"Cowa-FUN-ga!"

It all started innocently enough - we built a house out of couch cushions but then the big bad wolf came and blew it down. The pile of rubble was just right for jumping off the couch in. The kid in me let loose as I joined in the fun and yelled "cowabunga!" Libby informed me that "cowabunga" isn't a word and doesn't make any sense. She then adapted "CowaFUNga" because it has the word fun in it - which obviously makes much more sense. They preceded to jump, yelling "CowaFUNga" with each leap into the pile of cushions. I think the word will become a staple in our house.

EASTER ESCAPADES

We had a great Easter this year - the Easter bunny left chocolate bunnies for the girls - along with a ton of candy hidden around the house. They enjoyed visiting the grandparents, too - here's a picture of cadie in a hat - i swear that girl is going to be an actress if the hairdresser thing falls through. whenever she puts a hat on, she IS the person in the hat for the entire time she has it on her head. this was a serious hat. obviously. she refused to smile while wearing the thing!

confessions of a sleep deprived mom

well, thanks again, Chelsea, for guilting me into a new blog post (c'mon, Mexico was SO long ago...) so. apparently my night life is hilarious. I guess the other night - okay, in my defense I have gone back to work temporarily, so I'm getting slightly less sleep - well, probably not, but there's just one or two more things to think about every day and it makes me tired. Anyway, so a few nights ago, I remember dreaming that my birth-brother (who lives in edmonton and is 10) walked in on me when I was sleeping and saw me dressed inappropriately. I woke up a few hours later REALLY hot and found out I had my huge housecoat on over top of my pajamas - which were not even remotely inappropriate. I really don't see how me putting on my housecoat in the middle of the night was super funny, maybe it's the lack of sleep that made it sound kind of funny in the first place... My kids actually say and do much funnier things, I really wish I could remember them! I did take a picture of Libby's busted-up-eye because I even think that looks remotely funny late at night.

meh-hee-co 2009

well, i hope this post is appreciated as i'm staying up late to update instead of sleeping - which seriously is a HUGE sacrifice at this point in my life :) We had a great time in Mexico. These pictures don't even remotely portray how posh and beautiful our hotel and beach were. We also were treated to so many amazing adventures - like swimming with, kissing and feeding the dolphins. We got high speed rides from them, too! Corey, Pedro and I also got to go on a jungle canopy zip thing - Corey who's deathly afraid of heights, did amazingly well - you can see on the "practice zip line" (seriously shorter and slower than the rest) he looks pretty freaked out but he did it and loved it and by the end he wanted to go again. I was really proud of him. The girls just wanted to swim all day everyday. They couldn't get enough of the many pools, waves and waterslides at our resort. Other than losing Libby at the Phoenix airport, the trip ran fairly smoothly, too! Nonetheless, happy to be home.

"1-2-3-time out!"

I just have to make a quick post so I don't forget some of the precious things that have been happening here in Mexico - sorry no pics to post yet - later! The hotel, pools, view, food here is amazing - the kids LOVE playing on the beach, in the pools, waves, waterslides, lazy river, etc. Yesterday after we came up to the room all sandy and sweaty I told Libby it was time to change - she looked at me in horror - "But I'm happy being Libby!" Cadie gave Libby a time out yesterday, too - counted to 3 and everything - it was so cute that she thinks she has that authority! The kids have been soooo good, too - libby calls caterpillars "calaputers" and cadie called a waterfountain "water fa-mountain" CRAZY fancy hotel with tons to do - tomorrow we swim with dolphins, the next I go on a crazy jungle adventure complete with ATV's canopy zip lines, mountain climbing and rapelling, horseback riding, etc. Should be fun!!

Easter Dresses

Well, it has been eventful - what with Libby running away at Ikea (found her on a whole different level) getting ready
for our trip to Mexico, and general everyday mayhem.

Thank goodness for the kindness and generosity we see all around us. The girls got new homemade Easter dresses from grandma - aren't they adorable?



We were also able to go to the park - it was actually a lot warmer than it looked - before we got all this new snow. Here's all 3 little ones enjoying the outing with Uncle Aaron, Aunty Skye, Stratton and Ayla.

Welcome to Geekdom

Psshhh. Stuck upstairs because geek is having a LAN. That means there are other geeks invading my house. Playing geek games. Saying geek things. Thank goodness I have a good friend to save me from the excessive geekiness during the day and super fun family to temper the geekiness last night!