Ellora drew this picture of a flower who had lost its kite. You can see the kite in the top right corner and the two lines on the left are to show which way it went (movement lines). I thought it was clever.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
"Call it 'We Are Not Doing Stuff That We Are Not 'Upposed To Do'" -Ellora
Owen:
Owen is crawling. He has been trying to for over a month but I think it was official a few days after Christmas. He is still pretty slow but it won't be long before he has full reign of the house. This morning he even climbed up the step from our den to the laundry room. He is such a Mama's boy and says, "Mama," when he wants me or if I walk in the room. He has done this for a while, but it was always hard to tell if it was volitional or not. It has been very deliberate lately, though.
Owen really enjoyed Christmas. He could tell there was something exciting going on and would get excited too. He enjoyed playing with his musical ride on train that Santa brought him and sat and played with it most of the morning. He is such a good baby and entertains himself well. He is even content to play in his saucer for a long time while I cook dinner or wash the dishes. Last night Tom and I were playing games with the girls. Owen crawled under the small table we were playing around. It has a glass top and he sat and watched us through it. He would get excited when we would because it looked like we were all looking at him.
He does not like to take baths. He doesn't like the noise that the faucet makes and will eye it nervously. The other day when I put him in the bath he grabbed hold of me and pulled himself up clinging onto my shirt. Owen has recently been constantly blowing raspberries, both with just his lips and with his tongue out. Sure it's cute, except for certain times, like when we're trying to feed him some baby food.
Owen is 21 lbs and is 95 % for weight and around 60 % for height
Ellora:
The big news with Ellora is potty training.
Ellora's hair is so long and thick that people say she looks like Rapunzel (she does look just like the baby Rapunzel in the movie) but she hates to get it combed so we have to sing, "brush and brush and brush and brush my hair" while we do it. She has such a funny personality and says the silliest things all the time. The other day she said (mostly to herself), "See my eyes? They are so tired. They're gwumpy, gwumpy, gwumpy!" This morning she came running in the den with a dress that she wanted to wear. She was giggling and when she got to me she said, "This wing (the tie on the dress) poked me. It went 'stick!'" She demonstrated by poking herself in the eye with it. It didn't poke just right so she proceeded to demonstrate several times, "It went 'stick.' It went 'stick.' It went 'stick.'"
For Christmas she got a Fur Real puppy. We named it Boppo after her imaginary friend. All Christmas morning she was feeding it fruit snacks, candy canes and cereal.
Ellora LOVES breakfast so much that she eats it as many as five times before lunch. She also loves fruit. I keep a basket of fruit on the cupboard but I will sometimes have to hide it because she won't leave it alone. Pears, bananas, apples, and oranges are some of her favorite foods.
The girls played red rover with the primary at a Christmas activity. The kids called "Red rover red rover send Ellora right over." Ellora ran to the other side but got scared just before she got there. She turned to go back but everyone including all the moms and dads began laughing. Feeling embarrassed and not knowing what to do she thew herself down in the middle of the floor and cried. So sad but so cute.
Ellora is so TWO lately and throws quite a lot of tantrums. She can be so sweet when she has had enough sleep, but it has been a struggle to get her to sleep when she needs. Hopefully now that things are slowing down we can get every one back on a regular bedtime.
Chalyse:
Chalyse is growing so much. She is tall for her age and I have had trouble finding her long enough shirts. She loves getting dressed and if I let her will sometimes change her clothes until she has worn every singe article of clothing. She's learning how to be so patient with her sister and often surprises me at how grown up she can act. She is also learning how to be obedient and is usually a big helper. She is learning how to write her letters a little bit. She got an electronic writing pad that shows her how to write letters. She also got Squinkies which are little squishy people and animals. She loves little things that she can collect and she likes to personify things, so these were the perfect gift for her. Chalyse likes to draw and is getting good at drawing eyes.
Earlier, we were printing something off of the computer and it was taking a while to get it ready. Chalyse was getting impatient, and I told her she had to wait for us to tell it to print it. "Print," she said to the printer, but it stubbornly disobeyed. She couldn't figure out why I thought this was funny.
