "nipples" earlier this week.

Christmas Eve.

Finally getting to this post. I'll start with Christmas Eve at least. I love Christmas eve. It was the usual. Candlelight Service:

Mike took these precious pictures from his phone.

A nummy dinner

A Birthday Party for Jesus

Matching PJ's

Posing in front of our faux fireplace...that really did set the cozy holiday mood.

Mike reading from our Christmas devotional.

The House all ready for the morning.

And Santa eating the cookies. A perfect evening.

Piper The Performer.