Fun words

We recently got Esther some new flip flops since it's starting to really warm up here in California. But they are not flip flops to Esther, they are "flip glosses." Since John and I have laughed about this a few times and asked her to say flip flops a few times she has actually evolved in her pronunciation and no she says "flip glops." I think it's more fun to say "flip glops" anyway. Rambling on, there are definitely some words that are more fun to say then others. "Beverage" is one of John's favorite. One time my younger brother Dan was supposed to speak in church and during the morning of we were sitting around eating breakfast and Sam and I decided to give him a challenge involving some of our "fun" words. I cannot recall exactly what we bet him or dared him with but Sam challenged him to include the word "debacle" in his talk and I told him he needed to include the word "shrubbery." Dan is no chicken so he took the dare and easily accomplished it with some sentence like, "I was walking by a shrubbery one day and I thought about blah blah blah.. and what a debacle!" Sam and I were rolling and my mom gave us the "you're in trouble" glare. It was priceless. I really do love vocabulary and if I could just remember all the words I have learned I would have an impressive extensive vocabulary. Reader's Digest has a great vocab page every month and thanks to my mom I get that every month. It's a perfect bathroom reader at our house. Wow, I am really going on and on. Let me just end with my favorite word of the day: lackluster. It's fun to say and that's kind of how I feel today.

The answer to the question: Why is my kitchen floor never clean?

20 things

Yesterday after church we asked Esther what she learned in nursery. After a few mumbles and restating the question she said, "Just twenty things." So what twenty things did you learn? "About Jesus and dogs." So I guess that means she learned about nineteen dogs and Jesus.

Mr. Nobody

I tried to tell Esther about Mr. Nobody this morning. She was wondering who moved her toy and getting all testy about it so I told her maybe it was Mr. Nobody did it. My dad used to always blame Mr. Nobody and really he was a convenient figure to have in the house all though he never took any of our bubbling guilt. Anyway, after we went to the store today we were getting out of the car and Esther saw a man across the street getting in his car and she pretty much yelled: "Look, there's Mr. Nobody!" I quickly shushed her and decided that I should save the Mr. Nobody concept for a couple more years.

Lucy is funny!!!

This picture just gives a little glimpse into Lucy's fun personality as of late. This is actually her trying to do "shhhhhhhhhh" with her finger. But instead of the pointer finger she uses the thumb and spreads out the whole hand which is a very inneffective way to shush people because it will only make them laugh. Lucy is such a little person now. She want to do everything Esther is doing but isn't quite old enough to do it like playdough, riding tricycles, jumping on the trampoline. Today she even demanded that she drink out of a Dora sippie cup just like Esther. She is also turning into quite the dancer just like her sister although her only moves are turning around in a very slow circle with her arms out of clapping while bopping her head. One more funny story is the other day I tried to put her on my lap when we were all sitting at the table to eat a snack and she just kept crying and crying so I finally just put her down on the ground to let her cry there instead. She kept on crying while she went and picked up the booster in the corner of the kitchen and awkwardly walked back to the table with it indicating her deepest wishes: to sit at the table like a big girl. So I conceded and still that wasn't good enough. She wanted her own bowl and her own spoon, and of course to eat it all on her own. I can't believe she's getting so grown up! She can do a few signs like good night, all done, more, and drink. She also has some new words: all done, ma ma (sounds like ba ba), and today she said purple!!! Lucy is at such a fun age. She makes me laugh everyday!

Tagged

I'm not really sure exactly what I'm supposed to do with this Heidi but here's my best guess:

Ten years ago: Life was so simple but seemed so important and complicated. I really enjoyed high school--ten years ago it would have been the height of basketball season. I was on the Viewmont team and was never that great--let's just say I'm not very good under pressure. But I loved my team and we had a fantastic time together.

5 things on my to do list today: Vacuuming the house, working on my quilt that my mom made me start and I'm determined to finish, cleaning a very stuck waffle out of a waffle maker (pretty exciting), trim Lucy's fingernails, and read some of my book (One Hundred Years of Solitude-pretty weird so far).

Snacks I enjoy: Crackers and hummus, smoothies in my new Vitamix, nuts, Natural cheetos, home made granola, and cold cereal.

If I were suddenly a billionaire: I would buy a house or two--especially on the beach in California or on the Oregon coast and a flat in London. I would join Bono's cause to help starving and poor children in Africa. I would travel the world. What wouldn't I do?? Supposedly money is the root of all evil but sometimes it seems like you could do a lot of great stuff with it.

3 of my bad habits: I don't like people's feet on me (mostly my husband thinks this is a bad habit of mine). I pick at my nails when I'm stressed or nervous. Not keeping my car tidy--it's a disaster.

5 places I have lived: Farmington, Utah. Provo, Utah. Laie, Hawaii. London, England. Mckinney, Texas.

5 jobs I've had: Landscaping for Grandpa, Catering server and captain, florist, Hotel gift shop person(the most boring job on the face of the planet!!), and assistant researcher for a Professor (lasted two days because I coudn't stand staring at a computer for hours on end).

5 things people don't know about me: I had an 8 hour heart surgery when I was in high school, I hate being pregnant but love the part where the baby is born, I want to become well-versed in photoshop elements and photography (it will probably take me ten years at the current rate I'm going), I hate wearing bracelets or watches, and my eyes are really twitchy lately.

Am I supposed to tag someone now? How about Beth?

Professional walker

I wasn't sure if I had mentioned that Lucy is a walker now. She's been walking for a few weeks and it is now her major mode of transportation. Even when she has slippery pajamas on she still keeps trying to walk. She likes walking so much that shopping with her has become a nightmare!! She wants to walk everywhere we go. It is cute to see her so into her new skill. So here she is:

Take note of the big patch of drool (still waiting for those bottom molars to pop through) and also her great accessories. That is the only way she ever plays with those rings is to put them on her wrists and walk around with them. She's a girly girl!

Sunglasses upgrade

I bought some new sunglasses the other day because I stepped on my old ones (of course) and Esther wanted some new ones too. I told her she already had some but after realizing which sunglasses she has we decided to get her an upgrade. The picture should explain enough.

Old ones:






New ones (Dora, of course, was the only way to go):

On the way home from purchasing her new sunglasses Esther asked me, "Mommy, are my sunglasses cool?" Yes honey, your sunglasses are VERY COOL!!!