Naughty Monkey

A few weeks ago I stocked up on a couple pair of the Carters fleece footie jammies from Costco for Ellie to wear this winter. One of the pairs she chose is pink with brown monkeys. She has been asking every night to wear her "monkeys" since we brought them home. It got a teensy bit cooler today, and so I decided to let her wear them. She was so excited!

Daddy put her to bed, and then went to tuck Jared in. As he walked back out of J's room, Ellie stuck her head out her door and squealed, "Eeeee-eeeee-ooooo-ooooo!". Daddy asked her what she was doing. She looked at him with a scowl and answered, "I a naughty monkey."

Oh my....could she GET any cuter?!

Breakfast

Ellie informed me this morning....

"I need a phoom mommy, I need a phoom!"

A spoon with which to eat her cereal.

Well, I gave her a "phoom", and she proceeded to eat her cereal with her fingers. Just like every morning. Picking all the marshmallows out first. Thanks for the Marshmallow Matey's dad! We like Malt-O-Meal cereal at our house, cheap knock-off that it is!

So, everyone, grab your "phooms" and enjoy! :)

All I want to know is...

...who has been eating my chocolate?!

I have been busy.....making cards, wrangling children, school pictures, hoarding chocolate, reading other blogs....family history type stuff.....not really doing anything about it other than plans, but that's a start, right?!

I've been in a writing funk and more of an information gathering mode as of late. Oh, and that guilt imposed by dirty bathrooms and floors has been filling my mind instead of anything blog-worthy!

More fun coming when I get my ducks in a row. :)

ps....I didn't take that blurry picture....I stole it from google images....that was easier than pulling my bags of chocolate out of hiding, pulling the camera out, transferring images, and trying to not let the kids see the chocolate or their hiding place in all of that chaos. Whew!

**Roseola update: at day 3, all the "coco pops" went away, and Ellie is Ellie again!

I have to laugh

I think it's funny that no one has commented on the fact that my two year old is playing with poker chips and face cards in the picture below....such a stellar parent!

Or has someone turned me in to CPS anonymously?! ;)

Isn't she cute though?! That picture was taken on our trip to Colorado. We stopped in at a "Pioneer Town" that included a fun street of different businesses, including the Lizard Head Saloon. The kids thought that filling the glasses with poker chips was a blast.

As for Miss Rosie....wow, her "coco pops" are even more impressive today, including up onto her cheeks. Fun times!

New kid.....

Normally, we call this one Ellie.

Today, we have changed her name for the next day - to possibly a week.
Her alias is Rosie.

Rosie Lola....

...as in roseola! (Click on above pictures to really take in the glory of it all!)

She calls them her "coco pops". (Her adorable way of saying polka dots!) Now I understand why her fever didn't subside after we started antibiotics for her double ear infection....poor kid!

On to other fantastic news....it isn't summer here today. At noon, it was blowing, raining, and 45 degrees! Yeah, that would be 45 degrees. Even my husband, who had opened the windows to let in the "cool", decided it was now too cold and closed them up! :) By this afternoon though, the storm had blown through....sun shining, temp warming nicely into the 60's(downright balmy!), and we got a nice view of the snow topping off the mountains around us.....

nice...

Happy September 1st!