The Lehi Fire Department Rocks Our Socks

Today was
Preschool Field Trip Dayand because parents
have to
accompany their children,
The whole gang had to come along.

I was the only one there
that hauled four kids in with me.

And I was the only
one that forgot my camera,
Oh well, cell phone pictures it is.

(Cohen would not stand still he was so excited)

They watched an Elmo Firefighter video
and tried on the jackets.

(Kenna was screaming that she needed to pee at this point
so I missed the picture of that.)

They got to climb into the fire engine,

and the fire truck,

Which I found out are
two VERY different things.

Why do preschoolers
and moms
need to know the difference?

Well the fire fighter thought it was important.

So for those of you that are dying to know


The Fire Engine
has the bigger pumper hoses and a very small ladder.

Fire Trucks
are the ones that have the huge-o ladders,
and don't hold as much water.

At least that is what I thought I heard
amongst the chaos of forty small children.

Now you are all one brain cell smarter.

Well regardless,
they all got stickers,

Which Cohen put on his Belly
and he kept lifting his shirt to show EVERYONE.
Then laughing and saying "on my belly"


Evidently being a junior fire fighter for the day
really wears you out!

because I found Caden first
(he never naps anymore)

and then Kenna
who never naps,
curled up with Cohen,
in Kenna's bed.



I had a very peaceful afternoon.


Thank you Lehi Fire Department
for that little gift!

Gap Baby Ad here we come.

So I was doing a photo shoot of Cohen at his best.
What do you think?

Does the up angle
show the gooey-ness of the snot better?

Or the does the down angle
better show off the carefully applied pizza sauce?
(Now dried on for a more aesthetically pleasing look.)


Or really,
should we skip the darling face all together
and go for the shapely knees,
(Cohen provided the scrapes
to add to the color of the composition.)

He was going for a certain look I think
Like, homeless street urchin boy,
This task was made harder
by his mean mother
who insisted on
the scrubbing and cleansing of above nastiness.
Don't worry.
He survived it.
I'm sure the look will be achieved again someday soon.
Like...by tomorrow.
Most likely.

Happiness

Today is a day
M-A-D-E

for playing outside.


The weather does NOT get better than this


The kids have decided to be friends today
and have been happy as little larks.

And...
My Iris' are blooming.

Mmm...
I love today.

The Adventures of a "Choc-o-wat" Lovin Boy

I came downstairs
and found
THIS
calmly sitting on the couch
watching a show.

I asked him what happened.


He looked at his hand for a second and said
"choc-o-wat"

"You ate chocolate?"
"Ya"
"See."

I cleaned up this Choc-o-wat Boy
and went into the office
to hide the bag of Hershey Kisses.

I walked back by the office two minutes later,
and
found
this.

"Cohen, what are you doing?!?!"

"Wan Choc-o-wat!"

Ryan got him down
and suggested that we throw out the Kisses.
Since no hiding spot was safe from
Choc-o-wat Boy

And the Lucky Princess is...

Julie

who said

I have three little girls who will for sure spend hours
fighting over who gets to wear it...
if I am so lucky to win! :)


Well Julie,
it looks like
today was your lucky day.

One Pink Princess Cape Gift Basket
coming your way!

Please email me at

andrea.price1@comcast.net

with your address
so I can send it out.

If there are super heroes and princesses out there
That cannot live one more minute without a cape.
MG Inspires has agreed to give anyone who orders one this week
15% off.
That would make them $12.50
and the shipping is on me.
In addition to the colors pictured
there is one that is a light powder blue.
Please let me know if it is for a Super Hero
or a princess.
Princess' get ribbons and a ruffly collar
Heroes get more manly ties.
comment here,
or email me at the above email address.

JVC is rockin a give away.

JVC is doing an awesome giveaway.
You can win
an Everio Camcorder
and you can win a trip to
"Blogher 09" convention
in Chicago.
Go here to enter.
Free stuff is awesome right?
Right.

I was not crying! I had something in my eye!

My baby brother

Phlip,
well,
His name is Philip,

But we all call him Phlip,

Got Married
to
the Lovely Laura
this past weekend,

and of course I was in attendance.

Unfortunately,
my allergies were also
in attendance.

The second
my bum hit the chair
for the ceremony,
my eyes started itching,
then they started seriously burning.
I was trying to dab carefully
so I didn't ruin my makeup.

All this dabbing turned into serious rubbing.
I was starting to tear up.
I had to squint out of one eye
when Phlip and Laura made their entrance.

I had to get my contact out.
I took it out and stuck it in my mouth
(so it wouldn't dry out.)

Ahhh...
Relief.
Except now I couldn't see.
And my eyes were still streaming,
and my nose was still running.
I glanced up with one eye,
and Becky (my step mom)
saw me and made the
"you poor thing,"
"you are so sweet to be so emotional"
face
thinking I was sitting there bawling
over the ceremony.

I tried to sniffle up the snot,
and dry my eyes,
lest everyone think I was the
ONLY emotional idiot
in the entire room,
and when sniffling,
I swallowed my contact.

