Funnies from kiddos

1. Oliver locked himself in my bedroom in the rental.  Darn those push locks.  While kneeling on the floor, super annoyed because it takes FOREVER for me to open those doors, Maycee kneeled next to me and asked, "Are you gonna beat that kid?"

Apparently I need to tone down on my verbal threats.

2. While saying the prayer over the food, Maycee said, "Please bless this baby to be a girl."  24 hours later I asked Maycee what we should name the baby if it was a boy.  She said, "I don't want a boy!"

My reply, "Heavenly Father decides if we are going to have a boy or a girl."

Maycee, "I SAID A PRAYER!!"

We shall see if the faith of a child will confirm the gender of the unborn fetus.

3. On a drive home, Cooper asked about monsters.  I told him that monsters weren't real and so he didn't have to worry about them.

"What about dragons?  Are dragons real?"

"No, Cooper, dragons aren't real.  They are pretend." I replied.

"DRAGONS ARE TOO REAL, MOM!!!  I saw one.  In our back yard.  He bit my shoe off.  It hurt my toe."

I was trying hard not to laugh.  "You saw a dragon?  How come I didn't see it?"

"You were not outside.  Then a tiger bit my forehead off, but it didn't hurt."

4. While on a walk down our new street the kids adopted the neighbor's cat.  When trying to get the kids to finally go home I told them I was going to go home without them.  Maycee had a quick response, "We know the way home."

5. Maycee's favorite foods: (As told by her) chips, hot chocolate, grapefruit, and fruit leather.

6. It is the funniest thing listening to Oliver bust out "Let it go" at the top of his lungs.  He had no idea I was listening....

Mommy/Cooper Date

I love kid date nights.  We went to a local restaurant and got ice cream and played with the Jenga blocks.  Super fun.

Cooper fell asleep

Loyalty

This morning one of my friends called me up at 8:30am to ask for a jump for her van.  We were all still in our pj's finishing up breakfast.  I told her I would be there in 7 minutes, then ran to put Levi's on, and buckle my pj clad children into my car.

We drove to their house, just down the street, and her and I proceeded to figure out where to put the jumper cables on my car.  I know, I'm horrible.  Don't judge this farm girl who can at least change a flat tire....Anyway.  As my friend and I were under the hood of my car, the real action began.

Unbeknownst to me, Maycee had unbuckled her seatbelt, got out of the car, and ran into my friend's house to play with her boys.  Ages 8, 6, and 4, the boys ganged up on her.  They teased her about being in her pajamas, they tried to force her to eat food that I had told her to stay away from, then they had threatened to hit her with one of their toys...I know it sounds a little crazy.  Maycee told me this story as we drove home from helping my friend.

I sat in the driver's seat, unsure of what to say.

Maycee then got really upset because I did not go in the house and rescue her from those boys.

Then Cooper chimed in, "Mom, I would have bonked those boys with my head!"

As awful as this sounds, I cannot tell you how proud I was of my little Cooper!!  He was sticking up and fighting for his sister!  Maycee didn't understand why Cooper was going to hurt the boys.  I then explained to her that Cooper was being loyal to her as a brother.  He wanted to protect her from the harm that they were causing her.

Maycee sat and thought for a minute.

Then she said, "MOM, why didn't you let Cooper come in the house and protect me!!"

I held back my laughter of joy.

I am so glad that my kids are watching out for each other.  Even at a young age.

Check out the new additions to our family.

I know.  This picture is really blurry.  That is what I get for using my cell phone and taking it in a dark garage at 10:30 at night.

These three kittens are our protectors.  From mice.

The kids adore them.

The black and brown fluffy one is Cooper's.  He named her Yoshi.

The black sleek one is Maycee's.  She named her Lucy.

The black and white one is Oliver's.  He named him Kitty.

About a week before moving into the house, Stephen and I found 2 mice.  So.  Cats were a necessity.  Especially since our back yard is a huge farmers field.

I found some kittens on Craigslist and we went to pick them up at 8:45pm on Thursday.  We knew that the kids would be SUPER excited, so we brought them along with us in the car.  So they could carry them on their laps while we drove back to the house.

Well.

Stephen went in to the house by his onsies to get the three kittens.  Apparently it was quite a feat to tear these kittens away from this family.  Two of the kittens, Lucy and Kitty, were easy to let go.  Yoshi was the cuddly one that was hard for them to part with.  Stephen said that one of the kids inside took Yoshi from the parent and ran and hid.  It took a few minutes for the third kitten to be brought back to the door.  The lady offered to carry Yoshi out while Stephen carried the other two to the car and handed them back to the kids.  I got out of the car to take Yoshi from the lady.  She wouldn't hand her over.  She kept kissing her and whispering in her ear.  Super awkward.  After two minutes of this, she reluctantly handed the cat to me.

Five minutes into our journey home, we received a text from the previous owner stating that if, for any reason, it didn't work out with the cats, we could bring them back.

...

I have no idea why she posted them on Craigslist.

We again thanked her and went on with our drive.

Twenty-four hours later Stephen received another text asking if they could come by and see the cats.

...

Again, another awkward.

We did not sign a joint custody clause when we took these cats.

Stephen, in his amazing way with words, told the crazy lady that we were fine and didn't feel the need to continue a relationship.

Crazy.

Anyway.  We now have three kittens.

And a crazy half-baby-kitten-mother.

This area is awesome.

They are building another house on the street that we have moved to.

The boys were almost overcome when they saw the crane.

New House

We have officially moved in.

Moving was quite a feat.  Let me tell you.

Our dear landlords for our rental held out for SOOOO long.  We are SO grateful that they were helpful and willing to work with us.  When we first moved in to the rental, we told our landlords that our house would be finished around the end of July to August.

Well.

Our hole was dug six weeks late.

Then more delays started to happen.

Our landlords wanted to sell the house in the summer of 2015.

The house we were building was no where near being completed by the end of August.  The completion date kept getting further and further from sight.  Finally, we told the landlords that they could put the house on the market and we would figure out whatever we needed to figure out. Including moving to another location before our house was completed.

Our landlords put the rental on the market the beginning of September.  It sold within 24 hours. While we were out of town.  Honestly, that was a HUGE blessing.  I didn't know how I would manage keeping another house immaculate while having three rambunctious kids.

After talking to the landlords, we told them we would be out of the house (no matter what) by October 26th.

SO.

We were out of the house on October 26th, but we ended up in a hotel near Stephen's work.

It was a blessing for us not to have to split up, as was originally a part of the plan, but I went CRAZY in a one room hotel room with three little people.

We pushed our builders to the max.

We ended up moving into the house while we still had people showing up to work on their projects.  I didn't even care.

We moved in on October 30th.

It was heaven.

If I enter a hotel to stay within the next 5 years, it will be too soon.

Here is some lovely Ollie photos as he has found a new play toy.

Halloween, in the midst of the big move.

Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Yoshi, and a mushroom.  I was pretty impressed with putting all of this together in a matter of a couple of hours.