Owen is crawling. He has been trying to for over a month but I think it was official a few days after Christmas. He is still pretty slow but it won't be long before he has full reign of the house. This morning he even climbed up the step from our den to the laundry room. He is such a Mama's boy and says, "Mama," when he wants me or if I walk in the room. He has done this for a while, but it was always hard to tell if it was volitional or not. It has been very deliberate lately, though.
Owen really enjoyed Christmas. He could tell there was something exciting going on and would get excited too. He enjoyed playing with his musical ride on train that Santa brought him and sat and played with it most of the morning. He is such a good baby and entertains himself well. He is even content to play in his saucer for a long time while I cook dinner or wash the dishes. Last night Tom and I were playing games with the girls. Owen crawled under the small table we were playing around. It has a glass top and he sat and watched us through it. He would get excited when we would because it looked like we were all looking at him.
He does not like to take baths. He doesn't like the noise that the faucet makes and will eye it nervously. The other day when I put him in the bath he grabbed hold of me and pulled himself up clinging onto my shirt. Owen has recently been constantly blowing raspberries, both with just his lips and with his tongue out. Sure it's cute, except for certain times, like when we're trying to feed him some baby food.
Owen is 21 lbs and is 95 % for weight and around 60 % for height
Ellora:
The big news with Ellora is potty training.
Ellora's hair is so long and thick that people say she looks like Rapunzel (she does look just like the baby Rapunzel in the movie) but she hates to get it combed so we have to sing, "brush and brush and brush and brush my hair" while we do it. She has such a funny personality and says the silliest things all the time. The other day she said (mostly to herself), "See my eyes? They are so tired. They're gwumpy, gwumpy, gwumpy!" This morning she came running in the den with a dress that she wanted to wear. She was giggling and when she got to me she said, "This wing (the tie on the dress) poked me. It went 'stick!'" She demonstrated by poking herself in the eye with it. It didn't poke just right so she proceeded to demonstrate several times, "It went 'stick.' It went 'stick.' It went 'stick.'"
For Christmas she got a Fur Real puppy. We named it Boppo after her imaginary friend. All Christmas morning she was feeding it fruit snacks, candy canes and cereal.
Ellora LOVES breakfast so much that she eats it as many as five times before lunch. She also loves fruit. I keep a basket of fruit on the cupboard but I will sometimes have to hide it because she won't leave it alone. Pears, bananas, apples, and oranges are some of her favorite foods.
The girls played red rover with the primary at a Christmas activity. The kids called "Red rover red rover send Ellora right over." Ellora ran to the other side but got scared just before she got there. She turned to go back but everyone including all the moms and dads began laughing. Feeling embarrassed and not knowing what to do she thew herself down in the middle of the floor and cried. So sad but so cute.
Ellora is so TWO lately and throws quite a lot of tantrums. She can be so sweet when she has had enough sleep, but it has been a struggle to get her to sleep when she needs. Hopefully now that things are slowing down we can get every one back on a regular bedtime.
Chalyse:
Chalyse is growing so much. She is tall for her age and I have had trouble finding her long enough shirts. She loves getting dressed and if I let her will sometimes change her clothes until she has worn every singe article of clothing. She's learning how to be so patient with her sister and often surprises me at how grown up she can act. She is also learning how to be obedient and is usually a big helper. She is learning how to write her letters a little bit. She got an electronic writing pad that shows her how to write letters. She also got Squinkies which are little squishy people and animals. She loves little things that she can collect and she likes to personify things, so these were the perfect gift for her. Chalyse likes to draw and is getting good at drawing eyes. Earlier, we were printing something off of the computer and it was taking a while to get it ready. Chalyse was getting impatient, and I told her she had to wait for us to tell it to print it. "Print," she said to the printer, but it stubbornly disobeyed. She couldn't figure out why I thought this was funny.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Cowboy Casserole
1 lb pasta
1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 med onion chopped
1 can pinto beans drained and rinsed
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can sloppy joe sauce
frozen or canned corn
grated cheese
1.Cook pasta as directed till al dente or very firm
2.Cook ground beef and onion until meat is cooked thoroughly. Add corn and pinto beans to meat and onion until warmed.
3.Mix soup and sloppy joe sauce.
4.In a crock pot put a little bit of sauce mixture then layer pasta, sauce, meat mixture and grated cheese. Heat on low for about 2 hours or until cheese is melted. You can also cook in the oven at 350 degrees for about 30 min.
