Maile Happenings

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Can't forget this guy...

Cecilia is still a little young to grasp everything we did at our party, but she sure had fun entertaining Samson!

I seriously just can't get enough of him.

A New Tradition for the Mailes...

SPRING is in the air! We are so happy that it is finally warming up. Even better, we loved our NEW tradition. We've decided to celebrate each season with a PARTY on the 1st day of each new season. A few things we did were: a bug search, decorated foam plates and then made them into paddles to hit balloons, we read a story about a caterpillar turning into a butterfly and then the kids acted like caterpillars and then turned into butterflies to some classical music, we made pinecone bird-feeders, we had the classic egg hunt and then had lunch! Anyway...it was a lot of fun and I am already looking forward to planning my SUMMER PARTY!

Max doing the bug search...looking for the perfect bug!

Cute Parker with his bugs! (Max's preschool buddy)

Instead of wiping the peanut butter on the cone why not some in my mouth! (Funny Boy)

Grace working on her bird feeder

Playing with their Spring paddles!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Pray for Bostyn

Hey friends and family...sorry I have not been on here for a while. I have a special request...will you please remember a sweet 3 year old girl named Bostyn in your prayers. She is currently in the hospital with a severe infection that is affecting both of her eyes and is spreading. The Doctors are still trying to figure out exactly what is going on, but they have been able to rule out Staff Infection, which came as a huge relief to Emmett and Ashlee. My heart aches for her...I can't get her off my mind. I know that the power of prayer is so real and I ask you to join me in praying for this precious girl! WE LOVE YOU BOSTYN! Max is very concerned about you and wants you to know that he hopes you get better soon.

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Bugged

Morgan tagged me...I'm supposed to name 10 things that bug me...here we go:

1. Not being able to shower until 4 in the afternoon some days.
2. A messy car...I don't know why I can't stay on top of it, but it really grosses me out some days.
3. Paying bills.
4. When my kids are all having a "whiney day" all at the same time. (Patience, Patience, Patience)
5. Not having enough time to spend with my love. We are definitely stretched too thin right now.
6. My food not being hot enough.
7. Gossip.
8. when my feet get rough. (I LOVE pedicures)
9. food that I'm attracted to is so fattening...frustrating!
10. not being in physical shape that I'd like to be. ( I'm really trying now, and I feel so much better)

I tag: Ashlee Raisor, Ashlee Corrigan, Hillari, Cordie, Sunny Winter, Tayli Nelson, Brit Bethers, Jess (My sis), Karen (my sis in law), and Jenn (my cousin)

Friday, January 23, 2009

Love this...

Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

-Author Unknown

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Happy Happy Birthday Daddy Dear....

Frank's Birthday was yesterday...and we celebrated with our own little family! We had cake and gifts and then we were going to go bowling, but since Frank has to be up at 5 and we were both so tired we decided to save bowling for this weekend. A few things that I love about this pic...Max's cute personally wrapped gift for Daddy-2 of his cars that he wanted to give to Daddy so that they can play! And also the candles...those are the only thing I forgot at the store, so Frank got to be 13 this year!

Happy Birthday Honey...we sure love you and appreciate everything you do for our family!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Samson GRADUATES!

It was a glorious day last Friday the 9th of January. Samson gets to go to nights only with his brace for his clubfoot. It looks good as new. This first pic is off of my Dad's phone (kinda crappy quality), but it really is the only one that shows his clubfoot pretty good before it was casted. It's the left one with the hospital tag on it. (remember his poor head too) So SAD!

This is him last Friday with Dr. Holmes (Pediatric Orthopedic Specialist) and Sherry the coolest Assistant ever!!! Check out that beautiful foot...technology and his doctor are AMAZING!

I just love my chunky happy boy!
p.s. he is now 22 pounds.

funny things my kids say and do

4/15/10: Max- Sis you don't know what you're talking about, I am the boss of my Star Wars game!
Cici- Oh yeah...I am the boss of my carrots!
1/11/10: Tonight while we were eating dinner Cici was taking all of her pepperoni off her pizza and putting it one my plate, then came the cheese, so I went ahead and wiped the sauce off with a napkin so it didn't make a big mess. She gave me this grossed out face and said,"Now my pizza is naked mom!" Max and I got a good laugh!
11/28/09: I was asking Cici who was excited for Christmas as we were setting up the tree and she said,"I am, and Max is, and Samson is, and my big HUMONGOUS Daddy is!"
11/18/09: Cici comes to me with the bottle of hand sanitizer, "Mom I need some hanitizer."
10/30/09: Cici said the other day in the car,"Mom, Grandma Brynne drives so so so so so so SSSooooooo FAST!" I loved the picture in my head of Cici feeling like she's in a little rocket ship or something.
9-24-09: Max-"Oh Darnksters" for Oh Darn. Love it!
1-21-09: Frank and Max have decided that when they wrestle, it's "the king and the fat boy" vs. "the boy and the feather" I always crack up from the other room when I hear Max saying to Cici..."Come on Feather let's get the king!"
1-3-09: Max said during his prayer..."please bless those people that don't have a house, or chicken to eat."
12-12-08: I gave Max some cereal in one of our glass bowls instead of his plastic ones because they were all dirty and Max said, "Yipee, I get a human bowl."
11-17-08: Cici is starting to say her own prayers. My all time favorite is the way she says Heavenly Father it sounds like: "Heavetebede Fada" SSOOOOO cute!
7-23-08: This morning I was getting ready for my doctor's appt. and Max asked me when this baby is going to come out of my tummy. I told him probably in a few weeks and he said..."Oh I know, why don't you count to 5 and then he can come out!" If only child birth were really that easy!
7-13-08: Up to this point Max has been wearing "tightie whities," but he just graduated to big boy boxer brief underwear. He wasn't so sure of them at first because he said they were shorts not underwear, but then he realized they were way cool when he said, "Hey me and Daddy have the same underwear!" Close but not quite! :)
6-13-08: I love Cici's sweet voice saying "pease" and "tank oo." She is a very polite little lady most of the time!
5-26-08: Lately Max has been saying as he points to each part..."Eyes, ears, mouth, Tongan nose, UNIBROW!" Then he cracks up laughing. It's hilarious and so true...he's definitely got quite the unibrow to show off!
4-15-08: Cici absolutely loves to blow bubbles while in the bathtub, "bubble" is actually one of the few words she says! She also loves to click her tongue all day long.
4-8-08: Max randomly asked me about John the Baptist after talking about Jesus' baptism he said oh was he nice? I said Yeah he was a very nice MAN. He said "oh I know what starts with man...MANNERS" it was so random and funny! I'm happy to see him catching on to some of the things I've been trying to teach him.
3-29-08: Max came and laid flat on top of me on the couch and I said...Max be careful you're going to smash the baby in my tummy, he promptly said, "I'm not smashing it, I'm keeping it warm!" What a nice brother. :)
3-4-08: This morning I had to go up to campus with my two kids to turn in a group project report. Anyway, when we got in the building I said Max let me show you where the elevator is so that you can push the button. He said, "Mom the alligator is far away...I love to go up, up, up on the alligator!" Funny boy! He knows what an alligator is so maybe he thinks that word has two meanings. who knows?
2-25-08: my two favorite things Max has been saying lately are...instead of forget he'll say "mom don't getfor me!" and also he says out of the blue "I love you too momma!" even if I haven't said I love you...I love it!
2-13-08: The other day Max came up to me out of the blue and said, "Mom, I need some LOVES!" It made my day because he is not a snuggler.
2-13-08: Cici loves dancing to any music! It is so cute to watch her in the shopping cart at the store dancing to the background music.