Eleanor Quotes

Why is that AGE 3 is so well known for talkativeness? Some things that are said are so.... so... inappropriate?!!

Last Sunday is church there was a Young woman in our ward who has fairly dark hair and had bleached a small section in the back a strikingly contrasting blonde color.... she then had done in in a hair claw with the hair ends poking out the top of the claw.... Eleanor's comment: "Mommy, Mommy! That girl's hair looks like a chicken!"

Again, this Sunday, in church, we walked in (late of course) and sat behind one of the more elderly couples in our ward. The man is very kind and soft spoken, but like many old people his ears are still growing and have a few vagrant hairs growing from them. Eleanor's comment as she looks at the back of his head: "Mommy, Mommy! Guess what?! That man's ears look like a pig! (HUGE grin)"

My response: ".................................................(blink, blink)................... Thank you, Eleanor. Now sit down please." My thought-- I hope he is hard of hearing, so he didn't hear her say that.

Again, because of facebook, I sometimes feel like I'm re-telling the same stuff over and over again, but I guess I feel like Blogging is a little more "permanent"

My girls playing "cooking" yesterday: Quincy decides to put all her favorite foods on her plate including: tomato slices, corn on the cob, an apple, and a fried egg. On Eleanor's plate-- her favorite foods: ice cream cone, donut, french fries, and pizza. Oh, but don't worry, I was fed too-- a pear and an onion-- they were "delicious"! :)

All the pretty flowers... are gone. At least at my mom's house. My girls decided to "decorate" with Grandma's newly opening tulips-- every single last one of them- while we were visiting this evening. Brandon and I are embarrassed, cause we know the girls know better. I still don't get what is going through their head.... honestly, every single tulip, and any up and coming tulip has been picked (and now thrown out). Sorry, Mom. Hope you weren't enjoying any of the color in your backyard!

Happy Birthday Benjamin

Our sweet Benjmain is 1! Its hard to believe how fast the past year has gone by. Benjamin is starting to take steps and figuring out what foods he likes (he likes to feed himself, and if you want to feed him, I have to be taking food off my plate in order for him to let me put anything in his mouth-- I guess he figured out that food I eat was going to be more tasty than food I tried to just feed him.) Grandma Brown gave Benjamin a wind up Monster truck type toy that he just latched right onto and loved-- so great thinking, Mom! Its always so hard to find a present for a one year old!
We had a fun barbeque with most of the family and a few friends-- we love the spring time and we were glad we got great weather for the evening!Benjamin's cake was mostly held together with frosting but he seemed to enjoy it, he used it as a drum set at one point. He actually was eating it fairly well until he decided to turn around and smear in on the chair, and then, as is tradition, Brandon made sure he had a "good showing" and put cake in his face.

We love this sweet boy! What a joy to have in our life and in our family! He and Quincy and Eleanor all keep us on our toes, but that is what helps make life enjoyable and exciting! Thanks for all those who came to share the evening with us and celebrate!