Behold the bath tub

I love bath time with my girls.  It is so much fun to see them playing together in the tub...when they play well of course.  McKenzie loves splashing, and it drives Cambrie crazy.  Cambrie loves sitting underneath the water as it's running, and it drives McKenzie crazy.  When I lay them down to wash out the shampoo from their hair, it drives them both crazy. 

Cambrie is going through a stage where she wants to wash her own hair.  If I don't supervise she'll first get her hair wet (but really only the ends get wet), she'll lather the shampoo (only on the very top of her head), and she'll rinse it out (once again, only the unwashed ends make it under water).  So we're working on making sure that she washes it thoroughly, but I'm still blown away by the fact that she wants to do it by herself at all.

McKenzie has started drinking the water straight from the tub.  Which normally just results in a lot of choking.  Tonight the girls had a bubble bath (McKenzie's first), and she tried to drink the bubbles.  She gave me quite the disgusted look as she came up, but she was still fascinated by those bubbles.  She didn't know if she could touch them or not, and when she would reach for them she always seemed a little put out that she couldn't hold them in her hand.  Once she got used to them she thought they were great and I had a hard time getting the girls out of the tub at all.

Whenever Cambrie gets out of the tub, she spends a long time drying off.  If she's not perfectly dry she claims she's sticky and won't put on her panties or jammies.  I've tried different tricks for getting her dry-or at least giving her the illusion she's dry enough to dress.  But lately her preferred method of drying off is running around the room in circles.  I just get dizzy watching her.  A couple of nights ago she wanted to run around until her hair was dry....I had to bribe her with an extra bedtime story to get her to stop.  I can't complain too much though, because it works and she dries off. 

My bathtub spends a lot of time looking like this: 

While I'm getting ready in the morning, McKenzie goes through my lower cabinets and pulls everything out of them.  Sometimes she plays with my empty cosmetic bags and fills them with my hair gel, etc.  Other times she drops her treasures into the tub to watch them roll around.  I never know quite where to find my hair spray when I'm ready for it.

Beanbag toss

Yea for another Lowe's craft to keep us busy while Jeremy is at work on Saturdays.  This time we made a little beanbag toss game.  It was the simplest project we've done thus far, and took us less than five minutes to complete.  So when we brought it home we decided to spruce it up a little bit with paint.  My paint collection is slowly growing, but I really only have five or six colors-it's pathetic.  But Cambrie did just fine with the limited selection.  She painted each side a different color and it turned out to be a very cheery-looking game.  So much fun.  Can you see her tongue as she's concentrating on getting is just right?

1-year-old pics

We finally, finally got McKenzie's one-year-old pictures back.  We've been loyal Kiddie Kandids fans since Cambrie's first days...but it took three weeks to get these pictures back.  Frustration!  But, my anger is quelled somewhat because they turned out really cute.

Preschool Princess Projects

Cambrie is absolutely loving preschool.  We have a preschool blog for her and her little friends, but since it's private I've decided to post some of her projects (okay, basically all of them since I haven't been staying up to date).

I is for ice and ice-cream.  The girls painted with ice paintbrushes and made their own delicious ice-cream. 

They also had to melt their snack from a giant ice-cube.

K is for kites.

L is for lovebug, lion and lamb.

We have also done some of our own random projects at home.  Cambrie decorated Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman.  The wrote their names.  I told her what letters to write and she did it!  (Unfortunately her success if very dependent on her mood, and she hasn't been willing to repeat this since.)

She also made this glittery, googley-eye creation.  Sparkley...

Primary 5

Today as Cambrie was cuddling with me in bed before I got up, she told me that she doesn't have snacks in Primary.  She told me she gets one if she sits in her box when she's in class, but not in the Primary room.  So I asked her what they do in the Primary room, and she told me:

"I have to fold my arms and be reverent.  I need to stay in my seat.  I have to hold my feet still.  My lips have to touch, and I use my ears for listening."

She told me these rules so mater-of-factly that I had to hold back my giggle.  She didn't sound like it was hard or horrible, it's just the way it is.  But she told me that she still has fun and likes Primary.  So that's good.  On Sunday she wore a skirt that is covered with brightly-colored butterflies and a shirt that is orange and red.  She looked like she was definitely ready for summer.  I was speaking with Katie, the Primary President, today and she said that it put her and all of her counselors in very happy mood because it was so colorful.  I have to admit, that I'm ready for summer too.  Cambrie was happy inspiration.

Cowgirls and rodeos

Just so you know, in another life I would like to be a cowgirl.  I have always felt this way.  I love going to rodeos.  I love the thrill of watching the cowboys ride for their lives.  I love the rodeo clowns.  I love the unexpected behaviors of the rodeo animals that keeps me on the edge of my seat.  I've secretly wanted a pair of cowgirl boots my entire life, and I love the fact that Cambrie has darling pink ones.  I think rodeo queens have really cute outfits.  I think cowboys are very attractive.  I absolutely love country dancing.  And there's something about farm life that appeals to me.  Unfortunately, I don't live near a farm.  I know nothing about riding horses.  My hair will never be as big as a rodeo queen's.  And I'm actually allergic to horses, hay, cows, dogs, wool, and all other smells that go along with country life.  So the chances of it happening are zilch.  But I can still dream right?

Kyle and his wife Rachel invited us to join them for the rodeo at the National Western Stock Show.  I was so excited when I found out.  I wore the closest thing I have to cowgirl boots, buckled up the girls, picked up Jeremy from work, and headed down to the coolest cowboy party in Colorado.  The rodeo was a lot of fun.  Even though our seats were as high as you could possibly get, we still had a great view of the action.  Cambrie liked learning about each event and watched the show for a long time considering she's three.  When the mutton busting came out, Jeremy and I tried to convince her that she should do it next year and win a trophy that was literally taller than the she is.  But she didn't think that falling off a sheep sounding like a very good idea.  She did however want to be a cowgirl.  She thought they looked beautiful and couldn't take her eyes off them.

When the rodeo was over we took some time to look around the exhibition hall.  I'm afraid I can't recall with perfect clarity exactly how everything was laid out and what was there.  By then the allergies had attacked and I was seriously lacking oxygen.  All I really remember is that it was huge!  There's no way we could have seen it all during one visit.  We found the kids' corner and Cambrie played on some playground equipment, she played with wheat seeds, she wanted to ride the ponies, and she came home with a sand creation.  I'm glad we went and I think we had a good time.   I just wish I could share some better stories...but oxygen deprivation is not the best thing for memory recollection.

Slides and cushions

I haven't posted forever, but it seems as though life has been going by way too quickly and I haven't had time to think of the fun everyday stuff we're doing at home.  So here's a quick peak into our living room from the last few weeks.  McKenzie finally received her birthday slide in the mail (who knew they were seasonal items and no stores had them in stock?), so we pulled it out and have spent a lot of time playing on it.  Cambrie goes down it as creatively as possible, and when I'm not around to help her to the top, McKenzie loves watching her toys slide down the slide.  It's been great. 

However, as I was looking through pictures to post of the slide, I discovered that McKenzie has the same strange perk as Cambrie and Jeremy, she's obsessed with her tongue!  Jeremy's and Cambrie's always stick out when they're concentrating.  It's not my weird habit, so I know Kenzie got it from them.  Rats! 

Cambrie has also loved taking the cushions off our couches to build forts.  This picture was taken right after she popped out of the top like a jack-in-the-box.  What crazy eyes!

  When she got tired of putting the cushions up time and time again, we decided that they made great lily pads.  She's becoming a great hopper, and her frog skills were superb.