Some things would be easier

Andrea: I could cut off your arm.
Peter: That would make doing some things harder.
Andrea: I think that would make doing just about everything harder.
Peter: It would make pretending you only had one arm easier.

Here's Mima's new skirt I made. Brita was pretty excited that I was making one for Mima, too. I think it turned out pretty cute. I had to call a bunch of people for opinions on what to do with it, but in the end Brita decided how she wanted it to look.

Here's both of them together.

In trying to get the above picture, Peter was making all sorts of strange faces. Mima was not in the mood for smiling. Brita started doing the faces too in order to make Mima smile. Not the best for a normal picture, but it was pretty funny.

Hair

A few weeks ago I decided to chop my hair off. Rather than just throw it all away I decided to donate it. So I had my first ever professional haircut. It was scary, but I made it through. I had Peter take a picture of my hair before I got it cut.

Then Benton needed a picture of his hair.

And Brita needed a picture of hers.

And Mima needed a picture of hers.

And 13+ inches later, here's my hair:

Mima's shirt

Excuse the large drool spot. Also, the colors are a little off, it's actually more orange.

Happy Days

Peter got to come home early yesterday. It was awesome. He'd been working about 9(am) to 1(am) all the rest of the week. We decided to go hiking. We were all dead tired so it was kind of a funny thing to decide to do, but it was fun. Benton and Mima fell asleep on the way there and Benton really, really didn't want to wake up when we got there. I have to say it's so much more fun to hike when you can go a normal speed rather than waiting for someone who is barely walking.

We almost always go to the same spot to hike. At first we stuck to the paved path but lately we've branched off to the dirt path. We went farther than we had been on our hike before. It's so nice to go hiking and not worry about the destination, just the walking along feeling moss and looking at sparkly rocks. It's pretty up there with some of the trees barely budding. It's still a little brown, but you can see further because all the trees don't have leaves on them. I really like the trail because it's cooler because it's next to the river most of the time and there's shade.

We went back on Saturday with Monica and made it even further. We figure it was probably 2/3 mile one way, which doesn't seem like a lot, but the kids did it all themselves and I was impressed. They liked looking at everything and recognizing the places we'd been before. Fun times.

And then there was Easter

I'm thinking of an animal...

Some highlights from our guess-the-animal game over dinner:

Peter: Is it brown?
Brita: Some of them are.
Peter: Is it black and white?
Brita: Yes!
Peter: Does it make a sound like "Mooo"?
Brita: Yes!
Benton: Is it a dinosaur? Raawwwwrrrrr!!!!
Peter: No, Moooo
Benton: Neighhh!!
Peter: Benton, what says moo?
Benton: A rooster? Cock-a-doodle-doooo!
Peter: No, Benton. Moo. What animals says moo?
Benton: A cow.
Peter: Yes, ask Brita if it's a cow.
Benton: Moooooo!

We have to screen Benton's animals to help him answer questions. He told Andrea it was a dinosaur.
Peter: Is it small?
Benton: No.
Peter: Is it big?
Benton: No.
Peter: Is it small?
Benton: Yes. It starts really small.
Peter: Does it make a loud sound?
Benton: Yes!
Peter: Is it grey?
Benton: Yes!
Peter: Is it an elephant?
Benton: Yes!
(Andrea was looking confused after his responses, but he seemed so sure of himself.)

Peter: Alright, now it's Mom's turn.
Andrea: Ok, I'm thinking of an elepha.. *pause* Rats. I mean an animal. And it's not an elephant.

Funny things the kids have said..

Lets pretend the table is my tummy.

Uh oh! My clothes fell off.

I'm so cool

I made a shirt! Yippy! It turned out pretty well. The neck and armpits are a little weird, but Brita likes it so it's all good.


I'm kind of ridiculously proud of it.

Sewing

I sewed today. It was really fun. I made 12 wipes and a little baseball. I thought I was making thirteen wipes, but I don't know where the thirteenth one ended up if it was even there to begin with. They were for a baby shower. I also gave her some baby shampoo and stuff, but judging by how much we go through and how much she got, she'll need to have a few more kids to use it all. The baseball was made out of terry cloth and the stitching on it was pretty horrific. I had to borrow a baseball from the bishop to see how to do the stitching because the internet has been down in the sewing room and all my neighbors were avoiding my calls.

Anyways, it was fun to sew. I'm excited for some of my next projects. Maybe I'll even get pictures of them. You never know.

Pictures of the kids.

Not good pictures, mind you, but pictures.

Here's Brita when she made her hair short. I thought she did a pretty good job making it look nice.
The kids have been all sorts of in to taking pictures for the last little while (two years give or take). Lately their pictures of each other have been getting better. Yeah, they were pretty bad before.



At least I didn't give you all the other pictures they like to take. Here's an example. I think I could also provide about 1000 still shots of the various movies they watch. They really like to take pictures.