Martin Mayhem: November 2011

Friday, November 11, 2011

Projects

So, we are always working on projects around here. I think we are kind of addicted to working on our house. I will post pictures of all of our upgrades sometime. These are a couple of our more recent building projects:

I don't know who builds a house without a coat closet, but for some reason, our house doesn't have one. Lame! This is one of the first things you see when you come in to our house, and it was a huge eyesore. Especially in the winter, when it gets overloaded with coats, hats, gloves and scarves. So we decided to build a coat cabinet. It has been so nice!

Before After

I am also in the process of re-decorating our bedroom. Okay, so maybe I am decorating it for the first time since we have moved in. This is our new headboard. It is the first step in the process, and I have a lot more to do. This one was a joint effort. Jace built the frame and attached everything together, and I did all of the upholstering and tufting. I think it turned out great. It has been finished for a couple months, but I haven't taken a picture because...my bed isn't usually made. Don't judge! Next on the roster is some small side tables. At some point, I will paint the walls (a slightly darker gray) hang pictures, art and some new curtains, and add some throw pillows in my accent color. It doesn't seem like a lot, but, let's face it...I have five kids. It's hard to get things done around here ;)

Sleeping Beauties

This is a picture of the twins just being twins. Love these little sleeping beauties!

Big Boy Bed

Kam started climbing out of his crib a while ago, and we decided that instead of buying him a toddler bed, Jace would make one. I know, you are jealous of my handy husband, it's cool. He made it out of scrap lumber from some of our other projects (more pics to come of that), and it ended up only costing us $6 dollars because he had to buy a box of screws. Pretty amazing considering that the one I had him design it after was $100. Oh yeah, and you might not be able to see the wainscotting very well, but he did that too :) It turned out great. Now I just have to finish designing the rest of the room.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

In our Family...

It is very rare that I do a post that doesn't include a picture, but today I am making an exception. I am constantly telling my kids things that either end or begin with "In our family." For example, I might say, "We don't talk like that in our family, " or "In our family, we make good choices." Like if we see someone making a bad choice, I try to use it to teach them that even though others make bad choices, "in our family," we do our best to always do the right thing. You get the idea. It is just my way of letting them know what is expected of them. This got me thinking about some of the things we "do" in our family. Some are good, and some...not so much. I wanted to write them down, for myself more than anything. Here it goes!

In our family we :
We try new things
We lick the beaters
We Jump in the leaves
We cry
We Say "I love you"...a lot
We help each other
We Play in the mud
We are grateful
We snuggle
We Scream when we are excited
We Scream when we are upset
We color on the walls
We have fun
We sit on the counter
We tell the truth
We dance in our underwear
We say our prayers
We frown
We play dress-up
We say "please" and "thank you"
We "be nice"
We take lot's of pictures
We play on the floor
We get frustrated
We do our best
We keep our promises
We do second chances
We do LOUD really well
We share...sometimes
We are silly
We fall down
We get back up
We forget things
We laugh
We "look both ways"
We make big messes
We kiss goodnight
We say I am sorry
We do hard things
We make mistakes
We color outside of the lines
We hold hands
We have big dreams
We never give up
We stick together
But most of all, we love each other, ALWAYS

So, what do you "do" in your family?

Kam's Brithday Video

Yesterday was Kambell's birthday. It has been such a fast two years! There are no words to describe how much I adore this little guy. He has an infectious laugh, gives the best hugs, the sweetest kisses, and I just love his mischevious grin when he is doing something he knows he is not supposed to. We love our Kam Bam!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Pumpkin Painting

This year we decided to paint pumpkins instead of carving. It was fun for all. Here are some of the pics.

Payton discovered you could use an "eraser" (a wet wash rag) and start all over! This is her second design.

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Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Kam:

Me- "I love you little boy!"
*gives me a kiss*
Kam- "I love you little Mom!"

Kam: "yes way hose way!"

Me: "Kam, It is time for bed, so I need you to go in and try to go potty."
Kam: "Okay! If I go pee in the potty, then you say 'yay', okay?"
Me: "Deal!"

"Mom, if you ever need me just call me."

Kam: "There were monsters downstairs. I threw snowballs at them. They are all dead now."
Me: "Awesome!"

Kam: "I'm go outside. Fight the monser. You stay here with the babies!"
Me: "Good idea!"

"My freckles are making my nose itch."

"I trazy (crazy)."

"I luh loo Mom Mom!"

Payton:

Me- "we should make bread today."

Payton- "Yeah, cause I like your buns!

Me- "I love your stinkin' Guts!"
Payton-"Eeww! Smelly stinky guts!"

"When you fall and break your head, your bones fall out. 'Cause your body is made of glass."

You have to eat if you want to get married."

"You can't marry your brother, or else they will put you in jail!"

"I am going to be a big girl twin."

"When you get old, you kind of die."

"I don't want to be a grandma, I just want to be a girl."

"We need our bums so we can sit down."

"Mommy, the babies can't come out of your ears."
"No, definately not out of my ears."
"So, how do they come out?"
I then tell her how babies come out.
"Oh, okay."

