Little Mommy

Ever since Rylee was really small, she has LOVED her baby dolls! It is so funny to watch her be a "Little Mommy" to them or anything that even remotely resembles a baby as she frenquently totes around stuffed animals or other things and calls them baby. She even had some papers the other day that she was rocking and calling baby! She got her first Baby doll around six months and always has picked it up and cuddled it to her and carried it all around the house. She also rocks her baby and gives it loves and kisses and even pats her back - It is the sweetest thing! She is such a rough and tumble little girl but is so gentle and nurturing with babies...except when she is poking out their eyes - She LOVES eyes for some reason!
One of Rylee's first words and first signs was "Baby". She does it all the time and identifies any child under 2 as a baby, even though they may be bigger than her. She usually does not JUST say Baby though - She usually says "Ohhh...Baby!" just like an adult making a fuss over a little baby.
Rylee loves taking care of her little dolls - She "feeds" her babies bottles and even shares her binkies, which is a pretty big deal since she is addicted to her binky and rarely gives it up! I thought this picture was so cute of her feeding her doll a bottle. She also likes to take her babies for walks in her stroller or pushes them around in her shopping cart. She is so funny! This is her taking her baby for a walk in her little baby stroller.The best though is her obsession with baby blankies. She loves to wrap her babies up in blankies or anything else she can find. Wherever I do laundry, half of it quickly disappears before I can get it folded because Rylee is hauling it off to wrap up her babies. It is quite a process! She spreads out the blanket (or laundry) on the ground, then slams her baby down (for some reason, she is not usually too gentle about this!) and then attempts to wrap the baby and picks it back up to carry her around. The problem is that she is only 1 and can not wrap the baby very well, so it eventually falls out of the blanket and she starts the process over again. It seems to frustrate her a little and is kind of funny to watch. She can spend a good half hour just working on wrapping up that baby! I love to just sit back and watch her at work! Here are some funny pics as Rylee with her baby dolls!

Doing a double wrap - 2 Babies at once!

I think she is trying to do a diaper change here.

This is a little pair of undies that go under her dress. She was really trying to wrap the baby in them, but they were a little small.... Funny Girl!

Playing Pretend

I LOVE this CHEESY picture of Logan - It is a little fuzzy because it was taken on my phone, but so funny to me! He loves to "Show his Teeth" when he smiles! Logan has been so entertaining lately! He is hilarious and is always playing some type of pretend. It is so funny to watch his imagination at work. He is always playing with his toys now, which he never was really into before, and having them carry on conversations and making us join in! One of his latest favorites is to play "Camping". He loves to pretend that we are going camping or use Rylee's Little People Camper set to pretend that they are camping and there always has to be a bear involved and it is usually Darren or I. He also frequently likes to play Disneyland and have either his toys or himself pretend that they are riding Disney rides. The other day, I caught him with a few of Rylee's baby dolls in a basket and he was telling them they were on the Peter Pan ride and pushing them around "over Neverland!"Here is Logan all dressed in his Buzz costume in his "Space Ship". He is also always telling us that he is Buzz and we are Zurg or Woody and loves to talk about "destroying the galaxy" and other funny things. I have recently made the greatest discovery with him - I can ask him to do things over and over and over and usually get no response. But if I start the request with "Space Ranger, I have a Space Mission for you!" He immediately listens and does whatever I ask! It is awesome! This can be anything from "Space Ranger, I need you to find your space shoes for our space mission to the store" to "Space Ranger, we need to clean your room before Zurg destroys the galaxy!" It works great! Now I need to do some "Space Ranger" potty training! I did manage to at least get him on the potty the other day, but when I asked him if he was going, he said "My poop isn't working right now Mom."
Logan also says some of the most hilarious things! The other day, we were sitting at dinner and I was asking Darren where something was and Logan said, "It fell into my clutches!" Where does he come up with this stuff at 3 years old? He sat down next to my little brother at a family dinner the other day and said, "So, How was your day at work?" It was so cute! He always does this to Darren when he gets home, so I guess he thought everyone must go to work! Funny kid! I am always laughing at Logan and all of his funny comments.Logan is obsessed with cars lately! This is him and my dad "driving" my Dad's new car, which Logan LOVES because it looks like Lightning McQueen! He is always carrying around his little cars toys and quoting lines from the movie as he races them around. He is always lining them up and getting them ready to race. It is pretty funny. We were playing "Cars" the other day, and I was assigned to be his fire truck. I asked Logan if he wanted to play, and he said "I don't have tires. I only have hands and feet - No tires!" I finally convinced him that it would be OK to play with his truck anyway. He also recognizes the Chevy logo for some reason, which is weird because we are not car people! Today I was reading the paper and Logan saw an ad for a dealership and said, "Is that our Rocky Mountain Chevy Dealer?" Sure enough, that is exactly what the ad said!Logan has really been liking playing games on the computer lately with Dad. I found some fun games on the Disney website and Logan has loved it! He also really likes the pbskids.org website and is always asking to get on "Buzz.com" or "SuperWhy.com" or anything .com!

Since we moved to our new house, Logan has decided that he doesn't really need naps, which is a little rough on me! I finally got Logan and Rylee on a similar nap schedule and what do you know - He is done! This is a rare picture of him passed out on the couch! Once or twice a week, no napping catches up to him and he totally crashes! For awhile, I attempted to battle the no nap thing, but it just seemed to make it worse. A few times in the same week, I thought he was asleep upstairs and I was working downstairs and I heard him moving around. I went upstairs to see what I was doing and discovered him in my makeup! The good news is that it only was on his face and not all over the bathroom. The bad news is it was on his face and he seemed to enjoy it! It happened more than once! I think that he just wants to do what I do, just like he wants to shave like Daddy, but still... I don't think it is a great idea to get into makeup! These are a few funny pictures after I was done explaining to him "Makeup is for GIRLS!"
He actually didn't do too bad a job applying makeup... These ones are the lipstick...
Mascara Mess on a different day....
I am blaming this makeup obsession all on my little brother, Bradley. Brad frequently likes to show off his vocabulary. The problem is, he doesn't always know what the words he uses means. He was visiting us in Vegas a couple months ago and Logan was being really crazy and running all over and Brad said, "Logan, you are such a transvestite!" WHAT???? We all stared at him and I freaked a little! Then we asked him if he knew what that meant, and he said, "Yeah...Someone who is really hyper and stuff." Not exactly.... Logan in Uncle Jeff's football pads. He thought these were pretty cool! I had to post something manly after the makeup photos!

Gotta love Summer and Popsicles! This is Logan and 2 of our little neighbors, Dallin and Spencer. They spent a few hours at our house a couple weeks ago and played so good together! It was actually a bit of a break for me because they were all so entertained! We have had a lot of fun with them, but our ward got split on Sunday, and they are now in the other ward! Hopefully, we can still have some playdates because Logan loves playing with them!