No, I Kessie Lou Lou . . .

This girl just makes me smile ALL day long!  She is so full of personality!  Any time you try to tell her she is a princess or call her anything other than Kesley, she will tell you, 

"No!  I Kessie Lou Lou Webecke!"

I can't imagine life without my Kessie Lou Lou Webecke!

The Things Little Ones Say

Kesley is such a sweetheart - but is also one TOUGH little girl. She is so sweet. But the other day, while she was watching a cartoon, I started to fix her hair (normally she sits in a specific chair and I fix her hair) and she turned and looked at me and said,

"Hey, what's the big idea?"

I have no idea where she even heard that. It sure made me laugh though!

Cameron - that boy is just too cute for words. I think he gets cuter every day. And that says something when he still calls me:

COW!

He does, from time to time, call me Mom. But at least 75% of the time, I am COW! I have no idea where that came from - not sure I really want to know.

Gavin's Thoughts on Babies

Tonight while I was trying to feed all the kids, Gavin looks at me and says,

"Sometimes babies are really frustrating!"

He could not be more right! They are super cute but very frustrating at times - but then again, who isn't! I didn't even know he knew the word frustrating.

"Hey, go way!"

It is so much fun to watch the twins interact more and more. Sometimes it is cute and nice and other times it is not so nice. Yesterday, Kesley was trying to push Cameron off the bins of clothes I was going through. So Cameron said,

Hey, go way!

Kesley replied and said,

Kessie NO go away!

It was cute - they weren't too mean to each other. It was fun to see Cameron be a little aggressive and talking.

Kiss it Better

Kesley hurt her elbow today (not badly just a little ouiee) and came to me and said,

"Mommy, Kessie hurt elbow."

I jokingly said,

What do you want me to do about it?

She said,

"Kiss it better!"

Of course I kissed it better. How cute is she!

Matthew & Collared Shirts

Matthew cracks me up. One day I got a "collared" shirt (aka polo) out for him to wear to school. He asked me if he could pick out a different shirt. I asked why. He said,

"none of the other kids that ride rip-sticks wear collared shirts and they will notice and make fun of me."

How do you argue with that! I tried to argue with him but he just didn't believe me when I told him no one would notice. So, I have bought him a lot of NOT "collared" shirts so other rip-stickers won't make fun of him!

"Hi Cow!"

"Hi Cow!"

That is what I hear every morning when I go to get Cameron out of his bed. Yes, my little 2 year old calls me COW! The first couple of times I thought maybe I heard him wrong, but after hearing it all day, every day, I know I am not wrong. He calls me COW! Good thing he is cute!

Itchy, Ouchie Gavin

Poor Gavin! At Lake Powell he had a serious allergic reaction (in the form of a HORRIBLE rash) to something (doesn't help that he already has eczema). He itched and scratched and

hurt. It was so bad that I made him come home early with me so I could take him to the doctor. These are pictures from the waiting room at the doctor's office. Trust me - it was MUCH MUCH worse in person. I thought

we had it under control but for some reason, it

started getting worse yesterday. And then last night, he came into bed with us complaining that

"My chin hurts. It feels like a root."

I have NO idea what, it feels like a root, means but it can't be good since it is 4:01 am and he is watching a cartoon to get his mind off it and I am blogging. Hopefully with Benadryl (which keeps him up) and lots of Aquaphor (best stuff ever), we can get it under control and get some sleep one of these days.

Gavin Logic?

Tonight when Gavin was coming up with excuse after excuse as to why he couldn't go to sleep (it was 10:30 by this time), he said,

When it's Saturday my feet will be tired.

What does that even mean? It is Thursday! That kid is hilarious!

What Cough Medicine Tastes Like - according to Gavin

Gavin cracks me up! He has had cough for a couple of weeks now and sometimes has huge coughing fits. He was having one tonight so he came down and asked for something to help him stop coughing. The doctor did give him medicine for it (he coughs so hard that he throws up sometimes - fun times). So I gave him his medicine. He asked me what flavor it was (he is taking medicine for a sinus infection that is flavored). I told him it just came that way but was probably cherry. Then came the funny part (at least to me):

"When you put it in your mouth, it tastes good for a second. But then when you swallow it it tastes like the yellow part of an egg before it is cooked."

I just love how his mind works and the things he thinks of! When has he EVER eaten a raw egg?

Family Christmas Party

Two days before Christmas, we went up to Ed's parent's house for a family Christmas party. We were in charge of dessert so after dinner, we had sugar cookies for all the kids to decorate. Then we played the present game and the kids each got a present from Grandma Jane and O'Pa. Then we had a bunch of different desserts along with a chocolate birthday cake for O'Pa. Dallin even helped make the desserts - he baked the Angel Wings (normally Elephant Ears but at Christmas they are Angel Wings).

