Michelle & Robby's Family Blog: December 2010

Friday, December 31, 2010

The Day After

On Sunday we cleaned everything up at the cabin and drove to my parent's house to have Christmas with my family. My mom decided to do to Santa bags for each family instead of stockings this year. They were very cute and the kids were so excited to look in ours.

We got a movie, candy, popcorn, and games for fun family game/movie nights.

Sarah and Whitney were excited about all the treats too!

After we opened our Santa bag we had a yummy dinner. Sarah tried jello for the first time and LOVED IT!

It was all over her!

The kids could hardly wait to open their gifts from Grandma and Papa.

Savannah with Clara and Boston

Will showing off his karate moves while we were waiting for everyone to finish eating.

It was finally time to open presents!

Pillow pets!!! The kids were thrilled! They have all wanted one for a long time.
Will got a panda, Isaac got a penguin, Savannah got a unicorn and Sarah got a bee. They are very cute and soft.

We gave to Ben this year and I hope he was happy with what we got for him.

A blue lava lamp and a couple of shirts.

I got some new boots and a cute red and black top. I love them both (I should since I picked them out). Thanks Mom! Robby got money towards a new gun that he is very excited about. We also got a subscription to the Ensign from my parents. We are excited about that too since ours has been expired for oh about 4 or 5 years. It will be nice to have that in the house again.

We also talked on Skype with Dan and Amber who gave to us this year and we were so excited to get new towels with our names/initials on them.

Sarah fresh from the bath and wrapped in her new towel.

They turned out really good. Thanks Amber! I know that must have taken a lot of work. We love them! Dan and Amber also gave us a new griddle. We needed one sooooo bad. I have literally been picking out pieces of teflon from our pancakes. The new one is awesome!! I love it so much!

And one last present for Sarah. I ordered this toy from Kohls online with a $10 off coupon and ended up only paying $0.45 for this toy. I love Kohls!!! It didn't come until Monday so she didn't have it for Christmas but I'm pretty sure she didn't notice.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Christmas Day

So here is what the kids saw when they came down the stairs on Christmas morning.

They were so excited! I was less so since I had about two hours of sleep. The kids were literally up half the night going to the bathroom and talking to each other. I did manage to get some sleep between 5:00 and 7:00.

Santa ate his cookies and left some crumbs

Sarah likes her new book. Maybe she'll like it better right side up.

Savannah was very excited about her new guitar

I made Jessica a rag quilt for her baby boy that is due in March. I think it turned out pretty cute.

After opening presents and having a yummy breakfast most of us headed out to go snowmobiling.

Robby's Dad

Richard and Lisa

Robby and me

A view of the beautiful scenery. It was such a gorgeous day on Christmas.

Will trying out his new sled

Sarah likes her new toys

Christmas was awesome this year! It was so much fun to hang out, eat, play and just be together. Thanks so much Bill and Kim!

The Things Kids Say. . .

We were at the pharmacy waiting for a presciption when an older lady came and sat down next to Isaac. I got up from my chair to throw something away and Isaac stole my seat while I was gone. I teased him about it and he said "Well, I don't want to have to sit next to the old granny over there." Oh, what do you say to that?! She clearly heard him, so I just apologized and sat down next to her for 10 minutes until her prescription was ready and she left. Awkward!

Isaac was supposed to be changing into his pj's when he came downstairs wearing his shirt as a hat and his socks. He said something about his 'hat' and Robby said "No one is looking at your hat because you are naked." and then Isaac said: "I'm not naked, I have my socks on."

Will as he was watching the first few minutes of "Harry and the Hendersons": "This is freaking me out!"

Isaac: "How come your hair is so long Mom?"
Me: "Because I haven't cut it for a long time."
Isaac: "You should go up to the bathroom and cut it like mine." Me: "Then my hair would look like yours and I would look like a boy."
Isaac: "Don't worry Mom, I won't forget that your not a boy."

We were driving home from Costco the other day and out of nowhere Isaac says "Mom, I know what inertia is." He goes on to accurately explain it to me and the older kids. (Who didn't know what it meant) He must have learned it from TV because it sure didn't come from me.

I came awake the other morning to the sound of Isaac saying "Bwaah ha ha ha ha" in a deep (and very loud) voice. He decided that was the best way to wake up Will for the day.

Isaac came to me very alarmed: "Mom! Sarah is playing with the train set!"
Me: "That's OK. She can't choke on anything there."
Issac: "I know, but what if she puts it in her mouth? It will be all gross!"

Issac (coming up to me with a paper and pencil in hand): "Mom, how do you spell 'You little creep?'"
(The next day Will came to me all upset because Isaac had given him a mean note. Oops! I guess I shouldn't help him spell mean things!)

