christmas funny

I'm so crazy busy for the next 24 hours...but I HAD to take a minute to blog this one. Still giggling...

I have a tree in my trunk (a fake tree in 3 pieces for cub scout pack meeting tomorrow...long story...maybe I'll post about that one after the pack meeting...). So Jacob had seen this tree in my trunk a few times since my dad put it in there for me (love you dad!).

Here's the conversation we had in the car tonight while on a driving date with jacob just me and him going to pump gas. (he loves that!)....

Jacob is in the back laughing hysterically and says to me, "Mom look! That car is so funny...there's a tree on it!"

I immediately know why this is so funny to him and say, "Your right jacob that's funny. Why is the tree on there?"

"Maybe it doesn't fit in the trunk mom"

"Maybe your right Jacob"

"Oh no...MOM!! It's going to scratch the car!"

"Oh no", I echo. "Your probably right Jacob...(giggle) What should he do?"

"Um, maybe he should put it in the trunk mom. haha. That's a silly car"

"Your so smart Jacob. Do you want a christmas tree?"

"Um, no. I have 3"

Under my breath, "Alrighty then kiddo"

(we have 3 little country like christmas trees...the kids love those things)

funny funny.

j

a boy

My son can make a bridge, tunnel, or track out of ANYTHING! I'm in my office making my to-do list for tomorrow (busy day!) and he's next to me on the floor making bridges out of my scrapbook scissors and punches. HAHAHA! It actually looks cool and functional too. Yes, I'm watching him carefully...(they're just those dumb decorative scissors that make squiggly lines)...I love my boy's imagination...its so fun to watching him in his own little world. I could have been irritated that he grabbed them out of my craft closet and brought them into the office (for attention no doubt) and made a mess...but who cares...he's so cute : ) Oh crap...now he's trying to use a heart punch on his white church shirt...haha. It won't work...but leave it to Jacob to figure out how to do it. gtg.

j

Christmas is coming!

I LOVE Christmas clearance---while decorating my house this year---I LOVED taking the tags off of the NEW decor I bought during Christmas clearance last year! Saaaweeeeet. This little advent calendar is one of many that we have. This one might end up being just decorative....not sure yet. Have you started decorating for Christmas? Have fun!

Thanksgiving 2009 - California!

This year for Thanksgiving we were in CA visiting "Grandma Roses House" -jacob. Most of these picture are from traveling...we had tons of fun traveling! haha. The drive was about 4 and a half hours...not bad.Lexi was sitting at a better angle for the pictures in the car...hence the plethora of lexi pictures :)While driving the kids each had their leapad to play with...one was a hand-me-down from my fabulous friend Jennifer K...and the other was super cheap at a garage sale...$5!

Thanksgiving dinner was at Heath's aunt's house about 20 minutes from Heath's parent's house (Palm Springs area...) We had a traditional YUMMY thanksgiving dinner and enjoyed spending time with heath's parents, brother and sister, aunt & cousin, and his grandma. We also had same extended family from his sister Becky's husband. (confusing). It was so nice to get a few pictures of the kids with their great grandmother on heath's dad's side. I cherish the pictures I have with my dad's grandma and I hope my kids will appreciate these pictures too since grandma Avery probably wont be with us when the kids are old enough to really remember.

Grandma Rose and Grandpa Clayton (yup...that's what my kids call them...sorta weird...but it works) were very accommodating and we even stole away some time for a date! I FINALLY saw twilight...I feel like such a terrible fan. lol. I will spare you my review of the movie...

Oh---and the MOVIE at the end of the post...that's what Jacob was doing during Thanksgiving dinner...NOT EATING...but working out. So funny. We were stuffing our tummies and he was working on his bowflex body. HAHA. love it.

