Are You My Mother?

My sister Melanie and I are twenty-one months apart. We've always been told we look like each other, but were always kind of bugged that people couldn't tell us apart. We definitely look like sisters but I don't think we're that similar.

Today when Melanie got to Jackson Hole, Kelly and I were on a drive (cleaning out our disgusting truck). Bronson thought Melanie was me and kept calling her mom and asking her to do things for him. Well, you should have seen his face when I walked in the door and was standing next to Melanie! He was so confused and embarrassed and immediately turned shy. For the next hour or so he would just keep peeking at Melanie from behind my legs, making sure he had the right mom. I think the thing that threw him for a loop is that I pulled my hair back in a teeny-tiny ponytail today and nobody is used to seeing my hair like that.

So what do you all think? Are we that similar?

OPA

I need to check around and see if there is a local chapter of Otter Pops Anonymous. This kid is addicted. For some reason, after about his seventh or eighth of the day, he comes to me like this. Does he think that if I can't see his face I won't say, "no!"??

I had to call Sears to see if they had a key that would fit my freezer. Ours is long gone! Luckily they did and now our freezer will stay closed, our food will stay frozen, and I can try to curb his addiction.

Dandelions

Nalani loves to pick dandelions and blow all the "twirlies" away. I thought these pictures were so cute of her!

As you can see, there is a whole field of them, close to the ball-park we were at.

Time in a Bottle

The other day the kids got a wild hare to make a time capsule. I'm not sure where they got it from, but they were in. to. it! They all had to find the perfect "thing" whether some weird toy, an award from school, a play-dough creation, a letter to themselves, or a dollar bill. They sealed them up in baggies and then put 'em in a container taped up good and buried it in our backyard. Their plan is to open it on New Year's Day and then make a new one every year. Should be interesting to see how items change throughout the years:) What was really funny is that ALL the kids came in to ask if I was going to blog about this. So, I just gave them the camera and let them go crazy.

Nalani's First Field Trip

Nalani just finished up her first year of preschool with a field trip to the Children's Museum. While there she enjoyed: playing waitress at a diner, playing in the waterworks, telling knock-knock jokes on the stage, and eating treats from her sack lunch. Thanks Nicole and Cameron, for letting us ride over with you guys! I had so much fun spending some one on one time with Nalani and watching her imagination run wild.

Pathetic!

I'm embarrassed at how far back this post goes! Clear back to Easter weekend...We went to the mEGGA Easter Egg Hunt put on by the community. It's always great fun! We made it early enough this year for the kids to get a chance for the free horse rides, coloring, face painting and finally the egg hunt. All four kids were in separate age groups, so we let Maika and Logan go on their own while Kelly took Bronson and I took Nalani. Nalani found a "Golden Ticket" and picked out the Ugliest Doll in the World as her prize:)

What do you do

when a simple "Time-out" doesn't work? Put them in a dog kennel!**

**Please note: No children were hurt during the creation of this blog! As you can see, they were doing it themselves:) Logan tried to fit, but found her long legs were just too long.

Logan's Birthday Party

Logan recently turned ELEVEN! She got to have a few friends sleep over. Everyone got to decorate a pair of flip-flops, they played on the trampoline, ate junk food, and watched "Hotel for Dogs". I think they actually fell asleep at around 2 am. Kelly and Bronson were off having fun at the Father/Son camp out. Is that perfect timing or what?

Slumber Party

This is how we found all our kids after coming home from a date. Don't they look comfortable? From L to R we have: Nalani, Maika, Logan, and Bronson all sprawled out and sleeping.

Who needs a sidewalk?

With Bronson and Nalani thinking they are big kids now, we have corralled all the kids and most of the neighborhood into our backyard. Since we don't have any sidewalks back there they use our fence as the medium of choice. I love it! They play games of tic-tac-toe, write birthday wishes or just draw pictures.

Playing Catch-Up

Just a warning: I will try to catch up on all the things we've been doing lately. I've not been in the blogging mood lately, but will get caught back up so my mom will have something to do when she's not busy at work. I don't know how many times I've heard, "You haven't blogged anything in forever!" So here you go mom...enjoy! Sorry to all you Google Readers who will be bombarded with my updates today:)