i keep forgetting...

becky tagged me a long time ago, or at least it seems like a long time ago, and i keep forgetting to post my random things! but i'll have to try to do them next time. tonight i have a few random things that i need to get down. they really need to be scrapbook pages but it will probably be quite awhile before i get to scrap again. maybe later next week!

cookies ---




this winter we got in the habit of making cookies most thursdays. the kids love to "help." anna usually does the eggs, ella loves to do the sugar the most, and wilson sometimes gets to do a little oatmeal, but today he chose to crawl up on the counter and try to lick the brown sugar that had spilled out a little. stinker! lol! we got a new oven earlier in the winter, and my mom bought me some great industrial pans from her school. for christmas kurt bought me a kitchen aid stand mixer, which i love! so with all of those goodies i can make 3 dozen at a time, so i can make the whole recipe in just over an hour (not counting dishes). it's great! i've never been much of a baker - or well good at anything domestic actually. lol! but these make me happy. :)


i have to remember to scrap a few ella things too. she's at such a fun age. she still very much loves her mom. :) this is one of the pictures she drew using my wacom tablet. she's way better at using it than i am. she draws all kinds of these types of pictures. she loves to write all of our names and draw hearts all over the page. she's constantly coloring and drawing and painting. she loves to give me a hug and a kiss goodnight too. my favorites are "squeeze hugs," but lately she's been giving me kisses all over. she kisses my forehead, my chin, both cheeks, and then my nose. and then she rubs them in. lol! she also says i'm the hero princess mommy, and that she loves me to the moon, the universe, and to texas and back. :) i usually tell her i love her to all of those things and front and she giggles. she sings ALL OF THE TIME. she drives her dad crazy because she will stay in the bathroom forever watching herself sing in the mirror. she even hums while she eats if she's enjoying what she's eating. anna is taking dance classes this year, and we tried and tried to convince her to take them too. but she told us very clearly, "i don't want people to tell me how to dance." lol!!!

i just have one page idea for wilson for tonight, but he's such a funny guy i'm sure i'll have more soon. one of his favorite things to say is our names, and he seems to prefer to group them together. he'll just walk around randomly saying, "mommy daddy mommy daddy mommy DADDY!" and he always says the last one with gusto. lol! he loves to say "mimi and papa and mimi and papa and mimi and papa and papa and MIMI!" too. sometimes he likes to switch them up for the last group. lol!

i wish i had some great page ideas for anna, but i don't. she is just growing up way too fast, and i'm really having a hard time with it. she's more into playing with her friends and doing her webkinz games for the day or watching or listening to the disney channel. she's really getting into music, so we've had fun with that. we're reading mrs. pigglewiggle together. i love that she's enjoying it since i did so much as a kid. of course i think i was in at least 3rd grade before i read it! she does still like us to snuggle with her at bedtime. i think sometimes she struggles just a bit with wanting to be more grown up but missing that cuddle time too. i hope we get to sneak a little more in during spring break. i can't wait!