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Well, I suppose it's not technically a hair cut considering what I cut off wasn't even worthy of saving, but we'll call it that anyway. This child HATES clips, elastics or headbands. She'll pull her hair out the second I finish getting it all cute, and the front of her hair was always hanging over her eyes. So I decided to give her some cute bangs tonight before her bath.
We had a really fun weekend. Derk's mom came down on Saturday to spend the weekend with us. We almost didn't think she'd make it down after all because there was a pretty nasty snow storm, but she came anyway. Funny story: The snow had covered a speed limit sign, so she ended up getting pulled over on the way down. That's not funny, you say? Well, here's the funny part. She'd bought some Henry Weinhard's root beer and had it in a bag on her seat. The police officer accused her of "boozing it up". I wish I could have seen his face when she told him it was just root beer! :)
She brought the kids some presents when she came, which they were very excited about. Then we went to Old Country Buffet for lunch on and had a fun time visiting. We went to the mall and walked around a bit (I tried to convince Derk to let me get a hair cut, but he really wants me to grow it out, so I didn't), and then we rented some movies. We treated Mom to pizza for dinner, and then Derk, Mom and I watched a movie after the kids went to bed. She stayed to go to church with us today and left shortly after lunch. Cambria was actually pretty nice this time and gave Grandma some good cuddles instead of only wanting me the whole time like she did last time we had family over.
It was too short of a visit, but we're so glad she came down to see us. It's kind of bittersweet for us since we're moving this summer. This time of year gets really busy for her with her job, so we don't get to see her very often at all. It's sad to think we won't get to spend much time with her before our move. Hopefully we won't end up too far away so we can still spend time with family as often as we can.
I just realized I forgot to take pictures of her with the kids while she was here. :( I did get pictures of the kids in the new clothes she bought for them, so that will have to do. Anyway, thanks for coming down, Mom. We sure had a lot of fun, and the kids definitely had a blast! We sure wish we could see you more often.
Our poor kids put up with Derk and I filling out applications ALL day today, so we decided to take them out for a treat. We went to the mall to play and then ate at Mongolian BBQ. We stopped to grab a movie, and Asher decided to be super cute in the van while we were waiting for Derk and Kyrie to come back. Luckily I had my camera with me and caught it on video! He's all the entertainment I need, that's for sure! :)
Derk had the morning and early afternoon off today, so he came with Asher, Bri and I to run our errands. As we were doing our shopping, we walked down an isle to get to another part of the store and walked past a section that had clearance items. I happened to look down and noticed the cutest quilt in this clearance section. Normally over $45 marked down to $15. Kyrie's quilt she has now was purchased when she was 2.5, so it's definitely showing signs of wear. I actually wasn't the one who decided to buy it, Derk was, which surprised me. It's usually me suggesting it and him grudgingly agreeing to my splurges. ;) I do have to admit that he did give me one serious eye roll and an "Absolutely NOT!" when I suggested I go back and buy another one in case the girls end up sharing a room when we (hopefully) buy a home this summer. :)
It was really fun sneaking her new bedding home and getting it all set up before she came home from school. She loved it, of course, but then she asked why we didn't buy her a new mattress to go along with her new bedding. I guess I didn't know that was protocol, silly me! :)
So here are the pictures, with the cutest little model you ever did see. The picture of Kyrie is a bit blurry, but that's because I couldn't get her to stop jumping up and down long enough to snap an in-focus picture. :)
My mom bought the girls adorable matching dresses for Easter this year. I'll admit I'm usually not into dressing them in matching outfits and have never done it before. But this was really fun, for Kyrie especially, and the dresses are so pretty. They looked so sweet all dressed up today in their matching dresses. And if they all look exhausted in the pictures, it's because we didn't get home until about 9 from Chuck E. Cheese and then have 9am church. :)
In order to give Asher some extra added motivation to potty train, we told him we'd take him to Chuck E. Cheese when he was finally potty trained. He's been successfully trained for a few weeks now, but we've all been sick for so long that this was our first chance to finally go. As usual, we all had a great time! Aunt Jenna, Uncle Kevan, cousin Zariah, Aunt Jessica, Aunt Katie, Uncle John, and cousin Jonni all met us there, and we had a fun-filled few hours playing and having tons of fun.
So excited to be at Chuck E. Cheese!
Cambria going down the slide.
Kyrie on the helicopter ride.
Wee!
Derk and Asher shooting some aliens. :)
Cambria playing on the Chuck E. Cheese phone....of disastrous messes, that is. Our kids recently decided to be very nice to us and actually let us sleep in past 6:30. Today we didn't get woken up until after 7:30. We came downstairs, and this is what we saw. Our sweet little Kyrie had been trying to let us sleep in and her plans to get her own breakfast went horribly awry when Asher and Cambria came downstairs (I'd gotten Cambria out of bed and put her in bed with me, and apparently she climbed out and gone downstairs to see what the other 2 were up to). The best part about all of this is that this is AFTER Kyrie had gotten the vacuum out to try and clean it up. Can you imagine what it must have looked like before we came downstairs?!
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