Girls Night

Lately Garrett has been going to bed super early... like around 5:15pm early. And yes, he usually sleeps till after 7am. It is wonderful! Sooooo, since Rick usually has to study in the evening, Kimbri and I went out shopping for a little while one night while Garrett slept and Rick studied at home. 

Kimbri was being hilarious!!!

Like when we first walked in to JcPenny and she saw this chair in the shoe department. She ran over to it and hopped on and said, "Ooooo, look at this flower chair!!" in her high-pitched, overly-excited voice!

Then she saw a mannequin. Her reaction? She ran over to it and stroked her fingers down the mannequins leg (not creepy at all! haha) and excitedly said, "She like a doll!" 

Then round the corner she saw another one. Her words about this one: "She wonderful! She like a ballerina. She has a dress to daaaaaaance!" 

I was dying of laughter. It was pure entertainment! And I never realized how many mannequins there are in JcPenny until Kimbri discovered them, having to point out ever. single. one of them! It was just too funny! She would run from mannequin to mannequin saying "She's like a doll. They lots a dolls!"

Then she saw these two and pointed to them and said, "Look, there's mommy and daddy!" I have no idea why she thought we looked like those mannequins but it was funny that she said that!

After walking through the clothes area we passed by the jewelry department to take the escalator down the stairs. She ran over to the jewelry in this case and said, "Oooooo! Look! Pretty, pretty shells!" Apparently the jewelry looked like shells to her. The things kids say :)

It really was sooo funny to see Kimbri so in to everything around her, discovering new things and saying hilarious stuff. I had to text myself the pictures and things she was saying because it was so funny to me. Anyway, we had a great night shopping together! It was fun to have a little mommy-daughter date out on the town :)

Pearl & Kimbri

Over the past several weeks I've taken quite a few pictures of these two girls! We've had Pearl over while her mom, Tara, has been a substitute teacher for a lady who was on maternity leave. So these girls have become pretty good friends. Sometimes they weren't great at playing nice but sometimes they were fantastic at playing together! We all have our days, I guess :) So here are all the miscellaneous pics of Pearl and Kimbri that I haven't already posted: 

Here they are helping me put in some ingredients to make muffins:

They wanted to just stand there and watch them cook...

And they've had a ton of fun playing with water, playing with play doh, doing stickers, playing dress ups, playing with their babies... you name it! 

They were playing so well one day in Kimbri's room... haha! This is why:

Pretty sure they got out every single thing from the closet! That took me foreeeever to clean up since there were so many pieces from so many different games that they pulled out! Wow...

They came out of Kimbri's room with these hats on and said, "We are ready to go to the beach!" Ha! I wish we could snap our fingers and arrive at the beach. I guess we'll have to wait till the end of June :)

Drink time!

Pearl and Kimbri are probably going to wonder what happened to each other now that school is out and I'm not tending Pearl anymore. And then Pearl's family is moving to California in a week and who knows when we'll see them again! If not before, we'll at least see them at medical school graduation in 3 more years! 2017 here we come!

Fun in the Sun... I mean, SHADE!

It's getting to that point where it's even hot in the shade. Good thing we are heading to Utah for vacation soon! So we spend lots of time in the backyard which actually has quite a bit of shade... under the patio, shade from the trees, and such...

I still fill up the water table on the back patio and let them play in it quite a bit. However, right off our patio there is a spot without grass and so it gets super muddy, and mud is often slippery! So this is what happened to Garrett when he stepped off the patio into the slippery, wet mud! Oops!! 

He slipped and I guess caught himself with his hands, arm, knees... and face!!! I think it just startled him more than anything and he was a bit confused at how stuff got all over his face all the sudden. It was one of those sad-that-he-fell-but-funny-at-the-same-time kind of moments. It was funny because of the way he reacted to it all. He didn't cry but had a very concerned look on his face. Hehe :)

Garrett loves wearing his little backpack around and playing with that huge stick!

And of course we like to have snack time outside sometimes... in the shade! And yes, Kimbri is still in her pajamas ;)

Doctor

Playing "doctor" is a common occurrence in our home. It's something that entertains Kimbri and Pearl for quite a while! I found the doctor kit at a garage sale for a couple dollars and it has been well worth it! 

They use the doctor kit on their babies, stuffed animals and on each other.

One time I suggested that Kimbri go and get her Minnie Mouse and play doctor on Minnie. She ran to her room and came back with her Minnie Mouse jammies, rolled up with a bandaid on them! Haha!!! I laughed and thought how funny that was, because technically there is Minnie on her jammies so why not use her jammies instead of her stuffed Minnie Mouse?! Haha! I love the way little kids think :)

Some day when Rick is a doctor Kimbri will have a real live daddy doctor to play with!

Dress Ups

Playing dress ups is a common thing at our house. Kimbri loves it! 

And of course Garrett wants to feel a part of whatever Kimbri is doing so he often gets into all the dress up stuff too.... oh boy... I need to find some boy dress up clothes!!! 

Kimbri all dressed up and ready for her dance class! Stopping to smell the flowers on our way :)

Tired Kimbri

Today seems like the perfect day to write about Kimbri being tired... why? Well, she didn't take a nap yesterday and you would think that, that would mean she'd sleep extra good that night! Right? No. She woke up a couple of different times after falling asleep for the night just really sad and cranky. And then she woke up at 6:30am! This might be a looooong day! We'll probably just have to have an extra long "quiet time" today. And a nap is a for sure thing in her schedule today!

Kimbri never wants to miss out on anything so she sometimes fights going to sleep. This makes it so when she finally does get really tired, she falls asleep in funny places doing whatever it is she's doing at the moment. 

Like this picture below: we had just returned home from the swimming pool and I was going to feed them but she was just too worn out for food, I guess! Haha!

Garrett Lately

I finally took Garrett in for his 15 month well child check-up. He is a growing boy! He weighs 28lbs and is 32 inches tall. They told me that he's in the 90th percentile for weight and height! And I believe it because boy does he love to eat! 

Lately Garrett loves to read books. When Kimbri is napping, that is what we usually do together. His favorite books are the Finding Nemo ones! He gets soooo excited about them, and points and grunts at all the fish on the pages. 

He loves to stand up on the step stool on his tippy toes to barely see in the mirror... then he turns around and grins ear to ear because he thinks he's such a big boy. It is so cute the way he does that. His grin seriously melts my heart.

This is what happens when Garrett eats an M&M... it gets everywhere! 

And when I put him in the pack n play for a nap and it was too close to the book shelf. Haha! Oops. I learned my lesson there.

Cheesy grin! 

Kimbri and Garrett have a powdered donut love.
They got some donuts in their Easter baskets :)

Garrett LOVES this little backpack! He wears it All. The. Time. And he often collects things in it like toys and even his bottle. If I can't find his bottle? I check his backpack! 

Garrett is growing up so fast! I just can't believe how grown up he his. He loves climbing on things like the couch and our bed and the chairs at the table and onto his highchair... the list could go on and on!

He just learned to give kisses and it is the sweetest thing ever! 

Garrett is such a content little boy. He loves going on walks and playing at the park. He loves kicking the ball around the backyard and playing in his little car. Swimming is a favorite too! 

He's been sleeping like a champ. I'm thinking it's probably a growth spurt or something because all this week he has gone to bed at 5pm and slept all night until 7am!!! And he has been taking about a 1 and a half to 2 hour nap on top of it! I guess our big growing boy needs his sleep! 

Garrett is really such a joy around our house and I can't imagine my life without him! He has such a tender, gentle soul and he just brights up my day, every day. I love you, Garrett!