Bits and pieces

**These are old bits and pieces, probably from 4-6 months ago.  I have been horrible at this!**

Cami: "I can't believe me and Brie are related to the same people.  Isn't that crazy?"

I told Cami and Brie to brush their teeth before going to school. Cami didn't want to. I asked her if she wants her teeth to rot. "What does rot mean?" Best parenting move ever? Pulling up some rotten teeth images on google. She said nothing and quickly went to brush her teeth.

Me: "No you can't have Halloween candy for breakfast!" Let me pour you a bowl of sugar loaded cereal instead.


The word of the day is crumby, pronounced crum-bee. That's how Cami is describing her voice today, she is a little congested. I love her made up words.


It probably wasn't a good idea to bring up the exotic animal story while the twins were walking with me down the street. Our neighbor's *tiny* dog barked and Cami took off screaming at mach 10 speed for our front door. This time I am the one that traumatized her. Usually it's Aaron.


Cami: "I had to sing the 'flower gleam and glow' song to get to sleep but it scared Brie."
Brie: "Yeah, I had nightmares all night long. Tell her she can't do that anymore."


This is part of the conversation I overheard between Cami and Brie about an hour after I put them to bed one night last month. They're so funny.

Cami: "I wish I knew how to skateboard."
Brie: "All you do is bend your knees and put your arms out and go."
Cami: "I just don't know - oh wait! Pixie dust!"
Brie: "Pixie dust is only for emergencies."




One of my favorites from LAST year 

"Cami, would you like ham and potato soup or chicken and gravy over rice?"

"I just want rice."

"You can't just have rice, you need some protein."

"I don't like protein."

"Protein helps you grow."

"I don't want to grow, because you'll cry if I get older.  I'm just going to stay 4, so I don't need protein."

It's actually March

I had started a post last month and never finished it.  And now it's March. 

Even though the weather the past few months has been pretty mild, we have had our share of sick days this winter.  I'm hoping that we are over the worst of the sickness.  Brie had strep throat last week, but I took her in after just 15 hours of a fever (I was worried she had pneumonia, too).  Our PA did a rapid strep test first and it came back positive.  Brie never complained of a sore throat, we lucked out catching it so quickly. 

The girls are doing really well.  Maddie just finished an after school Spanish class that went about 6 weeks.  She is starting her sewing class again on Tuesday.  We have had a hard time with our schedules for piano, but I think she'll be starting that again on Saturday after about 6 weeks off.  All three girls are in Curtain Call, we switched them in February from the studio they went to in the fall.  My friend Wendy does Curtain Call and she's just down the street, which is nice.  It's a smaller group and I think it will work well for the girls.  They are loving it so far.

I keep forgetting to mention my new calling.  I was put in as the Mia Maid and Laurel (I think we just have one Laurel) in Young Women a couple months ago.  I am really excited about it!  I'm still working on finding my groove for teaching, but it's going well.  

Aaron and I took a few days off from our regular routine and went to Las Vegas with Brian and Wendy last weekend.  We left Saturday morning and were in Vegas by 2:30.  This trip we hit the outlets on Charleston, the dinner buffet at the Wynn, Earl of Sandwich, Carnegie Deli, Beatles Love by Cirque de Soleil, $1 midnight bowling at our hotel (South Point), a couple movies - Star Wars in 3D (for the guys) and This Means War (for the girls).  We splurged our last night with dinner at Morels at the Palazzo.  We had so much fun!  We drove home Tuesday.  The girls were so excited to see us when we picked them up Tuesday night and I was ready to be home after a few days away.  Perfect.

It's February!

The week after Christmas I caught a respiratory virus and the stomach flu.  I wasn't feeling well for about a week, it was awful.  A couple weeks later I had a fever and just felt wiped out.  After three days without any improvement I went to the doctor and found out I had pneumonia.  It took about 4 days for the antibiotics to help me feel normal.  It cleared up pretty quickly and I've had a few good weeks now.  Hopefully that's the last of it for a while!

Maddie came down with something last weekend and had a positive strep test on Monday.  Her fever didn't clear up after two and a half days on antibiotics so we took her back in on Thursday.  She has pneumonia, too.  The poor girl is so miserable.  She's on a Z pack now so I hope she feels much better in the next few days.

Other than the bugs we've been dealing with, life is full of the usual stuff.  We booked a week in May at a vacation rental in Capistrano Beach, we'll be going with my parents, Brandon's family and Chelsey and her husband.  We're all really excited.