Toddler Trophy November 6, 2009

On Tuesday afternoon, since it was sunny and cool (not cold), I decided to take the kids for a walk down the road. Faith and I (carrying Chevy in my baby carrier) walked, Hudson and Ford rode their bikes.

Ford, who just turned 3, has recently gotten really good at riding a training-wheeled bike. Since he’s still so young, and was just getting the hang of riding the bike, he often would look down at his hands or feet while riding. So I had been working with him on the importance of getting to the side of the road when traffic comes.

On our way back home, a truck approached. Ford was a little ways ahead of me, I couldn’t run to him holding Chevy. Thankfully, he saw the truck, pulled off to the side of the road and waited for Faith and I to catch up.

When I got to him, I praised him like crazy for moving over for the truck. Faith, wanting to join in, gave him her typical compliment, “Fohd, yohr so cute!”

Ford replied, “Uh-uh, Faith. I’m suh-weet!” Then he looks over at me and says, “can I have a twophy?”

Phillips’ Halloween 2009 November 3, 2009

It’s been a party week for the Phillips. Last weekend, we had a party for Ford’s third birthday and Chevy’s baptism. The kids also wore their costumes. There were school Halloween parties (Hudson had to miss his, thanks to H1N1). Luckily everyone felt good enough to go trick or treating.

Happy Birthday my funny three-year-old!

Princess Myah

Jacob the pirate

 

Warrick the three-eyed monster

Even Great Grandma got into it!

 

Chevy, Faith, Ford Hudson on Halloween

Look how ticked Ford was.

Bat Hudson

Cheerleader Faith

Fordy the Train

Chevy the Duck

And here is all of us at Baptism last week…

Phillips, October 25, 2009, Chevy's baptism

 

 

 

Ford takes the cake October 27, 2009

 Today, I told the kids it was “outside playtime” and sent them to play while I nursed Chevy to sleep in peace and quiet.

In a few minutes, the silence was broken by Faith shrieking inside the house. “I need a new shote! Look what Fohd did to my shote!” Her shirt sleeve was covered with a wierd yellow-tan, sticky substance. I could tell it wasn’t dirt.

“What is that? What did Ford do?” I asked her.

“He put his hands in the cake!” She answered, distraught. I had put the leftover Ford’s birthday/Chevy’s baptism cake (in a covered pan) outside in the garage to keep it cold. I guess Ford found it and wanted some.

Holding an almost-asleep Chevy tightly to keep him from hearing the commotion, I followed Faith outside to find the cake pan on the ground, handfuls of cake on the back steps and Ford bent over with his hands in the cake pan. He had gobs of frosting squeezed out between his fingers and was licking them.

I directed Faith to get a new shirt, removed Ford’s shirt and replaced the cake pan cover (the mess would have to wait until later).

Later at dinner, we all were telling Kirk the story. Hudson said “Ford made a HUGE mess of the cake!”

We all looked over at Ford who quoted his favorite Justice League cartoon, “Dats messed up is what it is.”

Ford and Chevy pics October 24, 2009

Since Hudson and Faith got their school photos, I got Ford and Chevy’s taken, too. Ford was three years old and Chevy was 2 weeks old. Chevy wasn’t too happy, so we only got one good picture without him crying. Ford was loving posing for the camera.

Popsicles and penance October 18, 2009

The other afternoon, Faith was pestering me for a popsicle. I was stuck in the La-Z-boy nursing Chevy and wasn’t able/didn’t really feel like going into the basement to dig one out of the deep freeze for her. Faith was too scared to go into the basement alone and is too short to reach into the freezer anyway. 

After a few more minutes of whiny begging, Hudson came in from school. So I said to Faith, “you can have a popsicle if Hudson will get it for you.” Annoyed, Hudson (7 1/2 years old) asked, “Why do I always have to get involved?”

Later that night we were tucking the kids into bed. I asked Hudson if he’d noticed that I taped the Act of Contrition prayer next to the sink so he could practice it (a requirement for him to make his first reconciliation later this school year). Obviously, he had been reading it while brushing his teeth, because he asked me, “why does that prayer have the word ‘penis’ in it?” Kirk and I looked at each other and we said, at almost the same time, “Hudson, the word is penance!”

School photos October 12, 2009

 

 

Hudson, 2nd grade

 

Faith, kindergarten

 

I just had Ford and Chevy’s pics taken and will post them when I pick them up.

Chevy–Week 3 October 7, 2009

It’s amazing how quickly a new little one becomes a part of your family. If Chevy’s not in the same room with us, we already feel like someone is missing. And while I don’t get more than 15 or 20 minutes to myself, I wouldn’t trade it for anything. 

Things I thought I’d never have to say, Part 2 October 2, 2009

This is a continuation of  Things I never thought I’d have to say to another human, but have said to my kids. Both of these were said to Faith this weekend:

“Please don’t use your fork to scratch your armpit.”

“We don’t use a folded-up toilet paper tube as a cup!”

Chevy photos–week 1 September 28, 2009

It’s been a good, but tiring week. Chevy sleeps 1 1/2-2 hours at a time at night, but about 3 during the day. I’m trying to nap, too, but the other kids make that hard. Next week ought to be tougher with Kirk going back to work. Here are some pictures from this week.

His eyes look a little buggy here.

This is his serious face.

Hudson, Faith and Ford all love their little brother.

It all started with Ford lying next to the baby while I changed his diaper.

 

Great Grandpa Pohl came to visit.

Erin managed to capture Chevy's 5-day-old smile on camera.

A little quiz… September 26, 2009

Since my 20 week ultrasound photo, I’ve been saying our new baby looks just like his big brother Ford. Since his birth, we’ve had lots of comments saying that he is Ford Numer Two. So, I had to go digging and find similar photos of all my babies. Can you tell which baby is Hudson, Faith, Ford and Chevy?