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March 1, 2010

Angels with Demons

Filed under: Devanie, Hailey, Kids, Seasons, Sierra, Zach, aurora — Devanie @ 6:48 pm

I have some super cute little angel babies, and sometimes they are not so super cute.

and here are the reasons and seasons for each

Hailey. . .Is A wiz kid!  Super smart, intelectual, always thinking and into discussions way beyond her age level.  Loves to plant things and watch them grow, and loves a good book, She thrives on learning creating, drawing, comparison, etc she sings the tune to songs correctly.  However, she doesn’t grasp the concept of clean hair and face.   She showers every day but is afraid of water in her face so she does not wash her face very well, and her hair doesn’t get hot enough water to actually get all the oils out.  So that is our Angel and Demon in Hailey at thei stage.  she doesn’t have the outer responsibility to take care of someone else unless you tell her step by step what to do and how not to get destracted. she is easily distracted.

Sierra. . .Is athletic, bubbly and passionate, she knows how to get what she needs and wants and goes for it, She’s a mover and always busy.  She’s very outgoing and has friends galore.  She tries hard in dance competitions, loves to listen to music and make up dances and will ocassionally sing.  She loves to bake and create her own foods.  However her little Demon comes out in the form of a MONSTER.  if she is tired or hungry there is NO getting thru to her, she needs things her way at that moment and nothing can stop her from her grumpiness.  Trying to get her to do homework at that point is worse than pulling teeth, it makes anyone want to pull out their hair.  if sent to her room she will thrash about her bed throwing and kicking everything off.  She can be a difficult tornado to put back together.  It happens rarely, but when it does better clear out of her way!

Zach, Zach is very easy going he will play and watch TV to his hearts content, have us join him once in a while and he loves riding his bike in the house.  He loves Trains, especially the new movie “Hiro of the Rails” Thomas and freinds.  Zach is happy to dress himself in the morning and not be picky about what he wears. Zach also loves earning “Smiley Faces” on his chore chart that each equate to 1 penny.  He was thirller to have a choice last week between a dime, 5 pennies and a nickle or 10 pennies, he chose 10 pennies because it was more! Lately his demon has been going to pre-school probably because it’s the most actual WORK he has to do!  he gets into little fight s with Aurora and ends up in time out.  Once he even stuck his tounge out at me and blew.  He’s really a treasure so far.  No real big emotional issues.

Aurora is 2 she says EVERY word in the english language if you tell her to she speaks in 13 word sentances.  She has a very very outgoing personality and would go home with anyone.  Her hugs are so loving and tight you know she’s a happy girl.  She dances, and sings and loves to hear me sing.  she likes books but has little patience to actually sit for them and hardly stops moving to take a breath.  She’s a busy bee, Aurora loves to dress up, She insists on being a Princess EVERYDAY which means she HAS to wear a skirt or a dress. at prayer she tries to fold her arms kneel and bow her head and close her eyes, but her body wiggles and wiggles like a worm.  He little mind is very impressionalbe and she does whatever her sisters do at prayer if it is off the beaten path.  so her Demon is lack of good rest time Right now we are dealing with trying to get her to sleep thru the night.  yes!  she is up 3 times a night and wants to cuddle in our bed but we take her right back to her room put her back and 3 hours later she’s in our room again!  I need a good night sleep or this will be my demise.  I used to never get tired, but now with her up at night and being sick and running all the errands and such that I run I’m beginning to feel the TIRED that I have never had to feel.

So that’s that.  These are the my kids these days.  Mostly Angesl, sometimes with demons ;o) pretty normal kids I guess.

February 8, 2010

Busy Busy Bee

I have been working 5 businesses at 4 locations as well as taking care of all 4 kids needs in school out of school and running places to play with them.

I have been having loads of fun. 

This week I am Pulling ALL my inventory out of 1 boutique that isn’t making me any money I keep losing $100+ a month to them so I’m moving on.  The amount of inventory is almost like moving out of a small apartment with a mini van full of kids so It will take a few loads.

 

Sierra Just had an Irish Dance Feis (fesh) Saturday that I took her to it was a long day for us.  She was cute and slightly messed up each dance causing her to not place in any event, But she will practice and do better next time.

We hosted a Superbowl party at our house  I made all the snacks and did the grocery shopping Saturday night til 11PM

I have 2 home shows this week with Cookie lee jewelry

Saturday IS MY BIG day.  I Started finding locations to hold “Saturday Boutiques” at where I invite lots of vendors (like a farmers market) to come and sell their wares.  It’s been a long fun task getting a big unique group together without getting duplicate vendors in.  http://saturdayboutiques.blogspot.com  it will be the day before Valentines and we have advertised like mad in the media online and thru emails and paper fliers.

