Saturday, February 14, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Paparazzi
Mabel has been loving her new camera (40% off at Michaels!)
and I love scrolling through to see what she thought was interesting
enough to photograph.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Cutest bathroom selfie right?
Her friend Reese:
Charlie barf on the back porch. Gross.
Do you know which movie this is?
I think these next two are my favorite:
Monday, February 2, 2015
Heavenly Father and Jesus Love Me
Mabel graduated from her nursery class at church
to her new primary class for 3-4yr olds called,
"SUNBEAMS"!!
She was asked to give a talk to her junior primary group
and she was really excited about it. The topic was,
"Heavenly Father and Jesus Love Me."
Mabel and I talked about ideas and how God and Jesus
show us that they love us....here is the talk we came up with:
"Heavenly Father and Jesus Love Me.
They gave me my family, my friends, and this beautiful Earth.
I feel their love when I am kind.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
We printed out the talk with pictures so she could memorize it.
She had it memorized that day!
She would be sitting at her desk coloring
and practicing her talk. It was pretty sweet to hear.
When Mabel was ready to give her talk I was
going to go up to the microphone with her in case
she needed help, or moral support....but she told me she was
going up by herself and I needed to stay in my seat!
Typical Mabel!!! :)
Nate recorded it:
We were so proud of her,
and she was very proud of herself!
We are constantly amazed
at this confident, brave, inquisitive
little girl. She teaches us (and mostly me) how
to stop and see the world through little eyes that
are full of wonder and curiosity. Eyes that see mundane
tasks as exciting and fun. Her little (and usually big!) voice
reminds me to be kinder, slower, and more patient.
She is a little girl with big emotions... and sometimes
those emotions get the best of all of us. But most times they
cause me to fall asleep at night thinking about what
an interesting and unique little personality she is developing.
I pray every night for strength and guidance as I
parent her strong energetic spirit.
I want home to be a safe haven for her and
a soft place for her to fall.
Mabel really is a shining little sunbeam
that I love with all my heart!
Friday, January 30, 2015
Monday, January 26, 2015
...eight months...
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| First time sitting in the front of the cart like a big boy! |
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| He loves the bath. |
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| He likes to turn around backwards when I am trying to feed him... because it's fun to get food EVERYWHERE. |
Friday, January 23, 2015
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Fourth Quarter Commentary
2014 End of Quarter Mabelisms
9.01.14 She says "Smoovie" instead of Smoothie and "Eagle" sea witch instead of Evil.
9.10.14 (Nate and Mabel laying in her bed playing restaurant)
Nate: Hi, what do you have to drink here?
Mabel: Sorry, we are all out of drinks.
Nate: Okay, how about dinner?
Mabel: Sorry, all out of food.
Nate: Okay, how about dessert?
Mabel: Sorry.
Nate: Okay, maybe I will just have some Mabel arm.
Mabel: (tucking her arm behind her) Sorry, we are all out of Mabel arms.
9.29.14 Mabel was trying to say the word cactus to Kelsey and she kept saying "cackiss." Kelsey said, "You're silly Mabel!" Mabel said, "I'm funny too!"
10.04.14 In the middle of the night I looked on her video monitor and saw that she was completely out of her covers and turned the opposite direction in her bed. I went down and covered her up and she woke up saying, "Thank you mama, thank you for helping me sleep."
10.06.14 (at Lowes)
"That guy has a witch's nose!" (Great Grandma Naylor had been at our house a few days before and she said that a guy on TV looked like he had a witch's nose. Of course two little ears picked up on that right away!)
11.05.14 I dropped her off at dance and told her that I was going to Target with Elliott while she was dancing. When I picked her up she said, "Did you have a good time at the store?"
11.06.14 "Mom, you know what? I think I am ready to be a hobo." (What the?)
11.08.14 (I was about to get in the shower and reminded Mabel that she can only open the front door if she is with mama, daddy, or Aunt Kelsey)
"If I open the door Jesus would be so angry."
11.13.14 Mabel: I'm hungry, let's get a snack at the store.
Me: Okay, but we have to stop at the library first.
Mabel: Okay, I will just swallow my spit.
11.13.14 (Reading scriptures at dinner, the verses that say Come Unto Jesus)
Mabel: Me? Right now?
