C.A.A.D.D.

This was posted by a dear sister in my ward, I just had to put it up for those family members who I know will totally understand! So you sisters in the ward, please forgive the fact that you will have seen this already.


Recently, I was diagnosed with C. A. A. D. D.--
Child Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests itself:

I decide to do the laundry.
As I start toward the laundry room,
I notice that there are cheerios all over the floor
and my car keys are in the cereal bowl.

I decide to pick up the cheerios before I do the laundry.
I lay my car keys down on the counter,
put the cheerios in the trash can under the counter,
and notice that the trash can is full.

So, I decide to take out the trash.
But then I think,
since I'm going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the trash
I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook off the table,
and see that there is only one check left,
my extra checks are in my desk in the office/playroom,
so I go to my desk where I find a sippy cup full of juice.

I'm going to look for my checks,
but first I decide I should put sippy cup in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the sippy cup,
a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--
they need to be watered.

I set the sippy cup on the counter,
and I discover baby wipes that I've been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back in the bathroom,
but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the wipes back down,
fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote,
one of the kids left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that after school when they go to watch TV,
I will be looking for the remote as they fight over who lost it,
but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the den where belongs,
but first I'll water the flowers.

I splash some water on the flowers,
but most of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back down,
get some paper towels and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
the laundry isn't washed,
the bills aren't paid,
there is a warm cup of juice sitting on the counter,
the flowers aren't watered,
there is still only one check in my checkbook,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find the wipes,
and I don' t remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long,
and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem,
and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail.
Don't laugh --
if this isn't you yet, your day is coming.

A's quilt

I have been going over to R's Grandma's house for quilting lessons. This is a talent that I have wanted to learn for quite a while, and one day I decided I would ask Grandma if she would be willing to help me learn. Grandma is an awesome quilter, she made a beautiful quilt for us when we got married and she has made some beautiful quilts for the kids when they were born too. I knew that if I were to learn from anybody, she would be the one to ask. Not to mention that it would give me time to get to know her better.

I have been enjoying spending time with Grandma learning a talent, a skill, that she loves so much. I think that it is helping us both out, in many ways, and we are having alot of fun as we do it.

After a couple of lessons on basic cutting, and trying out a couple of small blocks, we decided to jump right in and start working on a quilt. So I decided to make a quilt for A since we are going to be moving her into a twin sized bed (hopefully) soon.

Here are some pics of what the pattern looks like and what I have been working on so far. The pattern is in some really bright colors, I am doing it in some more pastel colors to match A's room.

Easter 2010

We started celebrating a couple of days early with an Easter Egg hunt at the park with a bunch of friends from church. It was the first egg hunt that either of them had been on so they didn't quite understand and ended up with no eggs. Thankfully some of their friends were kind enough to share some of their eggs with A and G.



Here are some pictures of our Easter of 2010.

G loved his chocolate candy. Here's something funny that happened when we were doing our own little egg hunt. G was looking around for eggs (now that he understood what to do) and he would open the eggs when he would find one. He kept finding ones with chocolate candies in wrappers. When he finally found one with jelly beans in it, he refused to get up and look for more until he had eaten every single jelly bean in the egg. He was stuffing them in his mouth by 3's and 4's. Guess he didn't want to miss getting any candy this time.
A had to take a pic with daddy. Isn't she so cute. Love the handsome guy in back of her too!

The Cake that I made (not as good as I was hoping for, but still cute).

We had an awesome day watching General Conference and listening to the Prophet and Apostles talks. We had a great brunch with some friends and then later in the day M made a great dinner of ham, deviled eggs, sweet potatoes and lots of other great food. We finished off the day with a slice of yummy cake.

I am so grateful for the reason why we celebrate this day. I know that Christ, my friend, my elder brother, and my Savior lives. I know that he loves us and knows us each individually and how to help us when we are going through the trials of life. I love him so much, and I am so grateful to know of his love as well.