Livvy Hearts Donuts

Livvy loves to make cards. She made a beautiful one the other day with a large chocolate donut colored on the front. She asked me how to spell donut and then kept working on her card for several minutes. Finally she brought it to show to me and said 'Mom! Look what I wrote! I sounded it out all by myself!'

It read:

DONUTS R DELSHUS

OR:

Donuts are delicious

Love it.

Wyatt's Fashion Sense

I came home from Afton's Bachelorette Party tonight (total blast!) to tuck my kiddos into bed. I was wearing a thick 'fashion' belt. Wyatt gave me a hug and said 'Night Mom' and started to walk away- then turned and said 'Wow Mom- nice Power Morpher you have on!' Apparently, my belt is all the rage amongst the Power Rangers. Who knew I was so cool?

My own personal anthem-

The girl I'm going to marry

I swear the best conversations in this house all happen while I'm flipping pancakes :). Shelby's little brother Shane is getting married this August- so there has been lots of wedding talk going on around here lately. Wyatt was telling me all about the girl that he is going to marry someday- She is going to be oh so nice. She is going to have blonde hair and blue eyes.....and I will really like her because she is going to be fun and beautiful.

Out of living room---Shelby says-'Wyatt! You don't want to marry those blonde girls with blue eyes.....they're crazy!'

Thanks a lot honey. :0)

Oh! That's what the monster wants....

Ikers is learning to communicate- and it is GLORIOUS! It's so nice to start hearing bits and pieces of what he wants instead of screams.

He can sign:

More

Milk

Please

Full

Hungry

He can say:

Sissy (this is my favorite- He loves his sissy something fierce. And really she is responsible for all the words he can say because she is constantly 'teaching' him new words.)

Mommy

Daddy

Juice

Puppy

Shoes

Hat

RanMa (Grandma)

He is a master of sounds- he makes some realistic animal sounds- and is obsessed with motorcycles, 4-wheelers, and cars. We hear 'vrrrrroooom, vrooooom' around the house all day.

Sometimes I get busy with my 3 munchkins and forget to write down the little details. These are the things I will regret. So here is a snapshot of my little Ikers at 19 months.

What I hear from the kitchen

While flipping pancakes this morning, I heard this from the living room:

Wyatt: Good morning Dad. What are you doing?

Shelby: Ssshhh...come here Wyatt. Livvy and I are watching My Little Ponies.

Love.

Livvy- Ballerina is her name

Livvy had her very first dance recital last Saturday. She has been working so hard to learn her dances and is so proud of all of the dance steps she learns. I had so much fun curling her hair, glittering her up, makeup- you name it. Girls are fun. They had roses for sale at the recital and both Grandma's spoiled her to pieces. Here's a peak of our sweet ballerina:

Wicked

I got to travel to Boise and see Wicked with Bridget, Ashlee and JayCee. We had such a fun girls' night- and I LOVED the show. I was glued to my binoculars the entire time. I highly recommend it if you get the chance to see it. The music was amazing, costume were so intricate and don't get me started on the scene changes......the thespian in me loved it.

Playin in the mud

Grandma Turner gave Ikers his first pair of mud boots. He LOVES them. He especially loves being able to go outside with his Dad. Notice Wyatt's Power Ranger suit. He wears them constantly. And they are pretty good for the rainy weather- they are waterproof after all.

Rockets of Fun

Remember the rocket Wyatt got for his birthday? We had a few more rocket motors (is that the right term?) to use up. Livvy was dying for her turn to blast it off. So one Sunday afternoon- we headed to the backyard for some 'blast-offs'. Please notice Livvy and Shelby's attire in the picture below. Now I know where she gets her fashion sense :) Don't you love the black socks with shorts and the mis-matched pink tights?