Halloween

Can't find my other Halloween Pics. Hmmm. Still looking. Here's some pictures of Lexi for now. Isn't she a doll?! We went trunk-or-treating at the church and then trick-or-treating to grandma's house. That's pretty much it. The kids LOVED getting the candy. Once Lexi had a candy to hold in her right hand and 1 candy in her cauldron she was done! She just wanted to eat them both...no need for more. haha. She also had NOT FEAR when it came to the ghosts and goblins stuff. Isn't my little pumpkin such a cutie!? ps....Costume was $1 at a garage sale?!! Can you believe it!?

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$.12 per pack

Yup. You read that right. I paid a total of $.12 per pack (including tax and the cost of coupons)

THIS IS WHY I COUPON SHOP...FOR DEALS LIKE THIS! I got a total of 25 batteries this past week from an amazing Fry's Grocer Deal! Thanks to my sister in law TENILLE who loves me sooooo much (haha) that she shared this deal with me AND ordered us coupons! Yay! So now I have 25 MORE packs of batteries to add to my HUGE battery stockpile. I was laughing cause my heath said in a totally serious tone...that he should make something to hook the batteries up to the house so we can stop using electricity...and just use duracell batteries...he totally got me for a second...he's funny. Love it. This is probably BLUE MOON deal...JUST in TIME for Christmas. :) Yay!

She loves me!

Yay! My Aunt T was so amazing to bring me presents! :) She recently came for a visit and brought all the kiddos presents...they LOVED THEM! AND she brought me vintage cookbooks to add to my collection! She said she read on my blog that I was collecting cookbooks! How thoughtful :) These books are so special ... because inside she wrote a message to me ... awww... but here's the best part ... one of the books was given to her in '82 by her mother and there's an message in there from my Grandma Moss ...who has since passed. So sweet. My Aunt T LOVES ME!! It was so fun having her in town for a few days!

I have so many fun memories of visiting her...going to magic mountain...getting to pick out my very own box of cereal...fun crafts in her BEAUTIFUL backyard...amazing halloween & easter parties...the chickens---aw the chickens...her down comforters in the guest bedroom...the tile floors that felt like ice under my feet...the sound system that Edger would play for us...her car---that felt lightning fast...so much fun.

Thanks for the cookbooks and thanks for visiting!!! We love you T!

Julie

Messy Fun!

Whoever came up with the Sand & Water table is a CRAZY Genius! This toy is So Messy...my entire patio is covered with sand! After they play outside...the tile inside my house feels like I'm walking at the beach! But...I have to admit...playing in the sand and water is so fun. I miss the beach. A california girl...relocated to what I thought was SO FAR from the beach...now to be relocated EVEN FARTHER! Deep sigh. So now...this sand table is PERFECT for my kiddos. It was funny...almost relaxing to the kiddos....then the sand fights...multiple showers...sandy carpet and tile...but all worth it. :D

"How's lunch?"

"No no mommy!" (she was scolding me for taking pictures and not eating my lunch. haha)

Just like mom!

Princess Lexi wants to be a potato---or she wants to be like me. Take your pick! (I wear glasses...in case you missed the memo...going on 3 years now I think since the NO CONTACTS diagnosis...sheesh. ugh.)

She wears these Mr. Potato glasses waaaay to much. Its funny. Silly Girl.

deck the halls

Last night out of sheer sunday evening boredom---i started decorating for christmas. Yes, I julie melissa avery decorated for christmas BEFORE thanksgiving. Shoot me. lol. My reasoning...I haven't decorated my own home for christmas for 2 years...sad. BUT I've been collecting stuff for 3 years...I love to buy holiday clearance! So...I pulled it all out in an effort to make sense of my holiday mess! I have 5 large christmas containers (deep sigh) and not enough surfaces to put all the decor on...hmmm. I also have a few holes in my decorating...I would love some cranberry bunches and some real tree trimmings...and maybe some red flowers (NOT those christmas poinsettia things...yuck). I dunno. So---my thanksgiving/fall/halloween stuff including costumes all fit into to 1 3x3 foot box. gross. Sure wish I had more. OH WELL! Maybe some pictures soon...when my computer stops hating me. Back to my housewife chores...LOVING LIFE!

