Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Karis is two!

We are in Ohio this week visiting Matt's family. It has been a relaxing time, nothing to do but hang out with each other and family. Matt's mom has been getting breakfast for Jesse in the morning which lets us sleep in a little bit, every little bit helps!
Karis' birthday was yesterday so we decided to have a celebration here at the homestead with aunts, uncles, and cousins galore. We had a princess theme, easy to do when all the cousins are girls (Jesse was the prince) complete with tiaras, jewels and candy necklaces. I made a castle cake, the most intricate to date. We had a medieval tent for the food (thanks uncle Jason!), a campfire with smores and even some fencing. It was a great party! Oh, and I can't believe my baby is two!






Thursday, May 8, 2008

Day of Jesse

Today was full of great Jesseisms:

We try to limit full length movies to the weekend so when Jesse asks during the week I tell him that we only watch movies on "special" days, like Friday night. Well, today, he asked to watch Cars after his rest and I told him not today, let's wait until Friday. "A special day?" "Yes, we'll wait for a special day." Well, about a half hour later he comes up to me and says, in his most cunning, sweet voice, "It sure is a special day today, isn't it Mom?" Nice try.

The 1st grader who lives across the street was hanging out with us on the front porch this evening and he was showing us where he lost his last tooth. After he pointed to the place in his mouth Jesse says, "How sad!" Kevin looked at him like he was crazy, "No, I got two bucks for that tooth!"

As we were drying off after bath tonight Jesse asked if we were moving into our new house tomorrow morning. I explained that they were still building it. He asked what they still had to build and I listed, "The kitchen, the floors, the fireplace..." At that he perked up, "Can we build fires in it?" I nodded, figuring I would explain the gas fire part of it later....he says, "Then we will live happily ever after!" I laughed and he continued, "Then we can grow a baby when we live there!" I stopped mid towel wipe, "We could....no promises there kiddo." "Then we could bring the crib and put the baby in it...." Oh boy.