The Bredensteiners: 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

World's Cutest Dress

For Christmas Uncle Josh and Auntie Jen sent the boys each a Brazil soccer bag & hacky sack and they sent Gabby the cutest dress in the world and an absolutely adorable sweatshirt. Gabby wore the dress on Sunday and I tried to get some good shots for Josh and Jen.

I tried to get one without the binky and this is what I got:

Christmas 2010

First we got a tree~

Then we decorated it~

Decorated cookies w/ friends~

How to decorate a cookie~

Phase 1: Add frosting (lots of it)

Phase 2: Add some more frosting and a bottle of sprinkles

Phase 3: Eat the delicious cookie (with some assistance from dad)

Phase 4: Crunch-crunch

We sang carols, acted out the nativity, and opened one sibling present on Christmas Eve~

The boys bought eachother Paper Jamz- they have been jammin' ever since!

Santa came~

The boys woke up at 5AM (when Mommy went to sleep) and got their stockings while the rest of the family slept in (8AM). As the Lanshe tradition goes, I made the kids breakfast, showered, got ready, and cleaned up the kitchen; wanting to drag out the anticipation as long as possible. Finally, around noon we sat down to open presents. From Santa, Gabby got a dress-up chest, Kai got a music box mp3 player and Clay and Ephraim both got mp3 players. Mom & Dad bought a Kinect (from Grammy and Papa) and a couple games, even Mom got an exercise game and a Harry Potter game- we can't wait to play! Jon got a fogless shave mirror for the shower.

I bought Gabby a stuffed Grinch and she was terrified of him!

We went to the Higgins for a Christmas Mexican Fiesta~

When we arrived, Chandra surprised us with gifts that my mom had been secretly sending her all month! I finally got a KINDLE, THANKS MOM!!!!!! The kids each got a silly hat and puppet that were super cute! Afterwards,we had a great time playing a dance Wii game, eating good food, and just hanging out with our substitute family. The perfect ending to our Christmas day!

The silly hats!

This is Gabby's favorite outfit lately- I am constantly putting her clothes back on!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Bredensteiner Christmas Newsletter 2010

Thursday, December 2, 2010

I'm a Bee...

...so dang cute that I ALWAYS get my way!

HP7!

I LOVE Harry Potter! I love the books and I love the movies- call me childish, call me whimsical- but Harry Potter just makes me happy. So, when the latest movie came out this month (Harry Potter 7 Part 1) I joined some other Harry Potter junkies for a night of fun! The Harry Potter Adventure started at 6pm and ended sometime before 3am, starting with HP and the Order of the Pheonix, then HP and the Half Blood Prince and ending in the newest one HP and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. We got popcorn and dinner at a nearby restaurant and watched Harry Potter- it was the funnest night I have had in ages! I will definitely be going to the HP Adventure for HP7 Part 2!!

The girls: Tara, Emily and Sarah- they made cute HP7 shirts for the event!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Halloween

M&M's and Rock

Yep, its December and I am just posting on Halloween...Oh well, the boys had a blast dressing up multiple times- once for Clay's birthday where the boys and Gabby all went as rockstars; once for the ward Halloween party where the boys went as rockstars and Gabby went as a fairy princess; and once for our friends' annual Halloween party where Clay went as a rockstar and the rest of us went as M&M's. They had so much fun at all of these events- Halloween is totally a kids holiday!

Since Halloween itself was on a Sunday we decided to do our pumpkin carving that day. The two older boys actually carved and designed their own pumpkins! Kai drew his on the pumpkin and I cut it out. They did a great job!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Funny Things my Kids Say

Eph: When we both grow up and live next to eachother maybe when your mother (wife) leaves and my mother (wife) leaves I can sneak up and go to your house and we can play. Clay: Adults don't play and it's not your mom it's your wife.
Mom: Ouch, my foot is really hurting! Kai: You're still alive Momma.
Kai and I were going back and forth with the,"I love you to the moon, I love you to the sun, etc." I said, "I love you to Venus" and Kai responded, "I love you to the penis"...LOL!
Clay: Ephraim, why do you always copy me? Ephraim: Because I love ya.
Kai was playing with his train the other day and I overheard him saying, "You can do it Thomas" and of course I was thinking Thomas the kid's engine, and then I heard him say, " You can do it, Thomas Monson"...LOL!
Kai always sleeps in my bed. One day I asked him why he didn't like his bed and he said,"It's too fluffy."
Whenever asked any question from "What is your name?" to "What do you want to do today?", Kai always responds with "Quesadilla".
Kai spent a couple months calling everyone "boob-butt" (boob was taken from the recent Horton Hears a Who movie).
When Kai wants to be picked up he says, "Grab me".
All my boys sing the song Paradise City by Guns N' Roses...embarassing.
When you ask Kai his name he says "Coc-head"- he means coconut head.
In between Conference sessions they played the movie "The Other side of Heaven" and during the scene where the rats are chewing on his feet Kai yells, "Wake up Dude!"
Ephraim says' That's ridiculous!"
When I ask Kai anything he shakes his head violently and says, "No-no!"
Clay told me that he was making funny faces in his class and that the girls were laughing. I asked him if the boys laughed too; he said, "no, they got mad". He told me he likes girls better then boys because they're "pretty". Oh boy!
Clay had some food stuck in his throat and I told him to drink some water to wash it down. He said, "I think I need to use a screw to get it out"- OUCH!
I told Clay that if he ate all his veggies he would be big and strong like his daddy. He said, " Well, that's not strong enough".
Clay turned to me after a meal and said, "Thanks for making dinner Mom". Then he turned to Jon and said, "Thanks, Dad". Jon responded a bit surprised, "What for, I didn't do anything?" Clay replied, "For working". WOW!
Josh came over and was checking out our pear tree in the front yard and Clay put his face up real close to him and said, "Jesus made the pears, Uncle Josh." Josh said he felt like he was in church! HA HA
Clay was being a stinker and I told him to "please be more obedient Clayton Ryan" and he responded, "I'm not Clayton I'm Nephi" and my mom told him that Nephi would be obedient to his parents. So, after some thought he replied, "Oh, I'm not Nephi".
When they don't like a food the boys say its too "spicy".
When something is too hard for the boys to do they say its too "heavy".
My boys both say, "I don't want that ever ever again, so there!"
Clay informed me the other day that he also liked Momma's milk (like baby Kai). I told him that he drank cow's milk like Mommy and Daddy and after a moments thought he said "No, I just drink seahorse milk!"