Dad 2

picture taken by Ollie
We got back from New York today. (will post later about that) It was cool because we got to spend fathers day with the kids. Max wrote Scott a poem and this card...

 dad you are the 

best friend ever to me.

you are the best dad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(there were this many!)

I cried when I read it. Max and Scott really ARE best friends. They are currently watching some random 80s movie together in the other room. I really think Scott may be the best father a kid could have. He really looks forward to hanging out with them. He loves taking them to try new things. He is WAY patient. Way more than me. He never raises his voice. He never looks at spending time with the boys as a chore. His dream is for them to go to work and hang out with him. Which coincidentally is my dream too.

7 month itch

Harper

kinda crawling

kinda sitting up

hates little dogs

ham in front of a camera

seriously the kid giggles and laughs

any time I point a camera at him

love LOVE LoVe this boy

An Ode to Dave

In honor of Fathers day this Sunday I wanted to pay tribute to my dear old Dad. It's early I know, but Scott and I are leaving for the weekend. I have always felt like I was a Daddy's girl. And my Dad has always made sure to tell me I was his favorite.(he tells everyone that) But I actually believed him. Here are other reasons why I love my Dad...

1. My Dad is funnier then your Dad. I Loved my Dads jokes growing up. (still do, don't worry Dad)My favorite was his peach pie joke. If you have a 1/2 an hour I'll tell it to you.

2. My Dad is smarter then your Dad. When I was 5 I loved watching Jeopardy with him. I swear he could answer EVERY question.

3.  He does not mess around on road trips. If you have to pee you'd better wait til your bladder is going to explode. Cuz He does NOT like to stop.

4. He will travel 13 hours to see his grandkids play football. And he does it frequently.

5. He may seem like a tough guy but he's the first to give you a hug and the first to cry at a wedding.

6. He is a worrier. He still doesn't like me driving up to visit by myself. And when you get there he usually yells at you" I can't believe you drove up on these tires! It's a miracle you made it! We got to get you new tires."

7. He always is singing. For instance when I would walk into the room he would sing " there she is Mrs. Americaaaaa". Or to the grandkids" My boy Max he lives in a shoe. There's his brother Ollie look for him in there too."

8.. What I admire most about him is his ability to rise above. I know my Dads life wasn't easy growing up but he didn't use that as an excuse. He has worked very hard and has been very successful at his job, marriage and family.

 Thanks Dad for everything...fixing my car, rubbing my legs when I had growing pains, coaching my softball team, taking us on fun family vacation and always giving me good advice.

Ollisms verse 1

Ollie has been saying the funniest things lately. I'm trying to write them down as soon as I hear them. 

Ollie- Hey mom is it OK if I pick my nose? I promise not to eat it. See. I will not eat this, I promise..... Mom here I don't want this.

Mother of 5.2

My nieces are staying with us again. Its crazy having 5 kids and 1 dog in a 980 square foot house. The kids are lovin it. Saturday we staried filming a home movie that Max wrote. It's called "Link and the lucky star". Featuring Max as Link, the girls as the fairies and twin Zelda, Harper as the star and Ollie as the narrator. We filmed all morning. Max was a great director. He would tell them if they said the lines good or not. But it was tiring. So we went to go on a waterslide at The Berretts house. The kids had a blast cuz they also have tons of orange trees. So they picked some (a ton actually) in hopes of having an OJ stand. Instead we brought them home and made fresh orange juice and popcorn and watched some cheesy 80s movie(cloak and dagger?). If you are wondering about the girls crazy eye makeup it's left over from them being fairies.

It's a Beautiful Day in the neighborhood

Last week Scott got an Award from the Fred Rogers Foundation(as in Mr. Rogers) for Innovation in childrens programming. The whole family went to a ceremony for Him . It was so awesome. Elmo hosted and Mrs. Rogers handed out the award. They showed some footage of Mr. Rogers and I have to say I got choked up. I was a huge Mr. Rogers fan. It was so cool to se how he devoted his life to the children of the world. Then they showed a clip of YGG and all the kids in the audience went crazy. But not as crazy as when Lance and Brob.... came on and danced. Max ran up on the stage and got the party started with his breakdancing. I was so proud of Scott. He totally deserves this.

Our Love Our Love, Our Endless Love

Yesterday Scott and I celebrated 14 years of LOVE. That's right 14 years. I usually remind Scott of all major present giving holidays. I know him and he forgets pretty much everything so why even go there. This year I decided not to remind him, just for fun. He was sick and he is filming but I was just curious. Anyways Scott is sick so he said he was going to sleep in. So 10:30 rolls around and I thought I would go get him a Jamba(his favorite). I sit on the bed and say.......
Me- Good morning. I got you something to make you feel better
Scott- You Love me.
Me- with a goofy smile I slowly say, I do love you.
Scott- Happy anniversary
Me- Laughing hysterically, You remembered. I REALLY didn't think you would.
Scott- Of course. 14 years
So Scott ended up giving me the best present he could ever give me. Time. Time with HIM. Time with HIM without 3 boys and a dog!!! He took me shopping in LA. We figured we used to go there all the time but now it's practically impossible. It was so much fun. We hit all the vintage stores that we used to shop at. Then we hit Crumbs for some cupcakes. It was a Very good anniversary indeed.