Kolby Funnies

Here's a few things Kolby has said that make me chuckle:

1. "Daddy, i think all your hair fell off your head and now its on your arms"

2. Daniel: "Today is fast Sunday so I'm not going to eat lunch with you"

Kolby: "NO i want it to be a slow Sunday"

3. As I am grumpy, starving, and yelling at my kids waiting in a ridiculously long line at Walmart at 8pm,

Kolby: "Mommy, you're the best mommy!"

Me: why?

KOlby: Because you buy us bagels.

Me: trying to hold back the guilty tears

Texas Rangers

Ever since A-Rod was a sell-out and left the Mariners for the Texas Rangers i swore i would always boo at the sight of a Ranger. (and yes i totally booed with the entire SafeCo stadium when they played Seattle).

There is a little Ranger however that I'm recently quite fond of.

Kolby had his first 2 T-ball games on Friday and Saturday. It was quite possibly the cutest thing i've ever seen. I almost cried because Daniel couldn't be there but since i really did have a talk with kolby on Thursday in which i used the League of their Own speech, "There's no crying in baseball!", i held back the tears.

Ha ha here's my little man in the "down and ready position". Since the kids can really only hit it so far, playing outfield in T-ball has even less action than baseball. Luckily they switch positions every inning.

So focused...

He gets to be on the same team as one of his BFFs Maddox.

Kolby and coach. He does whatever he tells him to, no really.

And the treats that make it all even more fun!

And about this smile...this was the only smile i caught on camera. He was so serious during the game. When we came home I had this conversation with him.

Me: Why were'nt you smiling out there? Didn't you have fun?

Kolby: Ya i had fun. But everytime i wanted to smile i put my head down.

Me: why?

Kolby: Because coach said whatever you do don't smile.

Me: (laughing) Kolby your coach was just joking, he was trying to get you to smile.

Kolby: (stares at me with serious eyes then bursts out laughing) Oh.

Perhaps living in a cardboard box wouldn't be all that bad...

1 box of poster markers... $3.00

1 cardboard box... $0.00

An afternoon of creative play and reliving childhood memories... PRICELESS

the "drive thru window"

the brick house that inspired these next few clips...

Mock Campout

After all our hard work last week we planned a mock campout to celebrate. Yes we had to do "mock" because unfortunately I am really just way too big to be sleeping on the ground at this point. We headed out to a local park, made dutch oven Cheesy Chicken Italiano (seriously our fav) and a new recipe for lava cake...

chocolate cake + cocoa + brown sugar + marshmallows =yumm-o!

It was nice to get away from our projects and let the kiddos play with their cousins. They picked wild flowers, blew bubbles, and roasted marshmallows...basically kid heaven.

I think she downed at least 20 jumbo mallows.

And here's my hot hubby sport'n my extra hoodie bc he forgot his. "Fat guy in a little coat" :) Or perhaps it was just his newly aquired garden muscles bulging out... ya that must have been it.

Spring {break} aka Project Time

Project #1: (the mother of them all)

Sunday night Daniel let me know that he had a plan to build a garden over spring break. He said it'd only take a couple days. (actually it took an entire week)

We made a list of other projects that needed to be done during the week with high hopes.

Here's the before picture, well kinda. It was all grass and weeds before but i didn't get out there fast enough with my camera.

Step 1 clear the land. (i sound like a farmer)

Step 2: teach your children the value of work...teach them to wear pants another day. Kolby worked so hard in the garden he earn enough money plus all the allowance he's been saving up to buy Wii Resort Sports. Ya he was pretty stoked. Olivia was happy just to be covered in dirt. Step 3: lay out the design and make sure everything is level

Step 4: pour concrete for a base, (amidst the rain), and spend the next few days from sun up to sun down laying and mortaring brick.

Step 5: shovel in 1 yd of manure (or poo-poo dirt as the kids call it)

Step 6: plant

(strawberry patch)

(tomatoes, peas, green beans, squash, cucumbers, and carrots) oh ya and my one contribution...impatients in the flower pot.

The finished product.

If you plant it it will grow right?

More projects

Project #2 Master Bedroom

(ok actually this one was done first but I never got around to posting it and I'm really no good at photographing rooms)

I stole this amazing color from my friend Jess. It looks even better in the daylight.

Vintage Cypress Yellow

Still on the look out for pillow shams, wall art, and eventually a sitting chair once we move baby central out of the room.

