Happy Birthday, Derrick!

Happy 4th Birthday, Dirkie!!

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4 years old!

We're making cupcakes with SpongeBob liners and colored frosting. Then we'll head over to Applebee's where Derrick said, "Mommy's Applebee's friends are going to sing Happy Birthday to me!" He's excited. He wants his presents too :o)

Gran and Grandpa called and told him that they mailed his present. So Derrick ran to the front door and looked out on our porch to the mailbox. However, we have all our boxes from previous shipments out there, and his eyes got HUGE! He asked Gran "Is the REALLY big one my birthday present?!?"

I'll post more pics of the day later today or tomorrow, but here is one picture from each year so far :o)

Ok, we went to Applebee's this afternoon. Derrick got a kick out of them singing to him. He also couldn't stand waiting to open his presents. Once he opened them up, he put them in a box and was heading for the door, saying, "We're going home now so I can watch my new Diego movie." We hadn't even received our food yet :o) He now has all four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Splinter and Shredder. Every person he saw he made sure to tell them it was his birthday today. He was so excited. Too cute.

Jumping

I love to jump, jump, jump, jump and jump some more! It's my most favoritest thing to do in the whole world! I also got some new shoes. I love my Dora shoes. I love to JUMP in my Dora shoes!

Today, Mommy and Daddy had a meeting, so Derrick and I went to our neighbor's house. It was sooooo fun! All the girls chased us around for about an hour. We were so tired when we got home! I also love my Strawberry Shortcake clips for my hair. I'm learning to keep them in longer, without ripping them out. I lasted 1 hour today :o)

Mommy and Daddy took Evie and me up to the "Puppy Store" to get a fishie for my birthday! I think they want to get me a fish so I learn how to take care of him, and not give him a glass of milk to drink. Bcuz then he'd get dead like my other fishie. I didn't know fishies can't have milk. Only water. But they didn't have the kind I can have, so we have to wait. I want Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles instead for my birthday!

A few days ago, Ryan and I were in the truck with the kids and Derrick told us that he was going to drive our truck when he turns 6. We said, "No, not until you are 16." Derrick just said, "Oh. Ok." Wouldn't it be nice if all conversations went like that. I thought we'd get an argument out of it or something, but he just accepted it. Hopefully. I guess we'll find out in two years :o)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Jackie!!!

My Little Dinosaurs/Monsters

Sorry the video is dark. One of these days I'll remember to turn the lights on when I record a video.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! Looks more like Christmas outside than Easter. We got a pretty good dusting of snow the last few days. Wish I could take the kids outside and just let them run around. They're starting to get naughty again. I gave them baths this morning, went downstairs and when I got back upstairs, they had squirted out 4 bottles of my skin care. I was so mad! Derrick knows better not to touch my stuff, we've had numerous talks about that. Time to hunker down and get a house with a yard. Can't stand it any more! :o) Well, not much else is new. We bought the kids some hopper balls for their Easter gifts, but our pump is missing the needle, so not sure how we are going to fill them up yet :o) Figured it would be a nice easy way of getting them to use up that stored energy!

You know what? I was due with Derrick 4 years ago today! How crazy is that? (I so don't miss being preggo at all!) It seems like not that long ago, yet it seems like it's been longer. Derrick will be turning 4 here shortly. I can't believe how big he is getting. He's so smart. More than I'd like him to be sometimes :o) I definitely think preschool would have been a good thing these coming months, but he'll have fun next year, when Eve can go also!

My Little Dinosaurs/Monsters

Sorry the videos are dark...

Is it Spring yet?

I got home from work early today, so I took the kids outside and let them RUN around for awhile. They loved being outside. They have a few outdoor toys with wheels, so they enjoyed pushing them around. Although I've come to realize how much we need a backyard with a fence, so I can just send them outside with the dog to play. I've been looking at homes around the area, but they are 2x the price they are back in Wisconsin :o( Maybe I can convince Ryan that moving back to Wisconsin is a good thing - 3x the land for the same price as around here! Plus to be closer to home would be awesome, for the kids to see Mom and Dad more often (and maybe for Ryan and I to get a night off every few weeks! he he he)

Alrighty - check the visitor counter - 7000 is very near! Everyone else should sign the guest book too - I'd love to see how's all checking in on us!

Names

Mom - "Hey, Evie. What's your name?"

Evie - "Evie Zelda-rust."

Mom - "What's Mommy's name, Eve?"

Evie - "Mommy Zelda-rust."

Derrick - "No it's not, Evie. It's Carrie Zeldenrust. Right Mommy? You're Carrie."

Evie - "NO! Mommy's Mommy Zelda-rust."

:o)

I love having conversations with kids :o)

Last night, Ryan said Derrick woke up about 230am. Ryan and our friend Nate were downstairs watching a movie. Derrick stood at the top of the stairs and talked about how "Daddy is a red dinosaur. And he's a good dinosaur because he can touch both walls like this (puts one hand on each wall) at the beach." Ryan was like, "Ok Buddy. Now go back to bed, Mommy's sleeping." So Derrick thought about it for a second, and went back to bed.

