Easter!

Happy Easter Everyone! We had fun hunting for easter eggs in some snow. I got some cute pictures. I hope you enjoy my cuties!




















Who knew that such a beautiful girl could come from our genes? I certainly didn't.

Redemption

I just have to show the world that I also look like Julia Stiles . . . much prettier than Mike Myers!

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Carrie is Mike Myers!!

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Celebrities Carrie looks like . . . sort of

Let's settle it again!

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Let's settle it!

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Celebrities I look like (sort of)

OK. I think the glasses make me look like some celebrities more than I would without them. Same for the dark hair.

I understand everybody but Jude Law. That makes no sense.

Chester Bennington is a musician. I didn't know who was until right now when I looked him up. Gael Garcia Bernal is a Mexican-born actor. He was in Y Tu Mama Tambien, Babel, and The Science of Sleep, among others. And, of course, Philip Seymour Hoffman is a very good American actor.

Study Time

Ever since Dallin was born, we have really tried to keep Steve on a 9-5 schedule. Recently we were reminded why. For some reason, it's hard for Steve to concentrate when he tries to study at home (we don't have an extra room to make into a study). Here's a video of our two monkeydoodles trying to help Daddy study. Not shown is the beautiful wife continuously asking him to do stuff or talking about random things. I don't think that we will try this arrangement any time soon.

"We'd have to go to Mars or something"

Sadie and I were out running errands when we started talking about diapers for some reason. I asked her whether she knew why we use cloth diapers. I explained the environmental benefits and the money-saving benefits, too. I thought I'd take the chance to talk with her about why it's important to take care of the planet. She said a lot of really smart things about not wasting things and so on. I was impressed. I reminded her of The Lorax and what lessons we can learn from that, too. Anyway, at the end I asked her what it would be like if we didn't take care of the planet and she said it wouldn't be a very nice place to live. I agreed, and then she said "Yeah, we'd have to go to Mars or something." Hilarious.

A bit later I asked her how she learned about Mars. I guess just this morning on Mickey Mouse Playhouse Goofy went to Mars. It was fresh on her mind, I guess.

Pictures

I realized that I haven't been posting very many pictures of the stars of my blog. So I decided that every one needs to know what REALLY goes on in the Merino household. This picture shows why we call them monkeydoodles. These guys do this kind of thing for fun. They love to make messes for their mommy to clean up. Luckily, the mess was contained in out tiny bathroom. But still, if I ever wonder why I can't keep my house clean, I just look at this picture . . . or I can just go to whatever room they are in at the moment.



This is Sadie posing. I was taking a picture of Dallin and she thought "Her Royal Cuteness" needed some documentation of just how beautiful she is. She has watched some reruns of Top Model with me and has picked up some new skills. Yesterday, she told me that she just found out that she gets to keep modeling. I wouldn't cut her after this kind of photo shoot.






Sadie's the diva, and Dallin is busy working. Every time the vacuum is out, he has to be in the middle of it. He loves to try to help us vacuum. Try is the key word. It takes us twice as long to get anything done when he is involved, but I'm not one to stifle anyone's willingness to help. I think Dallin is responsible for about 75 percent of the messes in our home. The figure might be a little inflated because I think Sadie helps Dallin make a few of his messes. (Steve is responsible for the other 25 percent, but don't tell him I said that :)

Growing Up

Sadie has always been interested in anatomy. We decided from the very beginning to be very open and honest with her questions. For awhile it was blood and bones. Then it was her brain. Right now it's boobs. She has asked when mine will go away because I don't have milk anymore. She has asked why she only has nipples. I explained that girls get larger breasts when they get older and they always keep them even when they aren't nursing. Well recently, I had a conversation with her on the very subject that just made me (and Steve) laugh out loud. I thought I would share it with everyone.

She was looking at a picture of a young girl with whom she was pretty impressed (it was the girl who is in the movie Spiderwick Chronicles) Our conversation goes as follows:

"Mommy, why does this little girl have boobs?"

"Well, she's not a really little girl. She doesn't have all of her boobs because . . ."

(In a condescending tone) "Mom, we only get two boobs."

Boy she told me . . . after my chuckle, I explained to her what I meant and that girls breasts begin to grow when they are about 11 years old. And that she looks young, but she is probably around 13 and her breasts are beginning to grow.

It's all just a matter of time before she starts asking the REALLY big questions. I let you know how THAT conversation goes.