Funny question of the day?

Brett: "Mom, does Heavenly Father spank butts?"
Me: "No".
Brett: "oh ya only daddy spanks butts, huh?"
Me: "yep, only daddy does ;)"

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Anamaries super awesome hair!!

Last night after bath time, we rolled foam curlers into Anamarie's hair and, voila, perfect hair today! Isn't she adorable??

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Thousand of melty beads everywhere!!

Anamarie loves to make her melty bead creations almost daily, but after about 30 minutes, boredom started creeping in, and she abandoned her half way done fishy and the entire container of melty beads. Yep, you guessed it; William and Brett saw the fun and dumped thousand of beads all over the kitchen floor and did a little "happy dance".

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My creative wand.

I was so surprised when Anamarie gave me this "wand" present that she had created. I was impressed that she thought to put these 3 random items together to create one single masterpiece. Notice the ruler, the (taped on) hair flower clip, and a (taped on) cuticle pusher. Right in the middle is my "Sarah" Pizza Hut name badge from 15 years ago. So creative!! :)

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"Mom, I just love my new Marriott"

Last night Anamarie found lots of fun "treasures" in my office closet. Some she liked more than others, but her favorite was a black zipped case with writing on the front. She brought it over to me and asked "mom what does this say?" I said, "It says Marriott". About 2 minutes later, she asked again, "what's that say?", I repeated "Marriott". We repeated this about 5 more times, until the word stuck in her mind. This morning when she awoke, she told me, "Mom, I just love my new Marriott". She has played with the contents of her new "Marriott" all morning; scissors, tape, stapler, notepad, pen, ruler, highlighter, & more. These items enabled her to make snowflakes, letters to her friends to come play today, and a letter to her little brother telling him to be nice. The simple joys for a child.

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How William eats with a spoon.

The other day I caught William eating Brett's leftover cheerios with a spoon. So I thought he was totally ready for this next big step in his simple life. So, this morning, I presented to him his first bowl of Cheerios (in a suction bottom bowl, so it wouldn't spill) and a SPOON. As you can see, he didn't like the spoon too much, but loved the hand fulls of Cheerios.

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I know what Kangaroos smell like :)

Anamarie informed me today that she knows what Kangaroos smell like. I was quite humored by this comment, but I always give her the benefit of the doubt. I happened to be curling her hair and spraying hairspray when she told me this. So, I asked her, "Anamarie, tell me what Kangaroos smell like?", she said, "it smell like that" (pointing to the bottle of Aussie hairspray). She said, "see, it's right there on the bottle. It says Kangaroo spray". LOL. I didn't even notice the kangaroo on the hairspray bottle, but apparently, that's what kangaroos smell like.

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"Our Value is set and cannot be Diminished"

Maddy received this present from her Grandparent's Kim & Janise for her 13th birthday. She unwrapped her present and found an Egyptian pound on a chain with an "M" charm for her name. She loved this present so much that she wore it for her birthday during her night out with mom & dad. It wasn't until today, that I discovered an even deeper meaning to this this necklace. There was a little piece of paper folded so small inside a tiny woven box that shared a story that Janise wrote about while visiting the Maadi, Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Cairo, Egypt. Here's the story: (click image below to enlarge)

Thank you, Kim & Janise for this gift that has such great meaning.
We love you!!

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She almost caught a Leprechaun :(

This morning, Anamarie could not contain herself, she just had find out if  there was a trapped leprechaun. She ran downstairs and noticed the gold was missing, and hoping it had fallen inside with the green guy. However, as she got a little closer she saw something inside the box...a letter. She didn't cry, she didn't laugh, she was incredibly "ticked off" to say the least. The letter was very nice though. He told her that it was the best trap he's ever seen. He even gave her a clue as to how she could catch him next year; with a four leaf clover.

Here's Anamarie with her "ticked off" look immediately after discovering her leprechaun got away...
...with the gold too.

Here she is saying "don't take a picture of me MOM! Geez"

The letter from the Leprechaun.

At least, Mr. Rumple said "thank you" :)

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I am thankful for Family~Maddy

I am so happy that I could come to this earth into such a wonderful family! We may be crazy sometimes, (or a lot) but overall we are just dandy! ;) My parents are so amazing and thoughtful of me and others, I am so glad that I can have such wonderful parents, brothers and sisters, and Grandparents that support me and encourage me to do things I never thought I could! My Family will be with me forever, and I am so happy that they are!

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