Things I know about Jade!

20 Things I know about Jade: from 2008. I've update 2009 in purple!

1- She RARELY sleeps in her own room.
This is still VERY true. She never sleeps in her own room. She falls asleep on the couch or in mine and Scott's room.
2- She is such a night owl.
Still true! See number 1.
3- Telling her she will have to go to bed with no lights (as in shut her door) is the worst threat ever. She HATES when I even mention it! :)
I will say that she would def hate it if I did this, but I never have to use this anymore as a threat. She is pretty much a good kid. When she is acting up I can give her "the look" and she knows that's enough. If it doesn't work I send her to her room and she goes right away and then is fine after.
4- She is not always so happy to share her toys. Well....that's not true she will share all her toys-unless they are toys she wants to play with!
This is still true but now that Jax SHRIEKS whenever he wants something she has, he usually ends up with it because I tell her just to give it to him so he will stop. She is def a better sharer than she used to be and understands if she doesn't want to share something, she had better put it away where no one can get it.
5- Her mom bought Jaxon his own stuffed dog due to the reason above, and she somehow has managed to take it away from him most of the time! :)
Know what dog I was talking about....but it's not an issue anymore.
6- She loves taking Dance and Gymnastics. Both make her very happy
Still VERY true. She is taking Dance and tumbling from the same place now and loves them both. I watched her win a backbend contest tonight at tumbling in a class of 12. She held her "bridge" the longest. She is getting pretty good in tumbling and better in dance. She loves her teachers and has a good time. The only thing she hates is when I make her wear tights! :) Ah.....I felt the same way growing up!
7- She loves to sing and dance and LOVES the music turned up as loud as it can be in the car or at home. The louder, the better. She loves all music: Wiggles, The "Hey Naaa" song, Barbie Girl, Boot Scootin Boogie, any movie theme song.
This is still true as well-but the music has changed. Now she only listens to Hannah, Hannah, and Miley!
8- She gets along best with boys (and mostly those that are older than she is). To name a few.... Seth, Zach, Sam, Easton, Brayden, Weston, and Aiden (neighbor)
This has changed a little. Because she is getting older she does like playing with girls too. Girls will be girls though and she still seems to be able to play with less fighting with boys. She still loves her boy cousins a lot!!!
9- She does not like Jaxon to play in her room. He knows this. He sneaks in and plays, if he sees Jade coming down the hall he starts yelling before she even goes in to drag him out. It's hillarious.
Not true. They play together a lot now and she lets him in her room whenever
10- Her favorite color is blue
She now has 3 favorite cousins. Blue, purple and pink
11- Her favorite food is probably a Dunford chocolate donut. I swear she'd eat them every day if I let her.
Eh.....she still likes them but not as much as she used to. She does still choose anything chocolate. She HATES licorice and the other day when she saw I bought some she told me I would need to eat something else after I ate the licorice so that my breath wouldn't smell like licorice. She HATES the smell and can smell it from a mile away!
12- She loves Mcdonalds. It's always the same: Chicken nuggets, fries, and a momma's drink....and dip.
She would choose Wendy's over Mcdonalds now. And...She likes momma's drinks but has realized things like Rootbeer and Sprite taste a little better!
13- She hates her hair pulled up
Totally changed. She loves pony tails. Asks for them on most days.
14- She hates showers. Always a bath.
This changed about a month ago. One day we told her she needed to shower to get it done fast and she changed her mind about them. Loves them and takes it upon herself to wash ever spec of her body while she is in there: inbetween each finger and toe. I think they make her feel big!
15- She loves getting to visit her dad at school.
Probably still true but we don't go as often as we used to. We did actually go there today though and she had a good time
16- She asks what day it is every day (Collene's day or a day off)
Still true. She just now wants to know if it's preschool, Collene's or day off. If it's a day off she wants to know if it's a church day and if not, where are we going
17- She is such a girly girl playing dress up, dolls, kitchen etc and yet loves to get dirty, watch Star Wars (or Ghost busters, Scooby doo, etc) and find (and hold) bugs. She even enjoyed watching her dad gut a fish last weekend. GROSS! I even walked away for that one!
Still true. I mean come one....she though the dead deer hanging up was awesome and stuck around to watch scott skin and cut it. Nasty!!!! She also watched King Kong with Scott the other day and loved it!
18- She is already a great backseat driver. I have NO idea where that comes from! :)
Don't notice this at all-could be the DVD's in the car
19- She can be super sassy.
Still VERY true. And dramatic.
20- But most often is super sweet and amazingly funny.
Still VERY true!