I asked Ryan if he was sleep walking again. He thought he might have been. I wonder when he's going to outgrow the sleepwalking???

However, tonight when we were putting the kids to bed, Derrick retold that story of the dinosaur at the beach touching both walls. I couldn't believe how he remembered it all!

Speaking of dinosaurs, Eve is afraid of dinosaurs and monsters. Lately she gets scared very easily, usually from noises of our renters. Not big noises, but you can hear them when they run up the stairs and down their hallway and it makes it sound like they are in our hallway. She'll come running to me whimpering about monsters. So we're teaching her to stand up to her fears, and to tell the monsters to "Go da way!" in Evie's language (Go away! in Big People language). She so cute, she'll come running up to me, I'll have to hold her, and she'll point her little finger up to the hallway and tell the "monster" to Go Da Way! Girls are so much different to raise already than a boy. Derrick got over his fear of dinosaurs within 2 weeks. Eve has been going on for a few months now. :o(

Pics and Videos!

Sledding

Easter Egg Hunt/Play Area

PS - We're heading up to the 7000th Visitor - Whoever "wins" - please sign the comment/guest area! You will win a wonderful prize. TBA.

G & Papa's House

Evie and I got to go to G and Papa's house again! G took us to an egg hunt for Easter, that was neat. But afterwards we got into a car accident :o( That's our second time in a car accident in about 5 months! We are all fine, just a good fender bender. We were going really slow, so G's car only got a little ouie, unlike Mommy and Daddy's truck that had a big, big ouie.

I played outside at Papa's house for 3 hours! It was sooo much fun! I just love being outside. Evie came outside for a little while, but then she had to go take a nap.

New Friends

Daddy wanted to play basketball today, so Mommy asked her friend, Mrs. "Coats-on-seenie" (Kovaciny) if we could play at her house. WE HAD SOOOO MUCH FUN! Vianna is 5, Simon is 4 and Tavia is almost 2. See all our pics at their house - it was great! I like my new friends!

Here are three conversations I had with Mrs. Coats-on-seenie:

Trying to take a picture of Derrick and Simon playing together...

Mrs. K - "Ok Derrick, can you smile?"
D- "No, I only smile at home."

Mrs. K - "Hey Derrick, do you want a brownie?"
D- "No, I will have one at home when my mom makes them."

D- "Hey look, a big pony!"
Mrs. K - "Yeah! Isn't she cute!?"
D- "No."

Dry

I haven't worn diapers at all for three days! I am a big girl at nighttime, too! I woke up three times now all dry, I didn't go potty in my big girl bed!! Mommy was very excited and I got big hugs, and she tried to kiss my cheeks, but I don't like kisses lately.

Mommy and Daddy also bought Dirkie and me some fun cereals - they have all the colors in them are circles. Mmmm. They taste better than my Cheerios!

We were very good yesterday for Daddy when Mommy was gone. Derrick played like a big boy downstairs and didn't touch the fish tank, just his toys. When I was done eating, I told Daddy I was tired and we went upstairs so I could lay down and take a nap.

We got a whole bunch of presents in the mail, too! Dirkie and I have new "fishy food" as we call them - they are like fruit snacks with some fish oils in them, and they are soooo yummy! We haven't had any for a long time because Derrick ate 1/2 a bag of them and Mommy wouldn't order any more :o( Naughty Dirkie! We also got some more "juice" - some energy drink syrup we like. Mommy said it's good for us since it has lots of vitamins, I don't care if it's good for us or not, it tastes soooo good I want it all the time! But Mommy said only for breakfast. Oh, and we got new crackers too. In little bags. I like those. I get to have my own bag, and Dirkie gets his own. Sometimes we share, but sometimes we don't like to :o)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Mitch! My Godson turned 9 years old yesterday! I can't believe how old he's getting :o)

Evie also had a great night! I ran out of diapers and decided to do a no-diaper night. She woke up totally dry! Our shipment of diapers comes in tomorrow or Wednesday, maybe I should have saved the $50 and go cold turkey at nighttime. Ok, maybe not. :o) I'm sure she'll be fine, and we'll use them as backups for G and Papa's house, and in the truck.

Happy Leap Day!

Last week, Mommy and Daddy were kind of naughty and took Derrick and me out past our bedtimes to go grocery shopping (don't worry, it was only 830). When we got back to our truck, I looked up in the sky and saw something I don't remember seeing before. I pointed to it and called it "Baby Sun". Mommy thought that was cute and I heard her telling Daddy that she didn't want to tell me it was called a "Moon" because that was cute what I said.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Daddy! He turned 32 yesterday. We made a cake for him, and picked out sprinkles for on top. I took the clear wrapping off the top of the sprinkle bowl and dumped the sprinkles into one nice pile in the middle of the cake. I knew Mommy told me Eve could do it too, so I saved her a few sprinkles, and she dumped them in the corner of the cake :o) He he he. We aren't very good at decorating! Then Daddy said we could help him blow out his candles, so Daddy said on the count of three, but when he said "one" Eve and I blew them all out :o) We aren't very patient you know!

