EMBRACE THE CHAOS: November 2007

Sunday, November 4, 2007

fun happenings

Well, it's finally cooling off here in Phoenix! Meaning, it's down in the 90's during the day. We went to the State fair at the end of October and I nearly died of heat exhaustion. We tried to steer the kids away from the rides, but to no avail. They had fun though.
Halloween was also fun. This year we just did generic, store bought costumes, which was so great and easy. Carli wore a princess costume Pam gave her almost a year ago, and Cale was superman. We went to a couple of Trunk or treats and carved a couple of pumkins. We got no trick or treaters at our house, probably because we're in townhomes and everyone goes to trunk or treats now.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Well, a lot of you already know, but we found out that I am pregnant! I am 11 weeks along now and due May 24th. I wasn't sick at all with Cale, I was somewhat sick with Carli, and now I'm full-blown sick with this one. If it's going to be getting worse with each pregnancy, I might be having less kids than I thought.
The kids are pretty excited. Carli keeps telling me that she's sick because she has a baby in her tummy too. We're really happy we had a 3 year break and now we're ready to have our family grow again! I can't believe we're already on to our 3rd child.

Watch me!

Well, Carli decided that Cale's bike looked too fun to not learn how to ride. So she got on and started to try. It took her about a half an hour to figure out how to pedal. We were so proud of her! That's our determined little girl! She's not even 2 1/2!

Triathlon

Spencer decided to race in a triathlon with his 2 brothers, Sam and Sterling. Sam trains for these and races them all the time, but not Spencer and Sterling. So they had a lot of fun doing it together. Sterling somehow only ran 1.5 miles instead of 3 and he ended up being the fastest runner in the whole race. He claims he didn't know he ran the wrong way, but if you know Sterling...
They had to swim 1/2 mile, bike 12, and run 3. They had to swim in a nasty lake, but it looked pretty fun. I want to race in one next year!!!

Funny Quotes

I found Cale trying to drag our old microwave into the house. I asked him what he was doing, and he said, "I want a microwave in my room."
Cale: "Dad, Why am I short like you and not tall like Mom if I was in Mom's tummy?"
Cale: "Mom, I don't always want you in command of my food!"
At dinner, my kids were not happy with what I was serving. Carli said,"Why do we have to eat burritos again?" and Cale said, "Why do you have to put melted blobs of cheese on top?" So I said, "Why do I have to have such whiny kids?" And Cale said,"Well, if you didn't put blobs of cheese on the burritos, I wouldn't whine about it."
Carli suggested to Cale that he get on the floating bed in the pool and she would push him around. He said no, and she asked why. He said, " Because I don't want a crazy back-seat driver pushing me around the pool!"
(this is what Spencer said as we were touring D.C.) I knew where we were, until I realized I didn't know where we were going."
My sister, Debbie, was telling Cale all about what surgeons do. I asked Cale if he wanted to be a doctor when he grew up, I told him that doctors make a lot of money, and he said, "Really? Well, I would give all my extra money to the poor people." I said, "are you sure you don't want to use it to by a big house, a nice car, or a boat?" And he wisely said, "Mom, I think the poor people would need it more than me."
Carli: "Mom, I love you because you let me do whatever I want."
Carli: "Mom, when I see Mike kiss Kristin, I get really jealous."
Carli: "Mom, I should probably dress my barbie, because I don't think Heavenly Father would be very happy if the barbie came to life and she was naked!"

Funny Happenings

I was telling the kids that I had something I had to go to on Saturday morning, and that I hoped it wouldn't be during Cale's BB game. Carli said, "Well, Mom, if it is, how will Cale get to his game?" And I said, "Dad will take him." And she said, "Oh yeah, I forgot about him!"
When we were at my Mom and Dad's house for Christmas, we watched "Dumb and Dumber" one night for old time's sake. We didn't know Carli had snuck to the stairs and was watching the movie quietly. We quickly sent her to bed as soon as we found out. Then a few days later, Cale was asking Carli what kind of pet she would want if she couldn't have a dog or cat. She said, "nothing". Cale said, "not even a bird or something?" And she said, "No way! There head's fall off!"
We were showing our kids our old VHS wedding video last night. When it was over, another home video came on screen and it happened to be my brother's birthday party when I was about 15. I had taken a burnt out, smoking birthday candle and was pretending that it was a cigarette. I really looked like I was enjoying it. I looked over at my kids, and their eyes were as big as saucers. Cale said, "Mom, why are you smoking?" Spencer gave me a disapproving look and I felt so ashamed.
We were eating in a restaurant, and Cale said, "Mom, look over there." All I saw was some empty tables, so I asked, "what is it?" And he said, "That's what the lunch room looks like when I'm eating!" (Apparently he is always the last one in the lunchroom eating, and all the lunch ladies are always pressuring him to hurry and eat.)
Cale was teasing Carli about something, and she calmy said, "Mom, I'm going to be like Joseph Smith and not get mad when Cale is being mean." Well, guess what happened? Cale immediately stopped teasing, because it was no longer any fun!

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Sunday, November 4, 2007

fun happenings

ANNOUNCEMENT

Watch me!

Triathlon

Fitness Tip

Funny Quotes

Funny Happenings

Family

Friends from high school

Friends from BYU

Friends from U of A

Friends from Phoenix