Super Embarrassing Moments

So........Cady hasn't ever really said or done anything horribly embarrassing to Brady and I in her short life.

Every good thing has an end I suppose.

Tonight we went to the post office to mail a book someone requested through PaperBack Swap (check out their site! Very good way of trading books and getting new ones to read!). We use the Automated Postal thingie and since it was after hours it was really dead in there. When we got in there was a woman and her daughter using the machine and another woman behind her. We got in line. Now...the woman at the front of the line had the BIGGEST rear end I have ever seen. We are talking need three seats on an air plane big. Brady's raised eyebrows indicated that it was the same for him. Cadence didn't say anything so I thought things might be okay. Keep in mind that she has never said anything commenting on peoples size before so it really didn't occur to me that she would say anything. The woman with the large caboose finishes and they move over to the counters to finish with their packages. As they are walking away Cady says in her loudest toddler voice, into the obscenely quiet room:

"Mom! That lady has a really huge butt!"

She lingered over the word huge too.

Now, I don't think that this would have been as embarrassing for me had I not been thinking it. Heck I had already given her a nickname in my head for sobbing out loud. I immediately told Cadence that we don't say things like that because they are rude and I would have told her to tell the lady sorry, except they were ignoring us, something I am kind of grateful for. I am sure that I was ten different shades of red.

They left.

Brady had picked up Cady and was explaining in his calm way that she wasn't in trouble, but that we don't talk about people's butts in public, that some people are sad when we do that, etc. The woman in front of us started using the machine. Brady then said,

"Well. That was embarrassing."

The woman at the machine quipped, "Only because it was true."

She is right. Part of me wanted to laugh when Cadence said the awful words so loudly. It was that part of me that made my embarrassment that much worse. I shouldn't have found it humorous (well not until after the fact).

It is my job to teach them bit by bit what is appropriate and what isn't and that they can always ask us about things that confuse them in privacy. I know it will be a while before Cadence "gets" these things. I know I will probably have many more of these moments and I need to be better prepared to deal with them or head them off in advance. You know, see the problem before it comes.

Kids...

PS check out the post below for the family update I made earlier today. Pictures and the whole bit plus good news about Brady's AF job.

We have some AWESOME news!

Brady was told today that he will for sure have an EOD job in Air Force next month, unless a programming job opens up. So either way he has a job next month! We guesstimate that he will leave for basic training at the earliest in December and the latest February. It is soooooo good to have something decided. Until he actually signs for (not sure that is the right term but good enough) the job we won't know when he reports for basic and all that fun stuff. But YAY for knowing something!

In family news, Rory is climbing on everything and is finally learning how to go down the stairs backwards. She is also walking from the couch to the coffee table and from the coffee table to the couch unassisted. She will walk back and forth between Brady and I a lot as well, but she won't do it full time yet. I can't wait for her to walk. My life outside our house will be SOOOO much easier when she does. Plus she will look so cute since she is so little.

Cadence has started chores for allowance. Yup! It all started with a sparkly pink pony at Target. It was $12.95 and she wanted it really bad. Talked about it for days and days. So I told her that if she would pick five chores to put on her chart (got it at Target for her for Christmas) and she did them every day she could get a quarter per job per day. I figured that she wouldn't do ALL the chores EVERY day so I was looking at like 50 cents a day or something. Nope this girl is MOTIVATED to get that PONY. She checks the chart and puts up a marker every time she does a chore. Her chores are: Pick up Toys, Brush Teeth (she has to try and brush them herself at least twice a day), Take a Bath (she has started doing most of the washing herself) Help out Mommy with a daily big chore, and to Set the Table for dinner. If she can do all these for a month and be consistent we will add one or two more. We started with things that we wanted her to make habits out of and so far it is working! She has always been a "helper" but now she is really excited to help. She has a money jar (she as piggy banks but they are a PAIN to get into and this girl likes me to count her "monies" daily) and she keeps it up on a shelf in her room so "Rory and Daddy can't take it." She is so funny sometimes.

That is what's new with us! I hope you guys are all doing great!

Rory has TWO WORDS!

Rory says two words now!!! "Woof Woof" was her first word. She knows what it means too! She says it like mad when there is a dog around!

Her 2nd word? Daddy! So fun right!

Good News!

Brady started working at my dad's office today! Yup! It doesn't pay much, but that is a lot more than we have been making (ah...nothing). It is temporary and is mostly grunt work on the computer, but it will fill a gap for now.

We have also heard that Brady may have been matched with a job in the Air Force. We are waiting to hear more information and we will let you know when we know more! :o)

Also, if anyone is interested, I am doing a Summer's End special on photo sessions! They are $100, 1.5 hour sessions for up to 6 people. I can't do more than 6 people in a short session. Sorry! These can be any kind of session you want at a location of your choosing! I am only accepting a limited number of sessions so let me know soon! You can email me at kennedylantz@gmail.com and you can check out my photo blog and website via the links on the side bar.

Happy Wednesday!

My pretties...

I think they are beautiful! My sweet, maddening, crazy, lovely, loopy, weird, perfect little girls!

