The Houston's Home: October 2009

Monday, October 26, 2009

Alpine Slide

We got to go up to Park City two weeks ago and ride the Alpine Slide as a family. We had to take turns going on the slide, because one of us had to stay down with Vivi, so it took double the time. Plus it was super crowded. We spent the good part of a day on the mountain. I took Will up and Shawn took Claire. Luckily it was a beautiful day and the kids loved the slide!

Will and me riding on the ski lift to the top of the mountain!

Claire ready to take off down the mountain!

As we were leaving I realized I hadn't taken any pictures of the changing leaves, so I made Shawn take a picture of us in front of this little tree. See the little bit of red in the background :)

Sisters

Here's a sweet picture of Claire and Vivi holding hands!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Vivian's Blessing

Vivi is now two months old! I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She is smiling and cooing all of the time! We were able to bless her last Sunday at church! Shawn gave her a beautiful blessing! I'm so grateful for the priesthood and that Shawn is worthy to hold it! We are also grateful for our family that came to support Vivi! Here are some pictures of Vivi's blessing day!

Sweet Vivi in her dress!

The five of us!

Great Grandma Vivian (who Vivi is named after)

Another photo of Vivi in her dress. My mom and dad bought this beautiful dress for her and my mom had that tiny bracelet made with Vivian's name on it! So sweet and cute!

I couldn't resist buying these cute silver shoes for Vivi's blessing- aren't they fabulous :)

Witches Weekend

Last weekend we went to Gardner Village for their Witches Weekend to kick of Halloween! We went with my parents and sister. Gardner Village is so much fun by itself that with the witches we had a blast! Here are some pictures!

The five of us at Gardner Village

Grandpa Smith with Claire and Will and one of the Witches!

Our family with one of the Witches!

Claire got to ride a pony at Gardner Village!

Out Of The Mouth of My Kids

On Easter this year Will had his easter basket full of the little plastic eggs when he accidentally tripped and dropped his basket. When he dropped his basket the plastic egss broke open to reveal the candy inside. Will, in the most excited voice I've ever heard him use said "The eggs open!!!!!!" He couldn't believe there was candy inside- it was the coolest thing to him!
(Easter 2009)

I asked Will one day where the new baby was going to sleep. He said: " in a cage". I guess we now know what he thought of his crib.
(Winter 2009)

I was playing with Will one day. He was pretending to be a robot, so I decided to be a robot too, but he said:
"no you can't be a robot you are a princess"
I said:
"what do princesses do?"
He said:
"they just dance"
(Winter 2009)

We drove by a horse pasture the other day and Claire said:
"I really want a horse. If you don't get me a horse mom I will fire you... ... I mean I will fire Daddy!"
(Winter 2009)

We were talking about where we should go out for dinner one night and Shawn mentioned a new Terriakyi Sushi place. Claire got very excited and said, "Yes! Sushi! Shushi! Please! Please! Please! I love Sushi!" We soon found out she meant a Slushee (like a fruit drink) not Sushi. She does not like Sushi.

Claire: "Mom, I can't make my bed. Will is making me have too much fun." (July 2008)

Will's newest fixation is robots. Yes, we saw WALLE, and that's about when it started. Will can't quite say ROBOT though, so he says "Beebot" instead. It took us awhile to figure out what he meant, but now it's very cute - beebot! (Summer 2008)

William at age 2 still doesn't say too much, but some times he gets on a kick and repeats things over and over, and recently he has found bird poo very interesting. I don't know why, but when we go on walks lately he stops at every white spot on the side walk and says "bird poo- ewwww yuck" this happens over and over and over and over on our walks. I never realized there was so much bird poo in the world! (Summer 2008)

I recently walked in on Claire singing a song she made up to her brother. This is a rare occurance, so I thought I'd better write it here to remember that even though they fight they still love each other. Here is the gist of the song imagine in a very high drawn out soprano:
"I love youuuuuuuuu. You are my frieeeeend because you love to play with meeeeeee and you love to go outside with meeee. I love YOUUUUUU!"
She repeated this over and over and Will just sat there listening seeming to know the song was just for him. I will have to show her this when she is mad at her brother for playing with her "stuff". (Summer 2008)

Claire: "Mom, when I stretch my nose up my nostrils look like bunny ears." (Spring 2008)

Claire had a cough one morning. When she woke up she said:
"My voice is crooked" (Winter 2008)

Claire toes aren't just toes. They are "Weeny Toes" because they are so small compared to everything else. (Winter 2008)

Claire: "Mom, don't step on the cracks or you will get boy slime." (Spring 2008)

Claire (in disgust after we had a carpenter ant problem): "Why did Heavenly Father have to make ants on the Earth?" (Summer 2008)

Claire: "I want to be a cowgirl and a mama when I grow up, and I will have 6 babies and they will all be girls." (2008)

Claire (smiling): "Mom, I can't stand it, I'm so NERVOUS for Christmas" I asked why she was "nervous" and she explains how she can't wait to see what Santa brings for her. I finally figured out that she meant excited not nervous and couldn't wait for Chritmas . (Winter 2007)