thank you easter bunny, bawk bawk

Easter was a success and the girls dove into their baskets of sweet treasure. We adopted the get-it-over-in-one-day method to candy allocation and the girls made good time of it. By 8am, they were flying high on sugar. Aaron and I decided to make breakfast, and I asked the girls, "Who wants an egg mcmuffin?" to which Lauren responded in utter disbelief, "You don't want to eat candy?"

We didn't get any takers and they continued feasting on candy. Still we had to try. So we asked if anyone wanted something real to eat. Bryn dug deep into her basket, retrieved a rice crispy treat, and said, "Look cereal." At that point we gave up. And today, it is successfully all gone (except for Lore, who still has half, and she should--she still has Halloween candy.)

Help Needed!

I'm trying to figure out what to do with the girls' sleeping arrangement. Right now they share a room, and it is not going well. They keep each other up late or wake the other up when one goes to bed before the other. I told Zoe when we move to the new house we are going to split them up. You would have thought I told her Quinn died. She was devastated. They love to be in the same room together. So I'm torn... what to do? Do any of you have thoughts on how to make sharing a room between a 4 yr old and a 18 month old work? Or should I just take the tears for awhile a split them up?

Luke's April Fool's Joke

Luke didn't want to be left out of the April Fool's fun so this morning he decided to completely empty a brand new bottle of kid's shampoo that I had purchased yesterday to replace the last bottle he completely emptied. I wasn't upset about the $1.88 I had spent. It was the fact that I had only purchased one more bottle instead of several and that I had let it happen again, right under my nose. Arrgghhh! At least I can't say no one got me on April Fool's. 

A little sympathy, please

I just had to post this so you guys know what I'm up against. I was so sure we were going to have a brother for Luke and I thought it would be good so he wouldn't be the "golden child". I'm sure you understand. I have to share something that happened today. We just got a new couch downstairs and Ryan has been relentless about making sure the kids don't take food down there and eat on the couch. He, of course, does it every night but he's the dad...blah, blah, blah. I get that. As a parent, you should have some privileges. So this afternoon he takes a bowl of white cheddar popcorn down there and I catch he and LUKE eating on the couch. Ryan had already commented to me five minutes earlier how Luke was eating it like a total pig cramming it in his mouth and making a mess (this was upstairs in the kitchen). So I mention to him if he thinks it's a good idea to be eating that on the couch with Luke when he's so hard on the girls about it. His comment..."Boys will be boys!" 

Are you jell'n?

Yesterday, during sacrament meeting, Bryn kicked off her shoes and proceeded to color in a coloring book. Aaron looked down at her shoes and started laughing. Then he handed me the shoes; Bryn lined the insides of her shoes with pantie liners. Who doesn't want a little cushion in their step?

What will he do next?...

So I got my Dish Network bill today and I was looking over it to make sure they had credited me properly from a previous mistake...when I notice there is a $4.99 pay per view charge for Space Chimps. Immediately I ask Ben if he ever watched Space Chimps. He replies casually, "yeah while you were exercising." I told him we had to pay $5 dollars for it. He thinks for a second and then very sincerely tells me sorry and that he really didn't know you had to pay for it. I didn't get mad...but Arrrrrrrrrrrrr. How does this boy know how to buy a pay per view movie! Seriously what's next...buying pizzas by phone!?!

the strategist

Ava has a shadow, her name is Morgan. Morgan follows her every where. This worries us a little because Ava's first name is Trouble. For example, Morgan and Ava threw a whole box worth of q-tips over the stairs into the family room today. Cursed q-tips. Anyways, Ava loves her shadow most of the time. But when she has had enough: she takes her shadow into a bedroom and then quickly leaves and closes the door. The little shadow is trapped until I free her. This happens several times a day.