P.S. Rory took her first real steps yesterday! And today she took her first steps without losing her balance! I am so excited for her to walk!

Personal Progress

So begins my journey of receiving my Personal Progress Young Womanhood Medallion...ah...again. Yup! As a leader I get to do the new program (well new to me anyway...the Personal Progress book that I had as a teenager was much larger and had WAY more stuff to do in it but whatever). In case you didn't know already there are now 8 Values (Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity, and Virtue) in the new program young women have to complete 6 experiences and 1 ten hour project for each Value (so that is 46 experiences-there is only 4 to complete in Virtue-and 8 projects) over the course of their six years in Young Womens. Very do able if you ask me.

As a leader I can get my medallion after only a year and I only have to complete the three required experiences for each Value and only three projects. I have already got a plan! I have laid out all the requirements I have to meet for each experience in a word document and attached any conference talks or other reading I have to do, as well as made charts to keep track of anything I have to do for a set amount of time! I am so proud of myself! I was never this organized back when I was a teenager. I wish I had been because I might have got more out of the program than I actually did. I also have a bit more HOME time now. Back then I was crazy busy with school, sports, FOCUS, and a million other activities that claimed my time back then. I find that now I want to be more focused on those things that will help me grow and progress spiritually. I see now, as I was unable to then, that my personal progress has a huge effect on me and those around me, and I find that I want the blessings that come more for my family than for myself. My task for the next three weeks is to pray morning and night to develop and increase my faith. I am doing the first value experience in Faith:

Learn about faith from the scriptures and living prophets. Read Hebrews 11, Alma 32:17–42, Ether 12:6–22, and Joseph Smith—History 1:11–20. Read two general conference talks on faith. Exercise your own faith by establishing a habit of prayer in your life. Begin by saying your morning and evening prayers regularly. After three weeks of following this pattern, discuss with a parent or leader what you have learned about faith and daily personal prayer. In your journal express your feelings about faith and prayer.

I have already picked out my talks and set up my goal chart and I am so excited to challenge myself. While I already pray everyday, I usually only get around to it once, either at night or in the morning. We pray at meals as a family as well, but I really need to help Cady say them at bed time every night and the best way to remind myself and be an example is if I am saying my prayers as well.

I will post the experiences and projects as I go along! Feel free to do them with me! :o)

Rory is 11 months old!

Again with the crying for pictures. She loves my camera! No really she loves it when she gets to look at the screen in the back! But the second I try and get her in FRONT of the lens she HATES it. Crazy baby.

She is 11 months old! One more month and she will be 1 year old. I honestly don't know how I feel about that. She is so little still that it feels impossible for her to be 1 in September. She is almost walking. I think once she walks the baby illusion will be shattered for good. She will officially be a toddler, bringing an end to baby days for the Rorapotamus. I look forward to her walking, though. She wants to be on the floor all the time now and if she was walking it would be so much easier. I would happy to let her wander at Wal-Mart if she was walking (well within reason!). Soon though! Soon she will be doing her best imitation of a drunken sailor and a whole new world of trouble will follow. :o)

Megan and I are planning a double first birthday for Rory and Aidric. Since Rory is on September 2nd and Aidric will be 1 on September 30th we thought it would be fun for them to celebrate together! Megan has taken over much of the planning for now (only fair I think since this is her first time planning a first birthday party and she has excellent taste) and I am finishing up on the invites. I will post them on here after they get mailed. I am hoping to get one more picture session in with both kids before I print them so that the pictures are as recent as can possibly be. I am so excited for them to have a party together! It may be the last party they attend together for a while seeing as we probably won't be living here next year and Ryan and Meg will probably end up in Cedar for School.

The only really good 11 month pictures of Rory were the ones with Cady in them. They are very close now and I love it!

Cadence had her hair cut again a couple of nights ago. Her Aunt Heather is a wonder with scissors and hair. I love Cady's hair short! I think it is the perfect frame for her expressive face. It is also A TON easier to keep tidy. Cadence doesn't like a fuss about her hair, so it is nice to just wet it down and comb it every morning and poof! Pretty hair! Thanks Heather! You totally rock!

Today also marks the end of a goal for me! Two weeks ago I started reading the Harry Potter books and I finished the last one today! I LOVE them. I started reading them once a long time ago (back when there were only three out) and got bored waiting for the fourth one to come out. I started another book series and never got back into the Harry Potter books. When the most recent movie came out I rented all the previous movies from the library and Brady and I watched them all. After seeing the "Half-blood Prince" in the theater I decided that I was going to read all the books, cause the books are ALWAYS better. I wasn't disappointed. They were totally better than the movies (which is saying a lot since the movies are really good too). Now that I am done I have no idea what to do with myself! :o) I'm sure that I will find something soon! Any book recommendations?

Also, I am totally coping my sis-in-law, Megan. I started a 365 Project blog! You can visit it at http://explodingpony.blogspot.com or by clicking the link in my list of favorite sites on the sidebar. :o) Hope you don't mind Meegs! I think it is a great idea and I really want to challenge myself to take more pictures of things around me. Plus it will make me pick up my camera everyday. :o)