The Weekend Highlights

*Our family has discovered the fun of dance parties. I think we've had five or six over the last three days. We were desperate for ways to tire them out besides being outside....so we started blasting music through the house. It was such fun to watch them jam (most of these parties involved me laying on the couch watching in a nauseous stupor). We have two pretty good dancers, if I must say so myself. I hope they always feel comfortable dancing around silly.

*We had family movie night with huge bowls of popcorn, which Carlie ate the most of. The movie of choice was Bambie II. It was actually pretty cute! We even have a couple of quotes from it now. Kendyll's favorite is "A prince never woo-hoos".

*We had a dinner picnic at our duck pond. I was a little worried that it would be too hot, but it was pretty nice in the shade. The two best parts of the night were: 1)Kendyll and Carlie running around while holding hands and laughing loud. They have become the best of friends in the last few weeks and it is just precious to me. 2) Kendyll had her first outside peeing experience. Yes, at the duck pond, which is on a major street by our house. Mark took her down by the creek bed, took off her clothes from waist down, and had her just stand straight up. It was the funniest thing to watch her face as she discovered a whole new way to go to the bathroom. :)

*We cleaned out Mark's entire office. That sounds like a normal quick chore to do, but no. It's not. It took us hours and hours, and we still have work to do. Mark has lived in a makeshift office since we moved here three years ago. Since he works from home, it is pretty important that he is organized and "official" looking. We put it off way too long, so we're both excited to get him "moved in". We bought five sets of shelves from Ikea and are still busy filling them up. I'll post a final picture when it looks prettier.

*I am still feeling pretty puny at night, which makes for lots of daddy turns for putting the girls to bed. Last night I forced myself to do the songs and prayertime with Kendyll and was so glad I did. Laying next to your big girl in her bed, having quiet time with her and listening to her talk to God from her heart is priceless, regardless of the nausea. My favorite is how much she prays for this little baby of ours.

*Speaking of nausea, there are not alot of things I can eat for dinner these days. For some reason, my sickness is worse in the evening, so I have to pick and choose random dinners most nights. Tonight, Mark was not scheduled to be home until after dinner time, so I gave Kendyll the choice of what to eat. She chose peanut butter & jelly with mac & cheese. She then proceeded to eat all of that together on one sandwich. Wow, that does alot for a pregnant nauseous woman. BUT, the funniest thing was that I have always hated PB&J...I probably haven't eaten one since I was eight years old. And, I ate one bite of Carlie's and was hooked tonight! I ate one and a half of those suckers for dinner! Who woulda thought?

*We are now on Season 3 of "24". We have finished Seasons 1 & 2, and it is the best show I've seen in a LONG time. I'm not really into many of the shows on TV these days (except for a couple of the reality kind), but this one is AWESOME. Season three, here we come!

*Carlie got to be "the one" yesterday at church. The one kid who gets taken out in the middle of communion, screaming and yelling all the way out the back. She had said "NO!" to me one too many times, and had started grunting at her sister. So, I politely threw her at Mark, and mouthed TAKE HER OUT! She came back with crocodile tears and sat still the rest of the time, so whatever he did worked. :)

*We got to have GranSunday yesterday, our "last Sunday of every month" tradition, and it was great as always. :) Dad and Kay do such a good job of feeding our tummies with delicious food, and making it a comfy afternoon for all. There is nothing better than sitting around talking with family about anything under the sun. Most of all, I love hearing stories from my grandmother and grandfather about their "old days". We always get such great peeks into their lives. Kendyll's favorite thing of the day was a group of peacock feathers my grandfather brought her from my aunt's farm (yes, she has peacocks!). Grandad and Kendyll played outside forever, as usual, and then played "buy a peacock from my feather store". The things that make kids happy! Carlie loved her long nap, the Doritos bowl, and her special container of chopped tomatoes prepared just for her. Braden loved his lemon popsicle and showing off his awesome crawling abilities. It was a great end to a great weekend.

*Last on the list of highlights...Carlie said "JK" today. No, I'm NOT KIDDING ("NK"). It was hillarious. She said some silly bunch of words, starting laughing, and said "JK, Mommy". Even Kendyll was taken off guard by it. (read my last blog if you have no idea what I"m talking about.) Cailee, what have you started?!

Have a great week, everyone!