The Holbrook Family

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

What d'ya think?

Mark and I went to Beehive Brick and Stone today to pick out some brick and stone for the outside of our house. :) This is what I think we've decided on, I would love some feed back from you all! We loved this one because it is a natural stone, and you can't really tell but it has some mossy spots on it,which I love and it was a really great price for natural stone. We then drove around east, east Draper trying to find the 1 of 2 houses they've used this new stone on so far and felt like we were in a different land! There's a whole new world behind the point of the mountain we had no idea existed! Anyway, there's a picture of the house it's on, our stucco won't be so green though so ignore that. Then there's a picture of the brick we're thinking about, not a very good picture though because a neighbor was a little freaked out that we were stopped in front of her house taking pictures from our car window.

Here it is in the show room with the stucco that we like.

On the house

The brick

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Discovery Gateway

We got a membership this year at Discovery Gateway and we've loved it! I don't know about the rest of you stay at home moms but I have to get out of the house just about every day for my sanity and to get Charlie's energy out, so just about every day after Kenya wakes up for her morning nap we load up and go somewhere, whether it be the park, the store, a friends, old McDonalds (as Charlie calls it) or Discovery Gateway! This time we took Samara and Jayme and baby Liam so Samara could get out of the house too. :) They played in the Sesame Street part the whole time and learned all about the body. Charlie loved the poop machine. :)

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Charlie and Kenya ready for church. Charlie loves his new primary class, I thought he would have a hard time going to a new ward but he did great. Kenya is getting to the difficult stage at church, you know, the roaming the halls stage. She won't sit on my lap for very long anymore but still a ways to go until nursery!

Kenya and her cousin Knox, Colby and Erianne's boy. He's got his arm around her, how cute!

This is cute Greta, Jared and Amy's little one. Greta, Kenya, and Knox are all born within a month of each other.

Girls Weekend

This weekend I got to go up to Park City for an over nighter with my sister and sisters in law. We missed my other sis Kelle who wasn't feeling good. We had a great time shopping, eating, and talking! We were all so excited to have a full 24 hours away to do just that! A big thank you to Mark who was a great sport staying at home with the kids. Thanks sweetie, you're the best!

Friday, April 18, 2008

Mornings Like These...

No Children were harmed in the making of this video.

Okay, so this is what happened...
I bought Charlie some new Buzz Lightyear underwear which he was very excited about. A couple pair have Buzz on the back and he wanted to "see Buzz" and wear his underwear backwards. He's done this with his other character underwear and I've let him, even though it looks like he's wearing bikini underwear on his bum. Well today I told him if he wanted to wear his new underwear he would have to wear it the right way with Buzz in the back. Well that set him off! He was having none of it. I wasn't about to give into him after that sort of behavior so I picked my battle and I wasnt' giving in. He cried for a good twenty minutes about it. I told him I was going to take them back to the store if he didn't want to wear them the right way and eventually he gave in. In the midst of it I had taken away a package of hair clips from Kenya and that set her off (it was her nap time.) So that's when I decided to capture this moment and for my own sanity look at it as humorous.

This is the devastated boy who had to wear Buzz on his backside. I'm sure he'll secretly turn his underwear around when I'm not looking at some point today and the struggle was all for nothing!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

It's Begun!

We are so excited because we own a piece of property with a big dirt hole in the ground! That's right, we finally closed on our loan and the process has begun. Who'd have thought you could be so excited about a hole. Charlie was especially excited about the big "dirt roofies" (this is what he called the big dirt piles, I guess they looked like roofs to him.) They should be pouring our foundation soon too, yeah! Our house is on the way!

Monday, April 14, 2008

Sunshine On My Shoulders Makes Me Happy

Yeah! A sunny day again! Charlie has been riding his new spider man scooter outside and is so excited to be riding it on the little skate parks we've found. He loves it and is so proud of himself for doing it so good! Kenya was not about to let Charlie have all the fun so I let her loose in the sand and she explored the whole sand box! She worked her way from one end to the other.

Mark took this picture on his phone and edited it, great action shot! Now if I could just get him to post something.

Kenya only ate the sand a couple times, better than expected!

She's always doing this crooked smile, I think she's just getting use to all those teeth in her mouth.

Kenya trudging through the sand.

Kenya playing "Peekaboo" With her cute bedhead

Here's Buzz Lightyear after watching "Buzz Lightyear go to the space." This is his outfit that he thinks makes him be Buzz Lightyear. :)

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." :)