Jarmandashmar

Thursday, March 3, 2011

MKIG

I suggest to all of my friends who have kids to visit this website: mkig.com . Such a fun website! My sister-in-law is the publisher and it's just a whole bunch of funny quotes from kids. You can make an account and write some of the things that your kids have said. I love it, super cute.

Safeway

Oh the beloved Safeway......
As you all know from my last post, Ashlyn has been potty training. Notice the "ing" in training. Yes, I should have noticed that as well. But despite knowing that she is "in training" and not "trained," I decided to go down below for our weekly playgroup/McDonald's/shopping trip with just panties for Ashlyn. As we can all see where this is going, I will just get straight to the point. While I was browsing the freezer section of this store, looking for a couponing deal I was going to pull off, yes, yes my friends, Ashlyn pooped in her "Princess Panties." So with Marley crying in the cart and Ashlyn with terrified bulging eyes, we made our way to the family restroom, located at the back of the store. Ignoring the 3 signs that say, "Do not take shopping carts into the restrooms," I wheeled my shopping cart into that bathroom halfway full of food and locked the door. Adding to the chaos, of course I hadn't brought in my diaper bag because we had just came from McDonald's where Ashlyn had gone pee and I had changed Marley's diaper already. So I took off Ashlyn's pants and undies, put the.......______ in the toilet ;), and threw those panties away because there was no way in heck I was taking those things home with me on a 45 minute drive. Ashlyn was then spanked (yes people, Ashlyn has been spanked, not very hard, but she didn't like it), and got her bum cleaned with a wet paper towel.
We finished shopping with Marley crying, Ashlyn whining, and me feeling like I had run a marathon. As we got in line, Ashlyn proceeded to run away to look at the Easter stuff set out, so I go grab her very nicely by the arm (I was very nice this time) and bring her back to the cart with her screaming "Let go of my neck!", while people are looking at me like I'm an abusive mother. She then ripped a pack of batteries off the wall, of course, to have the package break and 12 batteries go flying across the store. With those same terrified bulging eyes, she looks at me, and I, being too tired to be mad, tell her to pick them up please. As we're checking out, the lady is giving me really weird looks and not talking to me, and then I didn't get offered any help out to the car. We drive the 45 minutes home and we all take a nap and wake up in much, much, MUCH better moods.
Typing this up, it is really hilarious. I KNOW you've all had these days though and while they are en route, they are not exactly funny. Morale of this story, ALWAYS take a diaper bag into the store with you, ignore signs, and don't think about what the person next to you is thinking about you. Haha, I love my kids :)

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Wow...

Wow....it's been so long since I updated my blog that I almost don't know where to start! That is really, really sad. I guess that I can start out by saying sorry. Haha, I really do feel bad for my family and friends that want to know what's going on in our lives!

Life has just been really busy! During the month of January, we went to a lot of basketball games, played in the snow, and I ended up driving to Idaho to surprise and see my family for just over a week. It was so great. Living up here in Washington has really made me come to appreciate my family and my really good friends. Washington has proven to be a really good fit for Jared and us though. Jared loves his teaching and coaching job and I've been loving staying home with the girls. We have a schedule that keeps us sane during the week :), which includes a couple of playgroups and going to the library, also play-school and some really fun crafts that we do in an awesome craft room! Seriously though, it does get hard sometimes. I miss being a couple blocks from my family. I miss my perfect little house. I miss my friends and the establishment and security that I had in Rexburg. I miss being only 3 minutes from any store I needed to get to (here, it's at least 45 minutes to the nearest Wal-Mart/grocery store/Costco!). But I've also come to be a more.......responsible? mom I guess I would say. Jared and I have really had to rely on each other and I always knew and felt that he was, but now, I can really say that he is my best friend. Through everything, we'll always be together and we'll always have each other. Obviously, things change in life, even unexpectedly. I wasn't really expecting to move up to Darrington when we did, but it happened, and the only thing that stayed the same in my life was the fact that Jared and the girls are still with me. Adjusting has been hard, but good, and the Lord definitely knows what we need to do with our lives more than we do. Learning to listen to the spirit though has been hard too, but good for me.

Anyways, sorry about the spill :) Well, a couple weeks ago I started potty training Ashlyn which actually has gone really well! We just stayed home for 6 days straight and she ran around naked! (Well, with a dress on). It was awesome, and now, she wears her little panties that are so freaking adorable on her bum. She does still have an accident maybe once every 4 days, but other than that, she's doing really good! Marley is crawling around and eating everything. I've never seen a child that loves food more than her. Haha, seriously, she eats AT LEAST 3 times what Ashlyn does at any given meal, it's hilarious. And the great thing is, she loves ALL food. I haven't given her a food yet that she doesn't like. Downfall, she has gotten to the point where she almost refuses to eat baby food. She does have 2 teeth and loves Ashlyn sooooo much. Ashlyn loves her so much too and they are just best friends. Marley usually ends up trying to eat Ashlyn though :) The funny thing about Marley is that she is so sensitive. Anytime I take something away from her or tell her "no, no!" she gets the saddest look on her face like I've personally offended her! She has also started throwing tantrums where she scrunches up her nose and pokes her lips out and makes this buzzing/rattling sound that comes from her nose. Hilarious. Our "adopted" (foreign exchange student) son's name is Alan who came to live with us at the beginning of January. He absolutely loves Ashlyn and Marley and they share the same feelings towards him. Sometimes, Marley only wants him. Jared is doing really well and getting lots more rest now that basketball season is over :). He definitely misses it though, I'm glad that he's at least got college basketball and the NBA to watch right now to ease him out of it. He's glad to have more time to spend with the girls and me though, it was hard for Ashlyn to only see him for an hour a day.

So, I know that you really just want to see pictures so here are a lot of them!

Yes, I'm teaching Ashlyn to dance :) And yes, those are floral tights that I am wearing! haha.

Every morning Ashlyn crawls into Marley's bed with her, so cute.

Going to play in the snow, as you can see, Marley does not like this idea.

Our son going on a date (sniff) he's getting so old! :)

Yes, I am teaching Ashlyn Kung-Fu.

Hanging out around the house.

The yummiest french toast I ever made! Cream cheese, blueberries, banana's, and whipped cream with syrup. Ohhhhhh so delightful........I think we'll have this tomorrow now that I'm thinking about it......