SHOW SHOW SHOW

We saw the Greatest Showman a while back. I love this movie. The soundtrack is amazing. The small fries haven't seen it yet, but they LOVE musicals, so they love the trailer for this, and love listening to the soundtrack. In the main song, they sing "this is the greatest show" but for small Gecko's vocab, he just repeats 'show show show' and calls that good enough. We finally got him to sing it today, in the car. It's even more perfect because the lights in the car go down right at the end, so it seems planned and like part of an actual movie. I just love it.

Grumps Gecko

Today I went shopping with Gecko, and believe me when I say, he doesn't care for me that much. I mean, I don't take it personally because he's so young and of course prefers his mom, but it makes me laugh so much. For example, at the store, I kept trying to talk to him and finally, after I said his name one more time, he shot me this look:

He had just had enough and he was done. I gave him some food shortly after this, and that helped cheer him up, so the key to his small heart is food, I need to take advantage of that.

Cool cool hat

Whenever the boys get new clothes, they always refer to them as "cool cool _____". Gecko tried on his uncle's hat, and they all determined he looked super cool in the cool cool hat. He was more than happy to pose for some pictures haha

Park Afternoon

Today, I had the kiddos for a babysitting adventure, and we decided to go to the indoor park, at the mall. They were having a fun time running around. I asked Darth to give me a smile while he was on this bear-type thing and he gave me this smirk.

And then as we were leaving, we stopped in a clothing store, because they had super great deals. I ended up buying him these amazing hat and gloves, and he loved to act like a Dino when he had them on.

Creeper Mornings

Whenever Gecko wakes up, he's never awake for a little while. So he'll stumble out of his room, and just sort of wander around like a zombie. Another popular thing is, he comes out, makes his way up the stairs, and then he'll stand at the top, for a while, doing nothing, just staring. If he was anyone other than a tiny fry, it would be super creepy. But because he's just a small guy who isn't awake yet, it's still just sort of cute. 

Ah and also, one of his pants legs always rides up in his sleep. What a small weirdo. 

Snow Day

Today, as everyone noticed, we had a bucket of snow fall from the sky. The boys could not have been more excited. They got snow boots when they first moved here, and then we certainly haven't had any snow this Christmas! So when it started to pile up, they got super jazzed, so we put them in some snow clothes, and out they went. They had a great time, of course. 

These guys being around bring back so much innocence and fun at this sort of thing, whereas as adults, we're just mad about having to shovel it all, we don't see the fun at snow anymore. Hope everyone had a great snow day! 

Toy Making Skills

Today in Marketing class, we had to make a "toy" out of paper that we could then sell to children in a toy store. My team made this giraffe. We named him Giorgio, and are proud of him. 

Other teams certainly did a better job than us but since we have no ability to do these sorts of things, I was happy enough that he stood on his own. And now he'll be our team mascot. 

Foto Friday

I told Darth today that if he was a super good boy today, he could have a treat of ice cream tonight, and this is the face he gave me. I thought it was just so cute! I just love this little bugger so.

Stamps and Chats

Today was the monthly Stamp & Chat, and it was as fun as always! We had great fun, laughs, and treats, and of course came away with super cute cards!

Time for Haircuts

Now that these little jokers live with me, I get to be a part of so many fun things. For example, today we got to get them some haircuts. In the past, I've seen videos of them just sobbing and crying during their haircuts, but today, they were super happy and fine! And they got lollipops afterwards, which totally helped them. We went out for a hamburger afterwards, and they were pleased as punch.

Home Block Craft

When I was looking for my Christmas craft idea, my sis and I stumbled across a craft there that we really wanted to do. The craft was a simple 'Home', but the O was replaced by a different thing each month. We decided that after the new year, we would work on them. We started on them Tuesday, and then finished Friday afternoon. I didn't take a photo of the blocks, the 'Home' blocks, but I did take a picture of all of the differing O's.

I even have found the perfect place for these in my house - that's always a first! I am excited to change these out every month, I just love having these sorts of things around!

Foto Friday

I snapped this pic of Cookie whilst we were just chilling and I just thought it was super fantastic. I wanted to share it here.

I'm just obsessed with the cuteness of this small dog.

Ice Skating

I recently found out that on Thursdays, the Provo Peaks Arena has a kids only skating thing, where the small kids can come and skate, and be left alone by any bigger people that want to skate...better. So we loaded up the smallies, and headed over. We got there and got the skates on them. Darth was jazzed and Gecko really couldn't have cared less.

We got on the ice, and Darth legit had the time of his life. He was digging it so hard.

Gecko didn't really care for it. He just hung on the side whilst his mom just sort of rolled him around. 

It was such a fun morning. The kids had a great time and then we warmed up with hot cocoa after. I think I'd like to take them again, its just so fun.

Christmas Craft

Now that Christmas has come and gone, I can blog about a Christmas craft that I did. It was a gift from a friend, and I really enjoyed making it. It didn't even take that long - I had set aside an entire day, and with my sisters help, it only ended up taking a few hours, so that was nice. 

They're tiny 3 inch blocks, that I then decorated for each month in the year. I was thinking it would make a cute thing to put on a work desk or something, for a decoration without being overwhelming. I almost want these for myself, even though I don't know where I would put them haha. 

Bowling

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you had a great NYE. I can't believe I actually made it to midnight - I was getting so tired at about 10:30, but we soldiered on and made it. This morning we woke up and tried to find an activity that we could do that would be inside (nobody wants to be cold) but still fun. We decided on bowling. We went at about 11:00, which I'm grateful we got there that early because it got really busy after noon or so. But we had a great time. I barely beat the kids. E-Money and Darth had the bumpers up, and they had those dragon/dinosaur things that they throw the balls down, so I feel justified in my score, despite only eating them by about 10 points or so. 

But it was so much fun introducing the small kids to bowling! That's the most fun thing about having kids around all the time - introducing them to things I love, that they can learn to love too. Hope you all enjoyed your first day of 2018!