Families Are Forever: April 2012

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Easter Egg Hunt

I noticed while taking pictures this Easter how difficult it is to get good Easter egg hunt pictures. Most of the time the kids are looking at the ground and walking away from you. I managed to get one good shot of each of the kids, so here they are.

Aaron

BreeAnna

Emary and Brian

One Cute Family :)

How blessed we are to have a family! I believe I have learned more about how my Heavenly Father feels about me from my children than I ever knew before. How precious is each soul in His sight. Children truly are an heritage of the Lord!

Happy Easter!

Emary's first Peep.

She wasn't that impressed. Can't say I blame her *blech*.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Happy Easter!

Tonight we dyed Easter eggs, something the kids always look forward to. Actually, so do I because it's cheap entertainment that doesn't stain...or so I thought.

BreeAnna doesn't have the patience to let her eggs sit in the dye very long. She kept reaching in to get the eggs out prematurely, so her hands are a little bit pink and purple.

Aaron, however, has more patience this year and he set the timer for his eggs to make sure they were the exact color they should be. Unfortunately while I was reading my brother's latest mission letter, Aaron was timing his fingers in the dye... for 5 minutes.

Aren't they lovely?

I suppose I should have supervised this activity a little closer. Hopefully his fingers will return to their normal color before too long.

Emary's First Real Haircut

Oh, how we have dreaded this day! Em has always had a lot of hair, and it never fell out. It's just growing in blonde, so it was time to get it out of her eyes.

She started out her usual cheery self...

...but as you can see, it was all downhill from there. Bear with me. I've never posted a video before. I hope it plays!

Luck-O-The Irish

I know it's a month late, but I couldn't resist posting these pictures. BreeAnna came home with these fabulous construction paper leprechaun ears from preschool.

Doesn't she look fabulous? But wait, it gets better.

These just might be the cutest leprechauns I've ever seen!

