It's for the Koalas

I love my Naomi! She is so smart and is so curious. She is always asking questions, and usually does NOT agree with my answer.

So today when we were at church Naomi had to go to the bathroom. We get into the big stall, and Naomi stares at the baby changing station on the wall, you know the ones with the koala on them. Anyway, this is how our conversation goes.

Naomi: What is that?
Me: It's where you change a diaper. It's for babies.
Naomi: (thinks about my answer) No mom, it's for the Koalas.
Me: Sweetie, it's for the babies.
Naomi: No, the koala babies.

I left it at that because she would argue with me forever and since she's three there is no reasoning. Maybe she'd make a good lawyer :)

I could see how that would make sense to a three year old though, because it has a picture of a koala on it and not a baby.

Happy Father's Day!

I hope everyone has had a good Father's Day! Cory got to go golfing yesterday, but then I got sick so he had to take care of me today. Naomi got out her doctor tools to help take care of me too.

After dinner, we had a squirt gun fight in the backyard. My gun was broken and Cory's was working the best. Once he was out of water, Naomi figured out how to use her gun. So Cory became the target.

How We Beat the Heat

So far we've been having a fun summer. We go to the movies every Friday for this kid program that Harkins does for the kids. We go to the library, the pool, and the pet store. We saw Shrek Forever After, because Naomi loves the Shrek movies.

We went to Jeepers with a bunch of ward friends.

Naomi's sitting on the back row, far side with her friends.

Last week, Naomi started swim lessons. She's doing so good. The teacher is great with the kids and Naomi loves going under water now.

Her teacher tells her to pretend she's Sleeping Beauty when she wants her to practice floating on her back.

Last week, we also went to Tempe Beach Park with a group of friends. Naomi had so much fun.

That's what we've been up to so far. We look forward to more summer fun!

Change

So I've been growing out my hair for 4 years now. It was long, dry, stringy, and hard to comb. So I decided it was time for a change.

Before

After

I cut off eight inches and dyed it blonder than it was. I haven't been this blonde since I met Cory. I thought about going shorter, but I'm a ponytail kind of girl, so I needed it long enough that I could still pull it back.

Yakkity Yak

Naomi has been really funny lately.

The other day I needed to run something over to our next door neighbor. Naomi was busy watching a movie and I asked her if she wanted to come, she said she wanted to watch her movie. So I told her I would be next door and be gone only a minute. As I'm knocking on my neighbor's door I hear Naomi crying in the house, so I go back home to find the door locked. I have no keys, no phone, and the truck so Cory can't even come home and save me. Naomi is panicking and crying, so I'm trying not to panic.

Me: Naomi turn the lock, you need to unlock the door
Naomi: I can't (crying so hard :( )
Me: You have to unlock the door, you need to unlock the door
Naomi: You unlock the door (with attitude)

She's so sassy, I couldn't believe that was her response. So moral of the story, don't leave home without the keys. And yes Naomi finally let me back in.

Last night during dinner, Naomi told me she wanted an popsicle and to play outside. I told her that once she finished her dinner she could.

Naomi: I can't eat this. I want a popsicle.
Me: You can have a popsicle when you finish your chicken.
Naomi: But I want to go outside.
Me: Once you finish your chicken you can go outside.
(This went back and forth for a while, as I was finishing my dinner)
Naomi: I want a popsicle and to play outside.
Me: You can't until your chicken is gone. (I show her my empty plate) I can have a popsicle and go outside because I finished my dinner. But you can't until you've eaten your dinner.
Naomi: Good job Mommy! You ate all your dinner.

Gotta love her!

Dance Recital

For the past couple months, this sweet lady in my ward, Michelle, taught a dance class to the kids every other week. To show what they learned in class, Michelle held a dance recital on Saturday May 8 so all the dads and other close relatives and friends could come see. It was so cute and so fun! The pictures and movie clips I have speak for themselves. Enjoy!

What We've Been Up To

***Warning this post will be long, but will have a lot of pictures.

Since Naomi's birthday we've been super busy. We had a fun Easter.
Naomi wanted to be like Daddy, she took off the tie before we left for church though :)

We officially became HOMEOWNERS! We closed on the 8th, it recorded on the 9th, and then we got our keys on the 9th. When we went to the house after we closed, we asked Naomi what she thought of her new backyard, she said "this is for my dogs." Some wishful thinking. We spent the first few days trying to choose a paint color. We tried about 8 different samples , maybe more. Naomi loved helping us paint!

We chose the color on the right, it's called Sharkey Gray. A week after closing we paid to have our house painted. Three workers painted it in 9 hours and they did an awesome job. We spent the rest of the weekend finishing packing and moved on Monday the 19th.
Naomi loved helping us load everything up. She was so excited to get everything into our new house. It took only one trip of a trailer and 5 pickup trucks to get everything over to our house.
The Kitchen

The Dining Room

The Family Room Before

The Family Room After (definitely better without the orange)

The Living Room

The Loft

The Master Bedroom

Naomi's Room

I'll post more on our house when things are organized.

Naomi has also been going to a dance class that a lady in our ward teaches for free at the church. They are getting ready for a recital in May.

This is the kids doing the train. Naomi loves it!

Naomi has also been playing soccer. A friend in my ward and I started a little soccer group. We meet once a week for about 45 minutes. We played a game a couple weeks ago. The kids were funny. They mostly just stood around. Naomi loved kicking the ball around, but once someone took the ball from her she'd start crying. I tried to tell her to get it back and that's what happens, but she was too sad to try. I would also tell her to stop the person from scoring a goal. She would run along side them for a little bit and then stop by them and put her hand up and yell "Stop!"

So that is what we've been up to.