Sillyness and Embarrassment!!

I still don't have my camera working, but I will have some new pictures up soon. I am borrowing my parents camera for my Vegas trip. That's right, I'm going to Vegas!! I'm so excited. I haven't been back to visit family and friends for over a year. I have lots to do while I am there with the 2 kids, so lots of pictures I'm sure.

Well start with the Embarrassment story- I have always been the time to get the bad stuff over with first. After church on Sunday I had a meeting that lasted a little longer that I had planned. Jon and the kids where patiently waiting for me in the halls for over an hour. Dallin told Jon that he needed to go to the bathroom so Jon said, "Okay, Just a minute" and he kept talking to someone. Dallin ran off, butJon figured he would just be playing and he would wait for him. Well a couple minutes later he realizes that Dallin is no where to be found. He checked the bathroom first and didn't see him so he proceeded to circle the halls looking for him. Then a kid at church told Jon he went in the bathroom. Jon started to head that way when he heard a guy from our ward say, "Hey, buddy! Did you lose your pants?" With the response of, "Nope! I've got them right here." Jon rounded the corner to Dallin holding his pants, socks, shoes, and pull-up in his arms! So, yes he was VERY exposed! So Jon hurries him into the bathroom and asks which toilet he used. He told him and Jon noticed some remnants in the toilet, so he asked him if he pooped. Of course Dallin said yes (although we don't think he did) so Jon asked him if he wiped. Dallin said, "Yep! But I can't reach the toilet paper." So Jon sets Elise on the counter to help him and get him cleaned and dressed. When they left he asked that same kid if he had seen Dallin with his pants off and he said, "Well yeah, but his shirt is pretty long." Okay, so he had to have gone through all least half of the church practically naked. Oh my gosh, I am so glad our ward was gone and I was in a meeting. It was bad enough just hearing the story, I don't think I could have handled being there.


Now for the sillyness:
This is not recent, but I did want to post this while it was on my mind. It must have been 6 or more months ago that this happened, but it still makes me laugh.

Mommy- "Dallin who made you so smart?"
Dallin- "Daddy!"
Mommy- "Who made you so handsome?"
Dallin- "Daddy!"
Mommy- "Well if Daddy made you smart and Daddy made you handsome, what did Mommy give you?"
Dallin- "Trouble!"

That kid is so quick on his toes! It was so funny because he didn't really try, it just came out. He is such a sweet kid too! I just love him! It is so sweet how many times a day he tells me that he loves me. He says it like 25 times a day. And he loves to show his love too. He helps me all the time and he is always wanting to do nice things to "surprise" us. He will clean up all of his toys or get in his PJ's without being asked. It is so cute!

My kid is so funny!

Those that live close by know that Dallin has been blessed with a very witty personality. He has his dad humor and charm. He loves to make people laugh, but he really don't have to try, he's just naturally funny.

This is not necessarily the funniest thing he does, but it's his most recent, so anyway he says things like:

"Mommy, remember when you broke your necklace... That wasn't very much fun; Let's not do that again." I know that this doesn't sound like much.. but it goes on and on and he cracks himself up. So, we play right back with "Dallin, remember when you climbed on your dresser and got stuck...That wasn't very much fun; Let's not do that again." Or..."Dallin, remember when you got your fingers stuck in your little people fence...That wasn't very much fun; Let's not do that again." His most famous line is "Daddy, remember when we got stuck in the mud (don't ask), That wasn't very much fun; Let's not do that again." So anything that he/we do that is memorable goes perfectly in the game. It is funny to see how many you can come up with. We just go back and forth and he cracks up with each one. It is too funny!

Ideas?

I need help from you! Yep you! I need some ideas for young women activities. We have been doing planning and it seems like after being in Y.W. for 2 years we are running low on ideas... So PLEASE post any ideas that you have for us. Think of things that you did as a youth... or that the youth in your ward have done. Thank you! Thank you! And my girls with thank you too!

My Little Tree Hugger!

When we lived in Blacksburg recycle bins were part of your trash pick up. So we of course separated our trash and recycle and taught Dallin what went where. Well, in Raymore you have to pay to recycle (crazy I know), but we found a place that you can take it yourself for free. So we continued to recycle. Dallin never really said or did anything until one day he saw us throw away a can and he got all upset and said "Mommy that's not trash, that's recycle!" and he dug through the trash and took it out. He does this quite often even with things that you can't recycle, like yogurt containers. He gets really upset when you tell him that they don't accept a certain item. We have since given up on the recycle thing because it just seems to accumulate in the garage but never go anywhere and we needed the space. So we have to throw things away secretly now so that the "Dallin patrol" won't catch us. The other day Jon's dad threw away a soda can and Dallin just happened to be throwing something away after him and he saw it. He dug it out of the trash and took it upstairs to him and told him that it wasn't trash. It is really cute, but hopefully he won't do that to a complete stranger.

Pictures

These are just some cute pictures I wanted to share. No real reason.. Well cuteness is a reason right?? Enjoy!

Dallin being a ham!

Dallin is a huge fan of pancakes, waffles, and whipped cream. He got a little carried away before we got him a fork!

Elise showing of her 3 teeth. Although her second front tooth just broke through a few days ago.

This is an example of Elise letting me know she wants to go down for her nap. She will honestly just go over and wait at the gate for me to take her up.

Elise is really trying to walk. Well at least some days she tries. She can do about 2 steps so far. (Dallin took this picture)

Daddy and Elise ready for church

Dallin has a Lightening McQueen play tent and Elise LOVES to go inside to play.

Merry Christmas!

My camera is acting up (again! guess I should have asked for a new one for Christmas) so I don't have any Christmas pictures yet, but I did have these cute pictures of the kids in their Christmas outfits that my mom bought them.

Elise has been blessed by SO many cute outfits thanks to grandparents and Sarah. So she ended up with several Christmas dresses. It is so fun to put in her in big frilly dresses each week for church. I love it! This one is that Sarah let us borrow. Thanks Sarah!