3 Men & A Little Lady: {Nellalicious}

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

{Nellalicious}

Today I am grateful for sisters, cousins, & new baby Nell! On Friday, Mya and I boarded a plane in Palm Springs and flew to Kansas City, where we were greeted by the Bieberly girl clan!

Mya received an A+++ on the flight! She kept busy scribbling on her aquadoodle, watching Beauty and the Beast, & snacking on tons of snacks! It is sooo much easier flying with only 1 child!

Mya and I loved getting to meet new baby Nell. We both fell in love immediately with her! I mean how can you not smile when you look at this sweet baby with all her......

HAIR!

Nell and I had some great snuggle time, in between our daily running to and from with the older girls.

Monkey Bizness was our first fun adventure! We burnt lots of energy jumping and running from one jumper to the next.

Girl cousins are the best! We were sad to be missing Jaxyn, but had fun skyping with her every night.

We managed to hit some fun stores. Charming Charlie's was my favorite, but the kids preferred making friends with the Old Navy manikins and playing with all the great toys at Pottery Barn Kids. We left that store with girls in tears leaving behind the babies, strollers, and kitchens. I know where I'm sending Santa with Mya's X-mas list!

Brynlee and Mya embraced with hugs the minute they were reunited! These two sure do love each other, however after a couple of days of mimicking each others every move, their 2 year old personalities and "Me" stage came back in full force. All anger that Brynlee felt was released onto Mya. Good thing Mya has older brothers and is pretty tough!

When I was a child, my great Aunt Neva took us to Kaleidoscope in downtown Kansas City. Carmin and I decided to see if it was as great as we remembered and it didn't disappoint! Hallmark owns and runs Kaleidoscope to foster creativity and arts for children and the best part was that it was all free!

I love how quirky my sister is, she makes me laugh all the time!

Silly Faces!

Mya was creative and made herself a very stylish dress out of paper and ribbon! She did get some help from me!

She spent more time at the hand washing station than she actually did painting, but for 2 water coming out of a tin man's nose is pretty exciting!

The creativity in the room was pretty spectacular!

Mya painted with glow in the dark paint in a black room.

Kaleidoscope was any little artist in the makings dream come true. I loved it and am grateful for programs like this that understand the importance of fostering children's artistic side.

Mya and I had a short, but great time with our family in Kansas City. I adore my sisters beautiful little girls and am glad that I get to be their Auntie Jo. I miss living next to my sisters and can't imagine all the fun we could have if we lived in the same town. For now, we will just have to plan yearly girl trips, so that our children can be close. This trip wouldn't have been possible without the support of Kenny. I am grateful for an amazing husband, who encouraged me to go and who took such great care of the boys while I was gone. I am also grateful for great friends who helped us out, so I could get away for some sister, cousin, Nell time!

1 comment:

{Erica} said...: Loooove the hair...such a beautiful baby!

p.s. Whenever we went to Kansas we would go to Kaleidoscope. Such a fun place and all free (at least it was when we lived in Iowa).

p.p.s.Get anything cute at Charming Charlies?; November 18, 2011 at 10:33 AM

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They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

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Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

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My favorite word Drew and Ian used to say when they were toddlers was, Laddie- for water. I thought it was such a cute word. Owen comes to the fridge and points his little finger and says, "Wa-Wa" for water. So cute!

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Ian is such a daddy's boy. The other night Kenny had to go to the clinic and Ian was sobbing for him for a good twenty minutes because he wanted to go too. When I asked him why he was so upset he replied, "I just want my daddy, he is my favorite boy!"

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Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"