Happy Birthday KiKi

In our family a birthday tradition is your favorite breakfast and gifts. This year Kiki picked pancakes. This is a big one, #8 and a party year. She had a full fun day planned.

First presents from the family


Then off to get her hair cut. My next scheduled hair appointment fell on her birthday. She's been begging me for months to let her cut her hair. I love her long hair and really didn't want to see it go, but I thought it would be fun to get our hair done together. So I scheduled her too.


This is Lisa, she does a great job, I Love Her!

Next on the agenda: TOES. We love to get our toes done, it doesn't happen very often so when there's a special day we go for it!

Now it's time to party!

She couldn't wait to show off her new shinny locks

The girls got to make their own bracelets to take home

It was a ton of fun to celebrate with our 8 year old! They grow up so fast, here are some fun KiKi facts

loves to draw/color/paint/anything artsy and is really great at it

enjoys helping in the kitchen

doesn't like to clean her room

a great helper with her younger siblings

excellent in school

a great dancer

loves bags/purses

likes Hanna Montana and the Jonas Brothers

does what she's asked to do 90% of the time

wore a retainer this year to straighten her top front teeth

loves getting school supplies (just like her mama)

and the list could go on and on...

We love you Keeks, Happy Birthday

Clearing out the crack-ups

4.27.09
I was vacuuming while E & BD were watching a cartoon and I hear E yelling something so I turn off the vacuum.
Mom: What did you say E?
E: I said could you keep it down?

4.17.09
Grandpa Larson (to little E): You're too cute
Mom: Who made you so cute?
Em: Ummmm you made me so cute
Mom: Am I cute?
Em: Yep
Mom: Who made me so cute?
Em: Ummmm Granpa!

4.8.09
Brock: "Mom where are you going?"
Mom: "Book Club"
Brock: "So that's why you are all perfumed up"

2.11.09
Mom: "Brody what are you going to take for show-n-tell today?"
Brody: "We get to take something that we LOVE"
Mom: "Ooo, that's fun what are you going to take?"
Brody: "I want to take you!"

Embry is supposed to be taking a nap but I can hear her in her room playing, then I hear a big crash and she starts crying. So I run in to see what happened:
Mom: What happened?
Embry: I bumped my chicken (with tears in her eyes as she points to her cheek)

Brody at the dinner table being asked to say the prayer
Dustin: "Brody will you please say the prayer?"
Brody: (Grumpy face) "I just said it."
Dustin: "Well will you say it again?"
Brody: "But Dad, I just said it last year!"

Our little miss E

In our family we don't pierce the girls ears until they can ask for them. That's the rule my dad had for me and Dustin liked it so it stuck. When Kenley was about 2 1/2 she ask for earrings, of course I went right out and got them.

About two weeks ago Little E was looking at my earrings and playing with them. She looked at me and said, "Mama I want earrings like you". To that I replied, "go ask your daddy". She jumped right up and ran to ask him, he looked at me like I put her up to it. I promise I didn't! She's 2 1/2 it must be the age.

So, Little E has been begging her Daddy for weeks to get her ears pierced and he kept telling her no. He's not good seeing his girls in pain (which is why when in labor he's the one ordering the epidural for me, not me ordering it for me). I know she didn't fully understand that it was going to hurt as you can see in these pictures:

Picking her earrings Excited that it's her turn
Not sure what's going to happen

After they marked her ears she asked, "Do I have my earrings?"

Look at this SWEET face, I'm sure she's wondering what they're doing

Now she knows
A sucker and ride on the cars at the mall make everything better

Cute earrings little girl, you were very brave!

A few fun things Little E says at age 2:

My princess = skirt or dress

"I'n (instead of I'm) a pretty princess right mom?"

My dressed = her clothes if it's shorts or pants and a T-shirt

Root beer juice = soda (all of our kiddos have called any soda root beer)

Slub it = rub it/love it (we think) she said to me once "mama slub my blankie" I asked her how do I do that and she rubbed in on her face, so now we always tell her "I Slub You!"

"It's all my fault" (not sure where that came from)

"Mom and Kenley you stay right there I'm going potty" (she loves that she can go by herself)

Things she loves

puzzles, corn dogs with the bread taken off (basically a hot dog on a stick), books, playing kitchen, babies, did I say puzzles?, cheese, necklaces, her pink and green blankies, Care Bears, did I mention puzzles?, Curious George, swimming, her daddy, running and oh, puzzles.

Big Lake

This year for the annual Johnson family vacation we went to Big Lake.

Why have I never been there before? It is beautiful!

I've learned this summer that camping is very relaxing, the getting ready to go part is not that relaxing and a lot of work, but once you are there...Ahhhhhh.

I don't worry about crumbs on the floor, my kids actually get to play with playdoh and moon sand, I get to read, and there is no time table to follow.

And my sweet little newborn slept excellent, I was one happy Mama.

So even though camping is not my favorite thing to do, after this summer, I'm warming up to it.

What a WoNderful world we live in

Now that's what I call relaxing, she slept for an hour and a half.

Thanks for a fun vacation Johnson Clan!

Two Months...

Our little girl is growing. She is sleeping 7 to 9 hours at night, eating like a champ, growing like a weed, in size one diapers, been camping twice (5 days each time), got rid of that yucky baby acne, and her smile...

YOU GOTTA LOVE IT!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy-O

The kiddos really love sending Birthday Messages to their Grandpa Cucui in heaven

A tradition I hope we always have

We Love You Grandpa Cucui