We had so much sugar yesterday, that Eve went to bed at midnight, and I didn't go to bed until 130 in the morning!

Nate called yesterday to see if I had made Ryan a cake yet, we were supposed to touch base on Thursday, but I had forgotten. So turns out Nate also made him a Texas sheet cake! Then Nate said that Josh also made him one! So Ryan had 3 cakes yesterday :o)

Ryan and I are moving the house around tomorrow. Ok, obviously not the house itself, just the interior :o) We decided that we are going to expand our salt water fish and start "breeding" the corals. We started doing this last year, but Derrick decided the fish needed a drink...of milk, and killed all the fish in the tank plus some of the corals didn't grow as well. So, now that he knows fish don't drink milk, we're ready to move on :o) We have a small 20 gallon tank we want to set up in our living room, so we're moving things around a bit. Which is fine with me! I love change. I love moving rooms around. And I'm looking forward to having a salt water tank back in our living room again, it's been almost 2 years since I've had one and I miss it. It's so peaceful to look at.

Happy Birthday, Ryan! I love you very much, I hope you had a wonderful day!

Video

Short video of the kids chasing down spiders.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, GG Peewee! Hope your 83rd Birthday was wonderful! We love you!

Luv,

Dirkie and Evie

Happy Valentine's Day!

I told the kids today that it was Valentine's Day, and asked them, "What do we do on Valentine's Day?" Evie's response was, "G's House!" Derrick's response was, "Gran's House!" I'm like, um I didn't ask WHERE we were going. So I told them we were red on Valentine's Day, so Derrick picked out his red shirt and wanted red pants to match (we settled for a pair of jeans with red stitching) and Evie picked out a pink butterfly shirt. She also LOVES pink gloss for her lips and has been running around all day putting in on her lips, or around that area ;o) They are also asking where there treats are - they've caught on already to if today has a name to it (Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day) that equals presents for them. Luckily Gran sent gifts :o) So Ryan and I don't have to buy any. However, they are asking for candy now. Little stinkers.

I'm trying to pick up a shift tonight - as it is a HUGE money-maker night, but so far no luck. I have one more coworker to ask today, then I might have tonight off. Which isn't horrible, but I'd rather have $200 :o) If I don't get a shift tonight, I'll try to pick some up this weekend, as I think this weekend will still be very busy since V-Day falls so close to it.

Happy Valentine's Day!

ps - Jackie, I had a dream about you last night. Very weird. I love how weird dreams get. I'll have to tell you about it sometime!

Pics - Finally!

So, we measure the kids once a month up on our wall - they get a kick out of it! On the 3rd, Derrick was 45 1/4 inches. We measured him yesterday - he's 46 inches! My not-yet-4-year-old is almost 4 feet tall! Geez kid! That poor boy grew almost a whole inch in one week! His pants he got for Christmas don't fit any more, that was our cue to see if he grew :o) Evie also grew, just enough for her belly to hang out of her shirt like Derrick's now does!

Doc Appt

I had my 2-year-old checkup today. I'm now 34 1/2 inches and 30 pounds. I'm getting to be a tall, skinny girl! Mommy kind of misses my chubbies, but I'm so busy running around I burn all the stuff I eat! I didn't get any shots, but I had some blood drawn. So I got a glitter bandaid and a Scooby Doo sticker. They tried to give me an Elmo sticker, but once I saw Scooby, I made sure they knew I wanted that one! I was a very good girl at the appt, and I made sure to make the ladies giggle. I had to show them how I could jump and jump and jump. Then I jumped off the step stools.

OH! I almost forgot to tell you! G and Papa came for a visit on Saturday for my birthday! I got brand new Dora sheets! I'm a good girl falling asleep now. I like my Dora sheets. And my Dora dolly from Gran. And my Princess hair clips, comb and makeup from Auntie Marcie and GG. I also got some baby ponies from G and Papa. G and Papa also gave me a Dora and Diego puzzle, but Derrick keeps playing with it. I have some new clothes too! My favorite is the Dora shirt of course. I like Dora. Dora, Dora, Dora the Explorer! (I think Mommy is getting annoyed with Dora now he he he)

Well, I'm off to bed. Mommy says "Hi!" to all of you checking in on us. She's been super busy starting work again, but she says she's having fun making lots of $ so we can buy a house with a yard for Derrick and me! I don't think Mommy wanted to work quite this much, like on Friday, she worked in the morning from 11 until 230. Then she went and bought us a pizza for dinner, bcuz she went back to work that night at 4. She thought she'd be done about 8-830 since she was the first one to go home, but she didn't come home until 1130! I was long sleeping by then. After G and Papa left on Saturday, Mommy went back into work a little after 4, and didn't get home until midnight! Mommy didn't plan on that. So she may not be working many nights. She wants to see us sometimes :o) We want to see her too.