Fun in the sun!

The weather here in Houston, well Pearland to be exact, has been absolutely gooooorgeous! Yesterday we were outside pretty much the entire day playing. We are loving it... I only wish it would stay like this forever!

Madaleine playing with her bubbles. She's so cute!

Gavin and his Daddy... precious.

Attempting to get some sun on those legs... HA! It's pointless though... I'm as white as a ghost and always will be, so you better get your sunglasses ready when you see me coming this summer!

I have some pics of the kids doing some fun Easter stuff, so I'll post those later. I hope everyone has a great weekend and a great Easter. (I'm working both Saturday and Sunday... ugh) And let's not forget what Easter is all about... the love Jesus showed for you and me so that we could have abundant life!

Conversations with two year olds

So, I was talking to some friends a few weeks ago about something that happened with Madaleine that seemed to be just another normal thing to me, but was absolutely hilarious to my friends. So I started thinking. Our kids are doing and saying some funny things these days, but sometimes I forget to smile or laugh because I hear these things on a daily basis coming from their precious little mouths. Anyways, I want to write them down somewhere so in years to come I can look back and smile... so the blog seems to be a perfect place to do that.

Madaleine running into the room crying: "Ohhhh Mommy, Madaleine got bonkers!!!" (translation... she hit her head on something)
Mommy: "Oh baby I'm sorry... let me kiss it."
Madaleine: "Umhm, okay Mommy"
Mommy: "...kiss... does it feel better?"
Madaleine: "umhm okay Mommy, bonkers all better."
Meanwhile, Gavin has been in the same room with us playing quietly, and the next thing I know...
Gavin: "OHHH Moooommmmy, Gavin got bonkers toooooo!" (translation... Gavin didn't hit his head, he just thinks he has to do everything his sister does)
Mommy: "Do you need a kiss too?"
Gavin: "Yes Mommy, bonker"
...kiss... and everyone goes about their business.

Here is a popular one in our house these days...

"NO! Want it to!!!" (translation: No, I don't want to)

And another

"Boop boops on it Mommy" (translation: boop boops=desitin... the butt cream.)

And while we are on the topic of butts...

With a big grin on his face Gavin comes running into the room: "Mommy, it's working!!!" (translation: Mom, I just made poop in my diaper.)

And does anyone else have a child that poops in the closet? Madaleine had gone two solid days without doing her business a few weeks ago (which is very unlike her), and this is a conversation I had with her.
Mommy: "Madaleine, you need to make some poops."
Madaleine very contently playing with her toys, "No, want it to."
Mommy" Hey Madaleine, you didn't make any poops today or yesterday. I think you need some medicine for your butt" (translation (and yes, these days I need my sentences to have a translation so normal folks like you know what in the heck I'm talking about!) It's been two days since you have done your business, I think you need a suppository)
Madaleine: "Umhm Mommy, okay. Lets go!" She is now running for the gate to go downstairs very excited, obviously not knowing what I mean by medicine for her butt.
We do the unpleasant chore at task...
Mommy, "Okay Madaleine, medicine is all done. Let's go to Mommy's closet so you can make some poops."
Madaleine: "umhm Mommy, okay." (And I'm not joking... she always says umhm, okay!)
I take her into my closet knowing full and well that she can and will do her business here. Is that not normal??? I thought it was, until I was telling my friends this and they started cracking up laughing.
Anyways, I check on her a few minutes later.
Mommy: "Madaleine, is it working?" (translation: have you pooped yet? It's time for bed!"
Madaleine with a big smile on her face: "Yes Mommy! Madaleine did it! Madaleine made poops!"
Mommy:"Yeaaaa!!! Good job Madaleine!"

Because it's been a billion years since I have posted pics of our cuties!

So.... finally.... here are some pics of those precious kiddos! Warning though... these pics were all taken on my phone, so they are not of the best quality.
Just don't even ask, but instead just understand that my kids are absolutely obsessed with wearing their helmets... ALL THE TIME! Every little boy should wear their helmet when coloring with markers!

The helmet (or course!), play-dough, markers, a banana, and some juice... what more could you ask for?

Cheerio anyone?

Potty training at the Clark household looks like this!

And this

Helping Mommy make dinner (and sneaking some green beans)

This is one day when I checked on him while he was "napping"

Now that's a bubble bath!

We are in!

We have officially moved into our new home and absolutely LOVE it! The kiddos are adjusting really well... it's like they know this is their home. We are still not 100 % unpacked and settled, but we will eventually get there!

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Almost there!

The time has almost arrived! We are set to close on our new house this coming Friday!!! We absolutely can't wait! As soon as we get settled in, I will be able to start blogging again... we have a lot of catching up to do.



PS... I can't believe our babies are turning TWO on Wednesday! These past two years have flown by!

I can't wait until we get to catch up... SOON!

updates...

Well, we have put an offer on a house and it was accepted! If all goes according to plan, we will be closing on the new home Dec. 11! We are very excited and are looking forward to it!

Things have been pretty much normal around here for us. Len continues to put in long hours at work (poor guy!) and therefore I continue to put in long hours with the kids at home. Being in this apartment is really getting to the kids. Gavin now is having an extremely hard time sleeping. He was always the easy one to get to sleep, but boy... how things have changed! All of a sudden one night when putting him down, he just started screaming. Ever since then, it takes at least an hour and a half to get him to sleep (both for bed time and nap time), and he is now waking up multiple times during the night as well. Ugh. We are all exhausted.

Like I said... we are VERY excited about moving, and I'm hoping that will solve all of these sleeping issues.

Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!

There is always a reason...

So, just in case you are wondering why you haven't heard anything from our wonderful family... I promise that there is a good reason. We have sold our house and moved! Since the move, we have not had Internet. We are waiting until we are in our new house to reconnect to the wonderful world wide web.

We sold our house on Sept. 22. Man, what a whirl wind that was. Our plans were to build a home that would be ready in Dec/Jan. So, after selling our home we have moved into a very tiny, very cramped apartment until our next move in Dec. Plans have changed, and now will be buying a pre existing home and hopefully closing sometime in Dec (we are in the lease now until then.... ugh). Life is VERY challenging in the apartment, and we find ourselves grumpy pretty much most of the time... so we are really looking forward to Dec. Unfortunately, I won't be posting a lot between now and then, but will do my best to keep everyone up to date on those precious kiddos!