Monday, October 06, 2014

Mohawks and Swim Team

So the boys' hair was getting a little longer than we like (mostly Mikey's. He just can't get away with longer hair). Add swimming every day and it was just a straw-like mess. However, for the first time ever they were fighting, tooth and nail, to NOT cut it. Finally, we told them they could have mohawks until Sunday if we cut it. They agreed. ;)

We forgot to get a before picture for Mikey, but the after was great :)


Luke's hair wasn't nearly as soft as it looks. Straw. Remember?


The saddest thing about cutting Luke's hair is that in the summer it turns into the most beautiful, golden color you have ever seen. Seriously. They need to bottle this stuff.

 

See what I mean?

Golden.

Well worth sacrificing the golden locks.


They had a few days of swim team and swimming meet with the mohawks. I'm pretty sure their coach was THIS close to having the whole team get mohawks. He would run and stand them up every time he got a second. It was awesome.


 Luke diving in

 Luke in backstroke race

 
 
Mikey getting ready to dive in

 Mikey swimming breast stroke

Swimming Mohawks

Love those goofy kids

Bye-bye, Mohawks :(


  Thanks, coach Sam! (Obviously, Mikey had started football by the time the closing swimming party came rolling around.)



Monday, September 22, 2014

Park City family trip!

It was up to Park City for the Moss Family reunion again. So much fun! So few pictures taken :( But it's always an adventure trying to get all the children in one picture :)



It looks like they are screaming...because they are screaming. They are screaming "cheese!"





Elise, Maddie, and ice cream. What could be better?

Cheers!

Maddie's slighy goth-looking eyes are thanks to her mother's mascara she encountered earlier in the day. And Elise's topless status is HER mother's desire to keep the item ice cream free 



And the third musketeer, Eliza makes an appearance.

Ben and Luke. You cannot tear these two apart!

What's a family reunion without a few card games. Look at those boys, so serious about their cards....


And a couple of kids hanging out on the porch. Man, next year I am going to be so much better with taking pictures!

We're just always having so much fun, I forget to stop and take pictures! :)

Sunday, September 07, 2014

4th of July

4th of July fireworks!

First they threw those little white firecracker snaps




Then, of course it was time for sparklers












Then we all sat and watched the daddy firework show :)

Love his cute little face!


Stuff they say....

They're kids. They say funny stuff. It's inevitable! So here are some gems.

MIKEY:
Mikey to Luke: "I'm in second grade. You're in kindergarten. You have a lot of learning to do."

LUKE:
To mom: "Did all of us come in your tummy or did any of us come in a basket on the front door."

While staying at a house on vacation, they had blue bars and white bars of soap at the sinks. Upon seeing white bar of soap he said,"what do I do with this?" (Seriously, he didn't know what to do with a bar of soap!) Then upon seeing a blue one next to it, he said, "Oh, so you rub the soap until it turns blue?"

Every morning Luke is certain he does not sleep. He is absolutely convinced. We have taken videos of him sleeping just to try to convince him he sleeps every night.

Looking down at his shirt after eating lunch, Luke noticed a ketchup blob on his shirt. In all seriousness he said, "What?! How did this magically get on my shirt? I did NOT spill! I know I didn't spill! It just magically got on my shirt!"

JOEY: (This kid says the funniest things day in and day out. I can't even keep up with writing it all down. But here are a few good ones.)

After Joey comes walking out in a huge t-shirt, I said: "Hey Joe, I think that's Mikey or Luke's shirt...?"
Joey: "No, it's my new shirt."

To me, one day in the kitchen, "Hello me lady. Can I trouble you for a drink?"
On another day: "Mom, you're my best GAL!"

He calls hiccups "black hiccups." I have no idea where it came from. But now Elise has started calling them "black hiccups."

He says, "constructions"  he means, "instructions"
He says, "consplosion" he means "explosion"

To Elise he said, "Hey Leesey, let's play 'boing the Leesey.' You be the Leesey!"
Later to Elise: "Let's play 'good guys win, bad guys lose.'"

One day in the car on the way home, I am prepping the kids to want to eat lunch (cuz it's often a battle). Joey suddenly says, "only the regular Joeys likes to eat food. The mento Joeys don't like to eat food." I say, "who are the mento Joeys." He says, "The mento Joeys live in caves and they only like to eat snacks and treats."

Randomly one day to dad he says: "It's just like the shoe to shoe."
Dad: "What's the shoe to shoe?"
Joe: "It's the mumble dance where Joeys go to the city all by himself to dance."

(I seriously don't know where he gets this stuff.)

After Joey rode the scooter around the driveway, he stopped and said, "don't you believe it, I'm a genius!"

ELISE:
After I put her down for a nap I walked by a little while later and heard: "Daaaad!! Daddy! Mom put me in my bed! Daaaaad! Mom put me in my bed!" Yes, she was trying to tell on me to dad. :)

When she says "my pony tails" she means her My Little Pony toys

She calls her juice "juices'

If you say "thank you," she will say "a welcome."

She wants you to follow her all the time. She yells, "fra me! fra me!"

Shocker. She doesn't like going to bed. She yells, "no tired! no tired! no bedtime!"

Whenever she is responding in the affirmative she squeaks in the highest voice I've ever heard, "yeah!" I mean, seriously, I think only dogs can hear it sometimes.

She calls polka dots, "polka nuts" It's kind of my favorite :)

And to every one who will listen when dad is around she says "ats MY daddy!"

Sunday, August 24, 2014

So Girly

Man is this girl GIRLY! I guess you never know if being surrounded by all these boys would cause one to take on all that boy-ness, or move in the other direction. Don't get me wrong, she actually loves playing with cars and balls and all the "boy" toys we have around the house. But she has this natural girly-ness that is coming on strong!

For starters, she insists that all her nails be painted at all times. As soon as the polish starts to chip off she starts coming to me saying, "my nails are off! my nails are missing! Mom, you paint them?"

She loves my jewelry and gushes over it! As soon as we sit down in church and she is settled on my lap, she starts noticing my earrings, bracelets and necklaces (since I only wear those things on Sundays ;) She exclaims, "OH! I like your pendant! OH! I like your earrings! OH! I like your necklace!" (She gets "pendant" from Sofia the First.)

She cannot leave me alone while I get ready, and she loves every step. While blow drying my hair, she is there asking that I do hers also. While putting on lotion, I must repeatedly give her little bits to rub on her arms and legs, and while I do my makeup, of course she wants it all on her also.

Everything for her must be PINK, PINK, PINK! And it's not that I always give her pink stuff. We have lots of blue and green stuff. So that's what I give her. But slowly she is getting more insistent on pink.

And last, but not least, the DRAMA! Oh my goodness. She just has a sensitive little soul. We can firmly (but not yell, of course ;) tell the boys no about things all day long and they can take it. They might object, but they can take it. But if you, even as gently as possible, tell Elise she should not do something, even for the nicest reasons, she will put her head down, cuddle into you and try to hold back her tears. It is frequently accompanied by "that makes me sad" in the saddest little voice you've ever heard. We're "gently" trying to work with her on not being so sensitive to that kind of thing. :) But we love every inch of her, including all things drama! We love, love, love her!!!!!

 She LOVES playing with Joey. Any place, any time. :)

 Ready to go for a run with mom!

Sunday afternoon lunch.

Cuddling with dad is her favorite :)

We are all so crazy about this little face! Happy or sad, she's quite a keeper ;)