One-liners from the Time Out Corner

Most of Nora's funniest one-liners come from being put in time out. She will shout out manipulative phrases at us from down the hall as she waits out her penalty. Here are a few of my favorites:

• After hitting Ike on the head with a wooden spoon: (In a pleading voice) Mommy? Remember I'm a good girl?
  
  
• After throwing food at the table: "Heavenly Father want you to not give me a time out! Heavenly father misses me. Heavenly Father loves me!"
  
  
• N:Mom! I'm saying a prayer...I'm saying a prayer! I need you to listen!
  Me:Okay Nora you can come out now.
  N:I'm saying a prayer.
  Me:Okay. (N kneels down.) Say your prayer.
  N:Heavenly Father. Please bless me not to put fingers in baby Ike's mouth and please bless me not to be sad anymore. Amen!
  


• While carrying her down to time out: Heavenly Father wants you to be a good mommy!

Easter at Gramma's

What a treat! We got to spend Easter at my parents' house with my sister Lindsay and her family as well as my sister Briana and her beautiful new baby Claire. The festivities started with traditional egg dyeing.

Papa and his grandsons, Ike and Tyson
Nora's first chocolate bunny
Success!




Monday we headed to the Nut Tree in Vacaville for a little playtime in the sunshine.



Aunt Lindsay with baby Tyson.
Riding the train with Gramma.

I know I say I don't like animals, but these ones are pretty cute!

Yosemite!

We spent the last weekend in March with my good friend Jamie and her fam in a little town called Groveland, just outside of Yosemite. It was the first time we've every really vacationed with another family and it was definitely an experience I'd like to repeat! So fun.

This is how good of friends we are - we arrived at our condo unexpectedly wearing essentially the same outfit!
Jamie was so prepared. She brought along all the fixings for a mini easter egg hunt for the kids. It gave Nora good practice for the real thing the next Sunday ! :)

Ike chillin' in his rocking chair.

Bridal Veil Falls, I think. Very cold that morning, but gorgeous.
We didn't do any actual hiking as planned, but we took a walk up to the falls, had a picnic lunch, checked out the little indian village and just enjoyed the surrounding beauty.

Playing at the community park a few minutes from the condo.



The condo was in a gated lake community. Although the water was freezing most of our party ventured in at some point and it was just nice to be on a warm-ish beach in March!