The Holbrook Family: April 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter Sunday

Our Easter Sunday was a bit hectic too. I think next year we might switch things around so that we do the Easter Bunny stuff on Saturday so we can focus on the spiritual aspect of Easter more on Sunday. I feel our kids missed the point this year, yes they're young but I felt like I was so focused on the Easter Bunny this year too that I missed the point. Thankfully I got to listen to some great talks and lessons on Sunday that helped fill my spiritual cup but Mark and I just felt like we didn't do a great job this year on that part. We had FHE tonight on the atonement and resurrection so that helped too but next year I think we'll try and focus more on Christ and not the Easter Bunny. That being said it was still a nice Easter. The kids were excited to see what the Easter Bunny left and find their eggs. Kenya got a new hooded towel, princess Tiana little doll stuff and a kite. Charlie got a new monster truck that does tricks, a new piggy bank, and a kite. And they all got new Easter outfits. The kids had SO much candy from their egg hunts that I didn't really give them any candy, I mostly put coins in their hidden eggs. I recorded this year which means there are no pictures of that, whoops! We all enjoyed much needed naps in the afternoon and went to my dad's for dinner that night.

Easter Fun

We had a busy, fun weekend. We started Saturday morning out at our annual neighborhood Easter egg hunt. Lots and lots of kids but this year the Easter Bunny made a special appearance. Kenya loved him, she was the first one to see him hopping over and gave him a hug. After all the kids had their hugs with him Charlie, Kenya, and a little group of girls wouldn't leave him alone. They were hopping with him, hugging him, laughing, (annoying him I'm sure.) Finally he was saved from an adult and started hopping away. Charlie ran after him and all the other kids followed him, poor bunny. He finally got away though.

Here comes the bunny.

He was a good sport with them.

Lots of hopping.

Running after him.

We dyed eggs that night with our friends the Nixon's.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Tough Boy

Here's my tough boy with his broken arm. We went into the doctor on Thursday hoping to get his hard cast on but Dr. Hess said that the bones were bent up with the way he broke it so he wanted to straighten it out. He said it would hurt but that he would try and numb it and that would hurt. He also said he didn't have to try and straighten it out, since he's young it might heal okay but he would like straighten it out. I told him "he's tough, let's do it." They stuck a big needle in to numb it, Charlie didn't even flinch, just watched him do it. Then they came back after a few minutes, took hold of his arm and pulled it straight. I heard a "crunch" sound, made me shudder, Charlie again didn't even flinch. The doctors were amazed, saying "who is this kid? That almost made me want to cry!"

When we got home it was starting to hurt him so I gave him some loritab. I kept him home from school because I figured it would make him sleepy. Not this kid. Any "sleepy" medicine seems to have the opposite effect on him, daren't. He gets a hard cast on in a couple days and will need that for 4 weeks.

I thought I should do a little update on him too. He is loving Kindergarten and is doing really well in his class. My preschool fears of him not behaving have gone away. His teacher told me sometimes he doesn't know when to stop being "silly" but that's about the only negative thing she has to say about him. Yay! He definitely likes to make people laugh, or likes the attention he gets when he's goofing off so I can understand where she's coming from on that. He's loving Spanish and learning it really well. These days he's a little obsessed with playing football on the playstation. He's learned all about football since, it's crazy how he knows everything now. More than me that's for sure! He'll still take a nap once or twice a week and still rises early in the morning. He'll usually stay in his room until 7 and read so that's nice at least. He is a good kid, I am so proud of the boy he's turning into. We have a 17 year old neighbor boy that does yard work for us once in awhile and Charlie idolizes him. He'll go out and talk to him the whole time he's here! Cooper thinks he's a little stud and Charlie can't stop talking about Cooper this and Cooper that and when I'm this old, how old will Cooper be? It's cute. He is growing up and I want to keep him little and innocent but I just can't. :(

Monday, April 18, 2011

Kinderhaus, Fun Weekend...Sad Ending.

We went up to snowbird a couple weekends ago. The snow was great, literally snowed all weekend. Charlie learned to snowboard this year. He took a couple lessons at Park City so he was anxious to get out. He stayed on chickadee and was doing great. He went Friday, Saturday, and Monday morning before we left. He found a little jump through some trees that he was having a lot of fun going off of. Mark and I left him with Cami and Jared and his cousins on Monday while we went to pack up. I got a call from Jared a little while later saying "Charlie took a bad fall trying to go off the jump. Cami's helping him right now but you may want to come down and get him." Mark ran down there and took him to the clinic. Sure enough he broke his wrist in two places. The put it in a splint and told us to go to an orthopedic surgeon because it might need to be reduced with the way it was broken. What a bummer ending to a fun trip, but at least it was at the end, right? We are mostly sad that he can't play baseball this spring. He was really looking forward to it.

