Happy Stuff Lately

So aside from everything my kids did last week, a flat tire, washing my cell phone in the washer, and getting pulled over this morning things have been good so far. We've had some fun friends in town for the weekend and have been having a blast. On Saturday we headed up to the grotto up Payson Canyon. Doug decided it would be a good idea to walk back to the waterfall.
He got a little bit wet.

Lilly decided to take a bath in the pool of water and she got a little bit wet too.

Here's Sophia and Emma. They have seriously had the best time since she got here. We've even let them sleep in the same room and they've done great!

Here's Sophia getting ready for the hike.

These are in reverse order so the next shots are from the 4th of July. Here's Sophia with grandpa and grandma Wilkins. They reported from their mission to their home ward yesterday and it was fabulous! They invited all returned missionaries who speak portuguese to come and sing Called to Serve. They filled the front of the chapel. It was really neat. They both did a fabulous job speaking and it was fun to see so many of their missionaries! I can't believe they had so many come. It was awesome.

Kids getting ready for the home firework show.

Doug and Sophia pretty excited about the show.

I brought this cake to dinner. My friend had it on her blog and it looked too good not to make. There's chocolate cake on the top and bottom and a layer of brownie and cheesecake in the middle. Although it probably belongs on this blog, it was delicious!

The day before the 4th we went to the balloons in Provo. It was so fun!

I can't make this stuff up

So I was downstairs today printing some stuff of the computer and Sophia came running down and said "mom! Look what Lilly did to my leg" Her leg was covered in what I assumed was nail polish so I ran upstairs to observe the damage. Sure enough she had a bottle of nail polish and she was painting herself as well as the bathroom floor. Luckily she was using our nice decor towels to wipe it up though. Seriously? What is with my kids!?! Do they not remember we're trying to sell our house? I'm not sure anyone wants to buy a house with ketchup and milk stained carpets and beautiful bright red nail polish stained tile grout! Apparently my goal to give them more attention has not taken effect yet.

And it continues...

So after I calmed down yesterday and while Sophia was taking a good 2 hour nap I decided to have some lunch. I went to get a fork and found that each slot in my silverware drawer was filled with ketchup. I kept waiting for more ketchup surprises throughout the day. I really am a mean mom though. I wouldn't let her have ketchup with her eggs for dinner. Have I no heart?!

Today I was out watering my flowers and chatting with a friend on the phone. Sophia and Lilly were watching a show and drinking cups of milk. I came back in and found little dribbles all over the table, chairs, bookcases, plastic bicycle seat, etc and thought, "Lilly must have accidentally spilled her milk a few places". After I found a big dribble on the couch and then looked at Sophia and asked what that was all about. She replied "at least I didn't put it on that" while she pointed to my Brazillian table runner." I told her to go to her room and she kind of shrugged her shoulders and walked away. I told her to clean her room and that if it wasn't done by the time aunt Leda and uncle David came over she wouldn't be getting any dinner. She came out after a few minutes and said, "but maybe I don't want any dinner". She then chastized me for not cleaning up my room and for missing a few toys when I picked up the living room. Raise your hand if you think I'm not giving my child enough attention. I definitely know where my focus is going to be for the rest of the summer (or at least the next few days).

It wasn't very funny

This morning I was outside working on a stupid sprinkler pipe that has been leaking pretty much since we moved in. I thought I has already fixed it once and then we noticed it was still leaking the other day. I'd been out there for about an hour and was still getting nowhere with the pipe (I made the last cut about 1/4" too short and so I have to wait till Doug gets home (I already walked the girls to the hardware store once) to get more couples and pipe). Anyway, after that failed attempt I came in to check on the girls. Sophia had piles and piles of wipes soaked in red stuff and was madly trying to clean up piles of red stuff I looked around a little more and found little ketchup dollups all over my counters, floor, table, couches and pillows. I pretty much freaked out. I looked around even more and found she had put a nice little dollup in every serving bowl that I have on shelves in my living room. I also noticed there was a nice big dollop on the table runner my mother-in-law gave me from Brazil. At that point I pretty much lost it. I know that it was something I should have just laughed at but it was just not one of those moments for me. I told her to stay in her room for the rest of the day and that I was going to throw away all the ketchup in the house (or at least take away her ketchup priviledges for awhile).

While I was cleaning it up it got all over the carpet and everything. I was so frustrated. I asked her why one earth she would have ever thought that was a good idea. Her response: "I thought it was funny". My response to her response: "It wasn't"