Numa Numa song

So a few years back, a video was being circulated around the internet that some of you may remember seeing. If you want to see the original "Numa Numa song" you can see it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o

Shortly after Bubba saw that movie, he decided to recreate it and this is the final result...enjoy! I can't even watch this movie without crying from laughing so hard....I only hope he doesn't get too upset that I am posting this for the whole world (and everyone he knows) to appreciate! (The reason I am posting this now is because I heard this song at the gym this morning and I remembered that I even had this video).

Superhero Bubba!

Bubba's cousin's little boy, Thomas just turned 5 and had a Spiderman themed party....and guess who came to the party? Yep, Spiderman himself! Ok, so it was just Bubba dressed up like Spiderman but the kids never even guessed and they all had a good time, even Bubba! Of course, the only kids that were scared of him were ours, but Savannah eventually warmed up a little bit and Paris was terrified until he finally left. Yep, Daddy is a good sport! (Actually, I think he really liked the muscles!)

Lake Powell

Last week we were able to go to Lake Powell for a couple of days with Bubba's work and we had a great time. The kids loved being on the boats and jet skis and just splashing in the water. After 2 days on the lake we were all exhausted and grateful to get home to our own beds and our own rooms (sleeping in a hotel room with 2 kids is always SOOOO fun!), but it was a fun trip! And yes, I had to post the picture of me wakeboarding just to prove that I actually did it (I am not a very coordinated, athletically inclined person, so this is nothing short of a miracle), and yes, it took me several tries to get up and no, I wasn't able to stay up for more than a few seconds, but it was fun and I'm glad I gave it a try. The last picture is of Bubba...and yes, he is much better than I at wakeboarding and can do little tricks and stuff but I am used to him being better than me at pretty much everything like that!

First Big Owie!

So on Labor Day, Paris got her first injury requiring medical attention but we all survived and I'm just glad that it really wasn't that big of a deal. I always knew that of my two kids, she would be the first one to really hurt herself....in fact I would be willing to bet that she will probably end up in the ER at least 5 times before Savannah ever makes it there!

Anyways, we were at the bowling alley with family for Bubba's mom's birthday and somehow her elbow got dislocated. She was whimpering as we were leaving and saying that her arm hurt but she wasn't screaming or anything so I didn't really think anything was wrong. Then we got to Bubba's mom's house and I realized that she wasn't moving her arm at all, and every time we moved her she would start whimpering/crying. After she had sat completely still on my lap for almost 2 hours, I decided I probably needed to go get it checked out even though nothing looked abnormal on her arm. Luckily the InstaCare clinic was open so I didn't actually have to go to the ER and we were the only ones there so we didn't have to wait. As soon as the doctor started moving her arm, Paris just sat there and didn't make a noise so then I began to wonder if it was possible for a 21 month old to fake an injury for 2 hours. But as soon as he tried to rotate her wrist she whimpered and so he determined that it was her elbow instead of her shoulder. He told me he was going to pop it back in and that she would probably be very upset. I heard a pop and Paris made a little noise and then she was totally fine and began moving around like nothing had ever happened. The doctor couldn't believe how brave and tough she was....yep, that's my little Paris!

My grown up little girl

Those of you who know Savannah know that she is a pretty quiet little girl. Whenever other people are around, she is usually content to play by herself and she doesn't say hardly anything unless she is really warmed up to the people who are there. Lately she has really been into talking to herself (and her dolls) and singing to herself as well which has been so fun. Whenever we are at home and she thinks no one is listening she will just burst into song, sometimes the songs are real and sometimes they are completely made up of sounds/words? that are completely made up as well! Lately Savannah has become quite the little mother to her dolls and spends a good amount of time changing diapers, putting them to bed, standing up with the dolls swaying back and forth saying "Shhh, shhh, shhh." It has been so fun for me to watch her and see all of these cute things that she has been doing. Right around the time she turned 3, she started throwing fits which is something that she has never really done and I began to believe people when they said 3 was worse than 2! However, that only lasted for a couple of months and I think it probably had more to do with the fact that we took her binkies away around that time. The last few weeks, Savannah has been so good and so sweet and I've been having so much fun having little conversations with her. Her memory never ceases to amaze me either...she is constantly bringing up things that happened months ago that she still remembers every detail about.

So last night, I put Savannah to bed and was doing some things around the house when I heard her talking....a lot! Instead of immediately going in and telling her to go to sleep, I stood outside her door to listen. I'm assuming she was talking to one of her dolls and this is how the one-sided conversation went. (I don't think it will be as cute typed out as it was listening to her, but I wanted to record it since this blog is pretty much our family journal these days)!

"Do you wanna go to the mall and see Santa Claus? He just sits there all day. Would that be fun? He is really nice. He's not scary, he just has lots of hair on his face-it's called a beard. But he's not scary, he is really nice. Ok? And there is a choo-choo train by Santa and it goes around and around. Would that be fun? Let's do that, ok?"

I was cracking up outside the door but I was also amazed because I have not even mentioned Santa Claus anytime recently so I was surprised she even thought about him, but I was even more amazed that she remembered going to the mall 9 months ago and seeing him there...and yes, at the Provo Mall there is a choo-choo there as well! How does she remember this stuff?!!!!

Then her conversation became a little sillier as she got sidetracked with the choo-choo thing....

"So you wanna go on the choo-choo train? We go on a fish choo-choo? That's silly! We go on an octopus choo-choo? No, that's silly! You wanna go on a turtle choo-choo? That be fun? You're silly!"

After that she was pretty quiet, but I was thoroughly entertained by this little girl of ours...she is so sweet and imaginative these days and I love her so much!

Bountiful Rec Center!

Last weekend we went up to the Bountiful Rec Center for a mini family reunion with some of Bubba's family that was here from California. The rec center had an awesome play area in the pool and they also had a big play area outside as well so the kids had a great time swimming, especially with all of their cousins. Bubba's cousin Tiffany brought her camera (something I have not yet been brave enough to do when we go to the pool) and she got some great shots of our family. As you can see, Bubba was having a good time there too!

Utah County Fair

A couple of weeks ago, we took the kids to the Utah County Fair in Spanish Fork and had a great time. There were a lot of pigs which the kids wanted to look at for a very long time...too bad it was really hot and stinky so we moved them along much more quickly than they wanted! We let them go on a few rides-I was a little nervous about Paris sitting still (I thought for sure she would stand up in the middle of the rides and try to bail out), but she did a great job and both girls had fun!