Isaac has been enjoying talking about where our food comes from. We were talking about which animals different kinds of meat comes from. At dinner days later we were having lemon pepper chicken with rice and Isaac said: "Is there chicken in that sauce Mom?" I replied that there was and he said: "Good. I love dead chicken for dinner. Cause chicken meat comes from a dead chicken." Then Robby said "Yum. Dead chicken meat for dinner."

Will was remembering our recent trip and seeing Robby's grandpa (who is in his 90's) when he said: "Great Grandpa is the oldest one in the family. He must have been born in like the 1980's!"

Isaac: "Boys rule, girls drool."
I gave him a little smile so he says: "But not you and Savannah, Mom. Sarah drools a lot! Boys rule, Mom and Savannah are cool and Sarah drools."

Savannah (sounding very put out): "Mom, Will called me and Isaac pesky."
Me (laughing): "Oh no, not pesky!"
Then seeing that she didn't like me laughing at her I said "He probably doesn't even know what it means."
Will (popping up around the corner of the room) "I don't."

Isaac has made up a new word. The word is pubarious and it means awesome. He uses it all the time, and correctly too. The other night at dinner he was playing I Spy with Will and Robby guessed what the thing was before Isaac had a chance to guess and he was mad about it so I told Will to let him guess and then just tell him no, that's not it. Isaac didn't like this plan because he wanted to be right and he burst into tears and told me I was so not pubarious.

Isaac: "I'm part gorilla."
Robby: "Oh yeah, which part?"
Isaac points to his armpit. "This part. These are my balls."

We have been having trouble keeping the boys in their beds at night. Do they really have to go to the bathroom three times in 30 minutes? Will got out of bed and came downstairs and we asked him what he needed and he said "Isaac is out of bed." We both just looked at him and he gave us a sheepish grin and went back to bed.

Me: "Isaac, I'm making some cookies."
Isaac: "Good! I'm starving for cookies! Mom, can you give me four cookies if I want four and can you give me one cookie if I want one? But, I want four though."

Me: "Isaac, you have to eat your beans or you don't get any dessert."
Isaac: "Mom, these beans are disappointing me."

Isaac: "What's for dinner?"
Me: "Casserole"
Isaac: "I don't like casserole because I'm allergic to it."

Will: "I want a surprise party for my next birthday."
He proceeds to tell me exactly how to surprise him and where each person should hide. Then he says "I'll probably forget about the plan by my birthday."

Isaac: "We shouldn't name her Sarah Nicole we should name her Sarah Poopy because she poops a lot!"

Isaac was eating a waffle with syrup for breakfast. He was dipping his fingers in the syrup and licking it off when out of nowhere he said "Man. This pancake sure is messy."

I overheard the kids talking as they were watching Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Savannah (commenting on the Grinch dressing up like Santa): "I can't believe anyone fell for that! He has green skin and Santa doesn't."
Will: "Yeah, and he doesn't have any pants on."

Me: "Isaac, would you like a piece of Banana Cream pie?"
Isaac: "Of course! I thought you would never ask."

Will to me: "Your belly is getting really big. Can we call you fat mom now?"
Me: "Absolutely not!"

Isaac: "Basketball Ben is the biggest one in the world!"

Me: "Isaac, how come you don't want to go to preschool today?"
Isaac: "Mom, it gives me a headache."

Will is in the bath and Issac is laughing at the things he is doing.
Will: "Isaac, listen to my new song."
He proceeds to sing/blow bubbles in the water.
Isaac: "That's not a song."
Will: "It's in French."

It's been an hour and a half since I put Isaac down for his nap. He's been in and out of his bedroom and the bathroom.
Me: "Isaac, you need to be quiet and lay down. Are you laying down?"
Isaac: "Mom, I'm just singing."
Me: "Are you laying down?"
Isaac: (Singing) "I've got no strings to hold me down. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. I am a child of God."
It is quite the medley and I decide that he is probably not going to have a nap today.

The kids were talking about bad guys at the park and Will said "There's nothing for them to steal at the park" and then Savannah said "Except for kids" and then Will said "Yeah, they wouldn't steal a grown up because they're too heavy."

Me: "OK guys, we are not going to leave Sacrament meeting to go to the bathroom anymore. We are going to have to go before the meeting or after."
Will: "But we can just go during Sacrament meeting if it is a lesson we've already had."

Savannah: "Mom, I want a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch."
Isaac: "Mom, I want a 'boy' cheese sandwich."

Will at dinner tonight: "I have two heads. My regular head and then another smaller head inside my head that is my knuckle head."

Me: "Isaac, what would you like for lunch?"
Isaac: "Candy."
Me: "You can have candy after you eat some lunch."
Isaac: "But mom, I love candy."

Isaac: "Mom, can I have a knife to cut my banana and make it into a banana split?"

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