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Should McDonald’s Change It’s Name?

Posted by on December 20, 2011  about Aubrey Ann, Comments are off

On the way home today we passed McDonald’s and Aubrey Ann told me (Brandon), “McDonald’s has been there too long.  They should go somewhere else.”

Me: What would go into that building?

AA: Maybe a new store.

Me: Like what kind of store, what would the name be?

AA: Maybe, Donald World or Cheese Burrito King.

Me: What restaurant are you thinking about right now?

AA: Burrito King.

Her mind is very linear and it’s often fun to try to predict what she’s thinking based on what she’s talking about.


Elfie Strikes Again! – Day 3

Posted by on December 8, 2011  about Family, Comments are off

In the middle of the night last night (while Elfie was living it up in the North Pole), AA woke up very sick. She was vomiting, and just generally feeling crummy. So I wasn’t sure how excited she would be to find Elfie in the morning. Well, I shouldn’t have wondered. AA was thrilled to go searching through the house to find our sneaky little friend. And boy did he ever have a surprise for us this morning!

Our little Elfie decided to go fishing!

Looks like he caught something too! Hey, is that a goldfish cracker?

He even left a little fishing rod with a magnet attached and some letter "fish" so the kids could get some practice!

 

Even Landy got to take a turn fishing!

 

Looks like she caught something!

 

Thanks Elfie, for making my sick girl, and teething boy smile again!


Landon Eating Cereal

Posted by on February 20, 2011  about Landon, Comments are off

Landon has been experimenting with some rice cereal. Since trying this wonderful (compared to Elecare formula) he likes to push bottles away. As you can see from the pictures, he’s going to try and give up the bottle as soon as possible.


During Breakfast AA Said…

Posted by on February 20, 2011  about Aubrey Ann, Comments are off

Today we were sitting at the table having breakfast when Aubrey Ann said, “I would kiss 100 frogs. I would bend over to the ground and kiss them. If I picked them up, they might pee pee on my hand.”

We don’t know what prompted her to say that or what she was thinking, but I imagine she was thinking about the Princess and the Frog.


Is Heaven Past Disneyland?

Posted by on February 11, 2011  about Aubrey Ann, 2 comments

Tonight before bed, Aubrey Ann and I were talking about how far away Disneyland is. Shortly after that conversation she said, “I get to go to Heaven when I die.”

“Yes you do,” I replied. “But that is a long ways away.”

“Is it past Disneyland?” her curious mind asked.


Aubrey Ann dressed herself…

Posted by on June 24, 2010  about Aubrey Ann, 1 comment

This is what happens when Aubrey Ann dresses herself, a silly hat, green boots and a backwards dress without panties.


What’s this word?

Posted by on June 13, 2010  about Aubrey Ann, Comments are off

Aubrey Ann was standing at the fridge trying to sound out the word she just created. The sounds were perfect, the word, not so much.


Bedtime Prayer Time

Posted by on April 21, 2010  about Aubrey Ann, Comments are off

Tonight after we read, “If You Take a Mouse to School…” we had some prayer time like usual. I prayed and then Aubrey Ann prayed. Tonight she had a unique list of things she wanted to pray for. It went something like this..

Dear Jesus, I pray for all of my friends at school, helicopters, flowers, and the beautiful butterflies, in Jesus name, Amen.

It was a really cute prayer and for some reason I think she must have been thinking about helicopters for some reason. We all laughed and told AA how proud of her prayer we were.


That would be cute for “Yandon”

Posted by on April 12, 2010  about Aubrey Ann, Landon, Comments are off

Whenever Aubrey Ann sees boy clothes at the store she always says how cute those clothes would be for “Yandon”. The other day after telling us how cute some clothes would be, she went over to MJ’s belly and said (in a little baby voice), “You’re so cute in those clothes Yandon.”

Aubrey Ann is pretty excited about her little brother and she’s really excited about sharing her toys and reading him books.

Here is a picture of her helping to paint Landon’s room.


Our new site…

Posted by on April 12, 2010  about Family, Comments are off

With the coming of Landon soon, we’ve decided to move Aubrey Ann’s website from her old site to this new site. This new site will be all inclusive of everything going on in our family, so change your bookmarks!