pj

within whispering distance

princess lexi

at anytime when asked what she's doing, she will quickly respond, "paying!" (which means playing)



she likes to climb on the back of my chair while I'm at my desk and play with my hair...or climb on my desk and rearrange my pens...trying to sneak a piece of printer paper to scribble on.



she can say chelsey and kacie (my sisters) and they sound like this...(always loudly) "chessy", "Key-sey"



She loves to find random items of clothing and try to put them on like pants...even shirts. LOVES to wear my socks like knee socks. my recent favorite is when she wears jacob's underwear briefs. lol. LOVE IT

moved to tears

i started my day off differently today. i really enjoyed the videos on this link. Especially this one...

http://www.lds.org/topic/gratitude/

Cows

Jacob has a jungle in his room. Brown vines, green leaves, little jungle animals on the walls...its cute. (left over decor from the last cub scout pack meeting I decorated...fun fun). So anyways. I'm tucking him in bed last night and he said in a 'quizing' type of mood.

"Hey mom, what color is that cow?"

"Um, that's a zebra jacob, its black and white" (honestly...it does look A LOT like a cow)

"No mom, actually, that's a cow and its black and milk"

LOL! "It does look a lot like a cow, good night sweetie!" kiss kiss. hug hug.

"Your squeezing me mom!"

"I know...I love you!"

mondays...oh how i loathe thee let me count the ways

rotating laundry all day, no good shows to watch = no motivation to fold it

3 loads of dishes just to clean the kitchen = dishes all day

kids were usually cooped up all weekend = CRAZINESS until we get out of the house

i want a diet coke BAD cause I didn't have one on sunday = grumpy mommy

pick up takes at least and hour = tired from the up and down, room to room, back and forth to put all the stuff around the house away.

today's silly finds: lexi's toothbrush under my desk, mixing spoon in the front room under the rocking chair, toys in every single room of the house - except my bedroom (how did I manage that?), jacob's underwear (clean) throughout the house...now this one bothers me...lexi has been trying to get his underwear on all weekend. She's steal it from his room or the laundry room and HIDE to try and put it on. Love it. I just need to buy her some girly underwear...princesses, dora ANYTHING but spiderman and cars.

today will be fine...its 8am and I'm almost done with my mommy do list. thank goodness.

oh....that's why

i never gave this another thought until today...

why do they always use the phrase...

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

for fonts...

well...that's because it contains a sample of each of the 26 letters.

i can't believe i never noticed that.

CUTE fonts here!!! ...

http://www.kevinandamanda.com/fonts/

The instructions are really easy and I'm lovin the new fonts on my computer!

Bean bob

"Where's my bean bob mom?"

"What's a bean bob Jacob?"

"The bag with beans mom"

(seriously...)

"So, its the bag with beans? The bean bob?"

"Yes mom".

(Alrighty...)

Moving to Denver?

So---we might be moving to Denver...yup...COLORADO!! Yikes! 15 hours from my mom...don't even get me started. Tears. I say might because we won't know FOR SURE until January (waiting for work to be sure)...but at this point its looking like 90% chance. I have a few dear friends asking me how I feel about it and I've had lots of opportunities to analyze my feelings...Here it goes...

I LOVE CHANGE!

I LOVE NEW THINGS!

I LOVE NESTING!

I LOVE visiting THE SNOW!

I LOVE AVERAGE SUMMER TEMPERATURES (in denver) OF 88 DEGREES!

I LOVE MY HUSBANDS JOB!

but...

I LOVE LIVING BY MY PARENTS!

I LOVE THAT MY KIDS LIVE BY COUSINS!

I LOVE THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT I'VE FORMED HERE!

but you know...

