Chocolate Love

Chocolate makes everyone smile.

Emily is smiling even though she is asleep.  

It's amazing what chocolate can do.

Sharing

It was just before the prayer at church and suddenly Emily and Molly BOTH had to go to the bathroom AT THAT VERY MOMENT.  Scott told them to wait, we could leave in two more minutes, but Molly said what every parent of a newly potty-trained kid dreads hearing.  "I'm about to go pee-pee in my underpants!"  She actually says this a lot.  I don't think she really does have to go all the time though.  She just knows saying it causes action. 

They're three and five.  We can't let them escape on their own yet.  (Someday . . . )  So Scott takes them to the bathroom.  Emily hops on the toilet and Molly dances around.  Emily, being the kind sister she is says, "Hop on Molls, there's room for two."  What do you know, there WAS room for two.  

Scott thought this was so funny that however inappropriate it was (for so many reasons) it was worth taking a picture and posting it online.  OK, the posting was my idea.  Who could resist sharing this photo?

Scott was going through the photos on his camera and found this cute one too.  It seems that Molly loves sharing tight spaces with both of her sisters.  

Waiting Patiently

John waited patiently for the candy to be thrown.

Adam waited patiently for the Polly Pockets in the car.

Brad and Scott waited patiently for the Placer County Dems to pass out fans again this year.

Laurel waited patiently to have a real sister with her sisters in Zion, Emily, Heidi and Molly. (Oh yes, they also waited for cheerleaders, Tootsie Pops and marching bands.)

Hyrum waited patiently for his hair to grow a little more so his mohawk could be even bigger.

We're all waiting patiently for another fun parade next 4th of July.  Happy Independence Day!

Name Our New Baby!

OK, so maybe she looks different than the other girls, but we love her just as much.  

She does need a good name though.  Any suggestions?

Do you think Molly looks a little worried that Emily might actually try to ride away?  (Emily wanted to, by the way.)  Thanks to Patti for letting me borrow her helmet for a few days until my special-order super-small-noggin size comes in!

Smoke on the Water

Have you heard?  We're stuck with lots of smoke around here and we're a little tired of it. Instead of staying inside (again) the other night we went boating.  At the end of June the lake is usually JAM PACKED with boaters.  Not this week!  We had great, albeit smoky, conditions. (You should have seen the sun as it set.  Gorgeous!)  Good times!  Thanks P's.

Jesse turned three on Tuesday.  We tried to wish him happy birthday but we couldn't drag him out of the water.  

Here's Molly, looking mischievous again. She's always up to something.

No Heidi, not until you're 16!

Here are Blake and Cecilee, the other two waterbugs of the night, looking wet and happy.

Emily did a great job swimming in the lake and continued her tradition of doing so without getting her hair one bit wet.  Good work!

The Great Mouse Adventure

Emily and I, along with Savannah and Erica just had the MOST EXCITING TIME EVER! We spent two days at Disneyland for the cousin adventure. The girls knew there was an adventure coming up and they knew they were going to stay in a hotel but they didn't know anything else.  

Emily told me she hoped it would be at Top It Off Yogurt (Hummm.  Maybe we could have saved a bit of money . . . ) but after we told the girls our destination they were more excited than any large yogurt with candy bar toppings could ever make them.

Here are the girls on the first big day for the obligatory castle photo.

We were lucky enough to get photos with nearly every princess!

Savannah and Emily were such good sports.  Erica and I are kind of, well, Disney Nazis.  We wanted to be sure we got to do everything, see it all, and pack as much Disney in as we could stand.  The first day we left the hotel at 7:30 and arrived back after 9:30.  (The girls are watching fireworks in this photo.)  

The next day we left at the same time, went back to the hotel for a few hours in the afternoon for a nap that they didn't want so we ended up swimming for a few hours instead.  Then we all went back until - ready - 11:30!  We were so, so tired at the end of the second day and honestly, we're still recovering.  

The next morning we took the girls straight from bed to the car and left before the sun went up.  Erica and I thought the drive might be more enjoyable if we could drive most of the way while the girls were still knocked out.  Here are some action shots of the girls saying good bye to Anaheim as the sun went up.  

We are looking forward to the next cousin adventure when Molly and Carolina turn 5!  It's a good thing that's not for a little while.  

You Can't Stop It!

The beat, that is.

Surprise, surprise, Emily had a Hairspray birthday party on Saturday.  It was lots of fun for Emily and probably pretty fun for the rest of the kids who had not ever heard of Hairspray. They were just excited to wear fancy clothes.  

Emily in her "Tracy" dress.  She wanted brown and yellow hair for the party but I told her she'd just have to settle for big yellow hair.  The brown will come, be patient.

I helped out as my alter ego, a 60s housewife.

We gave out customized cans of hairspray and combs as part of the party bag.  Molly and Emily had already used theirs up three hours later.  But really, I think the stick-up hair is a good look for Molly.  We should have let her keep it for church the next morning.