At the party, Richard's (one of Ed's brother) girlfriend told Dallin how good his cookies were. Then she said, "You know those really good cookies you buy in the tins? They are even better than those." Dallin's response was,

"No, those cookies aren't allowed at our house!"

I LOVE it!

Gavin - "I can only go to 99!"

Tonight, right after the big 3 went to bed, sweet Gavin came down to get a hug from me (he is such a sweetheart). He was sad and having a hard time going to sleep so I told him to close his eyes and count to 100 and he would be asleep. So he said, very seriously,

"No, don't you remember?

I can only go to 99!"

Gavin's Shiner!

Last night when the boys were playing hide-n-seek (or some game) in the basement, Gavin dove to hide on the side of the couch. Too bad he didn't see the black subwoofer hiding in the dark next to the couch. Luckily, his eye was okay - but he is going to have a really nice black eye (it looks much worse in person). He was really upset and kind of freaking out when it happened. He was really worried about getting a black eye. Then he said,

"Do I have to put steak on my eye?"

Apparently on his favorite show, Phineas and Ferb, Doofenshmirtz (the bad guy) got a black eye and bought all the steak he could and made glasses out of steak to put on his black eye. Gavin was worried he was going to have to do that - silly little boy!

You have got to be KIDDING!

Yes, that is SNOW! And yes, those pictures were taken this morning! And yes, it is May 24 (Happy Birthday to my little Gavin - Ed is out of town until tomorrow so Gavin thinks his birthday is tomorrow)! I can't believe this crazy weather. I think we have had MAYBE 5 days where the kids have been able to wear shorts. But not today - today it is jeans, long sleeves, and jackets - AGAIN!

Matthew says, "Why does it have to be snowing in the middle of spring?"

Dallin says, "I don't like Mother Nature."

Poor little Brecken doesn't understand. He loves to play outside. So he has just been standing at the back door watching it snow - and being very confused!

Short Sleeved Pants?

To help make the morning run more smoothly, I get Dallin and Matthew's school clothes out the night before and lay them on their floor. Sometimes they don't have any clean pants in their room so I get them out of the dryer in the morning (or the piles of clean clothes that I haven't folded yet). That was the case last night. This morning, Matthew comes in my room (he usually gets up really early) and says,

"Mom, the only pants I can find are SHORT SLEEVED."

He is such a cutie!

Worst Day of Spring!

Well, that is according to my kids. We woke up to an inch or two of snow on the ground today (I really did just take this picture) and they said,

"This is the WORST day of Spring!"

"If Mother Nature is in Utah she sure is getting things mixed up!"

"This is going to be the coldest Spring EVER!"

Isn't it April 30? I love the snow but in the winter! I am ready to put the winter coats and long sleeves away - maybe I will be able to by June!

In Need of New Shoes!

I was putting the kids shoes away last night and couldn't believe what I saw! Dallin is desperate need of new shoes - I had NO idea! I couldn't believe he didn't tell me how bad his shoes were.

When I asked him why he didn't tell me, he said,

"I just wanted to make them last as long as possible so we could save money."

What a sweet, thoughtful boy! We TRY to stress that things cost money and that they can't have something just because they want it. I guess we need to be a little more careful. So, I explained to him that he can tell us when he needs new shoes, that we can afford to buy him new shoes and he doesn't need to worry about it or be upset about it. He teared up! I will go buy him some new ones as soon as Ed gets back in town (he did get back from Paris but he left again today - but he will be back in time for Cameron's surgery on Tuesday).

Gavin's Opinion on Last is Best

Tonight, the boys were trying to talk to Ed on the phone and were arguing over who got to talk to him first. Gavin said he was first but ended up being last. He kept saying he didn't want to be last. All of us kept telling him that it was okay, they save the best for last, first is worst and last is best. Did he agree? Oh no! He said,

"No, they're just making losers happy!"

Gavin & His Mario Hat

We were going to the Blue & Gold Banquet for Cub Scouts last night (hopefully more on that later) so Gavin had to take a bath and get dressed (he does NOT like to get dressed). After he got dressed, he came in with his Mario hat on from Halloween. I said, "Why don't you put on a BYU hat? Or a nicer hat?" He said,

"No, my Mario hat looks cuter."

Hard to argue with that!

Gavin - Not Feeling so Good

Yesterday Gavin said,

"I have a fever."

I felt his head and it was not hot. I told him he didn't have a fever. He then said,

"No, my tummy has a fever."

He was fine the rest of the day but then this morning he came down and while eating breakfast he said,

"My tummy hurts."

I asked how it hurt and he thought about it and then said,

"My tummy is tired."

He then went and laid down on the couch (seen in pictures). Poor little guy! I think he really doesn't feel well today. I think he actually fell asleep (and it is only 8:30 in the morning).