Family Portraits-September 29, 2010

     I took Nathan to get some baby pictures at Olan Mills because I had a coupon for a free package for newborn photos.  I was so excited to see that our favorite photographer, Jasmine, was temporarily working at our studio until she can train a new person.  So we made another appointment to get family photos taken.  We got some great new pictures, and I went ahead and ordered the CD.  Buying the CD is also buying the copyright so I can post the pictures on my blog for all to see.  Enjoy!



My Stinky Girls

     Yesterday morning, I decided it was time to give Natalee some hygiene advice.  I told her that she is 9 now and can get stinky when she plays at recess.  I told her she needs to start showering every day without us telling her to.  To finish the conversation, I gave her her very own deoderant.  She was SO excited.  Especially since the scent was 'Sweet Pea.'  She didn't have much time to brag about her deoderant before school.  But after school she was going on and on about it.  I could hear her from the bedroom asking who wanted to smell some sweet pea deoderant.  I yelled for her to put it away and put it up high so that her sisters didn't get into it.  She came over to me and said, "It is put away."  I asked her why she was asking people if they wanted to smell it if she wasn't even holding it.  She raised her arms and while spinning and bouncing told me that she's wearing some right now and was asking if they wanted to smell it in her armpits.  Surprisingly nobody took her up on that offer.
     One of her sisters was a little jealous about the deoderant.  Last night while giving Haylee a bath, she suddenly said to me, "Mom, I'm stinky.  Even when I take baths, I keep smelling my armpits and they really stink!"  I just started laughing because it was so obvious what she was getting at and I think 7 year olds don't quite need to start worrying about deoderant yet.  At least they aren't shy about how stinky they are.  They are proudly announcing it to the world!

Wonder Pets

     Kelsey loves the Wonder Pets.  Her favorite is Tuck the turtle.  The Wonder Pets is a show about 3 classroom pets, a turtle, a duckling, and a guinea pig, that save animals.  It's like an opera for children.  They sing a lot!  Kelsey loves the songs and it is her favorite show right now.  One of her favorite parts is when they sing, "What's gonna work? Teamwork!  What's gonna work?  Teamwork!"  Kelsey always starts singing that part whenever she helps me or anyone else do something.
    I usually read to Kelsey at naptime and yesterday we were reading a book about animals.  The first page has pictures of different pets.  So I started pointing to the pictures and asking her to tell me what they were.  We did dog, kitten, bunny, and goldfish.  Then when I pointed at the guinea pig, she said, "Wonder pets."  She's so cute! :)

Kelsey's First Haircut

     We're getting family pictures tomorrow so I thought it was time for Kelsey's baby hair to get trimmed off and to get a new haircut.  I was thinking of having them do a little chin length bob but then I put her hair in pigtails on Sunday and it looked so cute.  So I decided to have them just trim it and keep it a little longer.  This is her before picture!

Kelsey was not very happy to get in the chair.  She's always a little shy at first.

Shawna gave her a toy to play with and that made her a lot happier.

She even started smiling a little.

Then she started smiling a lot!

Shawna put her hair in pigtails and sprayed colorful glitter.  You can't really see the glitter.

What a cutie!

Kelsey got a certificate for her first haircut and an envelope with her little hair clippings.

We love getting haircuts at Jack and Jills!

Walk-a-thon, Family Fun Fair, etc.

     Yesterday was the annual Kiwanis Walk-a-thon, followed by the Family Fun Fair at Leroy Jackson Park.  It's always a very fun activity for the family.  It's a pretty long walk and the kids did a great job.  This was great preparation for the Turkey Trot 5k that we're going to do on Thanksgiving Day in Grand Junction.

Here are a couple picutres from Friday evening:

     Last Sunday was a crazy Sunday for us.  Daren had to speak in Mammoth and I was supposed to do sharing time.  About 4 or 5am Sunday morning, Haylee came into my bedroom and said, "I just threw up."  So I got Sandi Dickey to do sharing time for me.  Daren brought Natalee with him to Mammoth so he wouldn't have to drive alone.  The two of them had a great time and stopped at a couple of places on the way home.  They went to a lake in Mammoth and the fish hatchery.  They took lots of pictures.  Here are some pictures from their adventure.  I probably won't include the pictures of the beagle or the birds.  Natalee is in bird club this year and is enjoying taking pictures of the different birds she sees.  We'll save all those pictures for her bird club.