you know you're a grandparent when...

I think the word "grandparent" is synonymous with the word "sucker." Case in point:

Saturday morning, about 8:00am.

Bailey: "Mom, can we go get doughnuts?"

Mom: "Not today."

Bailey: "Why?"

Mom: "Because that's a Guh Wallace or Papa Leseberg thing." (really it was because I'm too lazy and cheap, and they (and I) don't need to eat them)

Few minutes later while I'm making breakfast:

Bailey: "Mom, can I call Guh?"

Mom: "Sure." and I dial the phone not even thinking about our previous conversation.

Bailey: "Hi, Guh. Can you get me doughnuts? Please? I really, really want them. Mom won't take me. Dad's sleeping. I'll make you a picture with Olivia on it! Please??"

Meanwhile, I sit there, a little embarrassed, baffled, etc.

About 30 minutes later Guh showed up at the door with doughnuts (and doughnut balls) for the kids. What a nice Guh.

happy dance

He's a little crazy! Benson is so excited about his new "FOOOOOTbALLL" room, that every time he goes in there, he does a little happy dance on the rugs! This was the show just before his bath the other day. Doesn't get much cuter than a nekkid' dancin' baby!

5.5

For kids who have summer birthdays, Bailey's preschool class celebrates their "Half-Birthday." Yesterday they celebrated Bailey's Half Birthday. She picked out a dog-bone shaped cupcake cake and chocolate milk for me to bring as the 'special snack.' It was really fun and her class and teachers (all 15 of them!) are so cute! She got to wear a special birthday crown and sticker all day. She also got several cards (all with dogs) from her teachers and her teacher in the late-morning class (her preschool is taught by high school students over 4 class periods), Miss Lindsay, gave her a puppy lovey. No wonder Bailey loves her preschool so much...the teachers really know and love her! This has been a great experience and I hope Benson and Bryn (and Gavin and Laynie) will all be able to go to "The Wildcat Den!"

Bailey, Benson, and Ms. Whinery (the 'real' teacher)

Benson got to sit next to Bailey and have snack with them. He LOVED it! And Bailey was so proud showing off her brother and sister. It was so cute!

Bailey and her table. All but one of those kids are in our ward! The little girl on the end, Sarah, is who we carpool with. Out of 24 kids in the class, 13 are LDS!

Miss Nicole (one of Bailey's top 3 favorite teachers) and Bailey.

take two

Time flies. Bryn turned 2 months old this week. Good thing she's staying somewhat little. She is 9lbs 13oz, 21.5 inches long, which is the 25%. (The exact same size Bailey was at 2 WEEKS! no joke!). She is the best baby ever. She is so easy going and happy. She's smiling and cooing all the time now (see above picture!), and is really good to be 'dragged around' while we are running every which way. She loves to either be held or be in her carseat, which puts her right to sleep.

Speaking of sleep...she started sleeping through the night 3 weeks ago while we were in Idaho. The trick? Having her sleep in the bed with us. She loves her 'baby sled' (co-sleeper thingy, as seen above). It reminds her of her carseat how it goes around her head, and she snuggles right up to the side of it. She goes to bed with us around 10:30pm and sleeps until 6:30 am. Then she nurses and goes back to sleep until about 9:30! I know, some of you are thinking it's a little unfair that my baby started sleeping through the night at 6 weeks...but my nearly 2 year old still doesn't sleep through the night. You win some, you loose some. :)

This is the infamous "head squisher" carseat. My other neighbor gave this to us. It's a super fancy and expensive Britax carseat that I would definitely pay for if I had to. She LOVES her 'bucket' and her little head stays perfectly in place. It actually inflates/deflates around her head to fit just right. Its actually for 'side impact protection' but does a great job on floppy-headed-goat-necked-ninny-muggins (see the movie "ELF", and Bailey added the "goat neck" part. When we first brought Bryn home, she said, "look at her cute little goat neck!" okay?!)

church: in black and white

I had it all together last Sunday. Not only did we make it to church ON TIME!, the kids were all coordinating too! Pretty cute, if you ask me!
(PS: Mom, do you recognize the shoes Bay is wearing? You got them for her 3 yrs ago for $2 at Wal-Mart...they finally fit!)

the handsome devil.

the cuteness in a boppy.

all boy

Benson loves Monday mornings because we are home to see the trash truck come. He gets so excited. I forgot about this Monday, until he started screaming "TRUCK! TRUCK!" and he was scrambling to see out the window.

A better view. After the truck was no longer in view from this window (in Bryn's room), he ran to Bailey's room to see it from there. He's all about trucks these days. He loves looking for trucks when we are driving, and anytime we go in our front yard he wants to walk up the street to see the construction trucks. He is also learning the names of all the different trucks, thanks to his favorite book, "The Wheels on the Truck." (it's to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus" but it is about different construction trucks and what they do. A must have if you have little boys!)

His love for trucks is great, but BALLS (sports) is greater. Everything is still all about football, basket ball, baseball and soccer for him. He can't get enough of all things "ball" (anything circular is a ball...ie: the security cameras at Wal-Mart, peas, rolls, pearl necklaces, etc). Last week he really "SCORED" big with a complete "BALL" bedroom set from our neighbor!

Bailey's friend next door, Ty, had a sports themed room, but didn't like sports AT ALL. So they completely redecorated it (in a jungle theme) and GAVE us all the stuff!! It's unreal how much stuff we got...this is only some of it. I still have stuff to hang up and put out! Have I mentioned that we have the NICEST neighbors ever?!?!