This is the little jump he was going off of.

I was amazed at how good he was doing. After he took his lesson I asked him if he like snowboarding better than skiing. He said "Snowboarding! I never want to ski again!"

Playing Just Dance 2 on the wii. Mark and I got right in on the action. :)

Mark couldn't go this year, his shoulder is still recovering.

Rich took Kenya on some really big skis. She loved it! I was feeling guilty I didn't have her ski this year. She'll be excited to do it next year.

Grandpa, Kaia, and Sailor.

Kenya

This little girl is keeping me on my toes! Three has come with an attitude but her cute little face always gets us at the end of the day. Kenya is loving preschool this year and is getting pretty good at her letters, writing, recognizing, and sounds. She is in the stage where potty words are really funny (this is a stage right, it's not just my kid?) She's still trying to figure out how to use he, she, her, him. For instance she'll say about Leila "Her is watching that." or "He likes that." We're working on it. She has very mature 3 year olds all around her (Knox, Greta, friend Brighton) so I feel like she's behind but I think, or I hope the others are just ahead. I'll just enjoy her little three year old isms as long as I can. She loves helping me with dinner and "skirring" things (stirring.) She also loves when Mark makes macon (bacon.) She comes in our bedroom most mornings lately and snuggles right up to me. She doesn't want to go to Mark usually, she just cuddles up right into my arms. If I move, she moves with me. I'll enjoy that while I can too. She loves playing with her friends but is still content playing with herself. I love listening to her play with her friends though. Their imagination is so great and it's fun to hear them acting like mom's or sisters or princesses. Little girls play much better, or maybe quieter than little boys. :)

She had a field trip to the grocery store and a Princess day at preschool this month.

I did a little furniture rearranging in her room. I love the way moving furniture makes the room feel so different. She takes about 2 or 3 naps a week now, I found her like this on Sunday afternoon...

The things she gets away with! Charlie was allowed two animals in bed at this age. Half the time I don't realize all the things she keeps sneaking in from the play room until I go to wake her up.

9 months

Oh this little cutie is still putting a smile on my face every day! Here's what she's been up to this month...

50% in height and weight (18 lbs)
Still doesn't roll. The doctor was a little concerned about this, I think she's just content.
Get's up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth or pushes herself backwards.
Trying to pull up, hasn't quite mastered it by herself.
Sleeps about 12 hours at night, takes 2 naps, about 2 hours each.
Half the time I don't know when she wakes up because she will find her binky, put it in, and just hang out in her crib.
Is completely done nursing, bittersweet.
Has 3 teeth on the bottom.
Will fall asleep in my arms at church (this RARELY happened with my other two.)
Will sit on my lap at church, or wherever and be content playing with toys. (Again Rarely with my other two.)
Sits on the ground and plays with toys, my other two just zoomed past this phase, it was like once they were sitting they were crawling and everywhere. I love it!

She was just laughing playing on the chair by herself.

She got herself halfway up, then Kenya decided to "help" her like always before I got the pic.

Watching baby einstein. Flexible baby.

Get it!

The World Through Kids Eyes

August 2013

Leila has officially stopped saying "I wanna hold you" :( She would always say that to us and I have never corrected her but I guess she figured it out for herself because tonight she said "hold me". She's growing up too fast!

November 2011
I told Kenya tonight that I was glad Heavenly Father sent her to me. She said "Why did Heavenly Father send me to you?" I said "well we were all a family before we came to earth, in heaven." She said "Mom, how did you get up in the sky?" "I don't know." I said. "Did Santa give you a ride?" Followed with giggles by both of us.

November 2010
Today I was telling Mark about how angry I got at Kenya for coloring on the table for like the millionth time. She heard me talking about it and said "You're not a nice mom, you're like the BEAST! I'm gonna put you in da gawbage and get a new mommy!" Then later Mark asked her when he was reading her a bedtime story "Kenya, am I the King?" She said "No, you're the debil (devil)." Charlie was drawing a picture of our family for school and drew me with my mouth open he said "Look mom, you're yelling." I don't think we're leaving the right kind of impression on our kids here.

July2010
Today Kenya came up to Mark and said "Daddy I have to tell you something." She then made him bend down so she could whisper in his ear "You're the best dad in the whole wide world." He thought maybe I told her to say that but she came up with it all on her own. She then did the same thing to me. I love hearing that little whisper in my ear.

