Colorful Cookies

We made sugar cookies today while Ridge slept. And not just any sugar cookies. . . We made all sorts of shapes! The kids pressed out the shapes & moved them to the pan all by themselves. Then we made homemade icing: Chocolate, Pink, Orange, & Blue. Each of the cookies were iced with care and topped with all sorts of sprinkles.



Cobb's cookies:


Charly's cookies:

Although it's fun to give cookies away, we decided to keep these for ourselves. I think there was too much "licking fingers" going on during the process.

And this was my final product:

Totally worth the mess :)

Learning to Ride, 1st Try

Rob made his first attempt to teach Cobb to ride his bike without his training wheels.

The pep talk(or getting the concept that falling is ok):

Get ready. . .

And go!

Rob got a great workout that day, but there was little success for Cobb riding solo.
Don't worry, there'll be many, many more tries and prayers for patience for both Cobb & Daddy.

The cheering squad:

Soccer Sidelines

Today was another soccer day. Cobb did a great job of playing defense this game. Here's one pic:


On the sidelines, Ridge, Charly & Bella played ring around the rosey:

Or "sleeping princess"

And Pops took a break watching to text someone. . .

Good 'ol Fudds

Tonight we tried to go to Brock's last football game. Unfortunately, it was canceled because the lights wouldn't turn on in the stadium. So instead we went to Fuddruckers in Plano with the whole Thomas Clan (minus Blair, Nic, & Jack). Here's the "big" little kids at a table of their own. . .

The wee ones sat with the adults.

And Catie, Brock & Elle came too. It was so fun to see them, and the little kids love their older cousins! Hopefully Brock's game will be rescheduled so we can see him play, but we loved the spur of the moment family dinner! Thanks Nana & Pops!

Like Brothers

Bennett comes over to our house on Thursdays. Here's a conversation on the way home from taking Cobb to school:

B(talking to me): Mommy?
R: No, Mommy!
B: Mommy
R: MMMY mommy
B: mommy
R (louder) MOOOOOMMMMMY!
Me(attempting to settle the disagreement from the driver's seat): Ridge, be sweet! Bennett, you can call me Haley.
B: Mommy
R(with a slight grin): Hayee
B: Mommy
R(laughing now): Hayee
B(laughing): Mommy
R(laughing loudly): Hayee, Hayee, Hayee, Hayee

I love those boys. They can be competing one moment, and laughing another. They are just like brothers. I have to confess: sometimes I do not correct people when they assume the boys are twins. That's lying isn't it? Oh well.

Ridge Cleans Up

Last night, Ridge was so proud that he cleaned up all of his cars.



See, aren't they neatly lined up??

Go get one today!

I had a Peppermint Chocolate Mint Milkshake today from Chick Fil A and it is AMAZING! If you are reading this, stop now, go to Chick Fil A and get one. You'll thank me... unless you're on a diet... then you'll hate me.

Ridgerisms

At 22 months, Ridge says and does the funniest things.

1. He sings: He sings himself to sleep, and often sings throughout the day. He picks up on songs that his sister sings. He hums mostly, but when Charly sings "Part of Your World," he fills in the blanks:
C: look at this stuff, isn't it
R: neat
C: Wouldn't you say my collection's complete. Wouldn't you say, I'm a girl, a girl who has
R: E-ting
and so on. . .


2. He has picked up "I don't want to:"
R: No, I ohn wan to! I play cars!
or
R: No, I ohn wan to! I stay you!
or
R: No, I ohn wan to! I down. I run! (this, of course, is when I need to be carrying him)

3. He says, "oh man!"
Last night, we read a story before bed. After reading it once, he said, "Gin!!" So we read it again. Then he said, "Gin!" I said, "no, it's bedtime." He leaned against me and said, "ahhhhh. Oh man!" But thankfully, he went willingly to bed. He's good like that.

4. He says, "oh shoot."
This morning he was walking in the kitchen with two cars in one hand and milk in the other.
R: Where milk? (starts turning in circles and looking down)
R: Oh shoot, where milk?
Me: Ridge, it's in your hand.
R: Oh. (starts, laughing out loud at himself)
R: No thank you (gives milk to me)

5. He knows how to use "please" to his benefit:
R: I batman show mommy (hands me Cobb's Lego Batman game)
Me: No baby, no shows
R: I Cobby show mommy!
Me: No, Ridge, no show
R: Why?
Me: Because it's rest time
R: Why?
Me: Because I said so
R: oh
silence
R: please? (eyes become puppy dog eyes and he holds out the game)
He still didn't get to watch anything, but we laughed together at his cuteness


6. He's obsessed with the moon: One time driving in the car we had this conversation.
R: Where moon? Mommy, where moon?
Me: I don't know Ridge, I can't see it.
R (much more emphatically): Where MOON mommy? where moon?
Me: I'm so sorry Ridge. I think it is hiding.
R: Why?
Me: Clouds are covering it.
R: Why?
Me: Because there are clouds tonight
R: Why?
Me: It might rain
R: Why?
Me(giving up pre-maturely): Just because
R: Oh
I find myself saying, "just because" or "because I said so" more to R than either of the other two. I wonder if it's because he takes it so well or if it's because he asks "why" more than the others do. Truly, it's a toss up.

Gutter Book Shelves

My gutter book shelves are finally up(see bottom of Soccer, Candy, & Gutters for reference)! Stacey & I made them tonight (thanks Stacey!!). The most difficult part was cutting them to size. You need a partner, a good saw, strong muscles, & sharp scissors. After cutting them, we drilled holes in the back, then took them upstairs to apply them to the wall with anchored screws. And here they are:


Who knew that gutters would make such great bookshelves!

Soon that chair in the back will be replaced by comfy pillows, creating more of a reading corner that all three of my kids can enjoy. It was Stacey's idea, and she got the idea from the Small Notebook Blog. Again, thanks Stacey for helping me be creative.

An Hour Early. . .

Yes, we forgot to set our clocks back. We were an hour early for
church, so we made a pitstop at the Bux, a family favorite.