Memorial Day

For me Memroial Day does just what it names says- it is a day filled with Memories-

as a kid it was the day we would either go to Downey to my granparents house- play in the hot tub and bbq- to this day the smell of steak on the bbq reminds me of my grandpa or we would head to my Aunt Diane's where we would swim, hang out in the Green's van, eat cool ranch doritos, peanut butter rice crspy treats and of course red slush!

now as an adult or more specifically a Mom we have started new traditions- once again living in Utah for the most part the graves we would visit are in California, leaving Johnny and I to create new traditions, so for us Memorial Day=backyard campout well. . .once again Mother Nature is throwing us a curve ball and it is still raining in UTAH! so enter Johnny- and his backup plan- blanket fort in our living room. I had to go into work for a few hours on Saturday night and came home to a serious blanket fort. Johnny should add blanket fort construction to his resume. With poles, c clamps and every large blanket we own oh and it also included our queen mattress, syd's twin mattress and cash's toddler bed mattress. So for two nights we "camped" in style. Then this morning we went "orienteering" in the form of geocaching. It was suprisingly fun.

With that said- I want to say how grateful I am to those who have given thier lives so that I may live in a country that is free. Thank you.

11 Months old!

So our little Jane Bea is 11 months old! She is active and into everything! She has 4 teeth. She loves to mimick sounds and can be VERY loud when she wants to be heard. She loves to crawl around and walk along everything and has mastered climbing the stairs ( which freaks me out) and I am embarrassed to admit but as our third child- she has been exposed to sugar in a way her brother and sister never were- case and point in these pics she found a container of chocolate frosting. . .

Kobe You are a BAD boy

To some extent there is nothing harder than being a Laker fan in the middle of Jazz country (save only being a BYU fan living miles away from the U of U) so this week has needless to say been rough in the Hollingshead household. The kids after learning form their parents who learned it from their parents-yell at the TV during games. So when I yelled at the TV on Sunday during the game, "C'mon Lakers"- Cash was quick to yell "Kobe you are a BAD BOY"

If We Act Now. . .

Ok- I know to some extent I have "sheltered" my kids in terms of the TV shows they have been exposed to. Basically only the Disney Channel (just Disney Junior) and then some of the shows on PBS kids, so when I let Sydney watch "Cookie Jar" TV aka CBS Saturday morning line-up she was enthralled, not by the cartoons, but the commercials! We proceeded to have the following conversations when she would run upstairs to grab a quick snack or to tell me what she saw

Conversation 1

S- Mom do you have pajama jeans?

L- No, Boo what are they?

S- Well, they are pajamas BUT they are jeans as well (then she did this dramatic pause so I could take in the sheer awesomeness of this product) They are really cool-you should get some

L-Well thanks Syd maybe I will

Conversation 2

S- Mom guess what?

L- What?

S-Ok, so I just saw this really cool wallet on TV (she is totally talking with her hands at this point) you could run it over with a like (yup even though this girl was born in Utah, she still appreciates the fine use of the word like) a 20 pound truck and it won't break- you could drop it in a puddle and your stuff- it won't stain!

L- (I am trying sooooo hard not to laugh) wow Syd thats sounds really cool

So Sydney goes down stairs and I go in to tell Johnny all about it- within minutes I hear this from the basement

S- Hey Mom- its made from aluminum

When she emerges from the basement she goes to tell Johnny all about the wallet

S- Dad guess what they have this wallet and if we act now they will send us 2 wallets and the 2nd one is free, but we we have to act now. . .

No we need to go back to monitoring her TV shows- I see an ab roller, Snuggie and other as seen on TV items will be on the top of her Christmas list!