Here are more of the things that Liane comes up with each day...
Elmo
Grover
Abby
Diego
town (Lazy Town)
Pablo (Backyardigans)
Diesel (cousin)
Cano
Elfie, Dieter ( grandmas dogs)
Grandma
animals
airplane
braclett
slide
blue
marker
church
drink
egg
play
buns ( her cute little buns that is)
stroller
cold
windy
ribbit (noise frogs make)
march
thanks
rainbow
almost
mess
monies (the money that she puts into her piggy bank)
sorry
scriptures
tiolet
potty
soup
medicine
chip
two
flower
all done
blanket
horse
Spanish:
nene (kids)
casa (house)
uno (one)
cinco (five)
siete (seven)
jugo (juice)
mesa (table)
ojo (eye)
rana (frog)
huevo (egg)
baño (bath)
sucio (dirty)
Signs:
drink
play
cereal
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Playgroup at Wheeler Farm
We took the kids to the Wheeler Farm today for our playgroup. What a fun trip and absolutely FREE! Parking, admission, animals... FREE! There is a small fee to feed the ducks (unless you bring your own bread) and to ride the tractor drawn hay ride ($1.50 per person ages 2 and over), but we didnt do any of these things this time (except feed the ducks our own bread). The kids had a blast running around and looking at all the animals... such a BEAUTIFUL farm and so close to our home. I cant wait to take Liane back with Salomon... such a great place. I feel so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful things to take Liane to, and do be able to do so for FREE or little cost. What a blessing!!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Changes and Saving
I have been meaning to blog about this for a while now... so now I am finally getting to it! Ok so the economy has hit us a bit, like most everybody, and it has taught us a few valuable lessons and prompted us to make some changes. So here they are...
We UNPLUG anything that we are not using at that moment
Clip COUPONS and only buy whats on SALE (use those two together and you will make out like a bandit!)
Buy produce in BULK at the local latin market - steam, puree/shread and freeze what I wont be using in a weeks worth of time to use in meals later
FREE weekly dates - we used to have date night every Friday night and would go out to eat with Liane, but with Liane going to bed at 7:30 it kinda was a rushed meal and not really a fun "date"... so we decided to use Saturday days/early evenings to hold our dates and we are doing more outdoorsy fun things that we can also share with Liane (pack a lunch and go to the park or canyon, visit temple square, take walks, Wheeler Farm, etc...) Its been nice to create such sweet memories and do so cheaply!
Turn our heat DOWN during the day in the winter or off completely when not really needed and keep air down or off during warmer months - an open window will do the trick!
Making more MEATLESS meals - we are not trying to be vegetarians or anything, but meat is the most expensive food item we buy. We have not missed the meat at all and in fact are really enjoying the meals!
TV OFFfor most of the day (and of course unplugged) - Liane doesnt really watch it, I dont WANT her to watch it and its kinda just like background noise - NOT NEEDED
Got rid of our HOUSE LINE and now we just use our cell phones - which is all we really used anyway
DOWNGRADED our cable... seriously who NEEDS 5 billion channels anyway?!
Changed auto and home INSURANCE companies... Salomon found an amazing deal through a service the company he works for and we are getting more coverage for WAY less money! (makes you wonder why we didnt do this sooner!)
Ok there are probably a few more simple things, but you get the idea... its actually been fun and so liberating to do this. Im all about simplifying my life and this helps so much! I can tell you though that the Lord blesses you for living within your means and I have seen as we have been willing to make changes and sacrifices how the Lord has opened doors for us that had previously been closed. Its amazing to me and a testimony builder to me that even though the changes we have made are temporal, the principals behind them and the effect it has had on us are 100% spiritual. As soon as we made these changes I all of sudden found myself not needing to go to the grocery store as often (food doesnt seem to be disappearing), I dont seem to be doing laundry as often, I have more joy and peace in my life, and more time. Its amazing how the Lord works and I am ever so grateful for His tender mercies and for His patience as He let me do things MY way until I was ready to know and do HIS way.
We UNPLUG anything that we are not using at that moment
Clip COUPONS and only buy whats on SALE (use those two together and you will make out like a bandit!)
Buy produce in BULK at the local latin market - steam, puree/shread and freeze what I wont be using in a weeks worth of time to use in meals later
FREE weekly dates - we used to have date night every Friday night and would go out to eat with Liane, but with Liane going to bed at 7:30 it kinda was a rushed meal and not really a fun "date"... so we decided to use Saturday days/early evenings to hold our dates and we are doing more outdoorsy fun things that we can also share with Liane (pack a lunch and go to the park or canyon, visit temple square, take walks, Wheeler Farm, etc...) Its been nice to create such sweet memories and do so cheaply!
