4 Different States in 1 Day!

4 Different States in 1 Day!

...and only about 116 times did we hear "Are we there yet?" and 93 times of "How much longer?" You gotta love road trips with 5 year olds!

TEA PARTY - Grandma Becky Style!

TEA PARTY

(Grandma Becky Style)

While we were home in Utah for Kailey's wedding the whole month of May (and part of April and June) Carlee really wanted to have a Tea Party for her birthday in July (are you following this?). Well my Mom is not about to not give this spoiled little child something she wants. So she called her neighbor who has triplets Carlee's age (although Carlee gets along a little better with the older sisters, haha) and invited them over for a little tea (not real tea, Carlee reminded them about 20 times). She also made them some little treats and some fun pastry sandwiches. She helped them get all dressed up and put music on for them to dance. As they left the party she gave all the girls favors. It was one of Carlee's highlights of our trip home.

My Mom is the BEST Grandma in the World!

FIRST CHORE CHART

We spend LOTS of time doing fun stuff around here. However, we don't forget that there are also chores to be done. Carlee is ok with helping when we ask her too, but she needed a little structure.

Here is her first chore chart. If she does all of her jobs she gets a quarter which she wants to spend as fast as she makes.

Next lesson: Money Management!

A Sleepover!

When Carson goes out of town for work Carlee gets to sleep with me (instead of on our floor which she has been doing since we moved into our new house, WHICH is much better than our bed. Yes my 5 year old slept with us until just recently. We will NOT make that same mistake with this next child. TRUST ME!!!) Anyhow, Carlee can't just jump into bed with me and be happy, she has to bring ALL of her "friends/kids" with her. I use to try and fight this issue. Not anymore. I would rather her cuddle up to all of them and leave me my space. LOL! I think on this particular night there were 5 additional guests in bed with us. . .

FRONT YARD: Before and After

When we bought our house, well you couldn't even see it from the road. We had bushes that were bigger than our truck in the front yard. They were UGLY to say the least. We removed most of them and have had neighbors stop to tell us how much they appreciate it and love to be able to see our house and yard. One lady even went on to tell me how she has lived in the neighborhood since the house was built in 1970 and has NEVER seen anyone trim the bushes, etc until now. She was really excited. LOL!

If only that was the only thing that needed to be done to our yard, URGH!