3 year olds are the best

I love all the funny things 3 year old kids say.

Me: Bye, I'm going to my meeting.
Lily: Bye mom. Have fun! Try not to pee in your pants.

Sometimes it's hard to understand Lily. Here's a guide if you find yourself in a conversation with her but you have no clue what she's talking about.

Wizzywand = Disneyland
Cupscups = Catsup
Barking bot = Parking spot
when I was a widdo mommy = When I'm a mommy I plan to...
eee-wear = underwear
bybearbee = library

Scrapbook Expo

We sold our stamps at the Scrapbook Expo over the weekend. Lily came with us to help set up. She had the time of her life carrying in boxes, putting decorations on our back wall, and riding her scooter around. She was a fantastic little helper. My mom & Trisha watched our kids during the actual show. My cousins Brooke & Heather came for a few hours each to help us sell our merchandise. Although the show was ridiculously long (ending at Midnight) we had a great time.

Freak out

Me: Who's going to sleep all night?
Ty & Ella: Me.
Lily: Not me.
Me: Why not Lily?
Lily: Because I'm going to freak out in the night.
Ty: Why? How are you going to freak out?
Lily: Really loud. I'm going to freak out really loud tonight.

At least she's honest.

St. Patricks Day'

Despite my telling Ella last year that Leprechauns are pretend, she has been looking forward to finding one all year. She was thrilled when she woke up on Thursday to find prints through out the house. The leprechaun had brought her and Lily a little golden key that does magic things. For example, it's supposed to help Ella do her homework calmly each night. (If I'm already lying about a leprechaun, I might as well lie about a magic key. Right?)

Lily celebrated St. Patrick's day by painting our kitchen table green. Luckily for me, it came off... well, most of it.

We finished off the day with Green pancakes, and Green smoothies.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

3 parties in one day

First, my friend Wendy's son was baptized, followed by a luncheon at her house, then there was a baby shower celebration for my cousin Marcie, then off to a dinner making party at Susan's house.
It was a fun day... for me... I have to tell Tyler thanks for working hard all day while simultaneously watching the kids so I could have a day off. Thank you Tyler!

horses have wings

Lily: What? Horses have wings? Do they mom?
Me: No... they only have wings in Barbie movies. Real horses don't have wings.
Lily: But the baby monkey that is growing in my tummy has wings. Does it mom?
Me: huh?
Lily: I think the baby monkey that is growing in my tummy has wings, and the elephant too.

We've Been Busy

We've been busy lately. Tyler's been busy working & getting our taxes ready for the accountant. (I think with all our businesses & freelance projects, we spend way more time getting taxes ready than a normal family spends actually doing their taxes. Thank goodness we hire our taxes out. I can't imagine how long it would actually take us to do our own taxes.)

I've been busy designing new products & trying to figure out how to make more time in our lives for all of the enjoyable things.

Ella’s been busy with school her Chinese class. Just recently her teacher has started giving Chinese spelling tests to the students. It's a lot of work for all of us.

Lily is the busiest of all though. She's been busy building her interior design portfolio. You can see her work throughout our entire house.


She's also been busy cooking & trying new recipes. One of her favorites was “Pepperoni-Mint -Chocolate-Chip-Ice Cream” She ate it all, and wanted more.

She spends most of her time dancing. It doesn't matter if any music is playing or not. She dances. She dances while she eats, she dances while she decorates the house, She dances while she cooks, she dances at the store.

She’s multi-talented, she has a lot of energy, and she’s for hire. For only a few pennies a day, she’ll entertain you while simultaneously decorating your home. She can also make an awesome Raspberry-chocolate-milk-lemonade to quench your thirst. Let me know if you’re interested!