Quotes by Jessica

Here are a few of my favorite quotes:

"Mommy- can you count to oneteen?"

Look at the wittle ants! Shall we jump on them?

At about 2 ½ I was in feeding Kelsi at 7:00 am when I heard Jes get up and go open the fridge. She yelled out "Mommy...? Do you want a hot dog?... Do you want it with mustard? ... Or dip dip...? (still yelling) Or mustard AND dip dip?

We were writing a letter to Santa in preschool and she drew 4 squiggly lines on the paper and said "I wrote 4 letters to Santa!!!

The difference between boys and girls. DJ wanted to teach Jessica how to catch. He looked around for something to toss to her and grabbed a beanie baby. Jessica fell apart. "MY BABY! She was SLEEPING!"

Jessica- "Mommy, when you were little like me, I was your Fairy Grandmother."

What is your name? "Jes." What is your last name? pause. "icca"

Discussing the owie on her toe- to bandaid or not to bandaid... Jessica "So air will make my owied feel better?
Okay, I will put it in my air then." Then she proceeded to try to put her toe in her ear.

She handed me something to cut and I accidentally nipped her finger. "It's okay Mommy, you didn't mean to hurt me."

I told Jessica the story of Noah and the Ark. She said "Mommy, will you tell me that story again, but this time with me and Pyper as the Prophet?" (She loves to insert names into fairy tales- especially Jack and the Beanstalk. That is how I get her to sit through braiding her hair.)

Sometimes when we have an owie, we use "squeezers."

More to come later!

Fun times with the girls

It is amazing how much easier your life gets as your kids just get a little older. :) 3 1/2 and 19 months are such great ages. Especially compared to a newborn and a 2 year old. That is not the best combination. :) We have had such a fun time this week just playing together. The girls still disagree of course, but they are starting to play together a little bit and I am excited to see how their friendship develops.

This week I really wanted to have a fun day with them and I planned a few things the night before. We had a blast painting (crayola washable paints are the best) and posing for Valentine's cards. Happy Valentine's Day! (a little early)





Here are some updates on the girls of ages and stages. Jessica loves her preschool and her friends in the court. Some of her best friends range from her age to 1 1/2 years older and younger. She informed us the other day that all of her best friends were big girls. We asked what about Jonah? She said- okay- big girls and big boys. What about Duncan (age 2) "He's a big boy" What about mommy? "She's a big girl..." and so on. Her favorite toys at the moment are her dollhouse she got for her birthday from Grandma Nettie, and her train. She also loves anything she can personify as a "Jessica, Mommy, Daddy, Kelsi, Pyper, Autumn, Noelle, Grace... and whoever else she can think of at the moment. She is delightful, insightful and funny as all get out. I am going to try to figure out how to add quotes. I think I will just paste them to the end of this post.



Kelsi is at such a fun age. It throws me how little hair she has because she seems so much younger, but she is really getting older and has a ton of personality. Right this moment she is trying to put a onesie on over her clothes- she has started to get interested in putting clothes on (and off), trying on shoes of all sizes (see the doll shoe below), and dressing up in beads and jewels and tutus. She is also really starting to pick up on saying words and communicating. Jes started speaking earlier and so it has been interesting- I have had to be a bit more creative communicating with Kelsi. It astonishes me how much she understands, though- and the past few weeks she has started talking quite a bit more. I finally figured out to ask her "which" thing she wanted and having her point. Such as "If you want food, go to your highchair or if you want to go to sleep, go to your crib." I will also have her point to the juice or milk or water to see what she wants to drink. Now she is starting to talk a lot more which is so helpful and reduces the frustrated screeching. :) She has such an adorable smile and a mischievous grin. She makes me laugh all of the time. Plus, she is so ticklish I just can't help myself. :)

Kelsi specifically went and got the stool from the bathroom and set it down. Then she picked up the doll shoe, sat down and spent the next several minutes trying to put it on her foot. Funny girl. :) It is only about 1 1/2 inches long.

Discovery Gateway Museum

We wanted to do something fun as a family. In Connecticut, they had awesome museum passes where you could check them out and visit various museums for free, including children's museums. I heard about a similar thing here. In the Salt Lake County Library system, you can go at the beginning of the month and get a pass (once every 6 months) that lets you into the Discovery Gateway, Red Butte Gardens, the Utah Natural History Museum, and the Museum of fine arts. We went one morning to the Discovery Gateway. We had a good time. (It was cool, but we were spoiled with Connecticut's Kidcity.) You have to call around to a few libraries to find out who still has passes.












We had a really good time just PLAYING.

New Camera

So we ended up getting a new camera for Christmas. After much debate and research, we ended up getting (or keeping) the Canon SD790 IS. DJ had picked it up for me before Christmas, but then we were debating on either waiting and getting one later, or which camera to get... I finally concluded that what I really want is an SLR camera, but since I can't afford that now, and I don't dare with the HORRIBLE luck we have with electronics, we chose this camera (with a Best Buy 2 year protection plan) and I am excited. So the first thing I want to try posting is a video from the camera- its not the best resolution because it is a camera, not a video camera, but I hear it is a lot easier to post from.