Chalk is for eating, and teething

Here are some events, projects, and pictures from the month of June.

I was inside cleaning up the kitchen when I heard these two giggling outside. I smiled and thought how nice it is to have two to entertain eachother. I peeked out to watch them laugh and I didn't know whether to scream, cry or LAUGH. I did a little of both and let them carry on until I got my camera. You may have to double click on the picture to see it...they're eating chalk. Kelsey was FEEDING it to Aiden.

Kelsey is so cute about her belly. She'll say, "I have a BIG belly." I'll ask her if she likes her big belly and she says,  "YEAH!" Me too, lil darlin. 

This is how Aiden rides the scooter...with his hand! Like that that skateboarding dog, it's precious. 

One of the fun things about living in Utah is being close to family! 

The zoo with cousin Edie

and our friend Eden (and Elisa)

Baking cookies with Edie

YUM!!

We had our friends the Phillips and Connellys over for dinner and birthday cake on Sunday night. It was fun (as usual) to get the crew together. Only this time we had a lot more kids than we did 7 years ago...

My poor baby already has SIX teeth and he's getting more. Here he is at 3am. Soon after, he was fast asleep again.

What?

Who me?

Sound asleep...

Mom!? What are you doing in here taking a picture of me?

I totally woke him up, so much for a sleeping picture

Peek-a-Boo!

My handsome little man, 11 months old

ALOHA! 

My parents went to Hawaii for the first time and brought these back

WB is off, but aren't they cute!?

She loves to be "helpful" and bring little bro back for me.

Poor Aiden hates it.

Who's idea was this? Grandma's first, today Kelsey's. 

She was on cloud nine while he was screaming, trying to get out.

He ESCAPED!

A whole new world to explore...the FRONT yard

I dislike sandboxes b/c of the mess they can bring to a house. 

SO, our sandboxes become a mini pool in the Summer.

Kelsey is a big fan. Aiden doesn't like cold water being poured on him by his sister. Go figure.

SCISSORS! Kelsey helping Oma and I in the yard.

Trying to do what mommy's doing

A little help from Oma

Bloom where you are planted

Latest photoshoot of Kelsey, 2 years, 9 months

Red stuff on her face...YUMMY

A MOOSE!

We saw these on our way up to Silver Lake for a Sunday afternoon picnic

Playing with mom's shoes

Such a little girl

A swim day with her cousins (my cousin's kids)

See why we were surprised to have a boy?

Aiden and I having a moment. My cousin Holly took this, isn't she great?

We went with Tal's cousin Allie and her baby G to This is the Place Heritage Park

It is like stepping back into time...to the time of the Mormon Pioneers.

Here is a statue of Joseph Smith talking about going out west with Brigham Young

Kelsey got to learn how to wash and dry her own clothes

This used to be the family bed. I forgot how many people lived in this house but it was something like 13.

It was hardly the size of my kids' bedroom.

We took a train ride around the place but it became a bit difficult with Aiden wanting to walk around and baby G crying. Kelsey liked it though! It was a HOT day...

Kelsey found this little rocking chair and started rocking her baby

I guess I should get her one for her room!

Allie & baby G

Kelsey helping to print the newspaper

It was amazing to me how they had to set every letter, punctuation, etc.

Kelsey went to her first party "by herself." It was her cousin Edie's party who lives down the street from us. It had a princess theme and we had to make a quick stop at Walmart for a princess dress. I didn't realize she'd grown out of her Tinkerbell one. I guess it's time to step into the princess world. I forgot my camera so this is my friend's camera phone

Then I snapped a few when we got home. She LOVED walking around in those SHOES!!

I've been trying to get my house the way I like it, but it takes a lot more time & money than I thought.

Aiden's room BEFORE

This crib is currently for sale if anyone wants it

Aiden's room AFTER, well, in progress. I need to put in pictures up and stuff

Any ideas?

We had our ducts cleaned...this was what came out

We had our house numbers re-painted 

(yes, they are there in real life, I took them out for privacy)

Miss Maples

This is a picture of my grandma Bernadine (grandma Nanoo in my eyes) and my great-grandma Mabel. She's 94 and she was in the Miss Maples Pageant in North West Arkansas. As my Aunt Lisa put it in the email she sent, "it shows you're never too old to be a beauty." So true. I haven't seen my great grandma for a LONG time now and I think I'm overdue for a trip to Arkansas. I'd love to take the kids there and show Tally that Arkansas is not all hicks and hillbillies ;). It's on the top of my list of places I want to go...again.fa

Disneyland

Just getting around to finishing Christmas, then Easter is soon on the list ;) Hopefully I'll catch up now that life has slowed down again. *will soon be moved to 11/30/09*

Here we are at the Happiest Place On Earth! I admit, I was dreading it. I'm not a fan of waiting in lines but the saving grace is that we would be with my family. We (as in Tally too) ended up having a blast. Kelsey loved it and Aiden was a good baby pretty much the whole time. I think it helps having a kid and watching them enjoy this new world for the first time. Also, it wasn't crowded.

Our first Disneyland family photo

Kelsey and some of her girl cousins (well, my cousins' kids)

The crazy Watson and Snow clan

Kelsey was scared to see Minnie on her own but since she was wearing her Minnie dress (thanks to Jenna, Mia & Lexi), we had to get a picture with Minnie!!

Here we are in California Adventure Land. We got hopper passes and it was my first time in that park! The Monster's Inc. ride was fun except Kelsey hadn't seen the movie yet. I tried to fill her with as much DISNEY as possible for our trip.

The Toy Story ride with all the glasses was a lot of fun too. My mom and I battled it out and SHE WON!

A tender moment

Kelsey and Brooklyn really bonded on this trip. She is such a good big sister/cousin! We went on the ferris wheel and apparently we got on one that really rocks back and forth! Kelsey almost flew out of her seat at me since she doesn't weigh enough. My mom was holding Aiden and kept telling me to go help her. Meanwhile I was laughing too hard and snapping away. She was just fine holding on to Brooklyn. Poor child.

The princess castle is behind Kels - we never made it over there so we'll have to start there next time

The Haunted Mansion was done up all Tim Burton style, pretty cool 

Tomorrowland

Yes, I got to go on Space Mountain. It was just how I'd remembered it. 

We got to go on Pirates of the Carribean, which is always a favorite

Here we are waiting for the parade. We had a "picnic" which was so fun for the kids.

Aiden just lied on the ground, happy little boy

Grandma getting her snuggle time

I LOVE Disneyland at Christmas!!

It's a SMALL WORLD!

It was so fun to read the different languages and see the Swiss representation!!

Shari with ALL her grandbabies!!

Over the loudspeaker, a voices started talking over music. It was a child making a wish that it would snow and an adult saying that wishes could come true if you just believe it. Then it started SNOWING in CALIFORNIA. Yes, little white papery flakes. It was quite impressive. You can't see them as well as I'd hoped in the pictures, which makes the overexposed picture of Tally so great.

Cousins by chance, friends by choice ;)

Shannon and I took Brooklyn and Madison (who remind us of us when we were young) on the Matterhorn. It was decorated with Swiss things of course, something I'd never noticed before. Out front, they had all the canton flags and it was fun to try to remember what each of them were.

Kelsey was DONE by the end of the day, poor thing has probably never worn herself out like this before.

We may have to make it a yearly tradition - Merry Christmas!