Case Life: April 2011

Saturday, April 30, 2011

PICTURES

So this was a little part of our Disneyland trip. We met this cool guy in the line at fantasy faire (to see the princesses) and he told us that he is a photographer for Disneyland but today was his day off. So he offered to take some pictures for us, but it turns out he must not have had his good camera with him. These pictures are not the quality I was expecting, but you can still see how fun my girls are! keep reading the next post if you want a long update on our family..

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wow I used to love blogging.. I think I would do it more if it was easier for me to upload pictures. I hate posting without pictures, but now Dan sold our laptop and made it impossible for me to upload pictures without the camera cords. I told him that in order to get my ok with selling the laptop he would need to hunt down the cords for me! I wonder when that will happen. sooo there won't be any pictures on this post either... unless I figure out how to transfer them from his email to here cuz I know of some in his email... hmm maybe that will happen! We have been very busy! We went to Disneyland on Bailee's birthday and that was a ton of fun! They gave her this birthday pin and i wish we would have counted how many times the staff said happy birthday to her! Everywhere we went, if we passed a worker, they would say 'happy birthday, Bailee!" We ate at Ariel's Grotto on her birthday for dinner and that was a fun experience, then we go to go to the World of Color that night. That was amazing! it is this show that has a wall of water and they project pictures and clips from the movies onto the water while playing music. I don't know how they did a lot of it, though.. it truly was magical for me! I love that place! I wasn't able to go on as many rides as i would have normally liked because Afton slept a lot in the daytime and if some of you don't already know, I am pregnant! right now I am about 12 weeks along and feeling like I am at least 20! so uncomfortable and I just feel like I am in someone else's body! But we are very super excited- i have been baby hungry for quite some time and just kind of waiting on our circumstances to look better and for Dan to be ready. As soon as I saw both of those come, we didn't waste much time!

Bailee is sooo smart.. I know I am probably biased, but she will just pick up one of her books and just start to sound out all of the words, or just read them according to the context. She has scored above average on all of her kindergarten assessments, but doesn't show any kind of boring behavior at school. when i go in to volunteer, she is liked by all of the students and they will go to her first when they need to ask for help. I love watching her in the classroom because she does her work and finishes before, so she turns her paper over and makes up her own math problems on the back to work out! She has been off track for a while now and has another week to go and it is getting to the time where we all need her to go back! i love her, but it is hard to continue structure and full time entertainment when I just want to lay in the bathroom and sleep all day.. not that I would ever be able to do that even if she was at school because I have cute little Afton!

Afton is a riot! She doesn't stop talking or just singing about anything. She'll tell me this whole long story and then say "That's funny, huh." And if I don't somehow paraphrase exactly what she told me to prove I was listening, she will get mad and either tell me again (louder, this time) or run away saying I am the meanest mom ever! sheesh, girls! She does like to play lots of pretend games and comes up with some great background stories before we play. She will be starting preschool in the fall and is very ready for it! She can spell her name and write all the letters in it (not quite in order) and some other letters she can write. She can sign most of the alphabet also- thanks to signing time!

Dan is still working at American Express. i am so thankful that he is willing to put in 40 hours a week and do school. School will be over on Wednesday but it is crunch time right now for him. but everything looks good on his grades so far, so unless something huge happens, he will be getting his associates degree! He will probably take a couple semesters off before going to the U but I am proud of him for getting everything done and working hard to also get good grades rather than just doing the bare minimum to pass. He just recently changed his work schedule to very difficult shifts. I HATE it. I have nothing good to say about it except he does get his homework done better. I feel like I never see him, but he likes it and so we will see if I can get used to it.

Well there is our family update for the last few months. hopefully I can figure out how to get pictures on here because my girls are pretty much growing fast and are very cute! adios

