Older Post #2 So Big

I saw this picture and thought it shows just how big Elysse is getting.  She will be 2 on the 28th of May!

Older Post #1 Food Race

After our spring break trip to Florida Nathan had an idea that he would make a food race maze.  I had no idea what he was talking about.  He decided to draw a detailed blueprint.  After he present it to me, I couldn't say no.  So we made the food maze.  I think it was supposed to represent all of the climates on earth.  Water - ocean, cup with ketchup - volcano, oatmeal - dessert, ice - arctic, cheese twists - twisters, cheese-its - fire...I think we are missing some sort of tropical climate...

Oh and I think this is the best picture I have to show off the granite counter tops we put in the house to sell it...  We are suppose to close on May 31st, fingers crossed...

Quote of the Day

Audrey: "I want to have a pet bird, to see how it poops"

Laughing

It is a good thing that when I read over my own posts I can't help but smile and laugh, right?

All Babies Are Cute

Today Orkin came over to treat the house.  While arranging the garage Ryan and I were moving left over tile from a home renovation from the corner of the garage to a shelf off the floor.  In doing this project we uncovered a family of cockroaches.  We were both very squeamish and freaked out.  We have only seen them in the garage and only in this one section as the cardboard around the tile was a bit wet and provided a perfect nesting place.  And let me tell you, the big one was the BIGGEST darn cockroach I have ever seen.  It had to have been at least two and a half inches long!

Okay, now that I have your skin crawling, on to the rest of the story...

So the Orkin man is here and I am telling him about the garage situation.  He heads off to the garage and Audrey is going crazy, talking over me, trying to get out the door, screaming her head off - I had to tackle her.  She was upset and ran off so I finished talking to the Orkin man and then went to find her.  She was balling.

"Mom, if you kill the parents then the babies will be all by themselves."  Audrey, we are going to get rid of them all, not just the parents.  (Audrey completely hysterical) "But Mom, they are just babies and they need to have a good life."  Audrey cockroaches do not belong in homes with people.  They can live in the Everglades there is plenty of room there.  "But Mom, all babies are cute even baby cockroaches, we can't kill them."

Nathan arrives home, Audrey tells him the travesty of the cockroach extermination.  Nathan wants to know, "but they left the worms alone, right?"

AAAAAHHHHHHHH!

Say My Name, Say My Name

Today I was putting away all of the laundry I did yesterday (yup, there was that much).  Throughout the process I would find that I had accidentally mixed up an article or two of clothing in everyone's piles.  I would hand the article to Elysse and state which room it should be brought to and she would diligently place it in the room where it belonged.  While in Audrey's room Elysse kept taking items that I already had on hangers and would state loudly "cease."  Surely my almost two-year-old wasn't telling me to stop hanging up clothing, right? After several more times of "cease" I told her I simply did not understand what she was saying to me.

Then it dawned on me...

She would hold up the hanger and ask "Seeysse?"  She wanted to know if the shirt belonged to her and it was the first time I heard her say her own name.  Instead of hearing Elysse she would say "Seeysse" (sounds like cease).

Save the Manatees

Mom, I have an idea to save the manatees - we will sneak down to the water and take off boat propellers.

Glad he is so proactive.

Another Adventure

Today's adventure, paying a locksmith to get Audrey out of the home office she locked herself in...

She was trying to get away from Elysse because Elysse wouldn't stop touching the iPad.  She had just had lunch and went potty before locking herself in there plus she has movies on the iPad so she wasn't worried.  In fact, when I would have her come to the door to try and unlock it she did try but couldn't wait to get back to the movies.

Mother's Day

First I must say that being together is the best Mother's Day gift I could have ever received.  The thought of being apart on Mother's Day made me cringe (though part of me thought it should get me some REALLY good gifts).

On Saturday we went to the neighborhood pool for the first time.  We played for two hours and met some friends there.  It was great.  I love this neighborhood!  On our walk back home I asked Ryan if he needed to go out with the kids to do some Mother's Day shopping.  When we arrived back he decided he would take the kids out to do a bit of shopping.  When they came home we went to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner.

I woke up a bit later than everyone else on Sunday morning.  Well, maybe I was up before some of them but I didn't roll out of bed until they were awake.  There were cards and gifts on the table for me.  Nathan's card was priceless...I will type it here.

Dear mom,
I am glad this happy day is here.
I will not tell secrets to Audrey.  I will
clean up my own mess and not complain.  I love
you on this happy day and evrey day.  Can I 
drive to cherch today?  Can we go for a nacher walk
today?  Can I cook today?  Do you like this speshal day
? From Nathan,


Nathan did make toast for me.  We decided he could only drive 25 mph to church and we would drive back.  We did not take the nature walk but will probably do that this coming Saturday.  

This was also my first Sunday at our new church branch.  It was nice to finally be here and start putting faces together with names.  Ryan and I were also interviewed by a member of the branch presidency and I was given a calling as Primary President.  Way to welcome me to the branch, hey.

I will be posting some older posts before too long and pictures.  We have been here for one week and almost everything is set up.  I still have to go through the garage so we can fit both vehicles in there but that should be done in the next week or two.  Today is laundry day.  And I should also clean the kids toilet as Nathan is pretty gross and it is different now that he has to share with the girls...

Twitter

Okay so I do not Twitter but If I did it would say - in Forsyth, GA have Ryan - on our way to our new home!