11.17.14 After putting on a new headband for family pictures she looked in the mirror and said, "Mama, I look like a bride!
11.21.14 (After having a pee accident on the couch) "Daddy will be mad that I didn't listen to my body."
11.22.14 (After watching the Tinkerbell with all the spooky rats)
Nate: Thanks for protecting me from the rats.
Mabel: It was my pleasure.
11.23.14 Me at 6:10am: You need to stay in your bedroom and play quietly until your light comes on at 7. This is too early.
Mabel: Okay, but I still love you.
11.27.14 (After Thanksgiving dinner we went around the table and had everyone say a person, place, and thing they are thankful for.)
Mabel said, without hesitation: "Kelsey. Rita's Water Ice. My family.
11.27.14 Nate missed the turn to Kristy and Dave's house and after hearing me say that he had missed it she said, "Accidents happen."
11.28.14 (At a restaurant waiting for the servers to come and sing to Nate)
"They have to sing to you daddy, you're the birthday boy!"
11.29.14 (She had a double ear infection and had to take antibiotics twice a day)
"I don't want to eat it, it smells exhausting!"
11.30.14 (making a cup of peppermint tea together) "Mama, I will dance it." (move the tea bag up and down in the water)
12.01.14 I sprayed new mint kitchen cleaner on the counters and she came in, took a big whiff and said, "What is that smell? It smells like mint!"
12.02.14 We got in the car and she pulled out her fake phone and said, "I need to text Nana."
12.04.14 "I meeted her yesterday when I was a kid."
12.04.14 "I certainly want to watch a show."
12.05.14 "Thanks for this Anna and Elsa necklace mama. It makes my heart feel glad."
12.06.14 "Let's play Michael. Michael Polo." (She meant Marco Polo)
12.06.14 Mabel: "Daddy, do you know what I love?"
Nate: "What?"
Mabel: "Oak trees."
12.07.14 Mabel: I'm allergic to something.
Me: Oh yeah, what?
Mabel: You and brother.
12.11.14 (After playing with friends)
Mabel: "Myla is so mean. She hit me."
Me: "She hit you when you were playing?"
Mabel: "No, last year when I was a baby."
12.12.14 Fritz and Charlie, our cats, were playing with each other roughly and Mabel told Fritz to be nice. He stopped chasing Charlie and Mabel said, "I gave him a thumbs up but he didn't do it back."
12.14.14 "Daddy threw me in bed and it hurt so bad that it made me so hungry." (No throwing took place.)
12.23.14 I was getting her dressed and put on her underwear and she said, "I don't bleed right? Not till I get older."
12.23.14 While playing the whispering game at dinner (who can whisper the longest) Mabel was excited that she was winning and whispered, "Daddy, I'm the whisperest!"
12.19.14 She put parmesan all over her spaghetti, took a bite and said, "Mmmmmm....that is ever so good."
12.21.14 "I hit daddy last year when he was a baby and I was the mama."
2015
(I added what I had in the jar for January because when I get a spare minute to type I have to take advantage of it!)
1.06.15 Mabel to Elliott: "Buddy can you stop that sound? It's annoying to me. You're still my best friend."
1.06.15 (I asked her to turn on Elliott's light) "I just turned it up a smidge."
1.09.15 Mabel: What are those? (pointing to my forehead)
Me: They are wrinkles that happen when I lift up my eyebrows.
Mabel: They look like waves. Can I touch them?
1.11.15 (While watching a show.)
Me: Wow, that was a spooky Cheetah!
Mabel: NO! A Cheeto!
1.15.15 (We were snuggling on the couch) "Can I feel your lines?" (my forehead lines...nothing like giving me a wrinkle complex!)
1.15.15 (Mabel was helping Nate make macaroni and cheese and she was stirring)
Nate: It's kind of tricky to stir huh?
Mabel: You mean it's tricky to rock a rhyme?
1.16.15 (We saw a homeless woman holding a sign on the corner of the street.)
Mabel: "What does her sign say?"
Me: "It says that she doesn't have a home."
Mabel: "She looks sad, maybe we could give her ours or maybe we could buy her one."
1.17.15 "I don't want to watch that dancing part because it gives me gas."
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