"Gorgus"

There is a new word in our house: "gorgus". It means "gorgeous", and it is used by both Jayden and Karah to describe themselves when they "dress up fancy". As you can see, Karah LOVES to be "gorgus". She and Jayden "clip-clopped" all throughout the house for at least an hour in my dress shoes. Karah loves my shoes, but hates them at the same time. She can usually make it at least 2 rounds before they slip off and she comes crying to me to put them back on. The princess tiara (one of what she considers her "pretties") must be worn if she sees it. The same with her other "pretties", the necklaces. I can see her being very girly, but tom-boyish, too with the way she handles herself with Jay. He grabbed one of her "pretties" and I was surprised at how fast she could move in my shoes to chase him down! This girl is most definitely a princess that can handle herself!

This one is a stinker...

Saturday night she was up at 10 pm, 12:30 am, 2 am, 3:45 am, and from 6:30 am on. We came home from church after Sacrament meeting because my back was killing me, and gave the kids some lunch. Karah got one good bite out of her chicken nuggets before she crashed. You can see that she's still holding on to them...

Family Fun!

I'm not sure where we got these, but Dan found a HUGE box of Popsicle sticks. He got them out and was "building stuff" with Jayden for the longest time! They "built" houses, trees, people, you name it. The following is my attempt replay one of their conversations.

Jayden: "Lets build a....TEEBEE!! (T.V.)"
Dan: "Okay, what shape is a T.V.?"
Jayden: "A square."
Dan: "Good job, now let's build our T.V. by making a square!" (they proceed to make a square, and then Jay starts putting things inside the "T.V.")
Dan: "Oh, Jay, what's that?" (pointing to the pile inside the T.V. and wondering if Jay is making a scene from a show or something.)
Jayden: "Sticks...."(with a look of unbelief on his face)

Jayden's tone when he said that totally came across as: "Uh, you're dumb"! I've never heard him use that tone, and I was just cracking up. Dan looked up at me and said, "I feel about an inch tall. I've been put down by a toddler." They continued to play together, and Jayden made sure Daddy know the difference between the sticks and reality..."This is a stick, Daddy (pointing to a stick) and that's Karah." (pointing to Karah) Again, the tone of voice Jay used with Dan for the REST OF THE NIGHT was hilarious!!

Oh, like Karah's "deer in the headlights" look?

...and yet again I make a fool of myself...

Saturday morning I fell down the stairs and felt something pop in my lower back. No problem! I was in a little bit of pain, but not tons. Sunday morning, I did something embarrassing that ended up in my landing HARD on my tailbone and shooting excruciating pain up my back. I now need help up and down the stairs, I can't pick up my kids, and cleaning is just out of the question (not that it wasn't already....). I'm hoping that this is just some pulled muscles and that I'll be fine in a few days. In the mean time, my kids are so excited that they can now out run me and stay JUST out of reach to taunt me. It is SO DARN FRUSTRATING!!! Of course, they think it is hilarious. UGH!! Sometimes I just need a NANNY!!

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Snow Day!!!

We had so much fun in the snow this week! This was Karah's first time playing in the snow...she was too little last year! She did NOT want help walking in the snow (not from me, anyway). She would face plant and then scream "MAMA!!! I DOWN!!! I DOWN!!!" I would help her up, and then she would push me away, only to fall down again. She finally got the hang of it, though. Jay was so excited when he woke up to see snow. "AWESOME!!! ITS SNOWING!! LETS GO OUT NOW!!" He did such a good job helping me find the snow suits, boots, and hats. He helped me get Karah ready and was just dancing with excitement. When we finally made it outside, he was everywhere! He showed Karah how make snow angels and tried to have a snow fight. It was so fun to watch them being such good friends!




Karah's first face plant--Snow is COLD!!!


Jayden helping Karah find her "snow feet". Such cute siblings!!

Jayden eating snow.Karah trying to eat snow. She got ticked off after a few tries and threw a snow tantrum...


When Karah and Mommy were done playing in the snow, we had another tantrum from Jayden. Promises of hot chocolate did nothing to console him. It took him 10 minutes to even listen to me! Once he realized that Karah already had her luke-warm chocolate, he threw another tantrum that I didn't like him as much as Karah because she had her chocolate drink. DRAMA!! We drank our hot chocoloate, had lunch, then sat down to watch Mickey Mouse Club House. Both kids were out before Toodles was called...

Peanut Butter Painting

I was livid. These pictures were taken after I had cleaned off a Peanut Butter Baby (Karah) and half of the peanut butter off the floor. It went all the way down the stairs, it was on the walls, baby gates, the couches--I had gone into the office to send Dan a file and was gone about 10 minutes. The pantry has since been locked tight. The kids each got a rag and got to help me clean it all up. It amazes me how fast catastrophes can happen!!! (The ENTIRE jar was spread throughout our house!!)

More "Belle"

Princess tiaras are now a part of every day life in the Richardson house. Karah LOVES to dress up and be "pretty". The child does not, however, permit bows in her hair. Drives me nuts. She loves her Belle dress Grandma Kathi sent for Halloween, as you can probably guess.

More Halloween

Ok, I guess the pictures of the guys are on my camera, and the card reader is MIA. These are pics that my friend took at our ward party. The kids had a BLAST with Halloween in general! My friend and I helped eachother get ready for our ward party during the day. She did my hair, and I told Jayden that this was my "princess hair". He replied with "No, not princess hair. You're just a mom." Ouch. However, when we got home and I put my dress on, his face lit up and he exclaimed, "YOU CINERELLA!!!!!" I was not "Mommy" for the rest of the night. AWESOME! The party was difficult because Dan had to run the Priesthood booth, and I had tiny kids running away from me the whole night. Pretty much our whole neighborhood showed up, and the kids had plenty of places to hide from me! We were all pooped when we got home!

Trick or Treating was awesome! We went to Grandma and Grandpa Richardson's neighborhood...a guy in their ward works for Nestle, and he hands out BEAST bars :D. Poor Jay had a hard time in the beginning...he was so excited to get candy that his little legs couldn't keep up with how fast he wanted to go. The older kids were so good with Jayden. They slowed down and made sure that he didn't have to run to keep up with them. There was one point where we were near a large group of teenage boys dressed as pirates. They each had a musical instrument, and they would sing and play for the houses. I thought it was fun, but Jay was a little freaked out. He got close to me, grabbed my skirt, and said: "I hold your skirt so the pirates won't take me away, okay, Cinerella?" He did so well with the candy, too. Last year, he did not understand that he couldn't eat each piece as we walked to the next house. This year, he was excited about hoarding his candy to eat it later. I was afraid that we would have problems with Karah in that area, but she surprised me. (Like usual...) She would prance up to the house with her hand outstretched, inspect the candy, then put it in her bucket. She was the only girl in our group, and played that up big time. She would smile, twirl, and play every cute trick in the book to get that candy!! Oh, and she kept her tiara on for the entire time she Trick or Treated!! They were both very good with "thank yous" and Karah walked a lot of the time. After about an hour and a half, she was done. She just wanted to sit and watch a movie in Grandma's lap. Jay and Daddy went back out with the boys and almost doubled our loot. Karah was ready to go home, but Jay wanted to go Trick or Treating some more. That is where we had the meltdown...the kid would have stayed out until his feet fell off. Needless to say, both kids were asleep when their heads hit the pillow. We have had fun with our candy, as it is now a reward for good behavior!! :D Thank you, Grandma Kathi for making Karah's ADORABLE costume!! We got so many compliments on our "Royal Family"!