The Kimbers: Ordinary Pleasures

February 4, 2010

Ordinary Pleasures

Life as a stay-at-home mom is...well, interesting to say the least. One minute I'm ready to give my kids away, change my name, and move to Mexico. The next I'm lovingly looking at my kids and wondering how I got to be so blessed. It's funny how ordinary pleasures of everyday life can seem so extraordinary when the moment is right. Here are a few of mine:

Little man outfits...

Impromptu lunch-time birthday celebrations and a gift that will further my attempts at domesticity.....

Little boys after their baths....

Little boys' faces after rice cereal.....

Looking forward to days when I can use my new stroller and get started on my athletic ambitions....

Walking with your hands in your pockets.....

Awesome aunts and uncle......

Pianists......

Riding side saddle.......

Oh, yeah, that rice thing again.....

And cell phone cases that hook to your belt (or pajamas, in this case.......get it? case?)

Isn't life grand?

5 comments:

Heidi and Michael said...: You have beautiful kiddos Brenna. I can see how you feel so blessed. They are darling! Your new stroller is AWESOME by the way!; February 5, 2010 at 1:05 AM
Lindsay said...: What cute, cute pictures! I love little-man outfits, too...but Miles came out with a cute little-man face instead...so he doesn't look too cute when I dress him in little-man outfits. :) It's getting better, but for a while, he just looked like an old man trapped in a little body - collared shirt and all!; February 5, 2010 at 8:13 AM
Jensen's said...: Love your blessings Brenna...Kids really are the best. Your best friends. Your best hugs. Your best tantrum throwers. Your best smiles. All Of IT.; February 6, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Shaun and Emily said...: The pictures of your kids are just adorable. I love the title ordinary pleasures. It is so true how having little kids helps me to appreciate the ordinary pleasures of life. Being a mother is so up and down too. It brings me the greatest joy plus it's the hardest thing i've ever done!; February 20, 2010 at 6:03 PM
birdsays said...: Your kids are adorable! They truly are our tests and blessings. But as usual the blessings far outway the challenges.; April 17, 2010 at 7:06 PM

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Good Quotes

*We were all getting ready to go somewhere. The kids were ready but I wasn't so Lydia started singing a "get ready" song she made up. The following conversation ensued:

Lydia: See, Mom. That's what you say when your kids are ready but you aren't.

Me: Oh, so can I use that song when I'm ready and you aren't?

Lydia: Sigh. Mom, I know I have to explain this to you because I'm smarter than you are.

*Russell had a belly ache. He cried a little, lay back on me and said, "I want my baby out." Later the same day Chad sat down by him and Russell said, "It hurts. Baby kicking me."

*Russell patted my belly and asked, "Baby in there?" I told him yes, and then he kissed my belly.

*The other day Russell was playing with Chad's tape measure. He held it up to my butt and said, "Getting bigger!" I'd have felt better if he'd at least held it up to the baby bump.

*Russell will often say, "Guess what?" When we say, "What?" he says, "I a princess last night."

*Lydia was drawing unsupervised in the next room. I asked her to bring me her paper because I wanted to make sure she wasn't using my checkbook for her artist palette. She came in looking confused and then asked, "To see how pretty it is?"

*During Sacrament meeting, Chad was asking Lydia why we take the bread and water. He was hoping for a reply that included something about Jesus, but Lydia's response was, "Cause we're REALLY hungry!"

*When approaching an elevator, Lydia said, "Are we gonna ride in the alligator?!"

*When washing Lydia's behind in the bathtub she energetically said, "You're doing a good job back there!"

*Chad gave Lydia a playful swat on her behind. Lydia must have liked it cuz she excitedly cried, "Daddy! Hurt me again!"

*Lydia: "I want some chocolate so hard!"

*Without prelude or hesitation whatsoever, my grandpa said, "Brenna, are you having twins?" The nerve.

* The other day I just happened to be standing so Chad could see my full profile and he said, "I'm surprised you don't tip over."

* I was with my very stylish grandma who was wearing mint green capris, super cute wedge shoes, and a green leather purse. I said, "Grandma, you are so fashionable." She looked down and said, "Oh. It's just an accident."

* Chad had lay down in a slide while we were at the park with Lydia and said, "I could sleep here, if I were homeless."

* Lydia is learning adjectives. Yesterday she called me "black mommy" cuz I was wearing a black shirt, and "big mommy" cuz well, let's face it, I'm big.

February 4, 2010

Ordinary Pleasures

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