The Funnies

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~Ethan passed gas~
Ethan laughing, "I tooted. Tooting is funny!"
-Ethan, age 2
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~Ethan's diaper leaked in the middle of the night and he came in to tell me~
"I got wet in the pool!"
-Ethan, age 2
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"I have a head-bake."
-Ethan, age 2
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"Let's have faffles!"
-BreeAnna, age 5
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"Can I have some chwocate?"
-Emary, age 3
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"Mini Wheats are weird because they drink your milk for you."
-Aaron, age 8, December 2013
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~Conversation I heard floating in the open window from the trampoline~
BreeAnna: "OW!"
Aaron: "I didn't mean to!"
BreeAnna: "I'm going to make you pay!"
Aaron: "That's what villains say when they LOSE!"
-Aaron age 7, BreeAnna age 5, June 2013
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~Brian looks at Emary to make sure she is OK when she is sick~
Emary: "Don't make that funny face at me!"
-age 2, December 2013
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Aaron: "Mom, do you know what arm-spit is?"
Mom: "No Aaron, what is arm-spit?"
Aaron: "Arm-spit is when your arm gets chopped off and the blood squirts out."
Mom: "Oh....where did you learn that?"
Aaron: "Church."
Mom: "From your teacher or another kid?"
Aaron: "Andrew. He said he had it."
-age 6, March 2012
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~BreeAnna proposes a toast~
"Let's bump cups!"
-age 4, March 2012
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"I don't feel quite right. I guess I forgot to put on pants."
-Aaron, age 6, March 2012
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BreeAnna: "Mom, can you do my hair like Cinderella for church?"
Mom: "OK, but we'll have to use mousse."
BreeAnna: "Mom, the Fairy God-Mother doesn't use mousse."
-age 4, March 2012
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~BreeAnna's favorite term of endearment for Emary~
"Hello Mr. Cooky-Pants!"
-age 4, November 2011
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"May I have some icek in my cup?"
-BreeAnna, age 4, November 2011
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~BreeAnna, age 4, and the Universal Prefix; -in~
"Aaron is going to be so in-citing!" (excited?)
"Mom, will you in-tangle this."
"I'm in-post to do my homework now."
"Please pass the in-tatoes."
-November 2011
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"Mom, You are odor-tating me!"
-BreeAnna, age 3, 2011
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Mom: "BreeAnna, what does a rooster say?"
BreeAnna: "OCK - OCK - A - DOO!"
-BreeAnna, age 3, 2011
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"This is not yucky. This is steak!"
-BreeAnna, age 2, December 2009
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~A dinner conversation at the Eltons~
Mom: "Do you like the meat?"
Aaron: "It looks like cow."
BreeAnna: "It's not a cow. It's just Daddy."
-Aaron, age 4; -BreeAnna, age 2; December 2009
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"I'm the baseball man! I bammed the ball!"
-Aaron, age 4, December 2009
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I am a couponer and I took Aaron to the store with me to get a hot Buy One Get One half off deal. To his delight, there were elevators in the store, which we rode more times than I can count.
That night we watched the Mickey Mouse version of "The Three Musketeers," after which he ran around the house waving his swords yelling,
"We are the Elevators! All for One and Two for One!"
-Aaron, age 4, January 2010
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Mom: "Aaron, what's your favorite animal?"
Aaron thinks for a moment and replies: "Me!"
-Aaron, age 3, April 2009
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~Easter Funnies~
Aaron: "Oh, no Mommy! The bunny is going to eat the bird's food!"
Mom: "How about if we leave the Easter bunny some carrots so he doesn't eat the bird's food, ok?"
Aaron: "Ok."
~Just before bed the same night~
Aaron: "Mommy, I need to tell the Santa Bunny to eat his carrots."
-Aaron, age 3, April 2009
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"I don't drink cows milk. Blech! They're yucky and sticky and cold!"
-Aaron, age 3, March 2009
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~For all of you Peter Pan fans: Grandma was babysitting and Mom decided it was time to leave~
Mom: "It's time to go home, Aaron. Come on, let's go."
Aaron: "No go home. Stay many moons, Mom."
-Aaron, age 3, February 2009
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~Mom just finished putting a bandaid on Aaron's toe~
Grandma: "Tell your mom "Thank You"."
Aaron: "Mom! You fisked (fixed) it! You're a genius!"
-Aaron, age 3, January 2009
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~Aaron touched an exposed wire on my Brother's lamp and it gave him a good shock. This is how he describes the experience~
Aaron: "It shakes all around and hurt my finger!"
-Aaron, age 3, December 2008
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~After putting Aaron to bed several times, Mom finds him in the bathroom and the toilet is full from the base to the lid of toilet paper~
Mom: "What is this?!"
Aaron: "That's beautiful!"
~Then Dad walks in with the plunger~
Aaron: "Look Daddy! It's the tallest mountain in the world!"
-Aaron, age 3, November 2008
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Dad: "I like you, Aaron."
Aaron: "I like Mommy too, Daddy."
-Aaron, age 3, November 2008
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Aaron, age 3, crashes his dump truck into a pole and says, "Luckily, no one was hurt."
~September 2008
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Cousin Jessica: "What are you doing, Aaron?"
Aaron (laughing): "I'm eatin' dirt."
~Aaron, age 3, September 2008
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Mom (sings): "One little monkey jumpin' on the bed. He fell off and bonked his head..."
BreeAnna: "Ow!"
~BreeAnna, 13 mos., August 2008
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"You're a useful engine, Daddy."
~Aaron, age 3, August 2008
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Mom: "Thank you very much, Aaron."
Aaron: "You're very, very welcome, Mommy."
~Aaron, age 3, August 2008
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~Aaron punches Mom in the leg~
Mom: "Ouch!"
Aaron: "What happened, Mommy?"
Mom: "You punched me in the leg!"
~Aaron kisses Mom's leg~
Aaron: "All better!"
~Aaron, age 3, July 08
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Aaron: "Watch Thomas the Tank Engine, Dad?"
Dad: "No, you've already watched Thomas the Tank Engine twice today."
~Dad walks out of the room. Aaron looks around stealthy to make sure he's gone, and he leans toward Mom~
Aaron (whispers): "Mommy, let's watch Thomas. Watch Thomas, Mommy?"
~Aaron, age 3, July 08
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~Aaron sees a cow out the car window~
"It's a Mmmmm!"
Aaron, age 2
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Dad: "What's that picture you are drawing, Aaron?"
Aaron: "That's beautiful."
~Aaron, age 2, June 08
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Mom: "You'll like this. It has corn and meat..."
Aaron: "Yuck! Aarons don't like corn!"
~Aaron, age 2, June 08
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Aaron, age 2, after being frightened says, "I scary!"
~June 08
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Mom: "I'm going to count to three and if you aren't sitting in your chair you will have a time out! OK? One..."
Aaron: "Two, Three, Four, Five...Twenty!"
~Aaron, age 2, June 08
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Dad: "Are you ready, Aaron?"
Aaron: "I ready to die, Daddy!"
(we suspect this one came from his friend's older brother)
~Aaron, age 2, June 08
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Dad: "Try some pork."
Aaron: "I can't like it."
~Aaron, age 2, June 08
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Mom: "Yea! You used the potty!"
Aaron: "Yea! I Did It! Great Job, Aaron. I'm proud."
~Aaron, age 2, June 08
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Mom: "Here's your cookie, Aaron."
Aaron: "Very Nice!"
~Aaron, age 2, June 08
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Dad: "I'm gonna get you!"
Aaron: "No, get you the baby, Dad!"
~Aaron, age 2, June 08
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Aaron, age 2, answers the telephone: "Bob-a-da Builder"
~May 08
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Aaron: "I can't wear the pants, Mommy."
Mom: "You have to wear the pants, Aaron. Why can't you wear the pants?"
Aaron: "I have to go to the party."
~Aaron, age 2, May 08
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Mom: "What do you want to eat?"
Aaron: "I want wapples."
~Aaron, age 2
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~Brian tripped and fell~
"Oh no! Daddy spilled!"
~Aaron, age 2
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"You are a TOY-EE!....(mumble, mumble)...Buzz Lightyear...(mumble, mumble)...a child's plaything! You are a sad strange little man and you have my pity. Farewell."
~Aaron, age 2
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