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Ten minutes and counting

I have ten minutes until Daniel's quiet time is over which means the insanity will start soon. Daniel is having a hard time lately. One of the girls in his preschool class is mean to him, he never wants to go to church anymore because it is boring, he always wants to go to Grandma's house, and he whines constantly.

Alice is talking more and her favorite things to say are "Daniel!" "Jason!" "Get down" and "Don't." She thinks everything is yellow or blue. But I just love when she yells at Daniel for me. She cries less and less everyday except when Daniel is mean to her which is becoming more and more frequent. Oh kids, they drive me so crazy.

Lately I have been hating winter. My kids are bored, I am bored and I hate taking them places because they are pains. They aren't the kind of kids that come when you call, they run and think it is super funny. I know I know, if I put them in the stroller it would solve some problems. But then I would have nothing to complain about.

We have survived two trips to Cedar City which was a big accomplishment on my husband's part. We are hoping to not have to return there for awhile, the drive is so horrible.

I should put pictures up but alas, the camera is on a different level of the house. My grandma turned 80 and we had a big party for her at Maddox! It was yummy and really fun. Alice screamed or cried in all the pictures we took, that was awesome. Daniel loved that we took pictures at the train depot in Ogden. He and his cousins played and played on those trains and then cried when we left.

Also we went to see Jason's sister get married. This was funny on two reasons. Daniel while the bishop was performing the ceremony kept saying "oh my gosh they are getting married, this is so exciting!" Then they had put out a big bowl full of dove chocolates which we didn't realize Daniel was eating so many until he handed me ten wrappers and said "I am all done with these."

We are awaiting the spring time and Daniel is counting down days until his birthday. If anyone has any space party ideas please let me know.

Comments

BigJason said…
He handed me at least 10 wrappers too. Good thing he is young. No wonder he didn't eat anything until 8 that night.
Erin said…
I'm feeling your pain. :) Ethan just had an alien party for his birthday. We set up an obstacle course where the boys shot aliens with a NERF gun. We made slime which was a TOTAL hit and pretty cheap. And I made these really cute UFO cupcakes. Let me know if you want the recipe.
Amy Jo said…
Daniel sounds like Jackson I think he would like to live at grandma's house if we let him. I hope the mean girl at school starts to be nice, becasue you want him to like school.

Here are some fun space ideas:
http://www.fun-pinata-party-ideas.com/space-party.html
Megan said…
I could probably copy and paste this post as my own. Gotta love being a mom sometimes. And what a fun theme for a party! I wish I had some ideas, but I am so not creative. Anything I do I probably googled and copied :)

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