Happy Mother's Day!

Here I am with my girls on Mother's Day!

And since they were looking cute, one of Annie and Olivia.

Here is Annie trying to get Olivia to smile by playing peek-a-boo...too cute!

Nice camper...ever take it off any sweet jumps?

We are so excited for the weather in the mountains to warm up a bit. Why? Because we got a camper! Here it is...the picture does not do it justice at all.

It sleeps something like 9 people (the manual doesn't say what size the 9 people are, just that it sleeps 9 peeps) It's got a hot water heater, and an exterior shower...two awnings, and a screened in room, just exactly what I was looking for. I'm not sure what we are going to do with the second awning, maybe wait for Tim to break the first one and then start using the second.

Here is the view looking towards the back of the camper...it's pretty spacious because the dinette area slides out a few feet. We had looked at one earlier in the week, but the four of us could barely all fit in it at the same time, and you had to pump the faucet with your own muscles in order to get any water! (yes, I love technology...) Come to think of it, I don't even think it had a stove...on with the tour...

...here is where Annie and Tim will be making their famous blueberry pancakes, or maybe even some dang quesa-dillas.

So what are we going to do with our camper? Maybe take it up to Alaska over the summer to hunt for wolverines with my uncle...or whatever we feel like we wanna to do...Gosh!

Well, gotta run, I haven't done flippin' anything today.

(Thanks to Napoleon Dynamite for the sweet "quotes" in the post, it's pretty much one of my favorite movies)

Our little runaway

Tonight after dinner we headed out to the local market to pick up some things. Annie loves shopping and was having such a great time that she did not want to leave, and threw a big fit, crying and screaming all the way home. It took both Tim and I to strap her into her car seat. We finally made it home and Annie got out of the car, still crying, went into the house, cried some more, went back into the garage and tried her hardest to reach the garage door opener. I went out to see what she was up to, and trying to calm her down, opened the garage door and asked her what was wrong, and what she wanted. She told me she was going to run away. She got as far as the end of the driveway and then just stood there wondering where to go next. I finally convinced her to come back inside for a Popsicle and a snuggle with me. I guess the magic of the Popsicles still works!

Annie's concert for Olive..just push play!

Where the deer and the antelope play...with foxes and rattlesnakes

We just got back from a "quick" hike in Roxburough State Park, which is just on the southwest-ish side of Denver. I say quick because it was only about 2+ miles but it took about 4 hours to finish. We have been trying to get Annie to hike on her own a bit, but she is so slow....and she likes looking at little pebbles, and ants, and flowers, and she likes to feed her pretend reindeer too. It's almost like hiking backwards with her sometimes. Anyways, the park is really pretty neat and has lots of huge red rocks and cliffs, etc. I never really thought there was anything like that (outside of Red Rocks Park) that was that close to Denver. The hike we did today was really pretty cool! We saw 2 fox, and 2 other people told us they saw a rattlesnake that day, and one other told us they saw a bear in the park last fall, and there was a sign warning us about mountain lions. Half way through the hike we stopped to have our picnic lunch and while we were sitting there, about 7 deer came strolling through, munching on the grass and then some sat down in the trees behind us! They were literally less than 10 feet away from us, and apparently not scared of toddlers at all. They hung out with us for about 30 minutes, then mossied off on their way. Too bad we forgot the camera, but I'm sure we will be back someday.

Singin' in the Snow...

If April showers bring May flowers, what do May snow storms do? Annie and I tried to figure that out today. This morning it snowed about an inch or so, but it was mostly melted before Annie got home from school. That didn't stop us from going out to play in the puddles the snow left behind, and we also took some pictures to celebrate!


I also finally finished my layout for Olivia's one month photos for her scrapbook, check them out here...
http://picasaweb.google.com/ReyneeandTim/OliviaSScrapbook




And if you want to see more of Annie playing with her umbrella, check out our family photo album, the link is down in the links we like section.

Why I like Wednesdays...

I'm trying to decrease the amount of TV we watch, which is difficult because whenever we turn the tube off Annie thinks it is broken and wants one of us to fix it. But anyways, some tv shows are pretty informative and the one that I seem to get the most useful info out of lately is the Wednesday night Super Nanny. First off, I have to say that we don't have any issues as bad as what some of the families on the show have (last night there was a 8 year old who threw tantrums 10 times worst than I have ever imagined Annie throwing, and I saw one on a kid who was afraid to go potty in the toilet so they let him pee on the neighbors shrubs). But anyways, we do have some issues with Annie that we are trying and trying to fix. A few weeks ago trying to get Annie to go to sleep was like trying to get Blue to stop being such a dog. It would take Tim at least 90 minutes to get her to sleep, and half the time he fell asleep sitting in her room. One of those nights I flipped on the tellie only to see the same thing happening on Super Nanny. I was astonished, and wondered if this super nanny lady had some sort of book that would help us fix some other problems. Since I have nothing better going on most days I headed out to the library and found she had two books, which I immediately checked out (after paying my outstanding fines, apparently they don't let you check out books if you have so much in fines outstanding, I won't tell you how much, but it was more than I owed for the book I checked out back in 1989 that our family dog destroyed, which makes me wonder if that dog whisperer guy has a book that I can check out to improve Blue/Bailey's attitude and then forget to return). So what was this post about? Oh yeah, so the Super Nanny really is a super nanny, and after watching 3 episodes I think I've figured out that you really have to have a cold heart to get kids to do what you expect them to do. Right now I think I have a luke-warm heart. Last night I put Annie to bed and followed the Nanny recommended procedure (letting Annie know who is in charge, no funny business allowed) and it was hard for me, but she went to bed better than she has been doing, so I guess it is paying off a little.