Other projects not worthy of actual pictures...

Project #3 Olivia's big girl room

I painted an accent wall, moved around some furniture, organized all her clothes and the baby clothes, bought some bedding called "Olivia", and found random things in pink, white and brown to accesorize the room. She will move in once the baby moves to the crib.

Project #4 Playroom

yes i finally painted the closet doors that kolby so lovingly colored on with a sharpie over a year ago.

Project # 5 Laundryroom

cleaned out and organized

Project #6 Blurb book

Sent off for my 2009 blurb book last night...and got 20% off. whoo hoo. can't wait to get it in the mail!

Now i just need to finish Kolby's room, organize all my important documents, and finally do my taxes:)

Not exactly a break but nice to finally check things off the every growing to-do-list.

Get your Twist on

I once saw a preview to a tv show where they asked people what they would do for a million dollars. There were such responses as eating bugs and pulling a spaghetti noodle from their nose to their mouth. The most inappropriate one of course made me giggle and still does 10 years later... playing Twister naked. Seriously? sick and wrong, yet the giggles continue.

You will be glad to know that i did not engage in such in activity (clothed or unclothed for fear of crushing my born or unborn offspring) but rather invited my children to innocently discover the pure version of Twister this week. Playing it outside in the sunshine made it all the better.

I will teach my kids modesty and morals so that they always play the game this way but first perhaps i should focus on teaching the difference between right and left.

Dr.s don't lie

Had a Dr. appt today. He told me how incredibly swollen i am. Even in my face. I was thinking, "yes i know, finally someone realizes this, this makes me feel a smidge better about my weight gain, but wait do i really look that horrible? oh gosh i hate myself." I celebrated this brutal honesty by buying myself a nightgown and a sundress. Do I feel like a grandma in my new attire? absolutely. Do i love not having anything around my waist? pure heaven.

Enough about being prego already...

Last week was super-duper crazy. Between teaching preschool and piano lessons, church stuff, organizing and decorating, a track meet, stake picnic, and t-ball not to mention the glorious weather which may have taken up an entire day of long over due park fun... I feel like a need a nap, if only i could get comfy.

Unfortunately i was unable to squeeze in a get-a-way to San Antonio to visit my cuz and his wee fam and one of my bfs from HS and his wee fam. sad times. Next time they should all come visit the prego woman instead:)

I feel slightly blog-hogger-ish. Is that a word? Today I realized that my blog is entitled: Little Lawtons which clearly does not include me. So enough about me...and on to the kiddos.

P.S. Is this pic not the most adoarable picture you've ever seen? This was taken at Daniel's track meet on Sat. where we snuck in a half hour to see dad for the weekend.

A few weeks ago I turned on the Olympics for my kids while i tought lessons. I came back to find both of them in the most hillarious ski-jump stances i've ever seen. While i could kick myself for not capturing it on film i did catch their newest althetic attempts...playing football together. I may have let them watch Invincible one too many times.

Kolby is sport'n daniel's old uniform from when he was a kid. He thinks he can't play with out it, shoulder pads and all. My dainty little girl on the other hand apparently doesn't need a thing, not even a comb. go figure.

I love watching them play together. I even cried myself to sleep one night bc i was sad that i couldn't wrestle on the ground with them or build a sand castle, i just watch and smile. I'm so glad that they have each other even though both of them at the moment are in their rooms for fighting. Its a love-hate relationship as any good sibling knows:)

I swear Olivia asks to do it again everytime. Pay no attention to her fake screams:)

The next 10 weeks...

Here is a pic of me (10 weeks along with my 3rd baby), my old roomie Ashley (20 weeks with 2nd baby), and Dana (30 weeks with 1st baby) This was back in October and now both these lovely girlies have their sweet babes. As for me...I still got 10 more weeks to go! Wowzers. I feel like I'm gonna give birth tomorrow. I am out growing even my maternity clothes, bras, and shoes. My feet and legs are swollen, this never happened with the other 2. This third time around is seriously HUGE and much harder on my body. I feel contractions on a weekly basis, can't sleep and am always hungry. Too bad the nesting stage is pretty much over for me. I'm just too tired and uncomfortable but i sure could use a clean house right about now.

All things aside I've also never been this excited to have my baby. Crossing my fingers that i can be patient for the next 10 weeks!