The Walkers

wake up the first time my alarm goes off wear Crocs cook a decent pot roast. And forget about the gravy go bra-less dress my son in jeans for church remember how to spell sheriff remember how to spell license read a book or watch a movie with "Latter-Day" in the title not brush my teeth before going to bed stop drinking Coca Cola be confident in a bikini pay for acrylic nails text my students stop secretly liking Britney Spears be able to dress my husband take (and share) pictures of my kids' poop watch Jersey Shore There are more. I just figured I ought to get these ones in writing.

I love Disneyland. I get so giddy every time I walk in those gates. This year was no exception. How could you not see this image and fall in love? We got to spend five days in The Magic Kingdom this year with our friends, Kyle, Denell, and Delaney Wilson (who ditched us about four years ago to live in Arizona). Kaiya LOVED every minute. And Ben was, well, Ben. He was perfectly content to hang out in the stroller and smile. Unfortunately, this is the only picture I have of him. And it's taken with my camera phone. Sorry buddy. This trip was quite different from past ones. While we still rode Space Mountain and Indiana Jones (my favorite!), we spent most of our time meeting characters. Primarily, princesses. We did the Royal Coronation twice, where Kaiya got to dance with Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Snow White. She was in heaven. I am so impressed with the way these princesses talk to kids. Everyone we met was so quick to crouch down to Kaiya's level, talk softly, ask que...

More pictures of Disneyland 2011 to come!

I have a new favorite Captain on my bookshelf, and his name is Jack Elliot.

"Wherever I go, he goes..." I never did have a My Buddy growing up. (I did have a Kid Sister. Her name was Heather and she was kind of the bomb.) But I sure am loving my newest buddy, Ben. He had his four month checkup last week, and I can't remember the exact numbers, but I do know that he's 50th percentile for weight and 75th for height. I guess he does have some Lee genes after all! He's healthy and strong and meeting his developmental benchmarks. But he did have to get some immunizations. It was actually kind of cute -- when Ben got his shots, Kaiya sympathy-cried longer and louder than he did. She didn't want the nurse hurting "My Benny". Ben, on the other hand, was back to his smiley, happy self in no time. I don't know how I got so lucky! We celebrated Alicia's birthday last week up at her house in Taylorsville, and Ben was LOVING Megan all night. He would just light up and giggle whenever she talked to him. It was so cute! I couldn...

There is a fine line between being blunt and being bitchy. I just realized that I've long since crossed that line. I'm sorry and I'm working on it.

Ben is getting so big and is such a sweet baby. It's amazing how much his personality is already showing and he's only four months old. He's pretty much adorable; he loves being sung to, his binkie (I finally found one he'll keep in), his sister, and being held up against my shoulder. He lights up whenever we talk to him. I have yet to capture one of his BIG cheesers on camera, but I'll try harder. He also loves sleeping with Kaiya's dolls. This is turning into a regular occurence. Kaiya is keeping us on her toes. I wouldn't say the twos are "terrible"... just messy. All I do is clean up after her. She got into our playing cards a few weeks ago and now we have a face card/Uno/Phase Ten/Five Crowns basket that I don't think I'll ever get around to sorting. Especially since most of them are now torn or partially digested. Anyway, her hair almost fits into real pig tails (it's possible with a lot of hairspray and a few barretts) and I...