Bailee-isms

12/20/08 We were at the annual Case Christmas party. Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne were nice enough to buy us Sizzler lunch and then had a program at their home. Before I tell the story, I need to clarify that Grandma Betty is from England and still has her accent - which I love! Bailee wanted to ride in Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne's car from Sizzler but we told her no since her car seat was already in ours. Bailee: "I just want to go with them because I love them so much." Grandma Sue : " I know, and they love you, too." Bailee: "But Grandma Betty says it weiood" (wierd without the "r" sound)
11/10/08 We were "puppy sitting" for Dave and Sue overnight so they could spend a night in Midway. Part of Bailee's bedtime routine is that she gets to have "snuggle-wuggles" right before bed every night. Snuggle wuggles started as being a Backyardigans show but has evolved to being a choice between playing make believe with toys, a show, or something else she really wants to do before bed. Well this particular night I gave her the choice between Dragon Tales or going to the store with me and she chose the show. When it was over and I said it was time to brush teeth and go to bed, she started to cry and throw one of her tantrums. She said she wanted to go to the store with me, I then reminded her that she chose the show over going to the store. She replied very seriously that when she chose the show, she was just teasing me. Very smart response.. it didn't fly and she was not a happy girl going to bed that night
11/12/08 We were driving home from Dave and Sue's and Bailee said "What does 'age' mean?" Dan and I weren't quite sure what she said, so we asked her to repeat it and she did. We still weren't sure if she said "H" or "age." Usually she can explain what she is saying by thinking of another word or saying it in a sentence. We asked her to say it in a sentence or tell us when and how she heard it. She stammered a little, then said "You know, like my feet are big." Dan and I tried very hard not to laugh and she finally said "Like I am a big girl." So then I said.. "Okay, you mean 'age'. That is like how old you are, so your age would be 3. When someone asks you what your age is, you would say 3." So Dan said "Yeah. It is like someone asking you how old you are. What are you going to say when someone asks you what your age is?" and Bailee said, "That I am a big girl!" Maybe you had to be there or it was pretty late, but it was very funny.
Grandma Sue bought a doctors kit for the grandkids. It came with a couple of cards that showed what to do with the "tools" - kind of like directions. When we were cleaning up all the parts to it, Bai couldn't find the cards and she was saying over and over.. "where are the indirections? " I think she was mixing up the words "instructions" and "directions." It is very cute that her vocabulary is growing so fast that she just has a ton of information to sort through. I am biased, but I definitely think she is a smartie!
Bailee was trying to get Dan to fill up her aqua-doodle pen with water so she could color on her mat, but apparently Dan wasn't jumping on the task. He continued to get ready for work and gather his things when Bailee said very demandingly "Dad, when you are all done with this world stuff, will you please fill this up with water?!" It definitely got his attention and he filled it up with water and she went on her way.
Bailee was talking with her cousin, Aliyah, and her grandma Packer about places they have been and things they have seen. My mom brought up that Aliyah was in a whale's mouth at Storybook land and Bai was in a shark's mouth in Disneyworld. They were laughing about that and my mom said, "Weren't you scared in the mouth?" and Bailee looked at my mom with her index finger pointed at her and said, " Remember grandma, those things are just PRETEND!" My mom thought it was very cute how Bailee was trying to comfort her on the scary pretend things that are out there.
Bailee is pretty much a vegetarian and refuses to eat meat - except for chicken nuggets and taco soup). In colorado, they took out a lunchable jr. and she wouldn't eat the meat. Well, someone told her that the meat would make her jump higher. She had a couple bites of the meat and walked away. Sue asked "Did you like it?" and Bai said "yeah, I am going to see if I can jump higher now, though." She jumped and everyone cheered - Maybe she will continue to eat meat and end up in the olympics!
Bailee was riding home from a dinner in the back seat of papa Dave and grandma Sue's car. Her uncle Andy was sitting next to her talking to her when the sun came shining into the car all of a sudden and her grandparents both burst into song "Here Comes the Sun, do do do do.." Uncle Andy then whispered to Bai "Grandma and Grandpa are getting old." and bailee replied, "Grandma's not old, but Papa is."
Being the great English buff that he is, Bailee's uncle Jason was trying to enhance Bailee's vocabulary by teaching her some new words. One of the words was "plump." He told her about having a nice, big, juicy, plump apple. Then he went on to explain that it meant "big." Bailee then was able to catch on and said, "Like you, uncle Jason?"
When Bailee says prayers, she really lets Heavenly Father into her heart. She has said things like, "please bless that I can watch a movie tomorrow. Please bless that I can get tinkerbell makeup at the store. Please bless I can sleep the whole night in my bed. Please bless we will grow up healthy and go to heaven."
Bai was helping grandma Sue wrap some baptism gifts and asked her what they were for. Sue said that they were for her primary kids who were going to be baptized and when Bailee turned 8, she would also be baptized. Bai looked at grandma like she was out in the night and said " Oh, no, grandma, I am going to be a doctor when I grow up!"
We were leaving grandma Sue and papa Dave's so Bai went and hugged grandma and said "I love you, grandma." Dan told her to go and tell grandpa the same thing so she went and hugged grandpa and said " Papa, I love grandma."
Bailee thought her pee would be pink after she drank her strawberry milk. After I told her it would still be yellow or clear, she still had her hopes up. When we got home, she ran to the bathroom to go potty and we heard her disappointed voice come from the bathroom saying "Yep, it's still yellow."

Case Life

Saturday, April 30, 2011

PICTURES

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My pretty little butterfly

cleaning out the closet

You've gotta love her!

Bailee-isms

Sweet Afton

making the cake

making/eating the frosting

and eating the cake