GREAT!

As we got downstairs and outside after the ceremony
people kept patting me,
and giving me
the look.
(This is Mac's Father in Law teasing me)
This is me telling him
I REALLY did
have something in my eye!
and really,
How cliche to say
"I wasn't crying, I just had something in my eye!"

And now I couldn't see anything
unless I squinted like a pirate.

I was fully made up on the Right side,
and had not a stitch of makeup left on the left,
from all the
"crying."

It was not cute.
See Here before it was completely gone.


Luckily
Laura and Phlip
were more than cute enough for all of us.

They threw a beautiful and elegant reception,

and had some seriously good ice cream there,

and I went home with a migraine.

Because I could only see out of
one eye.

A day I'm pretty sure I'll never forget.




P.S. The Super Hero Give Away ends Friday Morning.
Comment if you want to be entered!

Once upon a time, in a land far far away... There was this gift basket to give away...

Introducing
Another Member of the Twinkle Bee Hive

Mary Ellen Workman
Is the creative genius behind
MG Inspires

Our Gift Basket Give Away for today


Featuring
one of her Princess Capes

The Pink one
to be exact.


But of course


if you have a little boy
who is in desperate need of a cape


as Saxon
(the little man in gray)
became
(modeling was not enough he NEEDED one!)
let me know
and we can order one for you.
and Mary will make it for you.
Because she is AWESOME like that.

and because really,
no super hero should have to exist
without a cape.

Mary knows things like this.
She has four super heroes and one princess of her own.



Mary
or
Mary Ellen,
or
Mary Hellen
or
Harry Melon
(as we have affectionately called her)
is my mom's younger sister,
so in fact she is
Our Aunt Mary.

But after my mom died
she became
the closest thing I had to a mom.
She has come to
every
graduation,
Wedding,
baby being born,
and significant event
in my life.
She even took herself right over to Europe
to meet me in Austria
after I got done in Romania
so we could travel around together.
Mmm...
that was an unforgettable adventure.

Mary's talents do not only extend to making capes.
The woman has never met something she couldn't master.
You ready for this list?
I am not lying about a single one of these things.

She makes
Wedding Cakes
Wedding Dresses
Prom Dresses

Baby Blessing Dresses
(This was Kenna's)
All the costumes for the high school drama department.
(anything that you can sew, she can sew better, I promise!)

She also is an amazing artist
who draws and paints.
I told her I needed a little name sign for Cohen's Room
She knows his favorite thing to say is "Buggy!"
So she came up with this!

She crochets

(she is the one that makes the darling crochet edge blankets
in the Twinkle Bee Blanket Shop)

She is an amazing cook
but she has this rock solid will power
and she hasn't eaten sugar in YEARS.
So half the time,
she doesn't even eat what she cooks.
Yeah well, we sure do.

Her kids love her,

my kids love her.
When she is in town
I do not even get to buckle their car seats.
They want Aunt Mary to do it.

She has two sons that are married,
(one darling Grandaughter, and one on the way)
one that is currently serving a mission
one senior in high school
(that is about to graduate as valedictorian of his class,)
and her Baby Girl is in Eighth Grade.

Busy lady huh?
Yeah,
but she always has time for creativity,
and fun,
and for me and my family.

I
love her
love her
love her

and her crazy amounts of talent.

I am currently trying to convince her
to put her blessing dresses
and artwork up on Twinkle Bee.

We shall see if I am victorious.
She is very humble about her gifts,
and SHE SHOULDN'T BE!
She rocks.

You love the capes?
Yes you do!
Comment to win one.
Comment to order one.
You know the drill.
COMMENT!


You could be seeing these darling backsides
lined up against your fence!



Also one million and five thanks to Rachel Jones
my UBER talented sister in law
for taking the pictures
and volunteering her daughter and her cape
for the photo shoot.
She is the creater and genious behind
Black Eiffel
(even Martha Stewart thinks she's cool)
Check her out.
You won't be sorry.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

The winner of the Rag quilt is...

Jenae

who said

Glad I found your blog and learned about TwinkleBee and Apron Shop, I sure hope I win an adorable rag quilt! I was just admiring someone's last night, dreaming of it for my new little baby boy.

I am assuming Jenae,
that you want one for a boy,
but please let me know if I am wrong.
I will get with Holly Doll,
and let her know what you want.
(Who am I kidding,
spoken to her twice on the phone
just this morning,
and going to meet her at Target in an hour.)
So we're slightly inmeshed,
whatever
She'll whip one up for you.


Please email me your address at

andrea.price1@comcast.net

and if you have a blog,
let us know what it is
so we can check it out.

And come back to see Twinkle Bee and Handi Andi!

Tired Girl

Ummm...
You know you have been blog surfing
for too long when...
You trip over this
when you get up to grab some water.




The Rag Quilt Gift Basket Giveaway
is still open till Saturday Night!
Comment Comment
on the previous post
to enter.