I have to run. I need to get a piece of jewelry to a customer then to POSH to pull out of the store with Zach and Aurora

Utterly Exhausted- even after a nap day and no business but Superbowl party hostess. Sure wish Aurora would go back to sleeping thru the night. NO MORE CHOCOLATE MILK for you baby(almost3) before bed. Mommy needs SOME sleep-So does Daddy. 1st big noticeable BAG appeared under my eye yesterday. I looked OLD!

January 23, 2010

So Long

Filed under: Businesses, Devanie, Hailey, Kids, Nathan, Sierra, Zach, aurora, lights — Devanie @ 11:27 pm

 

 

Yes it has been Sooo Long since my last journal entry.

I have been busy.

Hailey and Sierra were out of school for 1 month and a week. We had Christmas, Science Fair that daddy worked really hard with Hailey on to show Magnetic Shielding.  She won 1st place there were all the 5ht graders in the school I want to say 150-200 students  7 won firts place and there were 10 1st place runners up she was the 1st closest to getting a medal in the 1st place category, she got a large Blue ribbon with 1st place on it.  we were thrilled!  They really did a good job, I just helpes with trips to SLC to get petree dishes magnets, magnetic iron filings from fuzzy face toys, and the display is what I helped with.  it took a long time to get it all together. 

I have taken the kids to SLC to the Zoo, on the Fast Train to go see The Frog Princess with Aaron Alice and cousin Ethan, We have been to Chuck E Cheese, To the Airplane Museum learning center, many times to Arctic Circle, Carls je and Mc Donalds Playlands, We have had a large snow hill in our cul-du-sac for a month now and the kids have enjoyed sliding down it. For new years we had sparking cider blasetd off some fireworks and party poppers and watches fireworks on their animal crossing nintendo game – a highlight ;o) We have been to a boutique to buy toy realistic cats that look like they are sleeping but breathing. My kind of pet! We went Christmas Caroling, Did our Lego Advent Calendar, we have been plaing with our christmas toys, claning up christmas and putting it away, nathan took down all the lights :( I was sad to see them go i love christmas lights they make the dark winter nights more interesting to look at and reminds me of the Savior.  Wish everyone could keep them up all year. We also Went With Aunt Alice and Aunt Suzie to The Gale Center South Jordan History Museum. Made Crystals from the Planetarium Store, Planted Cat Grass, Went Shopping for Webkinz online pet toys that you keepp a stuffed animal of. and MORE!

With my business endevours I have started buying tutus, pettiskirts, butterfly wings, wands, hair clips and more.  I have been putting them in one of the boutiques I sell in.  I still sell Baptizm Dresses for LDS girls, flower girl dresses, Melissa and Doug Wooden Toys and Puzzles(not doing so well moving that inventory) I’m Still selling Squeaky shoes I had been waiting for almost a month for my shipment it came in a few days before Christmas so business with those has been slower than i would have liked, but they still sell slowly.  i think i have sold more out of the house than at the boutiques in the past month ;o) 

             

I’m starting up “Saturday Boutiques”  there is an English lady that runs one of the boutiques and cannot get enough vendors int hat will pay rental spaces, i’ve told her i would try to help her get things rolling in the mantime we are going to try to get home show and unique crafters into and empty bank in front of the boutique every saturday to help her pay her rent (same landlord)  I have a lot of interested vendors we just have to hammer out the legalities with it.  And hoping that by mid March We will have loads of New vendors at the B&M boutique that will pay the rent and keep her in business.  We have some re arranging painting and filling up to do before that but so far i have recruited about 4 new vendors this week and working on more!

I did a  Bridal Show with my Cookie lee Jewelry last Saturday Joe and Suzie are Marketing their Floral Preservation Business at them there.  It costs $400 for the booth I made $490 back spent 60 on babysitters and 425 to Sierra who came with me and helped me set up sell and look cute! she was awesome, I had 4 show bookings and did a Home show on Wednesday tht pulled in another $250.00  have another kinda sorta 2 bookings too so I’m hoping the home shows will be profitable from the amount i spent, so far so good, I’m going to be a vendor in the one in April at the really big expo center  It’s not cheap, and if it brings in show booking that could be great!  I’m really doing it as a hobby, it’s fun, and if Nathan would let me pay for things I would happily help out.

