I wanna nann-anna!

Just in case Jane says, "I wanna nann-anna"...........she wants a Banana.

Just in case Jane says, "Buh-Buh Kaaa Pass"....she is talking about Sponge Bob Square Pants.

Noo-Noo's = noodles

i-keems = ice cream

Hmmmm, sink, sink, sink (finger pointing to brain) = Hmmmmm, think, think, think.

cough cough cough

It's bad enough that my boys in blue lost, but all of us except Easton have been sick this past week. Monster head colds and up-all-night-coughing kinda stuff. Although I felt good enough to go to Church today my #1 pet peeve is when people go sick and cough all through Sacrament and let their kids go to Primary and Nursery with big greenies running down their face as they cough in my kids' face. So needless to say I went to Church before it started long enough to set up a table to promote the Enrichment Super Saturday and then coughed my way home. Meanwhile I felt it necessary to rid the house of every single sick germ possible. So I've been steam cleaning everything. Everything! My walls now look freshly painted, the floors sparkle and there isn't a fingerprint on any doorknob. Jane's highchair(s) and car seat look brand new. All without one chemical (ew). How? My Sargent Steam. There isn't much of anything in my house that doesn't get cleaned by this. Blinds, windows, microwave, oven, fridge, floors, countertops, cabinets, mirrors, phones, toothbrushes, on and on! Without one smelly chemical and you won't believe how great everything looks when you're done. Sparkly fresh! If you've considered a steamer and you're on the fence, do it. It's so worth it. If I remember right, they give you $50 off just by saying who referred you. So tell 'em Jana talked you into it. I even humidified and cleaned my houseplants (from a distance, of course). Pretty cool watching stuck-on yogurt evaporate and wipe off in seconds. It's total cleaning nirvana. Geez, I'm easily entertained....

One of my favorite blogs

Here is a picture of one of the latest posts from one of my fav blogs, Bakerella. Love it!

My Grandma is a Great, Great Grandmother

For real! Not only is she a great grandma but she is a Great, Great Grandmother! Pictured (sitting) is my grandma, Janet Eldredge Hansen. She's the 5th Janet (my mom is the 6th, I'm the 7th and Jane was the 8th...who am I to break the generational chain!). My aunt Marilynn (mom's sister) is the top right, her daughter-in law Dawna on the left, her daughter Kristen in the middle and her sweet baby Olivia. Not many people even have pictures of themselves with their grandparents, not to mention their Great, Great Grandma. How cool is that?
All credit to this awesome picture goes to Mom!

Easton's 9th Grade Picture

Did I seriously just say 9th grade?

Brandon's 3rd Grade School Picture

My sweet Brandon. He really does have lips, he just smiles like he doesn't sometimes.

the dumbest question i've ever been asked

unidentified person: "hey i like your website a lot and me and my mother-in-law want to do the same thing. can you email me some tips on how i can get one just like it started?"

me: "um....(awkward pause wondering if they seriously asked that, and if the seriously think i would not be concerned with a conflict of interest)...... no."

unidentified person: "well can you give me the name of maybe some contacts you work with that can help me get started?"

me: "um, no."

unidentified person: "well can you maybe just give me one name of maybe your webmaster or something?"

me: "um, you mean my partner emily? no."

unidentified person: "well can you give me some info then on like how you at least started off?"

me: "um, no. and unless you're willing to sit at a computer almost non-stop and be awake until 2-3am for the next year and walk around like a zombie 80% of the time, i don't really recommend it."

unidentified person: "well it can't be that hard, right? i mean, it's only one thing a day!"

me: "you know what, you're the perfect person to join the ranks of my newfound competitors. "

people, that's like being male and telling a woman who is 9cm dilated with no pain meds that it looks easy and it really doesn't hurt that bad. honestly.

halloween fun at gardner village

jane was VERY afraid of the wizard but luckily she didn't know he was behind her...

what my toddler can do in 30 seconds or less

and below, what happens to a fudgecicle on the way home from moab! (moab pics soon)

pretty princess jane

My Studio 5 Appearance

Here is a link to watch the video of me on Studio 5 this morning!

some seriously fun online reading

for a good time, take a minute and read the comments on this blog post on BabySteals. it's certainly entertaining to read. we asked the question, "what have you done to make sure you're at a computer at 9am MST for next BabySteal?" here are a few of the answers:

"I have your website and emails sent to my blackberry so I can check the daily steal no matter where I am! Including waiting in line for rides at Disneyland!"

"I'm a resident physician. I set my pager for 8:59am and make sure I can log in to the computer to get the deals asap before they run out!"

"Love the site. Great stuff! I one day sat at my mother in laws computer while my kids sat in the kitchen annoying grandma while I ignored them and waited for 9AM, then called my sister in law to see if she wanted one of what I was buying before I submitted it. can we say OBSESSION!"

"I have been checking the deals daily since about May. I love babysteals! The craziest thing I've done to check the deal at 9am? My family was ready to go and in the car when I noticed it was 9am, I told my husband I had to run inside and go to the bathroom (It was a good excuse, I was pregnant at the time), but instead I came in to check the deal of the day. "

"When it came time to get a new cell phone I picked one with internet access so I could log into BabySteals if I was out of the house or in my bedroom without the computer!"

AND, this one is in our Facebook fan page. It's classic and one of the funniest things I've ever read. I can't believe she shared this with the world, but bless her for it. Here goes:

"i held my poop! i normally have to go to the bathroom around that time and i actually crossed my legs and waited HAH"

Speechless. WINNER!

shout out to betty crocker

i'd like to thank betty crocker and the new fruit snacks face stickers commercial for making jane think that her chicken should stick to her face just like the new fruit stacker stickers do.

i really DO watch my child....

...what would today be if i couldn't post yet another set of pics from my wonderful toddler's mischievous messy moments. my mom was here and in just two minutes of talking, jane decided to clean the tub with a half a tube of brand new toothpaste............

........she wouldn't even look at me because she knew she was SO busted!

just a few minutes later when dinner was ready, she proceeded to give her hair a big smear of chicken-n-dumplings, too. proof that this was all in 20 minutes time: same outfit.

c'mon mom, it's just a little chicken-n-dumplings. i already smeared the bath with toothpaste, what's a little chicken-n-dumplings in my hair?

silence is dangerous when toddlers are involved...

...check out the piles and piles of sugar. "mmm yummy mama!"

it took me all morning to clean up the sugar, that spread all over the house in seconds.

why not lick it off your feet, too?

...and what she was doing while I was cleaning up the sugar!