Color me RAD

I have started running, and have always wanted to do a color run. These runs have become quite popular, and are based off of the "Holi" festivals of the Hindu faith. During these festivals, to celebrate the beginning of spring, participants throw colored powder at each other and celebrate wildly.

So, my friend Jenae and I signed up to run the Color me Rad 5k!  The rule is that you must wear a white shirt to start. At 5 different stations along the route, people spray you with liquid color, and throw colored powder at you. By the end, you look like a rainbow!



We arrived and started in the second wave. We met another runner who didn't have any running partners so we invited her to run with us. She was a sweet girl who lived nearby.

Mom & Dad came up from MD to see me run! This was my second time doing an organized run (the first time was the Red Rock Relay in Utah).

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." -Albert Einstein

Had a great time! Thanks everyone!

Wicked on Broadway

In my 30 years I have seen some great shows. My mom always took us to the local theater productions at the Weinberg center in downtown Frederick. It was old-fashioned, ornate, and a really neat place to go.  I have been to see the Sound of Music in the West End, in London, which was also fantastic, but never have I been to a Broadway show on Broadway.  This is something I wanted to do before leaving America, so my friend Jenae and I headed on an adventure into the city.

We got there late in the evening, when the lights are spectacular. There really is nothing like ascending up from the bus station or subway and feeling the heat, lights, and hustle-bustle of the city.

We walked around, and headed back to our hotel and got in around 1pm.  Then, like girls do, we chatted until probably 2am before our heads finally hit our pillows.

I showed her the toys R us, with a ferris wheel inside (the kids rode this last year)

The next day was our show, Wicked, in the afternoon. We walked around the city, saw the New York LDS temple, and had some lunch before heading to Gershwin Theatre.

 

A day for Daddy

Nathan was daddy's little man this morning.

He wanted to cuddle with daddy and lay on his chest when he woke up. Then he saw him put on deodorant after his shower and asked "I have some?" Then he got some aftershave on his hands, rubbed them together, and put it on his face, like daddy does.

He helped daddy get his belt on and asked "buckle in?" yes, Daddy was buckling himself in :) Then he went and grabbed a tie from Amos' tie rack for himself to wear, and said bye bye dad! and made sure to bid him goodbye from the window when he left. Such a sweet little guy!!


Then in the evening Cambria was doodling and made a heart. She got really excited "I made a heart for daddy to love me!" (I made a heart for daddy, is what she meant) She wanted to send it to him in the mail, with a stamp. I was entertaining the idea but didn't want it to get lost in the mail! So, we got an envelope and she picked a stamp for it (I have muscle car stamps at the moment - she picked the one with the most purple - her favorite color)  She fell asleep holding her letter to daddy. So precious.



And in happy Mom news, Seth slept from 10:30pm until 6:30am!! Yay for a full night of sleep in my own bed!!!!

A post full of boys

I have this picture of Nathan on my wall, and one day Seth happened to be sans clothes in about the same spot so I thought it would be neat to replicate the picture.  Here are my little guys around the same  age in the same spot!

And for even MORE excitement, here is AMOS at about the same age with his brother Ben! 

Seth's first Haircut!

I had to cut off his little curl. So sad!  (it only showed up occasionally) But much better!

Cambria turns 3!

We got to have her celebration a little early, but we still made sure to celebrate on her real birthday as well.

She saw a picture of a canadian flag cake, and since then has been insisting on a "naple leaf cake" = "maple leaf cake."  So, she got what she wished for. A white cake with a maple leaf on it, with the number "3" inside.

The lucky little girl also got to go out and get an ice cream from the ice cream truck while hear brothers were sleeping.

June 2013

Nathan calls popcorn 'popcorns.'  "Yay, popcorns!"

Nathan calls after his sister... "Cambria Hobbbby!"(more like Cameea) I also heard him say "Mimi Hobby" when looking for Mimi one day, which is funny, since Mimi's last name isn't Hobby



Nathan says "motorcycle Dot" (Motorcycle Scott) every time he sees someone riding a motorcycle, because when Scott came to visit, he rode in on his motorcycle.

He loves to be like daddy.



Nathan loves his book Tugga Tugga tuggboat and he calls it "tuggaboat"

He is so polite and always says "bless you mommy" when I sneeze

Cambria:

Cambria started saying "upstairs" instead of "updairs" and "grocery store" instead of "grocery do-wah"

She is hilarious and makes me laugh every day with her antics

She likes to imagine

"I need them for my mouth" - Cambria, when talking about wanting a treat (choc chips or marshmallows)


Cambria makes up play names like fwinky and dabo and shushee and hoonky for her toys and ponies



Cambria loves to set the table for the missionaries - she takes it very seriously and knows every little thing that needs to be added. First she organizes the placemats and then she asks for forks, spoons, and knives, and then plates and cups.



She hosts "parties" every day by piling all of her toys in a certain way on a table.
she LOVES to pretend about (and go to) the grocery store. almost more than the park!



She is obsessed with a purple horse she discovered on the way home from the beach. She even says prayers about it and turned her little scoot car into a horse by putting belt "stirrups" on it.

She loves taking the little point-and-shoot camera and taking pictures of her toys, her brothers, and her family. She instructs people what to do ex:"make a funny face." One night in her prayers she said that she was thankful for her "very own tiny camera."

Cambria, when climbing into our bed in the mornings says "Give me some base" (some space)


Seth, since turning 7 months:


Sits up on his own



Eats solid food



Sleeps in his own crib / own room

Takes a pacifier

Does "push ups" when trying to crawl, like Nathan did


Rocks on all fours


now (end of month) he crawls!

Cambria & Nathan love to play in the summer rain.

Little buds:


The kids took their first bath together. Afterwards we laid them all on the bed to get them dried and diapered. Here is my little assembly line. And afterwards, very wiggly kids all ready for bed!

Pony party for the 2 & 3-year-olds!

Cambria & Nathan had a combined birthday party this year since we thought we'd make it a special one! We are trying not to get them things - toys - but rather focus their childhood on experiences. Who plays with toys anyway, right? My kids want the kitchen utensils, the dining room chairs tipped over, and the couch cushions pulled out. Their latest discovery are all the suitcases we have floating around. They could roll them around all day long, but I digress...

On our trip back from South Carolina we saw some horse trailers and Cambria would not stop talking about a purple pony (horse with a purple harness) she saw.  Since she's been on a few pony rides at the pumpkin patch and they've always been great, I decided to try and get some for the party.

It worked out! We had a mini horse (JR) and a blonde horse (Dharma) for an hour worth of pony rides and they were a hit!

Seth actually ended up with the first ride, since the other kids were getting their shoes on. Nathan wasn't sure at first, but he took several rides and had such a serious look on his face most of the time. He did love his rides, though. Cambria loved both horses and after each lap around the yard, traded, and got on the other horse.

 

Mimi & Geepy got to come stay and play. The kids are looking forward to their birthday train ride!