B+C+B+C+B+C: March 2018

Saturday, March 31, 2018

Friday, March 30, 2018

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Courtney sleeping in her fort

Actually, Bennett and Charity started off the night in the fort too. But not surprisingly, they didn't make it the whole night and ended up in my bed in the morning.🤔😝

Courtney is definitely my child who takes the longest to fall asleep at night and the longest to wake up most mornings! It will be interesting to see if this continues into teenage years...😱

Since Meredith has to go to school early in the morning, sometimes she drops off Lily at my house around 8 and then I take her to school at 9. It actually is a big help to me, because Lily is great at helping Charity get ready in the morning! She will get her dressed and do her hair, but this new edition of doing her makeup makes me laugh 😝

Hairexperiment

It might look like I know what I'm doing when my girls go out the door with cute/fun hairstyles...but I'm just winging it. Making it up as I go. And taking way too long! More practice and YouTube tutorial time needed.

I'll add that to the to-do list...🙄😥😲🤣😂😝

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Brianna Ballerina

So cute to watch Brianna do her class twice a week. It's a little annoying having to pack up all the kids, take her out there, make sure dinner is ready when we come home...but hopefully worth it. And while she does class I just take the other kids to do an errand or play on the playground at Carl's Jr , so they have fun too.

She got to wear a tutu today and was in heaven!

I won't be sad in June when we're done with this session:)

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

She's so super!

Charity is so fun to bring with me to Brianna's classroom when I come for Art class. She's quite distracting to the students and teacher I think....but she's just so darn cute, I can't bear to leave her somewhere else while I go volunteer.

Plus, let's be honest....I'm always racing to get there ok time and don't wanna take the extra minutes to drop her off at Meg's or mom's. 😂😖

Sidenote: she loves this shirt and would wear it everyday if she could. I think because of the comments she gets from people 🤣

Friday, March 16, 2018

Listen up

I've got this obsession with making sure their ears are well cared for. My kids, plus Lily, cuz she counts as one :) For some reason it grosses me out to look in anyone else's ears. I'm so glad. I bought an otoscope. Every parent should have one, seriously. So handy.

When they've got TOO much wax (a little is normal and healthy) I just put a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in and have it sit for a minute. Sounds crazy, but it works. Softens the junk and eventually it comes out easy.

The kids freak out at first, but now they don't mind. They even kinda like it.

Play time!

So so so happy it's Spring!!

Well technically winter for a few more days. But if the snow is gone and we can play at playgrounds in tshirts.... that's Spring.

We're at St. George's School at their park. Just dropped Brianna off for her "Math is Cool" competition held here. So proud of my little mathletic mathlete😄😁💛

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Which one is cuter....

Saturday, March 10, 2018

YW service cleaning

Friday, March 9, 2018

Brianna's school project

But now she wants to visit Russia...

um, no.

Friday, March 2, 2018

Ice bowl

TP nap

A Piggly from Nonny

Almost bought the famous Chelsea doll

DogGone cute

Found this gem while looking through old photos during a spontaneous reminiscing text conversation with Nadia this morning :)
Found some fun ones to send her.
But this one....ahhhhh!
Baby Annalee! So cute!
Waldo puppy! Loved him so much.

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

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