Ordinary Chaos

Lulu is 9 months! Did I mention she has 5 teeth!? First bath together She just walked out one day like this and said "Mommy, look at my new hat!"

Ok these are in no order.. her newest obsession .. deodorant Lou actually enjoying this. Kayleigh had a great time trick or treating. She got the hang of it and said "trick or treat " at every door. She was so excited as soon as she said "thank you" to whoever she would immediately grab my had and say "lets go to da nex one" So after borrowing a cute little elephant costume (thanks Julie) Kayleigh refused to put it on. So here we are a few days before Halloween and no idea what we are going to do. I had found some kitty ears and bought them just for fun at the beginning of October. So I asked her if she wanted to be a cat for Halloween . After that there was no going back. Laurelyn had a fluffy duck costume and a ladybug costume left over from Kayleigh but if Kayleigh was going to be a Cat then she HAD to be a mouse. When else would I be able to pull it off? So Nana and I set to work creating costumes in less than 24 hours with the stores sold ...

The other day Kayleigh was singing her ABC's (she has been for a few months now) and my sister-in-law said I should get it on video. Duh! Why had I not thought of this already? So today while we were playing with music it reminded me to get it on video. Please excuse her nakedness, today is one of those days she will NOT keep her clothes on. This is my first attempt to post a video so here goes..

Since Kayleigh was born we have been going pumpkin picking on my birthday. Here are a few of my favorites from this years trip. My attempt to take Laurelyn's 6 month photo

We don't keep a lot of dinner items in our house because we are rarely at home for dinner time. So any day we are home its "what are going to have for dinner?" On a whim the other night we decided to go up one of the canyons near our house, light a campfire and have hot dogs and smores . The problem is this is not something you should be doing on a whim with 2 young children. So we grabbed some stuff we would need and headed out before it got too dark. The campsite was not too far off the road and I was worried the whole time about Kayleigh running off. She stayed close to me except when she wanted to follow the dumb dog who did not want to stay close. Anyway as soon as we got there Joel headed out to find firewood and left me with the kids and the dog for a good 20minutes or more. I was trying to unload wrangle Kayleigh , occupy the baby and keep the dog and Kayleigh out of the road. I ended up laying the baby in the back of the car with the short tailgate up.. a m...

Kayleigh is our never ending source of entertainment. There are too many funny things she does and says these days I couldn't keep track if I tried. So sometimes there are moments that I am able to capture on film. I always have my camera handy in the living room. The other day I gave Kayleigh her lunch and went to sit on the couch and talk to my mom on the phone for a minute. I hear Kayleigh yelling "get me down" get me down" which should have been the first clue. She normally says "get me out" Anyway I tell my Mom Kayleigh is done I have to get her. I walk into the kitchen and below is what I found. I say "WHAT are you doing!?" and she replies "I'm on a trapeze !" She is perfectly safe where she is so I grab the camera and while I'm turning it on I ask her "What do you mean, on a trapeze ?" She says "Like a clown, in circus" Crazy kid. As I take a picture she is relieved she is not in HUGE trouble and y...

On Kayleigh's birthday we opened a few presents then took her to lunch at Chipotle (when she sees it she says "it's quesadilla time!" it's too funny) and then to the zoo . She LOVES animals, lately she has been obsessed with crocodiles and alligators, she calls them all crocodiles though After the zoo we got pizza for dinner at Sweet Home Chicago then we took her to Build a Bear where she made "Hollie". She loves the bath! She would have played there for hours, we had a hard time getting her away from it When we finally got home at 10pm (we hate Tooele) we decided to let her eat cake, after all it was her birthday. She got soo excited, she had been singing "happy birtay, happy birtay" all week as much as she LOVES cake she still wanted to share with everyone I can't believe she is already 2!