I Love You More Than Meat Loves Salt

This was my favorite line from Robyn's Father's Day card for Myles. Here he is on Father's Day teaching Robyn a new song on the keyboard and showing Carly how to use her pinky fingers to hold hair while braiding. He's such a good, patient teacher!

I thought it would be fun to ask the girls (independently) some questions about their dad. These were some of my favorites.

What did Dad like to do when he was a kid?
Carly: I wasn't around when he was a kid, so I don't know.

What does he do for his job?
Robyn: He has a PhD.
Carly: He cleans the floors.
Macy: Sometimes, he helps me and gives me a big kiss!

What's his favorite thing to do?
Robyn: He likes to cook.
Carly: With me, reading Josefina. By hisself, he told me he really likes to work in the garden.
Macy: He lets me go outside and then he says, 'It's rest time! And then I run in my bed.'

What's his favorite food?
Robyn: Almond Joys and Reesees.
Carly and Macy: hasbrowns.

Where did Daddy meet me?
Macy: At the temple.

What's his favorite song?
Robyn and Macy: I Am A Child of God

What's his favorite thing to say?
Robyn and Macy: I love you!

What's his favorite place to go?
Robyn: Grandparents' house, home, library, and the store.
Macy: The restronaut (restaurant) and Chucken Cheesing

What does he do at church?
Macy: He's Robyn's teacher and he loves to do his lesson, and he sings.

Where did Daddy live when he was a little boy?
Macy: With Blythe

What's your favorite thing about Daddy?
Macy: I love you, Daddy!

We are blessed to have such a wonderful husband and father in our family! We love you more than meat loves salt!!

Go, Emily!

We were so excited to have a visit from Emily and get to cheer her on for the Provo Marathon! Myles surprised us by running the last few miles with her.

Way to go, Emily!!

Mom, I'm Doin' a Trick...

...You've got to blog this!!

Do spiders pee?

(Pointing to my stomach) Can you get us a baby boy in there?

You do the Hokey Pokey, you turn your house around, that's what it's all about!

Take the keys and lock her up...my fairy lady.
Me: I think it's fair lady. Fair means beautiful.
Macy: Have you ever met the beautiful lady?

These are finger drums. (mini Reese's cups)

Me: Uncle Mike gave you the snake, remember?
Macy: How come he didn't give us a dolphin? We don't have a dolphin.

Me: Macy, did you have a nice nap?
Macy: No! It was a zoo in there!
Me: Really? What do you mean?
Macy: Well, I woke up all sweaty!

(As we pull up to Super Target) Look, Mom! We're at the eyeball store!

Don't worry, Mom. I locked the door so a wolf or a stranger won't come in.

I know some Spanish words, but not most Spanish words. Pina Colada!! That's French.

We have a body. Heavenly Father cah-rated (created) us so we could talk, and wash dishes, and eat freeze pops!

Macy: Dad, this is a lap top, right?
Myles: Yeah.
Macy: It's a lap heater!

I Was Just Wondering...

What is a sin?

How old are you going to be when you're a grandma?

How many seconds old am I?

How many friends does Dad have...not including cousins?

What is the biggest number?

How DO you weigh a person in a wheelchair? (@ the doc's office)

If a half of a hour is 2 minutes, then a whole hour would be 4, right?

How do you spell dot com? (She wrote a story and wanted to end it www.carlywatson.com).

How do people in Antartica stand up if it's upside down? (looking at the bottom of the globe)

If you got all the people in the whole, entire world, could they lift up that mountain?

Carly: What is this flower called?
Me: an iris.
Carly: That's cool! Like an iris in your eye and a flower! Like pupil is a student and the teacher is an eyeball because the teacher's bigger.

Carly: I'm gonna wash this sticky off. It's killin' me!!

Me: I don't think they know if it's a boy yet.
Carly: Sometimes, you don't even know when the baby comes out because sometimes a girl is bald, but looks like a girl, and sometimes a boy has lots of hair and looks like a boy!

Carly: Robyn, that's not polite.
Robyn: I know. But, it's fun.

Carly: So, the Scarecrow needed a brain. The Tin Man needed a heart, and the Lion, he needed a kidney.

Standing on top of the World

Robyn: I'm trying not to eat too many sweets because I have grown-up teeth now.

I guess it's paid off. All 3 girls and I came home from the dentist today still cavity free!

Grandma's 90th B-day

We had a wonderful family reunion to celebrate Grandma Audrey Knighton's 90th B-day. Grandma came over to the US from Australia the day after Pearl Harbor. She is an ah-mazing woman who grows an incredible garden (year round), plays the piano, paints, and plays with her many great grand kids. We're so grateful to have her close by!

Swim into Summer!

The girls are lovin' swim lessons again. Macy (who I did Mom and Tots with last summer) is excited that she's big enough to go to her own class now. Robyn's hoping to get herself to jump off the diving board this time around! We figured out that it was helpful to tell Carly to pretend like the water was a Kleenex and that she should "blow her nose" to get those bubbles to come out.

I remember having such a hard time with diving, until my Uncle Mike told me to pretend that the water was like a gymnastics mat and all I had to do was a handstand on it. It worked perfectly! (His daughters were like fish from a very young age). I also have fond memories of him teaching me the art of drip sand castles at Wilmington with my cousins.

I told the girls about swim caps and how nice it is that they don't have to wear them like I did. Man, those things gave me such a headache and were always such a pain! One time, I left mine on the seat of our station wagon. I later found it in much different shape. It had melted!

I also remember buying a book of tickets to go to our local pool. It only cost us $.35 to get in, even for swim lessons! I guess the pool wasn't heated, but still! And, I guess I did fear for my life when I was attempting to swim across the deep end and my teacher was talking to her boyfriend. But, I did later end up becoming a lifeguard and swim instructor myself, so I guess the scarring wasn't too permanent.

Stop and Smell the...

Just as our iris were on their way out, our roses started to bloom. Isn't nature amazing and so beautiful?!! I love all the different colors, shapes, and scents.

Macy has been a good little helper in the garden this year. She's usually excited to put on her hat and sandals and grab her little "weeder." When the pole of her little weeder bumped some of the roses, she very reverently said, "Oh, I'm so sorry little guys," and gently touched them.

All the girls love to smell them, take pics. of them, and bring them inside to put in a vase.

It was Myles' idea to plant the rose bushes as a natural fence, and it's neat to see them get so big and beautiful!

JUMP into summer!

Summer is...

cousins
catching up
kicking back
sitting on the porch
sprinklers
freeze pops
swim suits
sunscreen
freckles
picnics at the park
mornings in bed with books
schedule free
carpool free
library trips
Chicago
aunts
uncles
more cousins
Camp Grammy
lightning bugs
Oregon berries
Oregon coast
more freeze pops
flowers
gardens
home-grown tomatoes
dollar movies
scooters
bikes
chalk-n-bubbles