Why moms need large bladders.

We all do it.

Put off going to the bathroom until the last possible minute because we have "just one more thing" to do.

Sometimes, when you are a mom, the bathroom is just not high on your list of "to dos".

We get home from watching UP, (which was great) and I notice I have to go.

But first, I have to get the baby down for bed, because she is exhausted and so am I, after struggeling through the movie with her. (She was tired, wanted down but floor was too gross, wouldn't go to sleep, and crawled all over me while my poor arms attempted to not give out.)

I can't use my bathroom right now, hubby stunk it up, so head to the other one upstairs, but daughter number 3 needs to go.

I don't want to go all the way down stairs, so I go ahead and throw a load of laundry in while I wait.

Then said daughter needs her song sung to her, and a kiss goodnight too.

Then child number one has a headache, and needs me to get her some tylenol.

You can't put off a good blogging idea, so here I sit really having to go by now.

So I am cutting this short, I think one of our 3 bathrooms is available for a small window of time.

Potty Humor

Me: Run in and go potty for quiet time! You get to go potty on the blue water!

Ava: Huh?

Me: I cleaned the potty with blue cleaner. Yellow and blue make green, so when you pee on the blue water it will make it green.

Ava: Okay!

A few minutes later....

Ava: What do yellow and blue and brown make?

Marshmallow roasting, outdoor sleeping, good bye summer!

Saturday night, we lit a fire and roasted marshmallows and made smores one last time before school starts. A fantastic way to bring in the new school year.

Such concentration to get that marshmallow on!

Of course, there were starbursts to roast as well!

Jason likes his smores!

You know its good when they wear it on their faces.

Then Jason had the idea to sleep on the tramp with the girls. I stayed inside with the baby. Good thing, because I don't think I would have fit!

They all stayed out there all night! I was totally prepared to have one or a few come in because they were scared, cold, or it rained. But nope! Even our tiny Ava slept all night under the stars. She must have felt secure nestled in between her dad and older sisters.

This is how I found them in the morning, under very threatening grey skies. It started to rain about 30 minutes later, so they came inside. They got lucky, it started out just a sprinkle, but then just kept on coming all day long. Someone must have known my girlies and hubby were sleeping outside; the rain waited for them! You can hardly even see Ava's head; she is almost totally under the covers.

School, here we come!

Dear mom,

I really don't think its fair that all my sisters get to go jump on the tramp and I have to stay in here and watch them. I am just as big and can do anything they can do, I know I can, so please LET ME OUT THERE!

Corrine's newest accomplishment..

She has started standing up by herself lately, without holding on to anything. Here is how it goes...

Get my bearings,

Push off,

Straighten up, while making a cute face, then...

Yeah, I did it! You can't get this in the picture, but she would wiggle her hips while standing, sort of to say, "And I can move while standing, too!" I always worry that our tile will be too slippery for her to learn to walk on, I bought her some socks with rubber on the bottom and I am looking for some slippers with grippy bottoms. So I thought it so funny that she chose to stand up on the slippery sleeping bag!

Then, fall down on my bum and clap while everyone claps and cheers for me.

Yeah, baby!

A fun trip to Utah

We went to Utah this past week, to go to Lagoon and back to school shopping. We had such a good time! We stayed in this tiny little condo and felt completly cramped, but other than that it was great. We went to the Mayan, always fun.

Lagoon a beach was first, but I didn't take any pictures there. We loved the slides, but Corrine didn't like the lazy river. She screamed whenever she heard rushing water!

The second day, we went to Lagoon for some serious rides. We got there when the park opened, and stayed until about 8pm. We were all pooped.

Ava loves the Flying Aces. I do to!


The train ride is one of the only things Corrine could do. I don't really think she cared though!

All our wonderful, pretty girls!

I really don't like this picture of me; after I took it I looked at it and sarcastically said "I look so pretty." Payden looks up at me and sweetly says, "I think you ARE pretty, mommy." What a sweetheart, and a good reminder to watch what I say around them. I certainly don't want them saying that about themselves!

She could also do the merry go round, but she only liked it when I held her.

Michaela and I loved the tidal wave, and I got her to ride the Colossus. She chickened out the first time. We got into the car, and she went right out the other side! When she finally did stay on the ride, she balled the whole time. I felt so bad! So of course, she wouldn't go on the Wicked with me. I went alone, and it was awesome. We got soaked on the rattlesnake rapids, which felt soooo good because it was so hot. Payden rode the white rollercoaster, but that was the extent of her daring! We all rode lots of rides, and wished we could have stayed longer. But Ava and Corrine were about done, and so were moms and dads feet.

End of the year picnic!

First of all, these are cell phone pics, so they are not great.

We went to the park to have a picnic today. We do this every year just before school starts, one last lazy, relaxing picnic. Today was a great day, beautiful weather.


We all had water bottles filled with lemonade, and Corrine drank from them all. She crawled around on the blanket, would find another water bottle, and take a sip!

We had a bothersome squirell who was getting way to close for comfort. He came right up to Jason's feet and wouldn't leave even when we yelled at him. Kind of freaky.


We just ate, relaxed, and let the girls play. And wondered why we hadn't done this more often this summer. Too busy, I guess, but what a shame. Simple things are really the best things.

This is why the girls wanted to go to Alameda park; they love this digger thing.

Ava pushing her little sister; sooooo cute!

Wheeee!

Look at that face; who wouldn't love her?

Michaela shimmied right up this pole, then when I tried to take a picture, said "hurry up mom! I'm slipping!"