fireproof

if you haven't already, i just wanted to encourage every one to go out and see the new movie fireproof. brian and i went to see if saturday night, and it was great! it was funny, realistic, and presented the gospel in an incredible way. it was so strange to see such a wholesome movie in the theatres, and i think we should all support it as much as we can!

football season

we went to our first football game last night. my highschool was having their homecoming game, so we decided to take the kids out to experience their first game. it was fun- i was really surprised at how much zach liked it. he really got into it, but he did get pretty upset because he wanted to go on the field and play football with the boys. brian did take him to the field during halftime. audrey and makenzie got to go around with granny so she could show them off.

compliments

i received a wonderful compliment from my 41/2 year old daughter the other day. we were in the car, and i had noticed that audrey put some gloss on her lips... i commented on it. "so you put some lip gloss on today, huh?" she said, "yes. do you know why i put it on?" "no" i replied. "because i want to be just like you. i want to be your twin!" sometimes we just don't realize how much our little ones look up to us!!

more hair cutting

well, i thought that we had learned our lesson about the scissors. even though it wasn't a real kid this time, it was extremely devastating to audrey. i had a coupon, and audrey chose this pink my little pony. she loved it, but the hair kept getting in the pony's face. i don't know where i was, but she decided to cut his little hair off, and then realized that she had butchered it. this is after i trimmed it up for her... she cried and cried over this! "i ruined it! now it's ugly! i don't want it anymore! i want a new one...etc." i tried to reassure her that it was ok (while trying really hard not to laugh!) but, i told her, i only had one coupon, and she wasn't going to get another one, that she would just have to use this one.
this picture shows the devastation of a ruined pony. i felt a little bad for taking a picture of her in her misery, but it was just too good to pass up...
she finally calmed down, after i told her she just now had a "rocker chic pony" instead of a regular one. but several times that day brian asked, "now what lesson did we learn today?" and she would answer, "don't cut your pony's hair!"
on another note, in case any of you were wondering, potty training week was a failure. i decided that he was not ready yet, (almost!) but put him back in diapers and will try back in a couple of months.

haircuts and ballet

last night before bathtime i was trying to get the little rubberbands out of audrey's hair. i used the little black ones, which often pull on her hair as i try to get them out, so i went and got a pair of scissors to cut them out. i left them on the sink as i dried and dressed the kiddos, then i went back to the bathroom to get their toothbrushes. i saw hair on the floor and immediately went to audrey, "did you cut your hair?" no, she said. "then where did all this hair come from?"
zach was proud to take credit for cutting his hair. he was actually quite excited about it. so i had to fix it this morning. sad, but at least i won't have to cut his hair again for a while...
in other family news, audrey started ballet/tap class!! she was so excited, and struck this pose with out me helping her! (and before learning anything at class!) when asked if she liked it, she really did, then asked what they did, she said "pries (plies!), hundreds and hundreds of plies."

happy labor day!

well this is what we're starting today!! my first potty training of a little boy. i'm a little nervous, but we'll see how it goes! he got excited to pick out his new underwear on friday, and we've been talking about it for a few days now. he has coined the phrase, "underwear boy". he did go on our first try this morning, and it's about time to try again!! there's no fun like potty training! and for those of you who have done it before, any advice would be greatly appreciated!