rainy day fun

we finally had a chance to take the kids out for a rainy day that wasn't a huge thunderstorm or so incredibley windy that they would get blown over:) sammy refused to walk the entire time, but audrey and jack were so happy to splash in puddles and tramp through the wet lawn. the best was when we found a caterpiller:) the three of them were completely enthralled the fuzzy little critter, especially jack:) my biggest worry was that he would accidently step on it and then ask what happened:)

that teeny- tiny little line by jack's foot is the caterpiller:)

jack wanted to follow it around and then take it home with him. that didn't happen.

she's so tall now! we had no idea she could reach the lock until she started getting impatient with us:) she kept locking and unlocking the door. luckily, she can't go anywhere if she gets out- the elevator button is too high for her:)

oh, my boy

yesterday was bath day and, as usual, jack protested. he always protests and screams when we tell him it's time for a bath, but the minute he steps foot into the bathroom, he's all smiles and can't wait to get in. i put him in, dumped out the bath toys and left the room, as i normally do. then i heard this "mommy, guy got me all wet." i turn around to see audrey dripping in water and then i heard the splashing. i thought jack was just doing his normal bath thing, playing with mario and luigi in the tub. boy was i wrong. jack had flooded the bathroom. there was so much water on the floor, it had started to run out of the bathroom. everything was wet- the toilet, the bathmats, the trashcan, the toiletpaper basket- i didn't know where to start cleaning. while i was gathering paper towels, i heard audrey tell jack, "guy, that not nice. the bathroom all wet and slippery! it too dangerous for me. water stay in the tub, guy!" we tell the kids that the water needs to stay inside the tub so that floor doesnt' get slippery when they come out. audrey had to learn that the hard way when she slipped a couple of times after splashing around. jack just sat int he tub with this grin on his face:) it took me an hour to clean up all the water and blowdry the basket...not fun when i'm hugely pregnant!

nooooo

i was cleaning up dinner tonight when audrey suddenly said, "look mommy, sammy take off his diaper- he need a bum bum change!" i looked around, and sure enough, sammy had taken toff his diaper and was running around naked. when i told him it was time for a bum change, he said "nooooooo" and ran off in the other direction, laughing the whole time:) jack and audrey can't even take off diapers yet, how can sammy?:)

just jack

by request of nana ou, here are some pics of just jack:)

he decided that multicolored shoelaces made a pretty nice necklace

this is one of his favorite places to sit and just play- he really likes being squished:)

watching little einstein VERY intently:)

love that goofy grin!

watching ironman:) he somehow got off the ball by himself!

mother's day

this mother's day was the first time audrey sang in church with the primary and she gave her first talk in primary!! she had been asking me for weeks if she could give a talk, so i talked to the primary presidency about assigning her a talk. they usually ask for volunteers during closing exercises, but by then, audrey's so tired she's oblivious to everything happening around her. when they asked her the previous week, she thought they meant right then, so she climbed up the steps to the podium. we had a really hard time convincing her that she had to wait a week:) we prepared her talk- i can repent- for FHE and wrote down everything she told us. we were so proud of her!! she wasn't scared at all and asked jacob to help her with the talk. she stood up there, spoke clearly into the mike as she repeated the talk she had written- "“Repent means to say sorry. We say sorry to show love to other people. Jesus Christ teaches us to show love. I can show love to my family and friends when I repent and say sorry.” the primary presidency made a HUGE deal about the fact that that was her first talk ever, but i think audrey was just happy she got to talk into the mike AND got a sticker:) she makes us detach the flexible showerhead from the pipe and uses that as a microphone:) but, what made this day so much better, was the outfit audrey chose to wear- her favorite "hawaiian tiki princess dress", her new rain boots, her favorite star tights, and NINE hair clips. she stood out so much when the primary was singing to the moms- she was the only sunbeam who went up and about halfway through belting, she realized where she was, stopped singing, and started turning in circles so she could see the other kids. i was playing piano, so i didn't get to watch, but jacob said it was pretty funny to watch her turn in circles:) oh, to be a sunbeam!!

she wanted all nine clips in her hair:)

those bright yellow floral boots go so well with her dress:) people kept asking me where i got them:)

she was very happy with the way she looked:) jacob couldn't look at her without laughing:)she's three and a half! it's cute:)

my favorite part

every night when we put the kids down for bedtime, we always ask what their favorite part of the day was. jack's reply is always "eating hotdogs and noo-noos(noodles)":) tonight, when jacob asked audrey what her favorite part of the day was, her response was "looking at the strawberries and blueberries on the computer." every friday morning i check our grocery store flyer for sales and strawberries and blueberries were on sale. this was 12 hours before her bedtime and that was audrey's favorite part of the day:) funny what kids remember:)

just like daddy

audrey and jacob have always had similar sleeping styles- on the tummy, completely covered in blankets to the point of being drenched in sweat, with both arms tucked under their tummies- but the similarities didn't really hit me until i took these pics:)

this is how i found audrey one morning, after she told me she wasn't tired and didn't need a nap.

this is how i found jacob one afternoon, after he told me he wasn't tired and didn't need a nap. i rest my case:)