I really like that we have a job....so.....looks like we'll be following that job to denver. haha. I'm excited. I'll love it. I have to. I know I will. It gives me comfort knowing that my cousin Wendy is living in BFE and she's surviving. I can do anything..right?! One of my friends said it perfectly...the indecision with work has given me room for HOPE. Hope that I can stay in my comfortable luxury here in AZ. That hope will make it torturous until the decision is finally made...or I'll be happy. Lets just stick to HAPPY as my current state as I wait for the decision from work. Will this be my last holiday season here in AZ---WAIT---its my first---gees---NO MORE MOVING PLEASE! :D More details as they come. Busy Being Happy. Happy Being Busy.

pj

Cuddling

I decided to help give my kiddos more lovin we would start cuddling regularly. No, I julie avery don't cuddle with my kids. Jacob never liked to cuddle as a baby so I just sorta stopped trying years ago! Lexi, being like me more than her dad in this way...LOVES to kiss and hug and cuddle.

This morning while attempting our scheduled cuddling...we had an interesting experience. Each of us brought something to help with the cuddling - Jacob brought his kitty and his thomas (stuffed animal and thomas the train blanket), Lexi brought her butterfly blanket (gift from my wonderful cousin Wendy at Lexi's baby shower), and I brought a few pillows for comfort. Also knowing that I might need a shield in case things got a little out of hand.

So we headed to my bed and the conversations went like this. "OK kids, lets go cuddle for a little bit". Jacob, "What's cuddling mom?" "I'll show you sweetheart" (Note: I never call him that...but I was trying something new...more loving...lol). Attempting to tell them how to cuddle..."Here, lay down by me, grab your blankets, OK...now give me a hug...OK, now say...'I love you mommy'. And I'll say it back. And we'll give hugs and talk about whatever you want to talk about...I'll just listen and we'll be happy together". Jacob needed the full play by play plan so he knew exactly how to behave. Yes, what I said was a little cheesy...but I wasn't prepared for the explanation about exactly what cuddling is.

5 minutes into the alleged cuddling.

Jacob said, "Um...Mom...I think this is Resting"

Then he started hugging Lexi then poking her and saying, "I love you I love you I love you!" They started giggling and fooling around...Pillow fights, tickle fights, Mommy dog piles...you get the picture. Lexi started yelling in the mommy dog pile "I stuck, I stuck...I'm dumb, I'm dumb". So, apparently Lexi was done...me too.

We'll try again tomorrow.

Mission accomplished? Ya, maybe. The kiddos got some fun and lovin.

pj

coke entertainment

While cleaning the kitchen...

Took a sip of my d.coke. Set it on the counter by the dishwasher. Princess Lexi starts scooting the chair to the counter to steal a sip. I grab it, sip it and set it on the table (so she's scoot the chair back to the table to get a sip of course). Chair back in place. She steals a sip. I take a sip, set it in the pantry while a grab a snack for Lexi. She scoots into the pantry but gets distracted by the toys cleverly placed in the pantry. I take a sip while she's entertained by the toys and the snack and set the d.coke on top of the fridge and head to the garage to check on my latest spray painting project. I come back 4 minutes later to see Lexi sitting on the island in the kitchen drinking the coke. WHAT THE STINK?! She got on the fridge, then went over to the island...I'm going crazy. This girl will be an addicted. Maybe I need to switch to only water around the kiddos. Hehe. Or stop cleaning the kitchen. Either one.

Give a little whistle...

Currently I'm working on Cub Scout stuff...cutting, pasting...blah blah. Working on the decorations for the pack meeting tomorrow. Loving it --- of course. We just finished FHE where I heard Jacob say some funny stuff. Like - Hever J Grunt. Kind Noah was a bad prophet. A-bin-he-die. You know, the drill over here at the Avery's ... all comedy all the time. HAHA not. Kids are supposed to be tucked in bed...but one little money jumped out of his bed and landed smack down outside my office door. At the moment he's whistling under the door. ITS SO LOUD! I'm pretending I can't hear it and trying not to laugh. I'm glad he's practicing his whistling...its so funny. I never hear him whistle except for when he whistles under the door...weird. Tomorrow is preschool day...I PRAY he's good tomorrow. GTG put him back in bed...he needs his beauty sleep. Princess Lexi is snug in her bed...my little angel. hehe. Sure wish I was there too.

PS---might be moving to denver...more on that as things progress.

pj