Little diva!

Cambria went into her room to play while I did dishes today, and when she came out I just had to snap a picture!  So hilarious!!  She’s wearing my sunglasses, my old heels (that are now Kyrie’s for dress up), carrying her baby doll, and talking on the phone at the same time.  Oh, and a ring from her dress up collection – because what outfit is complete without a fatty diamond ring?    So funny.

Mother’s Day 2012

It was a really nice Mother’s Day this year.  I said all I wanted was a day off from doing dishes and to not have to listen to the kids fight at all.  Well, I did get the day off from dishes, at least.    Kyrie woke me up and had a nice breakfast prepared.  She had the table all set, too.  She made me some pretty tissue paper flowers and had them set up in one of my vases with marbles in the bottom, and she also made me this pretty card at school that was laminated.  It’s pretty cute! 

 

Here’s what the hearts say (from top to bottom, left to right):  “My mom always loves me!”, “One time I screamed at the top of my lungs and my mom still loves me.”, “My mom loves me and she also loves to sew, do crafts, and bake.”, “My mom loves me.  The best thing about my mom is she’s pretty, nice, and amazingly talented.”, “My mom loves me and she loves to eat salmon with homemade dinner rolls, salad, and for desert New York style cheesecake.”, My mom loves me and I love my mom.  Here is a picture of me.”  Some of her answers are so funny! 

Asher also came home with a cute little gift he made for me at school.  His card says, “Dear mom, I love you because you made birth to me and because you make the best mintchoclet ice cream ever and you are the best mom ever.  Asher Neil Stephens”  The most hilarious part is that I’ve never made mint chocolate ice cream!  lol.  We make ice cream pretty often, but we’ve never made mint chocolate.  So cute.  Off to the right you can see the button pin he made, which is now attached to my purse.

And Derk got me an armband for my iPhone for when I go running.  It’s way more comfortable than the one I have for my iPod – yay! 

My favorite quote about motherhood is by Elizabeth Stone, and it says, “The decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”  And that is so true – these kiddos are definitely 3 pieces of my heart!  Life is crazy and oftentimes chaotic, but I sure love them to pieces.  It’s an amazing feeling to love someone that much, and I have really loved experiencing the bond between mother and child.  There’s just nothing like it! 

Karate testing

Today Kyrie and Asher tested for their stripes!  They were originally going to test for the first stripe, but their sensei said they were ready to test for 2 stripes instead.  They did great!  Mr. Bratcher (sensei) had another black belt in there helping with the testing (so Mr. Bratcher could watch and see how they did instead of being the one getting beat up ), so here are Kyrie and Asher showing him their skills.  This guy would get the kids in a hold, and they would have to do every move they could think of to get him to the ground.

                                                                                                                              

Here’s the video of Kyrie and Asher beating the poor guy up.  Pay special attention to Kyrie’s moves.    (Their sensei, Mr. Bratcher, is the guy standing off to the right.)

Here they are showing Mr. Bratcher the combos they’ve learned so far this year.

They also had to show him one kata (a kata is a sequence of moves).  The one they are showing him is kumite tai ichi (kuma tie eech).  Here’s Kyrie doing her kata!  If you’re wondering what she’s saying, she’s counting in Japanese (ichi – 1, ni – 2, san – 3, shi – 4, go – 5).

And here’s Asher.  He’s counting, too, but it’s really hard to hear him.

I’m sure they passed, but we find out the results for sure next week.  Way to go, Kyrie and Asher!

A Katniss-inspired braid

Kyrie read the first Hunger Games book and went out with us to see the movie.  After the movie, there were all sorts of Katniss-inspired braids on some of the hair blogs I get ideas from, and today I decided to try one on Kyrie.  It turned out pretty cute!

Even prettier from the front!  <3

Cambria and the Tooth Fairy

Asher lost another tooth today, and Cambria was starting to feel quite left out!  So she went out front and found a small rock, put it in a baggie, and wrote the Tooth Fairy a note.  Well, when the Tooth Fairy came, she couldn’t help but leave Cambria some money, too, because of the sheer cuteness!  Notice the bow on the upper right hand corner of the note?  So totally Cambria!  I just love it.

Cutie Cambria

Here are just a couple cute pics and a video of Cambria the last couple days! 

This girl’s hair is super fine and thin, and so her bedhead in the mornings is quite hilarious!  She rocks it, though.

Here she is modeling her newest fashion accessory.

And her latest obsession is with learning how to yodel!  She saw a show where there was a little 7 year old girl yodeling, and she decided she really wanted to learn how.  I looked up a couple videos to teach the basics, and this was her first attempt. 

iPhone!!!!!!

I have been wanting an iPhone for SO long, and finally my dream came true!  I was eligible for an upgrade and got a really good deal on it, which made me super happy.  I know it’s totally frivolous, but it’s my treat to myself – and I LOVE IT.  It has so many cool apps, and it’s just plain fun.  I really wanted the white one, but they didn’t have it in stock – and I was way too impatient to wait.    Isn’t she beautiful?!  I got a fun pink silicone case for it, so it’s even cuter now.  Bri keeps calling it “our phone”, and I’m trying to convince her it’s Mommy’s toy.