June 2010
Kenya randomly makes comments on the baby in my belly, it usually goes something like this. "I like your big belly mom" then "I like your baby Leila." Then it's followed by "I have a big belly too." Tonight that was followed by "It's hooge."

March 2010
When Kenya is demanding something I will tell her she needs to ask nicely. She then yells at me "NICELY!" Not quite what I was meaning.
If you say something like "How are you doing?" She'll say "Kenya" instead of good, or bad, or sad, or happy. Kinda cute.
She's really starting to put her sentences together and express herself a lot better. It's fun to have conversations with her.

March 2010
At dinner we were discussing how babies just drink when they're newborns and don't eat food. We asked Charlie if he knew what they drank and he said "yes, milk from your..." he paused for a few seconds and we were anticipating what was going to come out, then he said "from your belly!" What innocence.
February 2010-
Kenya has been saying some cute things lately most mornings she comes into our bed and snuggles in right in the middle of us. This morning she snuggled up next to Mark, put her hand on his cheek and said "daddy you're my sweetie girl." We had to laugh. Last night we were in the car, Mark was on the phone and Charlie was being really loud so he turned around and grabbed his leg to get him to be quiet. Charlie started crying and Kenya got really mad "don't hurt my sista! You otay Charlay?" We explained it was her brother and she said it all over again, this time with brother. She's been calling a lot of people her sister lately, she's a bit confused.
I made chocolate football cake bites for the superbowl and whenever she finishes her food she says "I want a hapball!" The first couple times I didn't know what she was saying until she ran over to them and pointed, now we know that hapball is football.

July 2009-
Charlie was asking me if his dreams would come true (I thought he was referring to bad dreams because he's been so scared of having bad dreams lately thanks to watching "Thriller") I told him they wouldn't come true and he kept asking me about it. Finally he said "Well daddy's dream came true when you were his wife!" Awww, thanks bud!

June 2009-
Yesterday Charlie randomly said to me "You know mom Jesus is sad when you're mean to me." I guess what goes around comes around. He also told me as we were reading "Little Red Cap" (the real Little Red Riding Hood story) "She shouldn't have lied to her mom" he said. I said "No she should've minded her mom and not gone off the path." He said "well sometimes I lie to you." At least he's honest, well sometimes. :)
May 2009-
Kenya loves the park. Every time we drive by one she freaks out "side, side! Mama side mease, meeease!" (slide please) she says "mease" all the time, it kills me! So cute. She also loves to say "go way!" Every time she's mad at someone or we're trying to get her to do something she doesn't want to its "go way!"

February 2009-Charlie said a prayer the other day that went like this "Grateful we could go to Disneyland, grateful for Halloween, grateful for Christmas, in the name..." That was it! Kind of funny.

December 2008-Last night when Mark was putting Charlie to bed Charlie said "Dad, I think Jaxon isn't choosing the right." Mark said "Yeah, how come? " Charlie said "Because he likes BYU and that's not choosing the right." Mark was pretty proud.

December 2008-

Charlie had a Christmas pajama party at preschool. He got a gift from his teachers. He opened it up and it was a blanket they had made for him, "Wow, a blanket!" I said. Charlie said "It's beautiful!" Then a bit later he was doing a puzzle while I was on the computer and out of nowhere he just says "Merry Christmas mom." He can be so sweet.

November 2008- With Christmas right around the corner and his birthday a couple weeks ago Charlie wants everything he sees on TV. He'll be upstairs watching TV and you'll just hear him say "How 'bout that!" And if it's a girl toy it's "How 'bout that for Kenya!" I don't know why it's "how 'bout that" but it puts a smile on my face every time he says it. It's too cute.

I love how honest Charlie is. The other day he went to the bathroom and when he came out I said "wash your hands" as he came out he got distracted for a minute and then said "Oh yeah, I got poop on my finger." And went to the bathroom. The same day he told me that while he was playing outside with his friend Brady he peed in our dirt, just randomly told me later that afternoon with a guilty look on his face. I was surprised because he hates peeing outside!

I took Charlie to Target to pick out a Halloween costume. I thought he would pick one out immediately and probably choose spider man or batman, well he wasn't really jumping on anything he saw, until he saw a transformer costume he said "I want to be a transformer!" I said "Ok do you want to be Bumble Bee?" "No, I want to be Octopus Prime!" I think it's so cute to hear him say it I haven't told him it's Optimus Prime.

One morning while we were getting ready for church Charlie in his best little sick voice says to me "Mom, (cough cough) I can't go to church, I'm sick (cough cough) see I have a cough.! Isn't he a little young to be doing that?