TEN more for 2009

1. She hates when we go places with just her, jax and me. She ALWAYS wants someone to come with us. Reminds me of myself.

2. She talks....and talks....and talks....and talks....and talks. ALOT-constantly! Gosh I do not know where she gets this from! ;) I still try HARD to refrain from saying "Stop Talking!!!" (I was told that one too many times as a child) but sometimes I can't refrain and the words just come out of my mouth!!!

3. She has dissed the little kid cartoons: Dora, Little Einsteins, Backyardigans, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, etc. She now is all about: Hannah Montanna, ICarly, Zach and Cody, Wizard of Waverly, Hannah, Hannah, Hannah. Tonight she told me that if we have another girl baby (no, I'm not pregnant) we definitely need to name her Miley! Yeah....not going to happen.

4. She loves to color and draw. She got markers and paper and stuff for her birthday and she loves it. Unfortunately she makes a mess whenever she does it because she like to get EVERYTHING out. Oh well...at least she is being creative!

5. She has a weird obsession about telling me that if she ever has another mom she will tell her she is ugly and that she doesn't like her. Not sure why she says it or what exactly I am supposed to say back. She definitely still has a fierce loyalty to me. She does not like if if she feels like ANYONE is being mean to me or hurting me in anyway.

6. She talks like she is 16. People are always laughing at the things she says because she is hilarious and talks way older than 5. She has a very dramatic way about her and it comes out when she talks. Again....not sure where she gets it!

7. She likes to show Jaxon something she has that she knows he wants and then when he says he wants it she runs away while he screams-shrieks-and chases her. She thinks it is the funniest thing EVER. I....do not!

8. As mentioned above she doesn't get in trouble a lot but when she does, she is obedient in following the punishment. With having Jax, I REALLY appreciate that she is that way.

9. She loves babies and REALLY wants a little sister. She is just going to have to keep waiting for awhile.

10. She is a very dilligent handwasher. She uses more germies than anyone I know. I appreciate this one-it is a sure bet that her hands are ALWAYS clean.

And my FAVORITE thing: Even though she is 5, she is still very sweet. She loves to cuddle. She loves me to come and sit down and hold her on the couch. She loves to be with me and go places with me. She gives me hugs and kisses every day. She tells me how much she loves me everyday. She gives me compliments such as "You look so pretty" "I love your hair" everyday. (She also tells me when I stink after a workout and if I am sweaty she refuses to even come close to me until I shower) I love that she is still like this. I pray it never changes! I love Jade so much. She makes me happy EVERY day. If she knows I am in a bad/sad mood she is quick to help. She is definitely a bight part of both Scott and my day!

Life

Here is an update: I'm tired. stressed. frustrated. worn out. It's been a long day-week-month. Depressing isn't it? I know. That being said, I am grateful for everyone who has helped us with our house this week, helped with the kids, and helped Jadyn have a FANTASTIC Birthday (post on her tomorrow) We could not have done this past week with out you. We love you all.

Halloween....Never Ending

Whew! This past week was C.R.A.Z.Y. I dressed Jax or Jadyn up almost every day. Monday and Tues it was Jadyn for Dance/tumbling, Jax was on Wed for Daycare, Jade on Thurs for Preschool and of course I dressed them both up on Sat. It was a fun week, but definitely a little crazy-especially the bday party we did for Jade with 17 kids! This year I was happy to put those costumes away....even though I loved their costumes.

And with putting away the costumes, I brushed off the Christmas music. Scott hates that I start to listen to it the day after Halloween, but I just love the spirit of Christmas and the music brings that to me. I love Thanksgiving too. Just love having two months to spend a lot of time with my family and being grateful for so much. So.....The holiday posts will continue but I'll close this one with final Halloween pics

This was the first house we went to! She kept in Witch form the entire time! Jade and Jax were wondering what in the world was going on!

Jax LOVED going door to door for candy! Isn't he so dang cute! Love him!

Gardner Village

We love visiting Gardner Village during Halloween! We went with some friends and cousins and had a great time. The weather was AWESOME!!!!

This pretty much sums out how most of my pics turn out! :)

Jax is soooo not in to Jadyn trying to carry him!

Pumpkin Patch: Preschool and Mabey's

Jade's preschool had a fun field trip to the pumpkin patch earlier this week. I was able to take work off and go with her. It was nice to be able to just spend some time alone with her-since Jax was at daycare. She had fun picking out her pumpkin, going through the corn maze and posing on the tractors! ;)

We also went to our usual pumpkin patch at the MABEY's. We have been going there since we had Jadyn. They are some of the nicest people we know. The kids had a good time-except for when Jade fell down-hard-in the patch and Jax hit his lip on his wheelbarrow and started to bleed. ;) Good thing they both recover quickly.