Turn our heat DOWN during the day in the winter or off completely when not really needed and keep air down or off during warmer months - an open window will do the trick!
Making more MEATLESS meals - we are not trying to be vegetarians or anything, but meat is the most expensive food item we buy. We have not missed the meat at all and in fact are really enjoying the meals!
TV OFFfor most of the day (and of course unplugged) - Liane doesnt really watch it, I dont WANT her to watch it and its kinda just like background noise - NOT NEEDED
Got rid of our HOUSE LINE and now we just use our cell phones - which is all we really used anyway
DOWNGRADED our cable... seriously who NEEDS 5 billion channels anyway?!
Changed auto and home INSURANCE companies... Salomon found an amazing deal through a service the company he works for and we are getting more coverage for WAY less money! (makes you wonder why we didnt do this sooner!)
Ok there are probably a few more simple things, but you get the idea... its actually been fun and so liberating to do this. Im all about simplifying my life and this helps so much! I can tell you though that the Lord blesses you for living within your means and I have seen as we have been willing to make changes and sacrifices how the Lord has opened doors for us that had previously been closed. Its amazing to me and a testimony builder to me that even though the changes we have made are temporal, the principals behind them and the effect it has had on us are 100% spiritual. As soon as we made these changes I all of sudden found myself not needing to go to the grocery store as often (food doesnt seem to be disappearing), I dont seem to be doing laundry as often, I have more joy and peace in my life, and more time. Its amazing how the Lord works and I am ever so grateful for His tender mercies and for His patience as He let me do things MY way until I was ready to know and do HIS way.
Liane's first day of Nursery!
Well Liane turned 18 months yesterday ( I cannot believe it!) and for those of you who are LDS, you know that this is a milestone in a childs life... they are now able to enter nursery for the first time! (nursery is a class at church for children 18 months - 3 years old). I knew she would have no problem going into nursery ( she already knows a few children in there - one being her cousin Ivy), but I wondered how well she would do with the fact that she would be in there for 2 hours. Well as most kids, she did well for the first little bit, then she realized I was STILL gone, cried, got held by one of the teachers, fell asleep for 20-30 mins, and woke up to enjoy the rest of the class. She played with toys ( babies of course... the first thing the teachers said to me was "she must play with babies at home"), ate snack (no surprise), and made a cute cereal necklace of which she nibbled at throughout the rest of the day. She was happy to see me when I came in to pick her up (she almost cried which of course broke my heart), but I could tell that she had a good time. Its an adjustment, but she adjusts well and I know she will enjoy going to nursery again and again. She is growing up so fast and we are enjoying every moment of it! 
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Frogs, Weather, Color Green, Letters F,R,G,V and counting 1-5
Here is the lesson plan I have for Liane this week and how we display it as we go.
*Note - the letters F & R are for Frog and Rana (frog in spanish) and G & V are for Green and Verde (green in spanish)
3 Green Speckled Frogs
Three green speckled frogs
sittin' on a speckled log
eating some most delicious bugs
yum, yum
One jumped into the pool
where it was nice and cool
now there are two green speckled frogs
glub, glub 
Spring is in the Air!
I am not the craftiest person in the world, but I love to do them and they make my heart happy! They always look better in my mind then they do once I complete them, but nontheless they are cute and make my home look festive! Again, I just use what I have and spruce it up a bit. EASY!
And the beauty continues...
Here are some of my latest projects completed... file floder games!!
These games I have had forever! I have been saving them since before I was married - before I was even in the singles ward. I knew one day I would be able to use them and I couldnt wait - and here I am!! The games on top are for a little older age child than Liane, but when she gets to that age, I will be ready!
These file folder games I found and printed off of www.mormonchic.com. Great site with lots of fun things. So easy to do! I think I printed off 7 or 8 of these games. I printed them in color so I had less work to do, but you can print them in black and white and color them yourselves. They have directions right there of exactly how to complete these... so fun and simple!!
*note... I bought the clear file case to the right in this pic to store the games in, and its easy to take to church or wherever you are going!
These games I have had forever! I have been saving them since before I was married - before I was even in the singles ward. I knew one day I would be able to use them and I couldnt wait - and here I am!! The games on top are for a little older age child than Liane, but when she gets to that age, I will be ready!
These file folder games I found and printed off of www.mormonchic.com. Great site with lots of fun things. So easy to do! I think I printed off 7 or 8 of these games. I printed them in color so I had less work to do, but you can print them in black and white and color them yourselves. They have directions right there of exactly how to complete these... so fun and simple!!
*note... I bought the clear file case to the right in this pic to store the games in, and its easy to take to church or wherever you are going!
Making playdough!
Liane and I made some playdough the other day. She LOVES to be a part of putting things together... she is starting to help me out in the kitchen too. She had more fun making this than playing with it. Way fun!
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