We got a surprise box in the mail with an awesome late Christmas present for the kids. It is a Jake and the Neverland (or as Annie likes to say "Lever-nand") Pirates play set. It shoots, it has moving parts, it is totally awesome. The best part is, all three kids can play it together. They will play together for hours - even Tommy. Thanks Puna. They really love it.
Tommy's love affair with the dishwasher continues. He bawls if we close it or don't allow him to play in it. It must be all the shiny things and moving parts. When he hears us open it, he comes crawling, and fast. Silly little dude.
Lily and her buddy Nathan were happy to reunite this week. They usually spend every afternoon playing together. Nathan really missed us while we were gone. He thought up a plan to keep Lily around all the time and asked her to marry him earlier this week. Their conversation went like this:
Nathan: "Hey Lily, when we grow up I want to marry you."
Lily: "If you feel the Spirit of God when you grow up, then I can marry you."
Nathan: "I will! I feel the Spirit of God all the time!"
Lily: "Ok then, I guess we can get married, but not until we're bigger."
Nathan: "And we can name our kids Luke Skywalker Bezzant and Princess Leia Hall."
Lily still isn't convinced this is what she wants when she gets older, but she is thankful for his friendship right now. And we're glad she recognizes the value of a man having the Spirit with him as a husband and father.
Annie loves being back home with all her dress up stuff. She is our perpetual princess. Always accessorized, always pretending, always making us laugh with silly stories and goofy faces. She lives in her Princess Anna dress and is dying for us to take her to see Frozen in theaters again. This week mommy made the mistake of calling Annie "Baby" during dinner.
Annie: "Mommy I am NOT a baby! Don't call me baby!"
Mommy: "I'm sorry honey, I was just calling you that because I love you and you'll always be my baby even when you grow up."
Annie: "But I am not a baby now I am a big girl."
Mommy: "OK, well what would you like me to call you?"
Annie: "How about Babe? Just Babe."
Mommy: "So you're a babe?"
Annie: "Yup you can call me a babe."
Mommy: "You got it Babe!"
Annie: runs away laughing - she's a babe and she knows it
Check out the mess - a sure sign of playing with friends all day Saturday. Thank you to Daddy for enforcing Saturday night clean up.
Lily wanted to make cookies for her Primary teachers to thank them for being great teachers to her last year. She chose a recipe involving rolling peanut butter dough around a Reese's peanut butter cup. She worked hard to make three dozen of these babies; unwrapping the candies, rolling them in the dough, and helping get them in the oven. We sampled a few as a family. They are peanut butter nirvana!
Tommy thinks he's big enough for sippy cups now. If the girls leave them lying around he finds them and drinks as fast as he can. I filled one with his formula the other day. he took a big sip and gave us a big smile as if to say, "hey, this tastes like my drink!" He still likes bottles too but we'll be trying the sippy cups more often now.
Daddy's feet seem much better. He got new orthotics in December and can use them for exercise. He's back to playing soccer twice a week and running about twice a week.
Mommy is doing Zumba three times a week and running three times a week in training for a half marathon in June. Heaven help me! It will be a tough training schedule as we get closer to the race, but this has been a goal for a couple of years now. I am excited to work toward it. If you want to come cheer me on, the race is Saturday June 14th.
We're all healthy and happy and looking forward to what 2014 has in store. See you next week!
What a wonderful post! So much detail about everyone and love the conversations! Just love you all! Mom Puna
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