On Being A Bully

Riley Came up tome a couple days ago after having a hard couple days listening and obeying her parents. I was at the end of my very very short-tempered rope and had raised my voice a few(thousand) times. She said to me..

"Mom, so you know that Heavenly Father said to be nice to people and that we need to not be bullies. So next time when I or Mak is bad you just need to smile and laugh and be happy at us and not be a bully so you don't make Heavenly Father sad."

I kind of couldn't believe it and had to keep back the laughter as I responded...

"Yes Bug, I know I shouldn't be mean. But you know that Heavenly Father also said that you need to listen obey and be nice to your mommies and daddies. So when you don't do those things it makes him sad too."

This is what she said. "Oh....."

Nice try Bug.

A Brave Girl A Tooth and A Lame Tooth Fairy

This is so late....

I am behind on pretty much 

every. 

thing. 

in life right now.

Totally undependable. But I have a very sweet very cute very smiley, sweet boy to blame.

Shameless.

So remember that time I wrote about the Bug and her loose tooth?

She lost it THAT DAY!

I couldn't even believe it.

She asked Dale to "Wiggle it back and forth and twist it until it is out!"

She was so determined. I was afraid though that when it got right down to it that she would be terrified to have her tooth ripped out. I know I always was. But this girl surprised the heck out of us and was fearless. When Dale was about to give up and let the tooth come out a little more naturally Riley would make sure that he was not done until that tooth came out!

Where on EARTH did she get her stubborn from? HA!

So Dale did as he was told, like a good Daddy should and didn't stop (it took a whole minute) until that little tooth was out!

She was so happy and so dang proud that she didn't cry or get scared, not even once!

She was so excited to put her tooth under her pillow and wait for the tooth fairy to bring her money to her. And when she woke up in the morning she was so excited to go to her teacher and show off her cute toothless grin!

When she came home that day she had a tooth sticker stuck to her shirt and fun book about losing teeth!

Oh ya... The lame tooth fairy.

He/she almost blew the FIRST LOST TOOTH.

Parents of the year award goes to us.

We were so exhausted that night that we went to bed early and totally forgot to do our duties until we woke up with Rudger for a 5:00 feeding. Dale hopped out of bed as fast as he could got the money and made the switch. Luckily she was asleep because normally she is up by then. (how did i make a early riser? that so does not come from me.)

All was well but we felt a little guilty all day. She didn't know the first bit of difference and was so happy in the morning when she found her money.

The Story About Baby Teeth

Riley found her first loose tooth today and she is so excited and cant stop talking all about all things teeth. This is the story we heard this afternoon.

Daddy, when Rudger was in Heaven, Heavenly Father took out all his teeth and it hurt him. And He cried a little. But when Rudger gets to one year old he can have all his teeth back!

That girl cracks me up!

Life Lately

These past three weeks our lives have been totally turned around as we adjust to life as a family of 5.

Its all about Rudger lately.

Who gets to hold him, kiss him, rock him, feed him (me) and when/if its gonna happen.

There has been a lot of lounging in jammies, a lot of playing with all the fun toys the girls got for Christmas and a lot of cuddling.

 (he loves to stare at the tree with its lights on. i don't think i am ever going to be able to take it down)

We are loving every minute of it.

Where Do Kids Get This Stuff

We are in the car yesterday and Riley Bug was telling Dale and I all about how she was a baby "yesterday"

(what term she uses to describe any time in her life that she cant remember)

Dale had asked her a couple questions and the rest went like this...

Bug- Ya, yesterday when I was a baby I wore a diaper like Mak.

Dale- You did, huh?

Bug- Yep!

Dale- Well, did you poop in your diaper?

Bug- You bet I did!!

Yep. 

I have no idea where she gets this stuff...

Halloween

Our Halloween went a little like this.

A parade on Friday morning for the K-3rd graders at Bugs school!

She looked so cute and had lots of fun!

 Then last night as soon as Dale got home from work we ran out the door to make it to Mom and Dad Whipples ward Halloween party.

Mak could not have been more excited to get into her Dorothy Dress!

She has been telling us everyday for a couple weeks that she was gonna be "Dorofy"

Too cute!

She asked to open every piece of candy the second she got it! There was no way she wanted to wait....

Too bad for her!

 Riley was excited to get back in her costume for some more fun and trick-or-treating!

We trick-or-treated around Mom and Dad Whipples neighborhood then went to see my parents.

By the end of the night Makenna was as awake and hyper as could be and Riley was so exhausted and grumpy and we went home fast and the girls were asleep faster than ever!

Thanks Halloween!

Never Were There Such Devoted Sisters

These two girls are so fun to watch.

They are best friends and it couldn't make me happier.

They can make each other laugh like no one else can and they can make each other scream like no one else can.

I am so glad they have each other.

Mak is getting old enough that they are able to have conversations and tease and joke and sing it also means they can fight and scream and tattle and stay up way too late talking in their room when they are supposed to be sleeping.

Tonight while we were in the car on our way home Makenna tooted and and when they both groaned and laughed about it Mak turned to Riley and said "You're distusting (disgusting) Wiwey" Dale and I were laughing so hard. She has learned to put the blame for totting on her sister. Cracks me up!

I am so happy that I get to watch them grow up together.

Lately

Lately I have not been great at this blogging thing.

Lets be honest I haven't been great at much lately.

Besides growing a human. 

I am doing AWESOME at that. 

But being awesome at that makes me way less awesome with other things.

WAY less awesome....

So I just decided that Since I haven't posted about anything, really, that we have been up to the past couple months (which hasn't been much) I would just post a ton of pictures. I am not great at capturing moments but I do have some that I have been wanting to share. 

So here we go.

My awesome sister Jamie took some pictures of us on the land behind our uncles farm in Utah.

I LOVE THEM.

It was short and sweet. Which was perfect because we were all exhausted from the road trips we had taken to get there. Jamie was way more exhausted so we made it quick!

MY FAVORITE!!

We had fun, while we were staying at my uncles house, going back and forth from one of his chicken coops to the other having so much fun experiencing something totally different than they were used to.

We were able to take the girls to my Grandpa Dents house and visit. Riley had a lot of fun teasing him. He loved it just as much!

We attempted a 4 generation picture...

And more loving on Great Grandpa Dent.

I caught a candid of my brother, who LOVES to hide from the camera unless he has to and if he cant then you will most likely not get him to smile. Especially this naturally, and especially not in a white shirt and tie! Haha If he finds this out he will kill me! I am risking my life.

We were able to visit the Logan Temple.

The temple my parents were married in.

This temple is gorgeous!

We were only able to walk the grounds but now I am dying to go in.

 Then we came home and Riley started kindergarten. 

Then Mak had her second Birthday.

Lots of presents and fun with grandparents.

Oh and Cake.

And playing mommy with her new baby doll.

And cake...

Then in September my sister- in- law Lana Came home from her mission In Chile! We have had fun Catching up and Shopping!

No pictures.. Cause I stink at it But we have had fun!

Now its October! I cant believe it. I am so glad the end of the year is getting closer and going by so fast! I Just want to have my little boy and hold him and watch him grow up with his sisters! Also I so just want to not be pregnant anymore. haha