1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 med onion chopped
1 can pinto beans drained and rinsed
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can sloppy joe sauce
frozen or canned corn
grated cheese
1.Cook pasta as directed till al dente or very firm
2.Cook ground beef and onion until meat is cooked thoroughly. Add corn and pinto beans to meat and onion until warmed.
3.Mix soup and sloppy joe sauce.
4.In a crock pot put a little bit of sauce mixture then layer pasta, sauce, meat mixture and grated cheese. Heat on low for about 2 hours or until cheese is melted. You can also cook in the oven at 350 degrees for about 30 min.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Chalyse Logic
This afternoon I was struggling with Chalyse to get her to obey. She was finishing up in the bathroom and I was fighting with her to wipe and then to wash her hands. Finally she accomplished these difficult tasks and we came out.
I decided to tell Chalyse a couple of stories. The first about a boy and his Mom. They were walking around the side of a wall. The Mom was several steps ahead of the boy and came around the wall to see a vicious dog ready to attack. She called to the boy to stop and immediately he obeyed even though he could not see the danger. The Mom expressed just how grateful she was that her son had learned to obey without question.
The second story was of a boy who was out playing in the yard and heard his fathers voice calling him to come. He quickly came running to his father. His father had not called him. It had in fact been the spirit warning him that he was in danger playing near a poisonous snake. The boys life may have been saved by learning to quickly obey his fathers voice.
After listening to these stories Chalyse said, "There are no snakes in the bathroom! That's silly!" and began to laugh.
The other day Chalyse said, "Mom everyone loves me." I agreed. She said, "Dad loves me, Ellora loves me, Baby Owen loves me. But Mom you don't love me."
I said, "Of course I love you. I love you very much!"
"but you don't love me because you won't let me watch a show."
I decided to tell Chalyse a couple of stories. The first about a boy and his Mom. They were walking around the side of a wall. The Mom was several steps ahead of the boy and came around the wall to see a vicious dog ready to attack. She called to the boy to stop and immediately he obeyed even though he could not see the danger. The Mom expressed just how grateful she was that her son had learned to obey without question.
The second story was of a boy who was out playing in the yard and heard his fathers voice calling him to come. He quickly came running to his father. His father had not called him. It had in fact been the spirit warning him that he was in danger playing near a poisonous snake. The boys life may have been saved by learning to quickly obey his fathers voice.
After listening to these stories Chalyse said, "There are no snakes in the bathroom! That's silly!" and began to laugh.
The other day Chalyse said, "Mom everyone loves me." I agreed. She said, "Dad loves me, Ellora loves me, Baby Owen loves me. But Mom you don't love me."
I said, "Of course I love you. I love you very much!"
"but you don't love me because you won't let me watch a show."
Monday, May 30, 2011
Owen Chamberlain
Owen Chamberlain was born after a quick labor. He was an even 8 lbs and 21 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing great.
We never had considered the name Owen until we became pregnant. Once we did, no other name seemed to fit. His first name is the surname of Tom's great (don't know how many "greats") grandparents that came from Wales.
His middle name Camille picked out several years ago after hearing her grandma tell stories about her (Camille's) Great Great Grandpa Chamberlain and what a great person he was. The night before Owen was born Camille's grandma had a vivid dream about her grandpa Chamberlian. She didn't know we had decided to use that name and was very thrilled when she found out.
His Eskimo name given to him by Patty Milligrock is Tikigaq (most closely rendered "ti-ki-awk"), the Inupiaq word for Point Hope.
We never had considered the name Owen until we became pregnant. Once we did, no other name seemed to fit. His first name is the surname of Tom's great (don't know how many "greats") grandparents that came from Wales.
His middle name Camille picked out several years ago after hearing her grandma tell stories about her (Camille's) Great Great Grandpa Chamberlain and what a great person he was. The night before Owen was born Camille's grandma had a vivid dream about her grandpa Chamberlian. She didn't know we had decided to use that name and was very thrilled when she found out.
His Eskimo name given to him by Patty Milligrock is Tikigaq (most closely rendered "ti-ki-awk"), the Inupiaq word for Point Hope.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Book Worm
The other day as we were getting ready for the day, Chalyse evidently didn't think that just one book was enough. She pulled every single book off the shelf and started "reading."
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