Children's museum in Portland

Yesterday we decided to drive down to the portland children's museum. Kara says that the water room was her favorite part. We did spend a lot of time in there.

Kiersten kept wanting me to check his breath to see if it smelled stinky or clean. I was saying it smelled good, but then she would spot a cootie bug, and get back to brushing.

Everyone had to take advantage of this photo op.

making stuff out of clay. The girls liked doing it, but once Ben and I started getting dirty from the clay, we were outta there.

Vicky was so nice to hold Evie most of the time so I could play with the girls. and I know how heavy that kid can feel after holding her for a while.

Kara told Ben she wanted her face painted like a puma. this was his creation. Though, after further questioning from Jason and me, I'm not convinced he even knows what a puma is. ;)

Kiersten didn't like her face paint, and wanted it off as soon as she looked in the mirror. I think she was expecting to look like she did on halloween when I put a little eyeshadow and lipstick on her.

I let Kiersten paint my face because I felt bad about how much she hated hers. I thought that stuff would wipe right off, but you really had to scrub to get it off.Evie was pretty good until the last part. Then she screamed in the car when we were leaving.

the girls liked digging in this rubber stuff.

after a few hours here, we met up with Ben's brother, Jason and his new wife, Lisa. Vicky had met her already, but it was Ben and my first time meeting her. She is really great. And the girls just loved her, especially Kiersten. We stopped by their house for a bit. I apparently missed out on fun times with their cat, as I stayed in the car to nurse Evie. Ben had to fight to get Kiersten to wear pants that morning. We didn't want her running around and climbing on things in a dress, so he made her wear pants, but agreed she could bring a dress to change into after. So Kara decided to bring a dress to change into also. The changed and got their faces cleaned, and then we went to Garlan and Jill's house. Sara and her family came over too, and we all went to dinner at a mongolian bbq place. It was pretty good. Kara loved sitting by her cousin Karen and playing with her. Kiersten was a little jealous of Kara having a friend. After dinner we went back to Garlan and Jill's for a while. Jason and Lisa had to get home, but Sara came back over and played games. It was a fun time, and we probably stayed later than we should have, but it's worth it when you are having that much fun. And I dominated at Boggle, of course. hehehe.

10/27/10

I have a lot of pictures today, so this might be a little long. First, a few months ago, Ben challenged Kara to stop having accidents at night. He said if she could go 30 days without an accident, he would buy her a nintendo DS. Her first attempt lasted 7 days, then she had one accident, so we started over, and she went 8 days before having another accident. We encouraged her to try again, and she was at 27 days. She was devastated saturday morning to tell me she had an accident that night. She begged me not to tell Daddy, so I had a talk with her about honesty and how imprtant it is to tell the truth. So when Ben woke up, she sadly told him about the accident. He felt bad because he had let her stay up late watching him play nintendo, and she fell asleep on the couch. He put her in her bed without waking her to go to the bathroom. So he told her he was very proud of her for going this long, and only having the 3 accidents. So he let her have the DS anyway. I was kinda glad because it reinforced my telling her that good things happen when you tell the truth. Kiersten's hair is long enough to curl now. I never curled Kara's at this age, because it was naturally curly. Kiersten and I had a lot of fun doing her hair that morning.

scary vampire.

and now a few cute Evie pictures. I love this jacket. All 3 girls haveworn it, and it is starting to look a little tattered.

one of my favorite Evie pics ever.

Kara holds Evie any time I will let her. A few times she has picked her up without permission, but she usually remembers to ask me.

she still hates being inthe carseat. I'm sad she is about to outgrow this hat she got from Nancy.

yesterday Kara asked if we could have an ice cream party after dinner. I thought it was a good idea, so we bought a bunch of candies and ice cream toppings. When Ben got home from work, she gave him this invitation. It's a little hard to understand, as she still spells phonetically. it says, "dad please come to my party. it is a ice cream party. Karalee Miller, I love you Dad."

getting the ice cream party all set up. The girls were eating candy the whole time, before they even saw any ice cream.

Ben's tasty treat

my bowl. I barely put in any candy, and I still could barely finish. I guess that's what happens when you don't eat candy very often. We all had a hard time finishing.

Kiersten actually ate most of her candy, and all of her ice cream. She definitely has a sweet tooth. Whenever I ask what she wants for dinner or lunch, she always says, "candy!" of course, I don't usually let her have any. She definitely took advantage of this special occasion. She kept eating the candy out of her bowl, and then replacing it with more.

Although this was Kara's idea, I think she ate the least sweets. She said she was done, and there was still some ice cream left, and almost all the candy she had taken was still left, so it was a bit of a waste. For next time, I know it would be better to use plain ice cream without nuts or chocolate in it. And also, I know we don't need chocolate syrup and caramel with all that other sugar.

poor Evie didn't get any.

some silly faces to end with.