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| We found a cute idea for the kids' valentine's this year, we made heart shaped crayons and attached them to cardstock that said something clever, but weirdly, I didn't take pictures of the finished project. I think it said, "Be my valentine, for crayon out loud!", something like that. |
Well, just when I was starting the process of updating my blog, my computer broke AGAIN! This time it is unfixable, and there are no immediate plans to get a new one. I have the iPad, but can't upload pictures, and weirdly, can't see all my friends' blogs either, so my blog-stallings days are on hold too.
A couple of weeks ago I went on a field trip with Braden's class. The kids assigned to me all wrote cute thank you notes to me. But one note in particular I keep reading again and laughing every time. Here it is:
Dear Mrs. Pinney,
Thank you for chaperoning us. You must be a good mom for the way Braden turns out. Did you know Braden brings Legos to school? Braden almost always gets his clip pulled. He's hard to tame. You should check his pocket or backpack before he goes to school. If anyone can tame him, it's you, the mom of Braden.
From
Philip
January 28, 2012
Sienna had a father daughter 50's dance at her school. For months I scoured Pinterest looking for an easy way to make a poodle skirt. I was stressing big time! Then about a week before the dance, Sienna asks if she can wear this skirt already in her closet. Best day of my life! It's not technically a poodle skirt, but it swirls like one and I didn't have to do any sewing. And that's good, because it would have produced a lot of tears and maybe a few bad words in my mind.
I've had a broken computer for about a month. Ryan's co-worker's husband fixed it for me and I can catch up on my blog again! So here's some random photos from January...
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for the nice day. Thank you I could play at the playground. Thank you for Braden. Thank you for R.J. Thank you for Sienna. Thank you for the playground. Thank you for monster trucks. Thank you for Heavenly Father. Thank you I could play at the park. Thank you I could go to Luke's. Thank you for noses. Thank you for Daddy and thank you for Mommy. Thank you for Heavenly Father and Jesus. Thank you for chairs. Thank you for the pizza. Name of Jesus Christ, amen!
One of the people in my life who was nice to me was Austin. He is also my best friend. That's why Mrs. Roderick had to move us apart. That means we are really good friends. He was nice to me when he came up to me and wanted to be my friend. I think he's awesome. Too bad we're at different sides of the classroom. But I still say he's awesome. He is the best friend ever.
On New Year's Eve, Ryan and I had a nice dinner out with friends. Then we went home to be with the kids, and I tried to pretend it was not New Year's and was just going to send them to bed. Too bad they are smart and figured it out in time. We started off the New Year with 9am church, so we celebrated with New York. :o) I didn't think to have my camera ready for the moment, so this video is actually when the madness was dying down. :o) Fair warning, it's loud and annoying....
On Dec. 15 R.J. turned 12. It's so weird how old he is getting. We now see eye to eye, he's only three inches shorter than me, and his feet are two sizes bigger. He's such a sweet, wonderful boy and I love him so much. This year, he chose an ipod touch in lieu of a birthday party. And I got a great deal with my first ever Black Friday experience. :o)
On Dec. 18, R.J. was ordained a deacon. He was so excited about it. On Christmas day he was able to pass the sacrament for the first time in church. When I told him it would be on Christmas, he was so cute and said, "It will be my Christmas present!"
This year, our family Christmas Eve celebration was at my house. I was very proud of myself for making these rolls for dinner....
Don't they look amazing? I made about 65 rolls and ended up with way too many! After dinner, we had our Christmas Eve pinata. This is a tradition in my family since before I even existed. I remember so many Christmas Eve's, watching my mom paint Santa on a paper sack, and then helping her curl strips of paper for Santa's beard. I cannot paint Santa to save my life, so thankfully, my mom made this one for me awhile ago that I could use.
We were supposed to have about 20 people over for our Christmas Eve party. Slowly but surely, almost everyone had to cancel because they were sick. The stomach flu was going through the family. So Jon was the only person who showed up! We had lots of extra yummy rolls, and it was a nice, quiet evening, but still fun!
Last month Ryan took the two older boys to Utah for his nephew's missionary farewell. It was a quiet weekend for me, Conner & Sienna. On Sunday they spent hours building this fort and playing in it.
Sienna's third grade class had a fun holiday luncheon that I was able to help out with. They just finished reading "Little House in the Big Woods" so they fashioned their party after that. The decorations and all the food were from that era, as well as the gifts they were to exchange with each other. Sienna was supposed to make a baby cradle, and I thought a blanket too. Turns out we didn't have to do both. I was stressed, I can't sew well at all. I was really proud of this little blanket I made, and so was Sienna, she didn't want to give it away. I tore up a pair of pants of mine and an old curtain. :o) It's my first sewn blanket ever, and I was so pleased with myself. The actual cradle was a little lame, but it did actually rock, thanks to a little help from Ryan. When I saw the cradle Sienna received from one of her friends I was a little embarassed, hers is so fancy. My redeeming grace is that we were the only ones who made a blanket and a mattress! So my ego was restored...
These boys were so cute. When I pulled my camera out to take pictures of Sienna, they yelled for me to "Wait! We want to be in the picture too!!" So there they are...
Sienna's cradle also came with a stuffed animal. Cheaters. Why didn't I think of that??
We love driving around every holiday season looking at Christmas lights. There is a neighborhood nearby that we never miss. This year we bundled up, loaded up with hot chocolate, and walked the neighborhood with some friends. I hope we do this every year from now on!
Here's Conner with his best buddy Holden. These boys are so much fun.
Some of the mom ladies....
And the Dads...
And here's most of the kids. We had a lot of trouble trying to get everyone together for group photos, so unfortunately, a few special people are missing in every one. Maybe next year...
Our ward had a Christmas breakfast and we came in our jammies! Sienna was happy about the coloring station...
Braden is also happy to be here, lol...
There was an actual photographer taking pictures with Santa, so hopefully hers are better. R.J. was off doing a scout activity and Braden has never ever been willing to sit with Santa...
Conner & Holden, Besties....