"I have carrots in my eyes."
"How did you get carrots in your eyes?"
"I eat them."
(We have told her that carrots are good
for our eyes)

"I can't walk. I am too busy to walk."

"Riley, I'll be the Mommy, and
you be the Honey."

"I want to read this book to Jesus when I see him."

As I am combing Payton hair, she asks, "Am I beaufow yet?"

"Just a second minute."

"I can't go upstairs it's too hard. I'm too heavy."

"it's too hard to go to bed."

"When I grow up, I'n a be a baby."

Payton said to Riley, "your bum is so beaufow." Riley was wearing Dora panties at the time.

"Kam haffs a bum. I haffa
bum too. *turns around* See my bum?"

I tell payton, "Payton
it is time for bed." She responds very sweetly,
"Nope, no thank you."

"I wuf you, Mommy."

"no, I dood it." (I can do
it)

"Kam's Cutie."

"Dat's my fren Kambolt."

"I don't like broccoli, because I am too
big for broccoli."

Riley:

''I love you like one hundred and thirteen.'

Me- "I love your stinkin' guts!"
Riley- "I know, they're so stinky!"

"What is that 'pump-up' thing on his bum?" (this is
where I tell her about how boys and girls are different)
"Oh...and when he gets older he won't have that
anymore?"

"The More you Eat the more you poop."

"Mommy? When I am a mommy, and when
Payton is a mommy, where will we live?"
"Probably at your own house with your family."
"But I will miss you so much!"
"I guess you can live with us forever."
"Yeah, I think so, 'cause I would miss you too
much."

"When I am a mommy, I want to do everything like mommy does."
"When I am a mommy, I think I will have
two babies...or maybe three...or maybe six. I don't know we will just have wait and see."

"We are going to grow so big, and we won't fit in our house anymore...'cause we eat everyday."

"If the baby is a girl, we can name her Rainbows.
If is is a boy...well...I don't know, I guess we will just have to think of a good boy name."

"Mommy, Skirts are better than Shorts."

"Happy Mothers day, Daddy!"

"When I get big like you, we are going to be sisters."

My skin is buggin' me, cause I need some make up on."

Riley walked into the living room and told Jace, "I am crazy about you!"

Riley put Jace's glasses on and said, "I look WAY too cool."

"Hi Mommy."
"Hi Sugar." "I am not
Sugar, I'm the Queen."
"Oh, okay, Hi Queen"
"Hi."

"Mommy, will you wipe my bum really good, so I don't get any cavities?"

"Tomorrow I am going to get married with Daddy at the wedding store."

"I need to read my book, because my head
is making me crazy!"

Riley heard loud truck outside while she was saying our bedtime family prayer. She stopped immediately and said, "something is making a loud noise. (insert
attitude) I can't say a prayer when it is making a loud noise."

"When it is rainy, the rain gets tired. Then it stops raining. That's what happens."

"Mommy, I am hungry. I am freezing
hungry."

"My sucker haves juice in it. It tastes
like wood. Suckers always taste like wood."

"Mommy, I have a question for you."
"Okay, what is it?"
"It is on my finger."
"You have a question on your finger?"
" yes."
"what is it
doing there?"
"just hanging out."

"Mommy I am so proud of you, and Payton is proud of you, and Daddy is proud of you, and you should be proud of yourself." I asked her why I should be proud of myself, and she repilied, "because you are beautiful."

I walked into Payton's room today, and I found Riley in the closet, stacking little pieces of cardstock into piles. I asked her what she was doing. She said,
"organizing."

Riley calls chapstick, "chax lips."

After I did Riley's hair today, she told me she looked like a gymnaster (think Gymnastics).

"Mommy will you crill my hair like yours?"

I was stretching after a run, and Riley was stretching with me. She looks at me and says, "you are so cute,
Mommy."

Riley calls swimming lessons, "swimming blessings."

Riley told me, "Daddy put dorant
(deodorant) on my bugs." (Uncle BJ tickles her armpits and tells her that he is going to get her bugs."

"My ears are so sad...because they don't
have any earings."

We took Riley to Kids Day at the Duchesne County Fair(where they had cotton Candy, and swimming, and games) My Mom Kept the girls for the next week, and she took the girls swimming. Riley asked if she could have some cotton candy. Of course My mom told her they didn't have any. Riley then says, "I love My Daddy. He let's me have cotton Candy." Then she looks up at my Mom and says, "Can I have some cotton candy Grandma Char?"

I was putting Riley to bed and just before I walked out the door, she said, "Mommy, I am glad that I love you."

She got really close to my face, touched my eyebrows and said, "Mommy, I like your Frownies."

She was playing with her Doll, and apparently the doll got hurt, and she told her, "you are okay, be tough." (you can tell she has heard that one a time or two!)

Riley looked at me while pulling a funny face
(pulling her lower eyelids down), and said, "Do I look like an orphin?"

"I am super hero Riley!!"

Sometimes when Riley starts eating, she will say, " I am going to get bescusting" (discusting...I think she means dirty, but your gues is as good as mine).

Also, while eating Riley will tells us, "look... I am
growing!"