Grace, in Spanish?

Before we eat we always say a little prayer. We started when Lilly went to nursery school and she and her class would say a prayer before lunch. She would come home and want to say it before dinner too but we didn’t know all the words  to her school one so we started saying the one I grew up saying.
It goes:
Bless us oh Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive from thy bounty. Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

I have no idea where this came from, but Lilly was in the kitchen coloring one afternoon. She came into the living room and told me she knew how to say grace  in Spanish. I was really curios because it came out of no where and Steven and I don’t speak Spanish.  Sure enough she had something to share so I asked her to say it. Before I died laughing, I asked to say it on camera so we could share with Daddy and the grandparents.
ENJOY! The password is Spanish.

Bless Us Oh Lord from kristen todd on Vimeo.

♥krissy

Kids Say the Darnedest Things, take 2

Steve and I are always talking about how we wish we had a video camera turned on the girls 24/7. They come up with the craziest things randomly throughout the day and we don’t want to ever forget it.

• Ruby loves guys in uniform. She will just walk straight up to them and let them hold her and talk to her, and she just smiles away. She is the only one out of the 3 of them that likes the uniform. Lilly and Sadie associate it with Daddy leaving and at some points have just completely freaked out. I think because Steven was gone so much in England and Ruby has been through that yet.
• Sadie starts talking to me in jibberish. She was trying to tell me her belly button hurt. I asked her what it was and she said, “It’s like kinda of round and has bumps in it.” I look ate her and say, “No, what is hurting it?” And when I look at it she‘s poking herself repeatedly in the belly button with her finger. I told her to stop and she says, “Oh, that’s better.” Ha!
• Apparently when I talk and bob my head around with the words. Ruby has picked up on that so when she says, “Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm!”, she bobs her head all over the place. She already says “mm” and “yum” with every bite she eats so it’s just hilarious to watch her eat now.
• We have been telling the girls that this time next year we will be moving again. They will pick a place that they want to live and ask if Air Force can send us there. It always varies and is always followed by, “Is there a Disneyland there?” Well Sadie told me in the car today that she can’t wait to move to Texas and live in a hotel. She REALLY loved staying in San Antonio with Memaw, Papop, and Shelby.
• The big girls will always consider England home. We are going back to the states this summer to escape the heat of Turkey and we keep telling them we are going to Yiayia’s house in Pennsylvania. Sadie declared that she wants Yiayia to move to England so we can visit her there.
• And yes, Ruby is still calling Daddy, “Muhma!”

Ha!

♥krissy

Kids Say The Darnedest Things

• Lilly wrote a story at school with the help of her teacher. It was all about a picture she took at home of the princess table. It’s a table and two chairs with the Disney Princesses on it, and it was a birthday gift for Sadie’s 1st birthday. Her story goes like this:
• This was a gift from my grandma. It came in the mail and Mom and Dad put it together. It’s a table and chairs with princesses on it. Put some food on it. The end.
• Sadie came into our bedroom one morning needing help buttoning her shirt. Since I was trying to get dressed too, I asked her to go get her socks on first. She came huffing back to my room saying, “These socks are nauseating me!” I asked her to repeat and again says, “These socks are nauseating me because they’re not working!”
• Sadie found a jewel sticker stuck to a blanket. She pulled it off and stuck it to her nose and said, “Look! I have a nose ring!”

• Ruby is still calling Daddy, “Mama”, just to play a game with him. She thinks it’s hilarious!

• We got a new coffee table and end table at the BX the other day. They were on clearance and we got both for like $60. I put a couple of photos on the end table. One of them is a photo from Yiayia’s house and it has the girls and their cousin Fifi. Ruby has been carrying it around showing us Fifi.  She can’t wait to go back to the states this summer and play with her.