Hee Haw Farms

Definitely an Annual tradition. Scott goes on the deer hunt, and the kids and Brandee and I go to Hee Haw Farms. The kids had such a fun time. Melissa and her kids were also there and Jade loved that!

He played in this box for 30 min!

Jax and Mom
He loved this swing!

The next day we went to Lagoon for the last time! Good times! CAn't wait till next year!

Kid Funnies

I usually try to keep a running log of funny things my kids say. In that past it has always been funny things that Jade has said. Things are changing as she gets older and as Jax starts talking more.

Jax:

--His new favorite sayings are " No way!" If you ask him to come

upstairs, get ready for bed, get in the car, ect. He will yell "No WAYYYYY"

--He also has learned "It Not Fair!" and uses it often. It's pretty funny

--The other day I was at Old Navy and Jax was with me. He starts saying "Dat

wady (That lady) is chasin me!" I look around and there is another lady by us shopping, but obviously not chasing Jax. I tell her she is just shopping-to which he responded. "No, her's chasin me". That was the beginning. Now if we are in the car he will say "Dat car chasin me" or at church, or in any store. He is somehow convinced everyone is chasin him. Now I just say "Don't chase my Jaxon" and he seems satisfied that that will take care of it! He's so funny.

--He happened to come out of his room the other day with his binkies. I told him to go put them in bed and he responded by running in the bathroom and shutting the door. 2 seconds late he opened the door and said "Don't follow me!" and shut it again. AFter he was in there about 5 min I told Jade to check him. She did and said "He's got the nail polish!" Jax came running out saying "I paint my toes!" We thought he was kidding, but no. He actually got it opened and pretty nicely painted his toes! Good thing that's all he painted!

-- Jax is still sleeping in his big boy bed but almost always gets out once we shut the door. I know this, so about 30 min after I put him to bed I go and check. The light is usually back on and as soon as I open the door I see him scatter back to his bed. The good thing is he does get back in bed and never comes out of his room, so I'm not stressed about it. He also has started getting out of his bed once he wakes up but just plays for awhile and then yells for me to come get him when he is ready since he couldn't open his door. A few days ago Jadyn wanted to bring all the blankets downstairs and sleep on the floor. So we did. About 6:00 a.m. I hear a little voice say this from the top of the stairs: "Hi! Hello! I wake up! I coming down! I coming down!" I thought Scott was still home and so he could get him. I listen to Jax come down (he doesn't notice I'm on the floor) and say "Mom? Mom?" He then gets him some fruit snacks. My alarm upstairs goes off so he went up and turned it off and then again "I coming down!" I was shocked he was up at 6:00 and that he got out of his room. I realized Scott was gone and must have checked him before he left and didn't shut his door. Wrong. The next morning out he came again! Well, I am not all about him coming out on his own. For one, the other night at 2:00 a.m. I heard him and went to check him and he had got out of bed, turned on the light and was walking around-but pretty much asleep-so I don't feel like it's safe for him to be able to get out on his own. So.....I put the child lock on his door again! ;) I so love the child locks! It has done the trick. He still gets out of bed to play, but at least it keeps him in his room!

Jadyn

We were reading scriptures the other day and talking about prophets. We had this conversation:

Mom: "Jade-who is our prophet right now?" (She totally knows, we talk about him all the time and pray for him every day)

Jade: has a brain stump. You can tell it is on the tip of her tounge but can't get it out. Suddenly it comes to her and she yells out "HEAVENLY MONSTER!!!!!"

Oh my gosh....I started laughing so hard! She was thinking Heavenly Father and Pres Monson and it came out Heavenly Monster. I laughed hard and she said "You are right, that WAS pretty funny"

I won't forget that one for a long time

Driving home from church last week:

Jade: Mom, my teacher was so hot at church today

Mom: She was?

Jade: Yeah, she had a green sweater on with buttons

Mom: Well did she take it off?

Jade: (Confused) No mom but she was hot. She walked in the room and I saw her green sweat and I was like "Oh my gosh....she is such a hottie!"

Mom: (Busted up laughing) Ohhhhh. You mean she looked so cute-hot. Not like hot as in too warm

Jade: Yeah mom. Hot!

Mom: Where did you hear "hottie" from

Jade: Duhhhh Scooby Doo. That is what Fred says to Daphne!

And then she made me promise not to tell her teacher she said that! :)