If I only had a brain

Today Sadie was noticing some veins that were on her hands and she asked what they were called. I told her they were called "veins" and I told her why we have veins. She replied, "oh, brains."

I said no, our brain is in our head and it helps our body to move, helps us to see, and helps us to think. To that she replied, "You can't think very good, huh mommy."

I asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Because you don't have a brain."

I started laughing, but she was very upset that I thought that was funny. I guess she didn't intend it to be a joke... I think she must have come up with that because I had just been asking to help me remember something that had happened earlier last week and she had helped me to remember what it was.

If only there really were a wizard of oz, maybe I could finally get a brain.

Mother's Day

I love the idea of Mother's Day. My first mothers day was at the hospital after Sadie was born. I was still getting used to the idea that I was a mother. This mother's day was really special because Sadie understood the concept enough to do extra special things for me and tell me "Happy Mother's Day" without any prompting from someone to do so. That meant a lot to me. Sadie's preschool luncheon was really nice too. The kids all made us special place mats with pictures they had drawn and laminated. Sadie answered these questions about me:

They had pictures of themselves with flowers with a bug frame and flowers in vases for us to take home too. And they sang a little song for us.... Awwwwe

On Mother's Day I gave Jason lots of hints on what he could do next Mother's Day. ;) But I did get pampered with treats that they gave to all the Moms at church and dinner at Mom and Dad Carter's house.

Time to get out the handcarts?

Summer boating on the Delta

Hooray for warm weather! The Delta was a perfect place to be on Saturday, it was sunny and the water was 73 degrees! I thought I should share some pictures to convince all of you that next time you should join us.... ;)
Jason and Jeff had this great idea that Jeff should jump his wakeboard over the tube being pulled behind our boat. So this is the picture I got, you can't see the tube underneath him but I thought it was a good picture anyway. Oh, and I was having fun with photo editing and made the delta this awesome blue color in the picture above and below. Wish it really looked like that...
Sadie and Braden went on the tube with Daddy and they loved it! Braden seemed worried at first but after lots of cheering from us on the boat he started smiling and enjoying it a lot more.

Sadie went on 2 rides, one with Daddy and Braden and one with Kelly. She would have liked to keep going but settled for a little swim instead. Its so nice that she loves the water so much!
The biggest challenge is keeping Braden from diving off the front of the boat. I kind of want to let him do it one time (when we are in a safe spot and the boat isn't moving) just to see if that cures it.

Happy Birthday, Sadie!

Sadie's Birthday finally came! Braden had his birthday and it seemed all her friends were having birthdays in the couple months before Sadie's birthday and she could hardly wait for her turn! On Tuesday her preschool celebrated her birthday and she got this cute "I am 4" hat and ate cupcakes with her friends at preschool.

On her actual birthday that Thursday the preschool had a Mother's day luncheon for all the moms and it was so cute and fun. (I will post more about that later) Then Sadie asked for her best friends Ryli, Kylie, Maile, and Sarah to come over so we had pizza and cake and ice cream for her friends and their families that evening. I didn't want to have a big production but wanted Sadie to have a good time. Shame, shame, shame on me for not taking pictures of her with her friends. They all played so well together and mostly just did dress up the whole time. They were so cute together and Sadie loved playing with all of them.

On Friday Sadie got to the movies with the family (well, the ones that live close by)and we saw Speed Racer. I hated it. Madison fell asleep, and the other kids kept asking if it was over yet. They loved the racing scenes, but they were only 20 min. of the 2 hour movie.

Photoshop

I decided to try my hand at photography and use Chris' recommendation and photoshop some pictures on the free photoshop version online. Now I know why I hire photographers to do this. To get the kids to cooperate for the photos was tough and it took a lot more time than I thought to edit the pictures afterward. I think they turned out ok for an amateur but definitely not as good as I would have liked.

Sadie and Braden Photoshop