5 yr. old logic

Yesterday, Abigail had me cracking up. I had to blog about two separate conversations we had.

Conversation #1
Setting: Driving home in the car.

Abigail "Mom, I am going to get daddy some slippers, a tractor, and a Blackberry for fathers day."
Misty "Oh really Abigail, those are all things daddy would like."
Abigail "Mom guess what I am going to get you for mothers day?"
Misty "What?"
Abigail "I am going to get you some lights that clap on and clap off and a Raspberry."

Conversation #2
Setting: Abigail has just cut her finger on a really sharp knife in the kitchen.

Abigail "MOM I'M BLEEDING!"
Misty "I bet you won't touch the blade of a knife again will you?"
(Abigail is getting a bit panicked at this point)
Misty "Here is a cold wet rag to put on your finger, now go sit on the couch and hold your hand above your head and put pressure on your finger. "
(Abigail takes off running down the hallway away from the living room)
Abigail "MOM! WHERE'S THE PRESSURE?"
(I had to get her calmed down and explain what pressure was)

Last Post of Cows for a while

I promise not to post any more pictures of cows for a while, but I finally got a picture of my favorites, so I just had to post them.


I like this little blond bull calf, his momma is the big red cow I think.

This is Daisey - the only cow that officially has a name. I love Daisey, I think she is so cute and so unique. Her mom is a little irritated that I am taking pictures of her baby cause she didn't sign over photography rights. Daisey just might have to get used to being followed around by the paparazzi though.

They were all staring at me. I think they wanted me to feed them, but I am just the photographer, they will have to wait to get lunch from Darin.

Easter Dresses

We decided to wear our Easter dresses to church yesterday because we have our bi-annual LDS General Conference on Easter Sunday. My parents are coming up and we actually get to go to Salt Lake for conference. I am excited! Of course I couldn't get the girls to sit still for pictures, so this is the best I got. The twins are both wearing Easter dresses that Abigail wore and Abigail is wearing a dress that her Grandma Mimi gave her for her birthday last year, so I didn't have to buy dresses this year. Awesome!

I kept telling the girls to stop touching their face, so I guess they decided that the couch was a roller-coaster. Hey, at least you can see their faces.

Emily likes her flower.

Elizabeth likes to copy-cat Emily. Hopefully, Emily is a good example when she is older.

Abigail. She was crying right before the picture, I think she did this at Christmas time too.

New Herd

Darin got all of his new cows this weekend, eight of them came with their calves and one that was pregnant already calved on Sunday. He has seven more pregnant ladies and then he will have a heard of 36 cows & calves plus one bull. He hasn't picked up his bull yet, we have to build him a separate pen. I couldn't get a picture of my favorite calf she kept running up in the orchard, but I will post a picture of her later. She is an all white heifer calf, so Darin said I could keep her, he will sell all of the bull calves this fall.


Moms with their babies.

All of the pregnant ladies.

What's a farm without a trusty farm dog?

Feeding time. That is our house in the background.

2010 Rockland Annual Easter Egg Hunt

The twins got to hunt eggs last Friday in Rockland's Annual Easter Egg Hunt. It didn't take them long to figure out what was going on. The egg hunt is during school, so it is only for pre-schoolers. Pretty Cute! The weather couldn't decide if it was winter or spring so the twins had several layers on. We have alread had enough candy to last us until Halloween and it isn't officially Easter yet.
Elizabeth

Emily

Crash & Burn

I was cleaning the bathroom the other day when I suddenly noticed that my house was unusually quiet. This is not normally a good sign, when my kids are quiet that usually means that they are getting into trouble somewhere. I went searching for the kids and found Abigail playing with her doll house (Abigail - check). Then to find the twins. Emily was passed out on the couch, I guess Elmo was too much for her to handle, that monster has a lot of energy you know (Emily - check). Elizabeth was the strangest discovery, she had literally fallen asleep on top of Abigail's Hannah Montana guitar. When they crash they crash! (Elizabeth - check). The picture was taken after I had covered her up with a blanket. I didn't dare move her, and yes our playroom is that messy most of the time. That is why it is a playroom. I only get around to cleaning it once a week.

Basketball

Abigail's basketball season ended in February, but we just got the team pictures. What a goofy group of kids.

More Dancing

Yesterday, was Abigail's second dance competition of the year, well I don't really know if it was a competition because the judges didn't show up. Oops! Oh well, it didn't make a difference to Abigail, she wanted to stay the entire six hours and watch all of the dances, she didn't even want to leave to go get food. Now that is dedication!