♥krissy

i heart faces–cell phone

This week’s challenge is a photo you’ve taken with your cell phone. I don’t have a cell phone  but I do have my trusty iPod touch. I take it everywhere with me so I have 100’s of photos on it.
This is a photo of my baby girl. Ruby is a grandparent-loving fool. Since we live so far away we take full advantage of Skype. This is how she shows her affection and gives everyone hugs. This was a hug for Papop in Texas. She is such a sweetie♥

This was taken using Hipstamatic.
You can still join in the fun over at i heart faces.

Playground Walks

There are a lot of playgrounds here on base, and one of our favorite things to do is walk around the neighborhood. We started “playground walks” where we just walk to  a playground and play for a bit, then go to another one. The girls love it and I find it much more enjoyable for me. I really don’t like to sit still so it works out perfectly for us.

Today after we got Lilly from school we went to the playground. It was so nice out and so sunny. I had to change my camera settings when the girls were in the shade and in direct sunlight. It was a pain in the butt because my kids don’t like to stand still while mommy tries to take the picture. Oh well. I’ll just be grateful for editing software. I did manage to get a few that I liked. And next time I will pay more attention to the settings.

♥krissy

We’ll Miss You

Back in November we were able to take a whole month and see our families in the states. It was an incredible trip. We are blessed with the most wonderful families. We were proud to introduce them to our girls, many of our family had never met them. Our 4 years in England were met with pregnancies, complications, and passport dilemmas so that trip was a LONG time coming.
One of the most amazing days was when our girls met their great grandmother, Nana, and their great great grandmother, Granny. They were so excited and at that point their was 5 generations in one room. Not many people can say that. I never had grandparents growing up so I was thrilled that the girls would know all of theirs, 4 grandmothers and 3 grandfathers.
Earlier this week the girls were given another guardian angel. Granny passed away and is now in heaven looking down on us. She was so sweet and loving, and I only wish I could have gotten to know her better. We loved her dearly and will miss her greatly.

From left to right:
Granny, Steven, Sadie, Ruby, Papop, Lilly, and Nana

Our Valentine’s Day

We started out the day getting Lilly to school. Steven has Mondays off so he took her like usual. She’s always a little sad to go to school on days that Daddy has off. But off to school she went. She had a “Friendship Party” at school because they don’t celebrate holidays in her class. We helped her make “friendship” cards for her friends at school.

 While she was at school we went to the BX and got a couple of gifts for the girls and Steven. And then at home, I made cupcakes for us to decorate when Lilly got home. After school, we took the kiddos for haircuts and then headed off base to make another payment for our bedroom furniture. Steven then remembered that the girls really wanted purses for Valentine’s Day so we took a detour into Pop’s Leather. They make fake designer bags and other leather related things. The girls saw some pink Coach clutches that they really wanted. While we were looking at all the bags I wanted, Steven found the girls some Gucci purses. I don’t think think he knows what door he just opened. They girls have carrying around their fake Coach clutches in their fake Gucci bags since they opened them. They sit with them on the couch and hang them on their chairs for dinner. They’re too funny.

They were also thrilled to get some Hallmark stuffed animals and cards. Steven got me some tulips, my favorites, and a beautiful basket. I got him the Playstation Move. He has wanted one since before they came out, but has managed to pysch himself out when it came to buying one. He had a lot of fun trying it out last night after the girls went to bed.

Speaking of going to bed, the two big girls get tucked in and go to sleep on their own, but when they were younger and Steven wasn’t home for bedtime, I let them fall asleep in our bed and then put them in their own bed. We were set to do the same thing for Ruby even though Daddy is home for bedtime for the time being. Well last night after we tucked the big girls in, Ruby kept walking down to their room and pointing to their beds. After the 15th time of taking her out of there, we jokingly said goodnight to her and laid her in her crib. We really thought that she would only be in there for a couple of minutes before the tears started flowing. BUT she didn’t even peep. She went straight to sleep. We were so mad! We really like to cuddle with her at night. It’s the only time she sits still and we can just cuddle with her. I know that we are both hoping it was just a fluke and tonight she’ll lay down with us before she goes to sleep.

We had a wonderful day!
♥krissy