Allie's birthday is Friday and I have been looking for a fun cake to make. I thought I would share some of my past creations. I love making them and they are always a big hit with the kids. At least someday when they are all in therapy they can at least say, "My mom always made us really cool birthday cakes every year!"
We have been plagued for many years by Tanner's strange obsession with sleeping in strange and often cramped places. In the above picture we found him in Savannah's port a crib. He is obviously too big for this crib! On other occasions he has slept on the floor of the closet and the bath tub just too name a few. "Why?" one might ask, inquiring minds do want to know? And now you may be wondering why I am even writing about this will here goes...
Morgan wrote a letter to the Easter Bunny and told him about her tonsils and asked him if he could please bring her some chocolate pudding and he delivered. Shortly after these pictures were taken Morgan stood up and said, "I'm going to puke!" Unfortunately, she didn't make it too far and threw up in Savannah's Easter basket. Savannah started crying and screaming, "She puked in my basket!" I don't think we will be forgetting this Easter anytime soon!
Morgie came from her death bed (at least that is what it smells like) to decorate a couple of eggs and then quickly went back to bed begging for mom to come snuggle with her.
I'm not really sure if Morgan even knows what it feels like to really feel good. We joke about her having a weak constitution but its probably not really funny, especially for her. Morgan has had three sets of tubes in her ears, has severe allergies and is asthmatic to boot. She has her on little pharmacy of meds. The doctors have been recommending for awhile that she get her tonsils taken out but she really hasn't been well enough to go under. (Really scary experience when she was a little wheezy when they did one of her tubes and they had to inti bate her) So needless to say I'm a little nervous about her and general anesthesia. But with her new drugs she has been pretty good so we decided to go for it. Poor thing is wishing that we hadn't. She hardly ever complains about being sick. In fact three weeks ago she had strept throat and I finally took her to the doctor only because she ran a fever for five days. Have you ever had strept throat?! She is being a trooper but definitely not feeling good and experiencing a lot of referred pain in her ears. We just keep telling her how much better she will feel in a couple of weeks. It will all be worth it, right?
Savannah was the hit at dance when she wore her bumble bee leotard. All of the other little girls were having a hard time paying attention because they kept wanting to touch and talk about Savannah's "dress". It was so cute and she knew that she was cute too! Mom's were asking where we got it. Thanks Grandma and Papa you found the perfect gift for our little bee!
How funny is this? I had gone to bed early and Morgan came in to snuggle. When Carl came to bed here is how he found us sound asleep. Is there such a thing as genetic sleeping tendencies?
Funny story...
Spencer called the beginning of March to tell us that he was being ordained an Elder on the 16th of March and that he would love for Carl to be there. We absolutely would not have missed it for anything. So we pawned our children off on some friends and drove straight through. I loved every minute of having my husband to myself as well as seeing everyone we love and miss so much. We are so proud of Spencer and the man that he is. After the ordination Spencer made a few comments and I couldn't help but cry knowing that what we just witnessed was and is the reality of the Atonement of Jesus Christ! Our Savior truly does know and love us best!
Me & My Nana
One Friday a month I go to Morgan's kindergarten class for Story Snack. I bring a book to read to the class and a snack to go along with it. For February it was the Friday before Dr. Seuss' birthday so I brought the Cat In The Hat to read and made these darling little snacks. They were a BIG hit and I kinda felt like a cool Mom!
February 2008
We are very blessed Tanner has a great young mens program. He has great leaders and the boys are so good. We can only hope that they continue making good choices and that they continue to be a positive influence on one another.
Tanner is the youngest in his troop and is the tallest. It looks like he might have gotten some tall genes from the McLean side of the family. It won't be long before he is looking down at his Dad!
Morgan's kindergarten class had a big party for the 100th day of school. Everyone had to bring 100 of something - Morgan brought 100 marshmellows.
Carl tries to take each of the kids on a monthly date. For Allie's date this month she wanted to make a thermos of hot chocolate and go take pictures outside. They had a fabulous time and Allie took some really cool pics.
