A Short Story About Cali

Cali and Buttercup, our lizard friend

Syd's comment from my last post, about the girls liking lizards, reminded me of a funny story.  Ok, so the story is not about lizards and has nothing to do with these pictures but these are cute pictures so I'm adding them to this post anyway!

A few weeks back Cali and I found a pincher bug in our house.  Cali walked off for a moment and when she came back she saw that I had just smashed the bug with my shoe.  

Startled by my actions Cali exclaimed, "Mom! Why did you kill it, I wanted to hold it first!"  

Not wanting to be accused of any wrong doing I replied, "I haven't thrown it out yet."  

So what does Cali do, she picks it up with her little hands and carries it to the trash for me!  

As gross as I think it is to touch a dead bug, a part of me is really proud of my girl! 

Buttercup

A 10 Second Update

 So what have we been up to?

We played in the rain,

and found magic in rain drops.

We've explored the wild outdoors,

and we've made some new friends along the way.

We have seen the world from a new perspective,

and marveled at the amazing Arizona sun sets.

Every once in a while we stop to snack.

We primp for picture day,

 but try not to take ourselves too seriously.

 And we see our baby blossom in front of our very eyes.

Fun with Chalk

You can find some interesting photos using chalk on the internet these days.  

I thought I'd add to them with some photos of my own. 

Favorite Things 2012

Cali: puppies

Sade: friends

Nyah: books

Jace: eating

The first photos were so much fun to do that we had to take some more. I made a sea backdrop and let the kids pose how they wanted.  I think they turned out so cute!

Swimming 

Sing It Again Cali

Lets just ignore for a moment the fact that I am very behind on blogging (I know I am) because I have to share a funny song Cali was just singing to me.  It was so cute in fact I actually got up from my chair and ran away from her to insist Jeremy stop everything and type the song so I could remember it  (I was holding Jace and Jeremy does type a little faster than I do).

This is the song Cali was singing to me:

"I love Poppi Gordon very much.  He is the one that calls me cuddle bug.  He loves me, loves me very much.  I see a panda over there.  I love it too.  Poppi calls me cuddle bug.  I love Poppi too…"

Here she started to sing about other things she noticed around the house and where I made my exit. 

Also worth mentioning is the conversation that I had with Cali yesterday.  Cali asked me which Poppi calls her "cuddle bug." She wanted to know if it was her Poppi "Heaven" or Poppi Gordon.  I wasn't sure so we talked until she determined it was Poppi Gordon, but I couldn't stop smiling about the cute nick name my dad, her Poppi Kevin, has received.

First Bath

Little Man had his first bath a week or so ago.  

He loves the heat so we were all excited to see what he thought of warm bath water. He was wide awake before his bath but as soon as that warm water touched his skin he closed his eyes, grinned, and promptly fell asleep.

He continued to sleep through his shampoo...

and the paparazzi :) 

Jace loves warmth, he is an Arizona boy through and through.

Welcome To the World Jace

Jace Zeplin Risser

born May 30th 

Weighing 8.4lds & Measuring 19.5 inches long

Air Balloon Mornings

One beautiful Arizona morning this was the view out our window!  The girls screamed and ran outside.  I grabbed my camera and we all reveled in our up close view of the balloon and it's passengers. Outside you could hear shouts of excitement from other school children enjoying the same sight.  The balloon hovered low for some time while the passengers waved to their adoring little fans :)

It is these simple unexpected joys that make life so sweet!

The girls had Crazy Hair Day at school yesturday.  I braided the girls hair with some colored yarn and pulled the rest into a ponytail.  This was a nice simple hairstyle, one a very pregnant mom could do without much effort :) 

Cali even had a single braid with green yarn. After watching her sisters get their hair done she was not to be left out of the fun!