I also took the kids to Boise for a quick overnighter as their cousin Hanna was baptized.

        

      

 

Aurora is as buzy as a bumble bee I cannot get her to stop she keeps us so busy.

December 6, 2009

Heros by Zach

Filed under: Devanie, Nathan, Zach — Devanie @ 8:41 pm

I took all 4 kids swimming over Thankgiving break – which is a feat with barely swimming 8-10 year olds and non swmming 4-2 year olds – that want to run away from me a lot.  Most of us were huddled by the stairs while 4yr old Zach sat nearby kicking his feet in the water when he slipped. He fell in with his hand holding onto the edge and worried he was doomed I swooped over and helped him up and now he calls me a HERO!  ;)   When I ran out of gas he was the only one in the car and Daddy and Aurora came to our rescue and now DADDY is a HERO! Zach is VERY into Herosand he has been able to see them 1st hand 2Xs in one week!

November 1, 2009

Happy 4th Birthday Zach!!

Filed under: Birthday, Personalities, Photo Updates, Zach — Tags: , , , — Devanie @ 11:23 pm

This Year being 3 years old you have continued your love of trains!  You took your first ride on a Fast Track train, and loved every minute of it!

You have been the best friend to Aurora, always sharing your toys and playing nicely with her and saying “Remember Share this” .  You do a lot of pretend play with her and mommy.  I’m usually the mom horse and Aurora is the baby horse. 

You have been to the Circus, 2 Zoos, The local Amusement park(many times), you started pedaling a bike with training wheels, You have been on an adventure ride with Mom and your sisters for over a week and rode on “Roady Coaster” hilly roads in Missouri, you have driven through, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, you’ve been to Idaho and Nevada.  You got to see a real frog at the local fishing pond, A dead fish floating on the pond. You Visited Great Grandma Leavitt and loved her wheelchair at her nursing home.

You started Preschool!! 2 days a week.

we had a bithday party just Mom, Dad and your sisters at Chuck E Cheeses Friday since Saturday was Halloween and Sunday was your real birthday.  You asked for another Thomas the Train birthday cake.  Daddy frosted it this year it turned out awesome!  Out of the cake choices White, yellow, pink, chocolate. . .you chose Strawberry!  mmmm!

This year you got a Discovery Toys brand kit with a car, motorcycle and airplane that have a bunch of plastic screws and 2 screwdrivers, 1 power and one manual.  it’s fun for you to build and fix them and other things like that, you also got a little toy car, a croched spaceship with finger puppet aliens (Mom found at a boutique a 70 year old lady makes them)  You also got a Thomas the Train blanket quilt.  grandma and Grandpa S gave you a cute card with a lot of things you could count to 4 with.  and $25  and the Delivered it in person and joined us for the Party.  it was good to have someone celebrate with us.

                                   

We made a trip to Toys R us so you could get something with it.  You chose to get a Thomas the Train Take-A-Long (different from original wooden trains) Round about station you already had a few trains to go with it and you spend about 3+ hours playing with it after you got home from preschool.

 

This year for Halloween you were Thomas the Train AGAIN! picking a costume was easy – we already had it!

April 17, 2009

Easter 2009

Filed under: Hailey, Kids, Sierra, Tradition, Traditions, Uncategorized, Zach, aurora — Devanie @ 9:05 pm

 

Thursday we made a YUMMY YUMMY egg shaped cake with yellow/orange jelly filling.  Sierra helped to decorate it.

Friday afternoon we dyed eggs and put candy in over 100 eggs for the hunts we were to go on over the weekend.

Friday we went to The Pie Pizza place – one of my Favorites!  We went with Uncle, Aaron Aunt Alice and Ethan.  We took the cake with us and shared it with their family after playing outside with their dog Max for a long time.

Saturday we were up bright and early, packed up the chicks and went to Uncle Mikes for their Egg Hunt.  It was a blast, the kids all go so much stuff!  Then Daddy went to work with Grandpa and I took the kids and thier chicks to play at their cousins house.  They watched Madagascar 2, and we went out to McDonalds to play and eat.  Then we went back to help boil and dye Easter eggs.  we got the boiling part done when Daddy was ready to go home. So we packed up and headed out to pick him up.

Sunday Morning the Easter bunny had come, leaving, bath roll on paints, candy, and an egg hunt that was little in the living room. and the Easter Bunny left a poopy raisin trail from the living room out the front door and to the lawn.

We managed to have Creamed Eggs for breakfast and still got all cutsie and ready to go to Church.  It was REALLY nap time for Aurora and Zach so Daddy had to take them home for naps.

