B+C+B+C+B+C: Around the homefront

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Around the homefront

How weird is it that my 3.5 yr old still naps nearly everyday?! Not necessarily in her room, or in a bed, or in a comfortable-looking position.... But always with that icky blanket. I wash it in bleach at least once a week. And it's still gross.

Courtney is too good for her crib. She wants to nap in the big bed in their room.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT! He claims he didn't do it. He looks at me with those big innocent blue eyes... but I know better. Sneaky sneaky boy. He loves the Pumpernickel & Onion Braided Twists as much a I do.

Making cookies together. So wholesome. I try to stay back and let them do it solo, but sometimes I overhear Brian asking Brianna what a tsp is. Or if he can use vanilla icecream to substitute for vanilla extract. Then I get involved a little.

Jumping! Ever since she started her crusade to begin walking, (Bennett too), she doesn't like to be contained as much. But since she started her walking attempts, I like to keep her contained even more.

Brianna loves to push Bennett in his swing. HARD.

Post-bath playing. Chewing on the cords off the blinds is totally safe, right?

Brian's happy place = hanging out with all his munchkins.

This is how and where Brianna hangs out every morning while the babies take their nap and I get my workout in (I'm on week SIX of the Insanity program, round 2. LOVE those videos! So hard!) Brianna likes her movie time. Usually Dora or Leapfrog shows on Netflix. I feel guilty about it. Mommy Guilt. Everpresent Mommy Guilt.

Her obsession in life is standing on her own. Her waking hours are spent pushing herself up to standing positions. Then doing squats. Up and down, up and down. She's taken one step solo so far. Then I push her down and firmly scold her. NO WALKING YET! Seriously. We don't need anymore bumps and bruises and ability to make more messes.

Our balcony. 3rd floor up. It's totally safe, yet I still get a minor panic attack every time my kids are out there playing.

Cuz we're all about formal dining.

Brian was out of town for 2 nights for work. It was awful. I was so unmotivated to make a real dinner.

My favorite men, doing one of their favorite things.... cuddlying up by the computer and catching up on sports.

3 comments:

Hohmann Family said...: I was just browsing and fell in love with your blog! Don't know why I've never looked before - I don't think I knew what it was. But I'm totally bookmarking this! Your kiddos are adorable!; June 21, 2011 at 5:55 AM
Michelle {Fun On A Dime} said...: T was looking at your pictures and wanted to know how many more babies you have now! lol "T that's them. They've gotten bigger." "No, how many more babies do they have?"; June 22, 2011 at 6:29 AM
Unknown said...: Addison would love to have dinner sitting on the table. As I write this, she is hopping on her trike and will try and be there by dinner time! :)

Just seeing the picture of one of your kiddos on the balcony made my stomache flop. I don't think I would like that very much either.; June 23, 2011 at 8:29 AM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Around the homefront

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