Overheard at our house

Brinly is cracking me up daily. 

We've been potty training this week. Slowly. Painfully. BUT, I think she might be getting the hang of it. I'm refusing to put her in diapers (unless it's bedtime). So, I bravely stuck to this when we left the house for 3 hours of soccer. 

During Chelsea's half time, I took her to the soccer complex's bathroom. These "big" toilets freaked Chelsea out when she was little and she wouldn't dare sit on the toilet. 

Brinly sat right down, and....drum roll....WENT POTTY!!!!

I was so excited!

She got a piggy back ride on the way back to the field. I sang "Brinly went to the potTY! Brinly went to the potTY! (in the conga line style). 

Then she chimed in "I got to fwush the Toy-et! I got to fwush a toy-et!" in the same style. 

Whatever makes her happy! Let's hope we have lots of toilet-flushes tomorrow as well!

Overheard at our house

okay, I always type that "hour ouse".

Anyway.

We have Netflix. The Netflix where you can instantly stream to your TV. LOVE this feature.

A few days ago, I introduced "Dora" to Brinly.


Yesterday, she had a runny nose, so I told her we needed to go wipe it.

She starts wiping her nose and says "Swiper nose! Swiper nose! Swiiiiiiiper NOSE!"

(If you aren't familiar with the show, there's a little fox who "swipes" things. To prevent him from swiping, Dora says "Swiper, NO swiping! Swiper, NO swiping!". If you say that fast, you can get her confusion.)

Happy Birthday Dan!

HAppy Birthday Dan!

This year I plastered pictures of his past years on a tri-fold poster board, 

and set it up in the break-room at his office. 

Michael picked out the balloons, and Brinly carried them into the work

We also made these cupcakes I found on pinterest. I had never made them before, but they were called "Butterfinger Blizzard cupcakes" and knowing Butterfinger Blizzards are his favorite, I gave them a go. 

Apparently, they got the thumbs up. 

:)

 And just so you don't feel left out, here are a few pictures closer up so you can enjoy the fun. 

That night we had a super quick birthday party, since we had a bishopbric get together to go to.

Michael "got" Dan Beyblade. If you don't know what that is, don't feel bad. I didn't either. Until two days ago. 

Can you see the excitement on Michael's face?

 Michael played it all night with the sitter. 

Happy Birthday Dan! we love you!

Family comes to visit!

Before we get started, if you like to give me input on decorating, please GO HERE. If you roll your eyes at that sort of thing, please continue and do not GO HERE.

We had some visitors come watch General Conference with us!

Dan's sister Katherine, her hubby Dan (yeah...we have two Matt-in-laws too, so it does get confusing at times), and their two girls, and Dan's dad. 

Katherine's family is visiting from Chicago, so we don't get to see them much, so we loved every second of having them here!

As usual, I didn't take enough pictures. 

On Sunday, we took a walk to the Columbia River temple. It was a gorgeous day!

Look at these cute cousins!!!

I wasn't fast enough, but all three were peering in through the windows at the same time. The line from the temple song popped in my head "I'll go inside some day..." and I almost cried. Almost. 

Annie and Brinly became great friends. 

Annie let Brinly do her hair! If Annie tried to get up, Brinly wrapped her hands around Annie's shoulders and plopped her back down. Such a good sport. 

During the priesthood session, Katherine was helping me get dinner ready. We heard Michael's dramatic cry: "Mom! Mom!!!!!! Brinly is doing something REALLY bad!"

Brinly is always doing something "really bad" and Michael is always being dramatic about it. So, we kind of rolled our eyes, but went to go see what the fuss was about. 

And we found this:

yes, that is Annie STRAPPED into the doll stroller about to go for a ride down the stairs. Both just looked at us like "What's the big deal?" 

Thank you Michael, for being dramatic! :)

Thank you Millers and Grandpa for the fun visit!