Last night I was kneeling down by Charlie as he said his prayers. This is what he said- "...Grateful I could go to preschool, grateful for daddy and Kenya," then he reached out and stroked my hair, "and grateful for mommy's hair." He was so happy yesterday when I came home from work and my hair was done and not in a pony tail anymore.

Charlie's Aunt Kristen asked him one day "Charlie what did you do today?" He said " I played with Samara." She said "Oh, is that your friend?" "No!" He said, " she's my husband!"

Mark sold his car and Charlie was with us as we dropped it off to the new owner. Charlie said "Dad, where is your car going?" Mark said " I sold it, it's going bye bye." Charlie said "All our of our stuff going bye bye?" I hope we're not traumatizing him! :)

Charlie has been learning about the Holy Ghost and he seems a bit confused at the concept. Today out of the blue he asked me "Mom, where is the Holy Ghost?" I tried to explain to him that he's a spirit and he can bring good feelings to you etc.. Then he said "Oh, can I touch his blanket?" (This is what a ghost is to him, somebody with a blanket over them.) So then I explained that he's not a real ghost he's a spirit and he doesn't have a body etc. Then he said "Yeah, but he almost has a body, and when I pull off it's blanket is the Holy Ghost a girl or a boy?" Let's just say he's still confused. :)

We went to Discovery Gateway today and as we were walking in there was a little person standing by the entrance. Charlie looks at me and says "Mom, that was a wittle mom." I thought that was pretty politically correct. :)

Today at church Charlie was playing with some cards on the bench during sacrament when I looked over at him he seemed to be pondering something and said to me "mom, am I going to get baptized?" I said "Yes, when you're 8 you can get baptized." "But I want to get baptized now!" (The lady sitting in front of us turns around and whispers "precious." :)) I told him again he could when he's eight. Then he said "Can daddy help me get baptized?" I guess he is learning something in primary and FHE!

Almost every morning I have a battle with Charlie on what he's going to wear. At least the mornings when I care what he wears and want him to look decent. Last night he got to pick out a movie to rent, he chose a Buzz Lightyear one (this is his latest obsession.) This morning I brought out some clothes and he saw them and said "No, not that shirt! That shirt won't make me Buzz Lightyear!" I said "Oh, what shirt will?" "Come here, I'll show you." And he took me into his room and insisted that he wear a white baseball T with green sleeves. This is the closest shirt he has that resembles Buzz Lightyear's costume. Pretty creative kid.

Charlie is in sunbeams now but we've been watching Cami's kids this weekend at her house so he went to nursery today with his cousin Luke. When we got home I asked him what he learned in nursery. He said "nothing." I said "didn't you have a lesson, you must have learned something." Very adamantly he responded "No we don't learn anything in nursery, we just have snacks!" No wonder why he loves it! :)

Cami has a piano in her house and yesterday towards the end of Charlie's nap Luke started softly touching the keys. Charlie woke up and came out of the bedroom with his hands out to the side palms facing up and said in a sweet surprised voice "I wake up and heard the piano singing." Mark and I thought it was too funny.

Those of you who have been around us probably know that Charlie hates my hair in a pony tail. I have no idea where this came from but for about a year he has been like this. It's getting better but at first he would throw a huge fit and say "Don't cutta your hair!" Then I explained to him it was a pony tail so it became "Take out your ponytail!" And he would grab my hair and try and get the elastic out. He's made progress over the past year, it went from forbidding it to throwing a fit but on occasion after I explained to him I was going to the gym or didn't have time to do my hair a few times a day I could make it through the day. Now He doesn't immediately respond to it when he sees it but at some point through out the day he'll comment on it. The other day he was going down for his nap and he said "Mom when I wake up will you take your ponytail out?" I can't believe a three year old boy could care so much about a ponytail! So much for short hair, he probably wouldn't speak to me for weeks! :)

After we sold our house we moved into my dad's. Charlie loves being around his grandpa and the other day he was sitting on the potty and I said "Charlie, do you need help?" and he said "no, I want grandpa to wipe me!" I said "no, grandpa doesn't wipe you, just mommy." So a couple days later he says to grandpa "Grandpa, are you a boy or a girl?" Grandpa said "I'm a boy." Charlie said "if you're a boy then you can wipe me!" Don't know how he decided that one but I guess he's got it all figured out!

Kenya has been sick the past day and tonight at dinner Charlie said "why isn't Kenya eating?" I said "Because she's sick." He said "Oh, does she have a snotty nose?" I said "No, she has a tummy ache." "Oh, did she eat an egg?" "No, I said ache, not egg, it means her tummy hurts." In classic Charlie response to everything "Oh." :)