A blog about Kyle and Rebecca's family
Lydia must have sung The Wise Man and the Foolish Man in nursery today. She is still singing it, but when she gets to the chorus she sings “…the rain came down and the flies came up…” instead of “the rain came down and the floods came up”.
I tried correcting her but she told me I was wrong. 😛
We had our Girl Scout investiture at the pavilion at our old stake center. We tried to get there early to get set up, but we didn’t get there as early as I would have liked.
Chloe and Dinah got to recite the Girl Scout law with the group of daisies. Then Chloe, since she is a new daisy this year, got to plant a seed of one of the daisy flower friends.
Tyra got to participate in a short candle ceremony with the juniors. The wind made it impossible to actually light the candles though. The wind also kept knocking the flags over.
Our program was nice and short (I think a couple of the families appreciated that), and our refreshments were provided by the girls. I think the girls really enjoy being responsible for the treats once in awhile, and they like to show off what they brought to all the other girls. We mingled awhile while we ate refreshments. Kyle and I kept picking up the trash and putting it in the van (we should have taken a trash bag with but totally didn’t even think of that).
While I was talking to someone, I noticed Lydia off in the field holding her dress up above her waist as she peed. I had to go tell Kyle about it, and a few others noticed and pointed it out to me like I hadn’t already noticed. We have been working on potty training with her and obviously she needed to go, but there weren’t any bathrooms at the pavilion. So wetting herself meant it was time for our family to go home so we could get her taken care of.
Kyle recently came home saying that he decided to get a membership to the Legacy Center in Lehi. We were signing Ethan up for another round of swim lessons and members get a discount. Having a membership also means that while Ethan is at his lesson, the other kids can actually get in the pool too, instead of just sitting on the deck watching the lessons.
We were at the pool today, and all the kids put life jackets on before going in. I really appreciate that, because NONE of them know how to swim, and it helps me to worry less, knowing they’ve got a life jacket on. We are finding that it’s impossible to keep all of the kids together in the pool, they just go wherever they choose. I still find myself stopping every few minutes to see if I can track all seven of them down. Today, Lydia had her life jacket on, as usual, and just floated on her back. She just let the water take her wherever it wanted to take her. Twice the life guards had to pull her out of the area of the pool being used for the swim lessons.
We were at the mall to look at freezers, and as we walked through Sears, Lydia spotted a bed all made up with Minnie Mouse bedding. Then she went crazy. She loves Minnie Mouse! I had talked about wanting to get new bedding sets for each of the kids and so we decided to see if we could find out how much the set would cost. There were NONE on the shelf. No Minnie Mouse bedding at all. There was a Minnie Mouse pillow, but I had no interest in buying a cute pillow with no pillow case. Those are harder to wash! Kyle decided he would ask an employee about the bedding, when the one couldn’t find it on the shelf or in the back, he got someone else to help him. They searched the back again and were looking it up on the computer, including online. They couldn’t find it anywhere. So they got someone else to help them…eventually we had everyone in the bedding department trying to find a set of twin size Minnie Mouse bedding. They just never found anything. So one of them called the store manager to ask what they should do, and the manager gave them permission to sell us the set that was currently on the bed for $35. It was an AMAZING deal so we bought it! Lydia couldn’t be happier. I would say she has an obsession with Minnie Mouse, wouldn’t you?
Today Lydia had a turn in the dentist’s chair. She has been watching all the big kids come in for their cleanings and was super excited that it was her turn. She was very cooperative when they polished her teeth too. 🙂
