Oogies

So this week I am a little late in blogging.  We have had the oogies or stomach flu at our house.  So far just Emma, Leah and Mom lets hope that is all! 
This week has been pretty normal except with a plethra of scouts.  Saturday was the Blue and Gold blanket. Hot dogs and cheetos yum!  True cub scout food.  My girls were in heaven.  I don't think they have ever eaten so much at a ward function.  The best part of the night was the angry bird sling shot game and other angry bird activities.  The girls had lots of fun and I got a nice thank you gift and my trained badge. Last night at den meeting we did strength activities.  9 year old boys trying to do yoga poses-priceless!
Emma got to paint on canvas and make a junk mobile as she calls it in her art class.  She loved both.  Leah has been busy being sneaky and experimenting with various things around the house.  The best one was giving her squinkies a bath in the bathroom sink and then losing them down the drain! I guess water isn't too bad to clean up but the cornstarch goo we made last week was a beast! Fine little powder all over the dining room and kitchen!
Becca is busy busy busy.  She is very concerned with details.  She makes sure you turn lights off, use your toothpaste and even insists on having blush too when I am putting on my makeup. She even helped set the table last week. I was yelling at someone to set the table, can't remember who since they take turns everyday, and look over to see Becca in the middle of the table putting her plastic play dishes around the table! At least she listens to me for now!

Setting the table for Dinner!

Becca fell asleep during lunch in her high chair!

Funny journal page from Emma. "I was playg tempolrun on my Dad's tablit." Translation: "I was playing temple run on my dads tablet." Thought youwould appreciate this Spencer and McKay!

Presidents Day

I know it hasn't quite been a week since our last post but I had a few minutes alone (amazing!) so I thought I would write.  We had a great Valentines Day at our house.  We had a heart filled day. Red velvet heart shaped pancakes for breakfast, heart sandwiches for lunch and heart shaped pizza for dinner.  However the pizza was one big heart and once we cut it the girls could no longer tell it was a heart and had to use the heart cookie cutters to cut their pieces into hearts.  But alas with all the cooking I was too busy to take pictures of all our heart shaped offerings.  The girls did all wear their valentine shirts (thanks Aunt Cathy!) and I got a few pictures of them wearing them.  They also happened to be riding their bikes on the deck at the time so they aren't great but we got some.  The girls all loved their surprises from mom and dad.  Emma got a new Ivy and Bean chapter book, Leah got the new Olivia princess book(which is hilarious) and Becca got sparkly tom looks alikes.  She loves shoes and walks around the house alot of the day with shoes for everyone. She says "here, shoes, here!" She puckers her mouth really funny when she says shoes, it is so cute!
 Our weekend has been low key.  We did go to our friends the Olers house for their daughters 6th birthday.  It was nice to spend time celebrating with them.  This morning we went to the far away costco and bough a chest freezer!  We have been longing for this appliance for quite some time and when the tax return came Grant suggested we get one.  I was all for that!  Now I need to get busy filling it up!

Emma's homework journal page on Valentines Day.

Valentine Cookies!

This last week was pretty good.  We watched Hotel Transylvania for our annual friday movie night this week.  I didn't get to see much since Becca needed to go to bed but the girls liked it alot.  Saturday we went to Costco and the grocery store to get food. Then Grant and I put together 7 freezer meals for the crock pot in an hour or so.  I have been wanting to try this for awhile and we finally did it.  Hopefully it will make the after school-dinner rush hours a little less rushed.

 This morning I took Becca to get her 18 month pictures taken.  She was not happy about it and we only got 1 picture with her happy or smiley, but at least we got 1! The funny part about it was the photographer was very talkative and told me about his idea to include a picture coffee mug with the traditional portrait package because who doesn't drink coffee, right? I just smiled and nodded and decided not to mention the fact that I do in fact not drink coffee.  We are definitely not in Utah anymore!

Last night we made Valentine sugar cookies as per downs/townsend family tradition.  It is always a little bittersweet-fun to do but makes us all homesick.  Leah especially enjoyed it and worked on her cookies for 45 minutes!  Emma like that the hearts were graduated in size and stacked really well. She made both me and Grant our own cookie stack-oh boy! Becca had fun licking frosting off her knife.  We tried a new frosting recipe and it was delicious. It is called whipped cream cheese frosting and was super light and airy.

The last exciting thing this week was Emma getting a black eye.  Actually it is just a bruised eye brow not a black eye she says.  She was doing a flip over the ottoman and came face to face with the piano leg!  She had a huge bump and now has a nasty bruise.  We included pictures for everyone to see, per Emmas request. 

Spring is coming..According to the ground hog

So I don't know about you I am super excited Phil didn't see his shadow.  I would love spring to come early.  I am already trying to get a spot ready for peas.  Not too much exciting things going on at the Myers house.  The last 2 weekends we did a babysit swap with our friends the Olers-we knew them at the village.  Grant and I went and saw Les Miserables while they watched our kids and they went to a movie the next week while we watched their kids.  It was the first movie we have been to alone since we moved.  Seeing it has inspired Grant to read the book again.  It works out well, he reads the book and tells me about it and I get the info without reading that huge thick book! 
Grant and I both have received new callings.  I am now playing the piano in primary and doing cub scouts and Grant is now the assistant ward clerk.  They took their time but they sure have us busy now!  Becca is doing well in nursery.  We just walk her in, get some toys and leave.  Some of the other moms have asked how I get her to go and I just shrug and say I have no idea!  Emma is loving her art class and looks forward to Tuesday all week.  She and Leah also love the nexus tablet, it is a great motivator for getting chores done.  Leah is working on learning her letters.  Everyday we focus on a different letter and practice drawing it and do a little craft or activity to go along.  She also likes going to playgroup to see her friend Lizzy.  That is what is going on with us.  Here are a few pics in parting.  Becca must have been extra cute they are all of her! Speaking of pictures and Becca she loves to say cheese and smile and squint her eyes, it is so funny!

Becca wearing a headlamp around her neck.

Becca likes to collect random objects carry them all over the house.

Wearing Emma's snow gear and saying "cheese".