Toilet Cleaning Fun?

I had to add this - mostly for future record.....like when she is old enough to know better! Landry LOVES to clean the toilet. If she knows I'm cleaning the bathrooms she always runs in as asks if she can please clean the toilet. I think she just likes to use the toilet brush to swirl the blue water around.

Preschool Graduation

Landry graduated from Preschool last Friday. She was so excited she could hardly stand it. She wanted to invite everyone in the world - because who wouldn't want to go to her graduation? Her Grandma and Grandpa Ralphs made the trip to Logan. She was THRILLED - forget about Mom and Dad, Grandma's here! I can't believe my little girl is going to go to Kindergarten next year - YIKES! She loves school so much and can't wait.

It cracked me up to see all these 4 year olds in their caps and gowns!

There were two groups and they each 'wrote' their own play with the help of their reading teacher. Landry's group was about little red kittens who wanted to make Macaroni and Cheese and had to go to WalMart, Sams Club, and Macys to get their groceries. You can tell where their moms shop!

When they got their diplomas they got to say what they wanted to be when they grow up. Landry said 'I want to be a Cheerleader, Cowgirl, Rock star, and an Artist'

Hmmm, I wonder if this thing is going to do me any good.....

It makes a GREAT telescope!

Waving to her fans

Tangled Mess

I gave Landry this 3 piece hair set that came with a comb, mirror and the dreaded curler brush. I'm not really sure why I thought this was a good idea. I apparently forgot the many, many times I got my own hair tangled up in a brush curling iron - yes I used a brush curling iron back in the day. It worked great with my perm! Let me tell you just looking at that tangled mess just about made me cry. I remembered very well how much it hurts trying to get that out. Who the heck invented this horrible contraption? Needless to say it went straight into the garbage - after we untangled it from her hair.

Mother's Day

When I was little I loved making pictures and the small Dixie cup with dirt and a seed in it for Mother's Day. It was always so exciting to take it home from Primary to give to mom. Now as a Mom I look forward to those things from Landry. She was just so proud and excited to give me her gift. This year she made a card at school - she wrote on the front herself and on the inside was her handprint with this poem:

Sometimes you get discouraged

Because I am so small

And always leave my fingerprints

On furniture and walls

But everyday I'm growing...

I'll be grown someday

And all those tiny handprints

Will surely fade away

So here's a little handprint

Just so you can recall

Exactly how my fingers looked

When I was very small

I am so happy to be a Mom - it is so much better than I ever imagined. Landry can melt my heart with one look and make me laugh in an instant. I'm also grateful to have such a great Mom. I know that I am so lucky to have a Mom who is also my friend. We have the best times together and I'm so grateful for the relationship/friendship that we have. I know that I can always count on her and that she is always there for me. I love you Mom.

My Handy Little Brothers

I just wanted to say thanks to my brothers Mathew and McKay. They have the unfortunate task of being the Handymen in our family. Therefore they are generally stuck with all my weird requests. Last year McKay built Landry a nice big toy box. It is big enough to hold most of her toys and then we can just shut the lid and not have toys scattered all over the place. After making Landry's he helped Mathew make one for Paityn. This year after Ashley and I started doing bows we found we needed a display. Mathew had the great misfortune of building that for us. It is great - it suits our needs perfectly. And most recently I asked McKay to build me a garbage can cover. I don't have a good place in my kitchen for my garbage can and I refuse to have one of those small ones under the sink - I don't want to take out the garbage 3 times a day! I guess I'm lazy. I knew he didn't really want to do it but I requested it for my Birthday - because I knew he was too nice to tell me no! He and Mathew did it together and it is FABULOUS! I love it! It looks so nice and now you can't see or smell my stupid garbage can. Thanks very much you two - I'm sure I'll have another request soon!

Things that make me happy....

I can't believe that tomorrow it will be May and it snowed today. I have been trying to remind myself that there are many things to be thankful for even with this yucky weather. This week there have been several things that have made me happy and laugh. Here are just a few.

1. My wonderful husband spoiling me on my Birthday
2. Hearing Landry tell her dad that she loves him all the way up to Heaven, where Heavenly Father and Jesus live, and back
3. Getting a manicure and pedicure - spoiling myself on my Birthday
4. Landry telling me that she's going to have a Yard Sale because she has too much stuff - this of course was after I made her clean her room
5. Hearing Landry yell 'Mommy' and come running when I walk through the door
6. Tanning - I know it's bad for you but it sure felt good
7. Landry in her fancy new dress up shoes and sunglasses
8. Seeing some Tulips and Daffodils coming up - despite the cold weather
9. Landry asking me if she can wear goggles when she get's baptized
10. Great Friends and Family
11. Reading a good book
12. Landry begging me to tell her how old I am and says 'I promise I won't laugh if you tell me' and then when I do tell her she says 'WOW Mom - you are really old. I thought you were sixteen'

What we've been up to...

As you can see it's been a few weeks since the last post. I've had good intentions but the weeks have just slipped by. So here is what we have been up to:

New Nightgowns:

Landry has always had the pants or short sets for PJ's but since she discovered that her cousin has a nightgown that she can 'twirl in' she decided that she must get some too. She picked out her baseball one because she knew that her dad would love it. She could hardly wait to put on her new PJ's and show her dad. After bathtime she got herself ready - do you love the matching socks?

Baby Animal Days:

Every Spring we have Baby Animal Days at the American West Heritage Center in Logan. They have all kinds of baby animals that the kids can pet and hold. I have never taken Landry until this year. Growing up in Rockland I have taken it for granted that I've seen all of these things and it's not that big of deal to me. But Landry, as much as I hate to admit it, is a city girl. I didn't realize how much she would love all of that. It was really fun to see her and all the other kids holding the chicks, ducks and rabbits. She had a great time and can't wait to go back again next year.

School Days:

This last week Landry was on Spring Break at her pre-school and you would have thought it was the worst thing possible. She couldn't wait to go back and see all her friends. Her new favorite thing to do at home is to play 'school'. She loves playing with dad the best, then with her stuffed animals and mom last - I must not be a good teacher! I'm glad that she loves it so much. When I told her that Kindergarten would be every day she jumped up and down she was so excited. I know I need to enjoy this now because I'm sure there will come a day when she's not that thrilled with school.