Zshhhhhh! Zshhhhhhhh!

Sometimes I think Owen is ALL BOY!


Then he reminds me that he is still under the influence of a big SISTER! :)

toffonock falls

These are actually the Taughannock Falls. I just looked at the sign as we were passing by one day and said we should go visit the Toffonock falls. Kurt of course still makes fun of me, though I don't know that he had the right pronunciation either, good luck to readers!

This is the base of the trail head--it is only a 3/4 mile walk to the falls but we certainly took our time. Owen practically walked/ran the whole way there.

It's my thing!

I love getting chocolate covered pretzels from Cornell. I don't know why. They probably taste the same as ones you could find at the grocery store. I think I don't really crave the pretzels themselves as much as the whole experience. But the pretzel's certainly COMPLETE the experience.

The bus ride to campus--costs more then my pretzels
but its more fun then driving our car

Johnson Museum--we don't see it every time, just on this round

The Pretzels!

And on this trip Kurt and I wore our Heely's so we could zoom around campus--
I decided I like to zoom in private more then in public (sorry no pictures of the zooming)

Too many pictures of Owen's cool hair but I like them

Kurt's heely's!

Mothers Day Spoils

The best part of my mothers day weekend was the trip to the Palmyra Temple I took on Saturday--but don't tell my kids that :) While I was away they created chocolate roses and ground up Oreo's for the dirt. If you look close enough you'll see the gummy worms trying to crawl out--I'm sure that part was Kurt's idea.

And these are the flowers I bought for myself :)--not really for Mothers day, but the timing worked out about right

Squeaky Shoes

One thing I don't miss about living in China is getting suckered into pictures like that jewel above.......I DO miss sweet finds like these Squeaky Shoes we bought as a gag gift a year or two ago. I couldn’t find Owens other pair of shoes last month so I turned to the gag shoes. As soon as Owen took his first step he had found his new favorite game. He walked as fast as he could, not wanting to miss a beat. He smiled and laughed. He would stay in the same place just stomping his feet to hear the squeak. He is constantly finding and bringing these shoes to Kurt or I to put them on him again and again and squeaks all around the house. It is too cute to be annoying! I tried to get a good video clip, but I can never seem to time it right, and now one shoe is now missing. I think it is in Utah. But here is a video clip, not great, but good for the record.

Bubbles in the bathtub

When I was giving Lucy a bath the other morning she told me “Mom, a bubble just came out of my bum” I hate all words describing that phenomena but I think I could live with the term “bubble”

One Handedness

Since becoming a mom, I have learned to do many things one handed. With each child I seem to pick up some new "one handed" skills. By the time we are finished having children I might not need the other one at all.

I was making a chocolate mint pie the other day (a family favorite) and was using the hand mixer in one hand and simultaneously cracked two eggs into the chocolate mousse. I then realized I had done the eggs one handed--and without even thinking about it. No eggshells, no real effort on my part. It just happened....just like that. I couldn't stop smiling--I have come A LONG way in the kitchen and that just proved it.

It's never been a goal of mine...to crack an egg open with one hand. I don't even have any aspirations to be a great mastermind in the kitchen...but I guess it just feels good to progress.

Hair Cuts

A while back, Owen's hair was starting to approach mullet status, so I decided to trim just a little off the back. (I thought the front and top were still fine). He squirmed around A LOT, so it ended up a little shorter then I wanted but when I called Kurt in to get his approval he couldn't stop laughing. I had thought I'd done alright, until I saw Kurt's reaction. Then the more I looked at it, the funnier it looked to me too. Owen went from approaching mullet to the BULL cut in its entirety. Kurt pulled out his clippers and tried to soften the lines a little....he did what he could and at least it helped.


When it came time to cut Lucy's hair we went straight to the salon. She looks cute and I think this shorter bouncy new hair is going to lighten her load and cut back on some of the long blonde curly hair attitude she was throwing at me all last month :)

The "BULL"

Kurt's attempted remedy

Lucy's "before shots"

Lucy's "after shot"

The review post--a PICTURE frenze

Kurt's tie-dye Easter eggs

Lucy counting and arranging them all

Green Eggs and Pancakes on St. Patricks day--

Lucy thinks pancakes should always be colorful now

The birthday cake Kurt made for me--no my birthday was not in October :)

Lucy is into the silly faces for the camera

"Cool" hair day

Owen stopped growing about 6 months ago, but he doesn't let that stop him!

NO counter too high

No book is too big

NO space too OPEN


But being small does have some advantages

Another bright moment in my day!

Owen's first ride in the front facing car seat
He couldn't contain his excitement--and it went on for at least 10 minutes