Ariana, Abigail's cousin came to this dance competition. Ariana is a dinosaur and Abigail is a birthday party girl.

Abigail did two dances at this competition, she was supposed to be a mime or harlequin for her second dance. She danced to Bjork's Oh So Quiet! It was pretty cute and I loved the song.

Spring is Coming

Spring in Idaho is a big tease. One day it is beautiful outside with the sun shining and 45 degrees, and the next day there is snow on the ground. Darin has started being away from the house a little more and more as he finds different projects around the farm to do and our Cows are still calving. Darin bought a few more Cows, so by summertime if everything goes well we should have 17 momma cows, 17 calves, and a yearling bull. I hope his ranching business does well this year.

The girls love to go out on the farm with their daddy.

Poop Everywhere

Warning: Do not keep reading if you are easily grossed out or offended by the topic of toddler excrement's.

First off I need to say AaaaaaaHhhhhh! For the twins second birthday they got all of the things that they needed to start potty-training. I wasn't really planning on potty-training them until this summer, when it is okay to run around the house in underwear, but I thought if each of them got their very own potty chair, Elmo that pees, and big girl panties, we could start talking about going pee-pee and poo-poo in the potty. I think I have created a monster. Elizabeth is a little bit interested in the potty and she loves to wear the panties over her diaper, but Emily is a whole different story. Emily will actually go in the potty #1 and #2 if I catch her at the right moment, but here is my problem. Emily will wear a diaper, but as soon as she goes #2, off goes the pants, and off goes the diaper, with all content inside. Does she tell me that she is poopy? NO! I think she is playing nicely in the play room and then I hear screams from Abigail and Elizabeth. "Eeeeeeeewwwwww Poop!" as Emily is stomping in her dirty diaper or wiping it on the walls, etc.. What is her freaking problem? Does she know how disgusting that is? This has not happened just once, it happens almost everyday. I have talked to her about how poop goes in the potty, I have had her help clean the mess up, and I have sat her on the toilet hoping that she would poop there. HELP!!! What do I do? I am totally disgusted by cleaning up poop mess everyday. This has gone on for about two weeks and I am at my wits end! Good thing she isn't a puppy or she would have been kicked out of the house days ago!

Abigail's New Do

We got Abigail's hair cut today. We cut 6-8 inches off. Big change! She looks so much older. Hopefully, this new hair cut will elimintate some of the hair brushing fights that we have in the morning before school.

Going On A Trip

For the past few days Abigail and the twins have been pretending that they are going on vacation to Texas. They set the laundry baskets up in the hallway to sit on like they are in the car and they pack all sorts of things in the boxes. They even thought to bring the DVD player. Who could go on a trip with out one of those babies? Abigail sits on a trash can behind the twins and drives to Texas. I guess she gives a whole new meaning to back seat driver. I am pretty sure they are tired of the cold winter weather and are ready for some sunshine. Watch out Grand Nan here they come.

Birthday Dance

Abigail had her first dance competition of the year last Saturday. It was at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Her dance class did a Character Jazz routine to The song "A Very Happy Unbirthday" from Alice in Wonderland and "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to." Her team took 1st place in their age group (6-8) and category (character jazz). We were pretty excited because Utah is known to be pretty stiff competition when it comes to dance. The other teams from her dance school did well too. Go Abi! She has three more competitions, so I will up load a video of her dance sometime in the future.

New Calf

Our big red cow had a baby on 2-12. She isn't a very good mother though. Every time her baby comes up to nurse she walks away. Darin has been having to milk the momma cow and bottle feed the baby. I can't really blame her though every time I look at her utters, I imagine that she is in pain and doesn't want to be touched. Poor momma cow. Poor baby calf.

This is 2-12 our baby calf. I hope it grows up to be a healthy steer.

Little Cuties

We haven't had a whole lot going on lately, we have celebrated a lot of birthdays in January and February though. First the twins1-9, then Grandpa Del 1-24, then Ariana 1-27, then Misty 2-1, then Darin 2-2. The twins are growing up so fast and they keep us really busy. I got a new camera for my birthday and I am excited to use it.


Emily loves to push a vacuum and hold a baby at the same time. I wonder where she has seen this before?

The twins love to sit in the recliner together and drink their sippy cups and watch movies.

Missing The Summer

Elizabeth, Abigail, Emily

My good friend is a budding photographer and she took these pictures of my girls last summer. I decided to finally post them. I can't wait until it is summertime again. I love summertime in Idaho! Abigail, Elizabeth, Emily

Abigail