Sunday Evening was Dinner at Uncle Joe’s with a Ton of family and even some of their friends.  Good thing I made Deviled Eggs and them More while I was there, We all brought it pot luck style and there was just enough food for them all.  he kids had the BIG egg hunt where they scoured play sets, gardens, picnic tables, a pond and more to get their basket full of goodies.  Hailey was in her dress coming down the rock climbing wall on the back of the play set, her shoe snagged her dress and she FELL spilling her basket and falling to the ground.  She was OK.  Aurora danced and danced for everyone – such a cutie and when she dances she really shakes her tush.

went home went to bed. the end.

December 12, 2008

Holiday Festivities

Filed under: Christmas, Hailey, Kids, Personalities, Seasons, Sierra, Traditions, Zach, aurora — Devanie @ 11:18 am

Last night Nathan took us all out to  a lovley evening adventure.

 We drove to Thanksgiving Point to see the “Holiday Lights” there.

There are a few options of ways to get thru the lights.  There’s your car, the trolley, a hayride – horse pulled, or a horse drawn carriage.

Since it’s probably our 1 big activity for the year, we were there early enough that our whole family could go in the Horse Drawn Carriage.  It was GREAT

Hailey bundled up in blankets and told Nathan and I what was coming up before we passed it (we were riding backwards, but that didn’t matter because all the light items were visible from both sides).

Sierra grabbed a blanket and was invited to the seat with the driver of the carriage and often got to lead the horse (Belgian) named Annie on the path thru the tall lighted arches, sculptures, scenery, skiers, snowmen, deer, waving Santa, and so on

Zach even with his coat hood strapped over his mouth was tossing out phrases left and right.  he was loving the whole thing.  At one pont there were 2 elves (in lights) building a doll house and he yelled out “They’re building a Castle”

Aurora spent the first part waving with her right hand fanatically at the Santa Clause lighted arch with waving and the words HO HO HO blinking.  It was like she was in a parade and she felt the need to continue to wave off and on throughout the journey.  She called Santa “Shanah”.  She’s repeating most words we say now.  Later she was standing on my lap trying to get the whole 360* view.

We loaded off the beautiful horse drawn carriage and petted the horsey for a while.  The kids LOVED it!  Then Daddy drove us to our nearest Krispy Kreme doughnut shop where we all went in for the doughnut making adventure and had our free HOT doughnut.  Nathan picked up a dozen and we headed home in time for bed. 

I had spent the day wrapping Christmas presents and left them on the couch so the kids could help put the present under the tree – for baby’s sake, so they could see that they belong under the tree – not just presents they can take out and open up anytime – like Zach did the 1st night I tried.

So now the girls are all excited about what they might be getting for Christmas.  And This morning I didn’t wake to the sound of paper being torn of gifts like Zach did to Uncle LeeJoes presents ;)

No camera these memories are ones we will just keep in our minds. – or for my forgetful mind – this memory will be blogged and then written on our yearly ornament as things we did for the holiday season 2008.

October 31, 2008

Cooking away this morning

Filed under: Halloween Treat, Zach — Devanie @ 1:15 am

I wanted something to eat.  It was a biscuit with butter and honey.  I don’t make them very often, they aren’t a favorite of Nathan’s.  But I baked some for me, then made some cheesy garlic biscuits to eat with dinner.  Pulled out the crock pot and the HUGE pork loin from Sam’s Club.  Chopped some off and threw it int he crock pot with some honey and BBQ sauce and let it cook on low from 9 am to 5 PM.  I chopped up the rest of the pork loin into chops and more big chunks for BBQ pork later.  Zach hadn’t eaten breakfast and I still had the Bisquick out.  He saw the pancakes on it and mentioned that he loved pancakes.  I figured since Iwas already in a mess I aught to whip up a small batch for Halloween morning and Zach’s breakfast.  I had 1 egg left in the carton, and he wanted scrambled eggs to.  I was still in a mess and figured I could throw that into my list of things.  I showed him how to tap it.  he handed it to me to let me tap it, then I handed it to him with a little crack in it and he pulled it apart over the pan.  We washed his hands and I cooked him 1 scrambled egg – after he ate it he wanted more but by that time his PUMPKIN PANCAKE was ready to eat! and I wasn’t going to scramble just 1 egg again.  ( I know, I’m a bad Mom, A-for going out of my way to make a couple little things just for Zach and B-because I didn’t make him another scrambled egg.)

Here’s some of out ventures pictures done by 10:30 AM

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