The Nielsen Family

Monday, October 13, 2008

How to Host a Murder

On saturday some friends came over and we played a role play game called how to host a murder. Everyone is given their characters before hand and dresses accordingly. Then you come and have dinner while discussing what your pamphlet says you were doing the night of the murder. You try to guess through what people say who is the murder. I was the murderer and I did not even know myself until the end of the game! It was really fun!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

New Family Pictures!

I have to give an big shoutout to my sweet, wonderful, talented friend Angie for taking these new family photos for us. The girls were not cooperating at all but she still managed to do a great job! I OWE YOU!!!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Adelyn's First Trip to the Dentist!

Today was Adelyn's first trip to the dentist. She did...okay. As soon as we pulled up the the office she started crying and saying she wanted to stay in the car. I bribed her with a new little toy and we went in sniffling. When she saw all the Halloween decore she was right at home.
She had a little trouble when the dentist looked into her mouth, but she got over quickly when they gave her a toy for having no cavities! She scored two toys out of the deal.
She was very excited all day to tell everyone about the visit.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

New Addy comment!

I have not updated my Kids say the darndest things sidebar for a while. I keep forgetting about it. WEll I just did and it is my favorite comment yet, Check it out!

Blast From the Past Photos!

Here are some pictures of my little family one year ago:
Dawson. Jenna, and Aliya at Bunco!

Aliya in her blessing dress:

First snow last year: Adelyn was thrilled!

Me and the girls at Boo at the Zoo!

Monday, September 29, 2008

Be Proud of Where You Come From!

As many of you know my Dad is from Germany. He and my Mom went to visit my Grandpa a few weeks ago and when they came back we had a family dinner. I deciede for Church that Sunday I would dress the girls in the little German dresses my sister and I wore when we were little. These are traditional dresses and my mom has dresses that are Adult sizes too. After my sister has her baby we want to get a picture of all us girls in these little dresses.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Derik's Hidden Talent

This is the bedroom set that Derik recently made for me. it looks great in our bedroom. I was very impressed with his work, and No, I do not hire him out...sorry. I will post a picture of the complete room after I clean it:) HAHA

Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Adelyn plays hide and seek and when she is ready she will yell "come found me MAMA I in the Chair!"

When Adelyn wants her sippy cup filled she will say "I need the sippy at the top of the Mountain"

When I asked Adelyn to do something she doesn't want to do do she says "I can't want to MAMA"

6/10/08 It was Derik's Birthday and we were taking him his birthday ballon. It was a really mindy day and the wind took the ballon right out of the car and Adelyn was really upset. Later that day she saw an airplane and the light just went on she said "we can get the balloon, mommy. Daddy can get in the airplane and go get the balloon!"

6/27/08 We were looking for a little toy of Adelyn's that we left in the car and I could not find it. She immediately told me that "Daddy can find it he has really big eyes!"

6/08 Anytime something breaks Adelyn tells me "it is okay daddy can fix it!" she loves her daddy!

6/30/08 After a long day with my two great girls I thought that I might srangle Adelyn and her constant demands. I was running upstairs for the 100th time and as I came back down Adelyn yelled "lookin good mama!" i don't know who she heard this from but it made me laugh and remember why I love to be a mommy!

9/29/08 I was showing Adleyn a picture of Derik and I when we graduated with our bachlors degrees. I was seven months pregnant with her and was showing her that she was in my belly. She being very smart said "and Aliya is in Daddy's belly!" LOVE IT!!

10/03/08 We often go out to the bus stop to send our neighbor girl off to school. Adelyn really wants to ride the bus and I told her that she will have to grow bigger. She now tells everyone that she is "going to grow big as a bus!!!"

11/08 My Sister-in-Law has been trying to get pregnant for about five years now and just found out that she finally is!! Anyway when she told us we were hopping up and down and making a big deal about it. Aldeyn went to preschool the next monday and they were talking about what they were thankful for and Addy said "I thankful that my Mom is going to have a baby!" We had to have a talk about who was really having the baby... it was really funny!

3-08-10 Adelyn asked me today if Giraffe's die. I told her yes, everything dies eventually. She said "do people die too?" Yes they do. "I don't want to die!" You won't until your really old. "Are you going to die before me" Most likely. "Where will I live then" She was starting to get upset at this whole concept. We had a big long talk about death and I tried to ease her fears...it is hard to explain complex things to kids!