Easter Sienna-ism

Yesterday I had a conversation with Sienna about what Easter is really all about. I said that it's just like Christmas--Santa and the presents are a lot of fun, but the true meaning of Christmas is all about the birth of Jesus. It's the same with Easter. The Easter Bunny and all the candy and eggs are a lot of fun, but Easter is really all about Jesus. She pipes up and says, "Ya. And Jesus is way funner." Love this kid.

Sienna-ism

Sienna's friend was over yesterday and I hear them walking up the stairs and Sienna is saying, "Hayley, you HAVE to forgive me, you have to forgive me." I'm not sure what Sienna even did, but Hayley says, "What does forgive mean?" Sienna responded saying, "Well, when someone breaks your heart, you have to forgive them." I love that it's not when someone is mean to you or hurts your feelings, it's when someone breaks your heart. Can you tell the drama we have at our house with this little girl?!

Sienna-ism

During her prayer this a.m. Sienna said, "and I hope that St. Patrick comes soon." I'm not sure who she thinks St. Patrick is or what he might be bringing her. Poor kid is going to be disappointed! I thought I was a good mom because I offered to make green pancakes for breakfast. Who was I to deny the child who just wanted apple jacks for breakfast "because, mom, they are green"?

 Another funny one....

My sister-in-law Kate is amazing and watches my kids every Thursday for me when I work. I guess Cassie and Ella were fighting over who got to sit next to Sienna and Sienna says "Geez, guys, SO much drama!".  (And, no, I have no idea where she might have heard this phrase!)           Oh, my little diva!  

 One more I don't want to forget...

On Valentine's Day we made a valentine for Dan and Sienna decided to put it on the bed for Dan to find when he got home from work. We she got to our room, she decided to put it under his pillow. She put it under his pillow, then looked at me very seriously and said, "Mom, don't let the tooth fairy steal it."  Seriously?! Where does a 3 year old even learn about the tooth fairy? And does she think the tooth fairy comes daily and looks under our pillows? She is too funny. 

Luke 8 months old & Sienna 3 1/2 years old

My mom was sick of not having current photos of my kiddos that she scheduled a photo shoot for me.  This photographer was doing these inexpensive mini sessions on President's Day.  This was kind of a rough day for Sienna.  She was grumpy, grumpy, grumpy and was over this photo shoot before it even started. I wish we could really capture her real smile!   Ok, we got a couple with her real smile. Luke was hungry and I left his bottle on the kitchen counter, so he was not the happiest kid, either.  He is so obsessed with his tongue, that most of his shots had his tongue out. So funny.  Cute kids, even when it's a rough day! Ah, sweet memories!

Continue in Patience...

 

I gave a lesson today in Relief Society.  It was on the talk by Elder Uchtdorf called "Continue in Patience".  I found this little video on the talk and loved it, so I thought I'd share. It's an amazing talk.  Click HERE if you want to read the whole thing...

Sienna-isms

Sienna just informed me that she made a "rangalangatang" house.  I'm guessing for her pet orangutan?  Also, last night a friend was checking her little girls diaper saying that one of the kids was poopy.  Sienna pipes in and says "Nope, that was me. I just tooted."  At least she owns it, right? :) She cracks me up.

Sienna's Rainbow party (just 6 months late)

So I totally thought I blogged about Sienna's Rainbow Party (3 years old!) but was looking for it today to get the cake recipe and couldn't find it. I think I was waiting (for me!) to edit the pictures, which didn't happen since I had a newborn baby and have been a little busy. And it still hasn't happened, since I keep waiting until I learn photoshop, but I give up.  SO, here are the pics from her party, in all their unedited glory!  I thought I'd include links to a few other things used.  If you're in pinterest, I have a Rainbow Party board, where I pinned tons of cute ideas. 

We had a pool party at our clubhouse, which was so nice.  That's one fun thing about a summer bday.  I hadn't really thought about some of the things that were going to be melting in the hot sun--like the marshmallow pops.  Oh well!  The kids didn't seem to mind.  Here is a picture of the table.  Sorry it's so dark. I knew if I waited to edit all the pictures again, they'd never get posted!  The rainbow garland was a last minute idea and I just got a bunch of scraps of fabric and ribbon (and a few birthday balloons) and organized them by color. Then I tied them onto twine--voila! Super cute and super easy!

To make the rainbow slush I just opened a ton of otter pops.  I would do a layer at a time and then put it in the freezer for a little while before I'd start the next color, that way the colors wouldn't bleed into the next color.  This was definitely the hit of the party!

 

My amazing friend Melissa did the cupcakes for me. She's a cupcake queen (I almost said cupcake whore, but I thought queen would be nicer).  She knew I was stressed and offered to bake the cupcakes and ended up decorating them all for me as well. She's the best, totally saved the day! I saw the cupcakes online with the rainbow candy and fell in love, so she recreated them for me!  I found the rainbow candy in the dollar section at Target. I think they are airhead brand? I could be lying.  

 http://craftygirl.typepad.com/deuxpetiteamie/2011/02/free-cupcake-toppers.html
I lucked out and found the giant swirl suckers at the dollar store for cheap, but I know oriental trading company also sells them. 

Marshmallow pops. So easy! And kids love 'em.

  

 Rainbow cake! Sienna loved it. It's a little less intense than the 7-layers striped rainbow cake. 

 Here is the link to the instructions. http://www.omnomicon.com/rainbowcake

 

Take home gift.  Here is a link to the "Thank you for coming" rainbow tag. http://picklebums.com/2010/11/19/printable-rainbow-cupcake-toppers/ 

I just bought suckers and rainbow crayons from Oriental trading company.  The crayons looked like giant crayons in the picture and apparently I didn't read the fine print, so I ended up improvising and filled the bag with skittles to fill it up a little.