TWO..HERE I CA!!

Yesterday Laila and I played hide and seek for...a lot longer than I would have wanted:) I am required to count to 10 and then say ready or not here I come.  After half a dozen times Landon started catching on. He was my little helper in finding Laila. He also got in on the counting to my surprise. Like I have mentioned before the boy doesn't have many words soooo...to hear him yell "Two..Here I ca!!" was a real surprise. At first I didn't think I was hearing right but he did this about 5 times in a row. I guess this is his first phrase. Soon he will be back talking like Laila....hmph.....

*When Laila is mad at me for whatever reason now..whether  she is in time out or I tell her to put her shoes on she says "Jesus is mad at you mom". I received great advice from friends yesterday though on what to respond with.  Its a great time for me to explain that Jesus wants her to obey her parents..perfect:)

First haircut

Laila had her hair cut for the first time today. I was a little nerous she would cut too much because her hair isn't that long and I would like to grow it out. We did this today mostly for the experience and dad says sometimes she looks like she has a mullet. Most people probably won't be able to tell she got a haircut but I can tell because it looks even now. Laila did perfectly fine during the cut. My hairdresser Lisa( who has been doing my hair since I was 12) and Laila talked about cartoons and it really only took about 15 minutes. I think it is probably a more traumatic experience for boys. I have to admit though that I felt a little sad putting her little curls in a bag. Luckily, she has plenty more:)



waiting patiently for her turn. Notice her legs crossed
she was very serious

Ta da!! I told her to give me a big cheesy grin. I guess this is it!

why do I do it?

I went to Walmart with Landon last night. Laila and Brad were at youth church. I usually don't go there for groceries but I only had a few things to pick up and I wanted to look at their easter stuff for ideas of what to put in the kids' baskets. I was having a good time for awhile looking around at pretty much everything until I started to feel overwhelmed. Walmart always seems so crowded in the evenings and I am tired and I have been dealing with panic attacks lately so I needed to get out of there. I wanted to get out quickly but sadly the lines were long and they didn't have a lot of checkers. I was feeling relieved when I was nearing the exit until suddenly I was setting their alarm off. It has such a soft tone(nice actually) that I almost just kept walking but they stopped me. Now they were going to have to look at everything I bought and check my receipt(great!).  Luckily, the nice lady said it was probably my dvd and we were able to figure out somewhat quickly that it was not on the receipt.  At no time did she make me feel like I was trying to steal it which was nice. She did ask me if I still wanted it though and for a minute I honestly thought she just might let me leave with it because it was their mistake.  Sadly, I had to get back in line to pay for it. I was annoyed but I wanted the dvd so I got back in line. Thinking about it later...if I had just  said never mind and went on my way..that might have made it look like I was stealing it.  By the way.... the movie I had to have was "the break-up" starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. 

a good day so far

I had a beautiful drive to Olympia today for my post surgery check up. I was pleased to find out that there were what they call sparkles in my gall bladder. Basically this means lots of tiny pieces of gall stones. That probably sounds weird to say I was pleased but I guess if I am going to have surgery I want it to be well worth it! Brad had some lunch waiting for me when I came out of the office and then I got to enjoy the nice drive home. To top it all off once we got into town I treated myself to a caramel mindfreeze(my favorite) from Urraco. It is especially good today because I think this must be the most amount of caramel I have had in one. Yum!! Please don't burst my bubble and tell me how bad it is for me. On the way home Laila could see the church and she said " I want to go to church..too bad we can't" . This weather is making me want to go for a run but I think that might be a little too much for me still. Soon I hope............

It exists!!!

This is a Water Buffalo

ok so it looks nothing like Brad

water buffalo???

In case you wondered why I named my blog water buffalo I will tell you. It is not just some random thing that came out of my very random brain. Ya know I am not even sure if a water buffalo even exists. However, this very endearing sounding animal is what Brad and I used to call each other in high school up until a couple years ago I would say. We didn't use this like "honey" or "babe" it was substitute for calling names like "jerk" and "ass". Oops maybe we should refer back to calling each other a water buffalo..hahahha..just kidding! So there you go. I really have no idea where I came up with calling him a water buffalo in the first place. I think there are actually many more random things I called him(all nice) but water buffalo was most common. :) 

Jesus redeems Simpsons??

I am so not proud as a mother to say this but my daughter loves the Simpsons. Brad is a fan and watches the occasional show in the evenings. It is usually after the kids have bathed and they are winding down for bed. I always thought they weren't really even paying attention. Recently if Laila sees a commercial she asks to watch it..grrrreat. (note the sarcasm) I personally don't think she should be watching it at all but Brad does change the channel or turn it off if there is violence or anything else "indecent" is on. Some might say the entire show is unsuitable for her and I am not going to disagree. You never know what she could be picking up from it but mostly I think she sees it as being just another cartoon.  My point of the post was that in letting Laila watch most of one show the other night we had a great discussion come out of it. I wasn't really paying attention to the show but at the end God showed up for some reason and Laila said mommy it's Jesus. She continued to say that he loved her and that he loved me and daddy and bubbs(Landon). We continued talking about Jesus for awhile that night and she wanted me to show her pictures of him in her books. It may be unfortunate that this convo had to stem from Simpsons but I was no less proud that night because of where her questions originally came from. If I were to go back and watch the episode it is highly possible they were mocking God in some way so I think we will not be letting her watch it anymore. It is my job as her mother to teach her so don't worry I won't be relying on tv.