Jayden Sings :: Jesus Loves Me

Jayden is still singing all the time. I have yet to capture the new songs which he makes up on the spot about what he's doing right then, like "IIIIIII just spilled my waaaaaater, someone should bring me a toooooowwwwwel" They are hilarious and hopefully my camera will be in the right place at the right time!

This song is what Jayden often does for Willow before she takes a nap. Jayden always asks for me to sing Jesus Loves Me to him before he goes to sleep and when I'm not home, he'll let Royal do it. Now, Royal and I sing different versions of the song, and as you'll hear, Jayden puts them both together. :)

What Willow Wears :: 2

It doesn't matter that it is literally 100 degrees outside, it's never to warm for a fleece hat!



Willow found these shoes of Jayden's back in a closet and the proceeded to throw a big fit when I changed her shoes so we could go outside and ride bikes.



And it's not a headband, no, it's a beautiful necklace!

Exhale

...is the new color of Royal and my bedroom. Royal picked it out and I thought "exhale" was the perfect name for a color for a bedroom. :) Well actually, Royal picked white first, and I told him that wasn't an option for me and if he didn't care, then maybe I'd paint the room pink. Soon after that he had a bit more of an opinion. :)




We of course had plenty of help from our #1 helper in the house.




And since I know that looking at people painting and finished painted rooms isn't exactly everyone's idea of a good time. Here's a random video of Willow's evil laugh.

What Willow Wears :: 1

I just love this girl!



And so, I've decided to start a collection documenting Willow's outfit/accessory choices.  I really hope she keeps her little opinions about her clothes going because they crack me up.  :)
We all saw the 4th of July church outfit



And then there was the turquoise shorts, pink flowered shirt, and polka dot rain boots... (don't mind me in the picture, I'm just finishing up my workout and my friend who was next to me decided she couldn't NOT take a picture of Willow's outfit)



Then last weekend, I went running and when I came home, Royal told me Willow found this out in the garage and refused to take it off.  And it was true.  Lunch that day?  Eaten with a bike helmet on!



And most recently, there have been the random pair of goggles floating around our house.

I Like the Way you Move

It has been way too hot here. Way too hot to play outside for more than 10 minutes at a time. So, me and the kidlets have been chillin' in the basement counting down the days until we get to fly out of here for some relief in "chilly" Washington! :)

We don't watch a lot of tv around here, we don't even have cable anymore and Royal and I both have said we don't miss it at all. We can get our fix on netflix and hulu.com. ;) Jayden gets to watch a movie during Willow's naptime, as long as he's managed to behave himself that day, and every once in awhile we'll watch a Baby Einstein when Willow gets up from her nap - or if the kids are crazy and I'm trying to get something done...like dinner. One of my favorite Baby Einstein's is Baby Monet, which is all about the 4 seasons and there is a section of the movie when they are reviewing the seasons and it's just music and the puppet zebra's dancing all over the place. Jayden and Willow almost always get up and starting dancing all over the room and then they beg me to start the song over again and they keep dancing. I think this last time, we listened to the song and dancing part probably 6 times, which allowed me to video tape some of it. :) (please ignore all the toys all over the floor...we live here....and this mama gets mighty tired of picking stuff up all the time...and when i get more tired of stepping on things than picking them up, they will all get cleaned up and put away....:) )

I think I see some Fireball dance moves in here! Or as Jayden's been calling him lately "Grandpa FireGoofball"

Summer Hail

The kids and I were outside playing with the hose, finishing up watering the flowers, playing on the slides when I thought I heard thunder in the distance.  There were a few clouds overhead which I was glad about because it was helping cut out the intensity of the sun, but I didn't see any storm clouds.  But, just to be on the safe side I grabbed the kids (and dog) and headed in the house.  A few minutes later I started hearing "tink tink tink" on the roof and windows and looked outside and saw we were getting pelted with hail (along with thunder and lightning) that seemed to come out of nowhere!  I'm so glad I took the time to water all my plants twice today! (sheesh)




And now the storm has passed and it's super sunny out again - and even more humid...I wasn't sure that was possible!

Cranky Willow

I know people are gonna have a hard time believing me that Willow is ever cranky, but if you need a witness call my sister Kaylee, she's was on the phone with me today when nothing could go right for Willow.  She woke up in a bad mood from a too short nap, then she ran into a doorway with her head, then she decided to feed Sam her snack instead of eating it herself and was mad when I didn't give her anymore, and she was clingy and whiny and cried about everything.  Nothing I did seem to make her happy.  Until, she opened her dresser and found something....

A new pair of shoes, slippers to be exact...



She perked right up...



She was happy as a clam....



For about 5 minutes, until one of the slippers fell off.  The way she was screaming, it might as well have been her whole foot.....