Rylie"isms"

Rylie says the funniest things. Of course I think they are funny since I'm the mom. Here are a few.

• On coming home from Primary one day, "Heavenly Father made male and email" This would be the 21st century version.
• At Walmart to the cashier, while I was pregnant with Rori, "You know what's in that big thing? (pointing to my stomach) My sister."
• To the nurse at the OB's office after Rori was born, "I'm thinking of getting a brother baby."
• After I opened the bathroom door to check on her, "Mom, you shouldn't come in here. I need some privacy."
  

I know there are more, but I'll have to post them later!

Spiderman, I mean Spidergirl

If you haven't noticed, our daughter loves superheroes just like your regular 3 year old girl does!!! She is a tomboy and loves to pretend about superheroes: Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Ninja Turtles). Here she is in one of 5 pairs of Spiderman pajamas she owns. If I tell her she is Spidergirl, she says no, I'm Spiderman. Her 3rd birthday cake was a Spiderman cake.
Last summer we were in Utah at a kids' carnival. All of her girl cousins were getting fairy face painting, but she happened to see that the lady could do Spiderman. She was insistent on getting Spiderman, so we compromised with a pink faced Spiderman instead of the traditional dark red. Pretty funny!

Easter in Montana

Well, Easter in March in Montana is not the warmest of days, but this year it was not too terribly cold (aka We didn't have to put Rylie in snowpants). The sun was shining and the wind was not at gale force. Rylie went on a few different Easter Egg hunts (or as Mark referred to most of them as Easter Egg Scrambles, as the eggs are in full view). Rori couldn't have cared less what day it was, she's all about the sleeping. Rylie thinks the Easter Bunny is named Patrick, due to Easter in Miles City where she had her picture taken with the Easter Bunny named Patrick. Perfectly logical. Just the other day she told me that she wanted to be the Easter Bunny when she grew up.

Tagged!!

I guess I've been tagged twice so I better get on the ball!


10 years ago:
I was finishing my teaching degree at MSU-Billings and living in Petro Hall on campus. I was a Resident Assistant to a co-ed floor full of partying freshmen. They definitely tested my patience. I was cheering on my MSU-Billings men's basketball team. Go Yellowjackets!!! I was also making preparations to travel to New Zealand for my student teaching.

5 things on my to do list:

• Finish my grades for 3rd quarter
• Sleep (hardly doable with a 7 week old baby)
• Clean the house
• Make Easter dinner
• Finish the laundry (which seems to multiply like rabbits)

5 snacks I enjoy:

• chocolate
• cheesesticks
• wheat thins
• microwave popcorn
• mushrooms with ranch

What would I do if I suddenly became a Billionaire$$$:
-Build a new house, set up education funds, eliminate all our debt, travel by private jet, purchase land in Montana mountains...
-I would help in humanitarian projects throughout the world
-Whatever I wanted to!

5 places I've lived:

• Miles City, Montana
• Billings, Montana
• Manurewa, New Zealand
• West Jordan, Utah
• East Helena/Helena, Montana

5 jobs I have had:

• Worked at Hardees and the Ben Franklin lunch counter for a summer
• Agriculture Research Assistant (this involved sticking my hand in a cow's stomach on more than one occasion)
• Resident Assistant
• Middle school and High school science teacher
• Mom (definitely the most difficult and most rewarding)

3 things you don't know about me:

• I traveled to 7 foreign countries prior to the age of 22.
• I was voted Most Likely To Be President ( I guess I better get on it if I'm going to win this election)
• I didn't know how to drive a stick shift until I was out of high school, even though I had been driving legally since the age of 15.

Well, I hope this has been fun and informative. I am tagging Emily Norman!

Rylie and Rori Roo

You'd never guess that Rylie loves her little sister! She loves to snuggle Rori all the time, really, all the time. Rori loves to sleep. She's starting to smile more often, even when she's awake now.