Severson Sweethearts

What better way to celebrate the holidays than with friends. The Seversons had a grand old party with desserts, doughnut making, and pumpkin carving. Most of the evening was spent outside watching all the kiddos run around. Sadie has a little crush on Nate Severson who is in her CTR 5 class at church.

The other day as we were driving to a birthday party she asked if Nate would be there. I told her he wouldn't because he didn't know the birthday boy. She replied "well if Nate was there, then the party would be SO much fun!"


She also asks me if she can walk with Nate to class after sacrament meeting. Nate puts his arm around her shoulders and they walk right out together and down the hallway. I asked Chase how he felt about a boys arm around Sadie so early in life. He simply replied "I'm glad she is making new friends." I guess he won't be one of those dads with a shotgun when Sadie comes home late from a date.


My little Sadie lady is so social. All she wants to do is play with her friend Avery who lives two doors down. Another mom was telling me that her little girl won't tell her anything about school. Sadie still talks my ears off and after hearing this mom's complaints, I am pleased as punch she won't let us get a word in edgewise. The other night as we were driving home from a restaurant she didn't let two seconds go by with out saying something. It made Chase and I chuckle in the front seats.

Jack wasn't around much the whole evening. He and Preston Wright (his buddy from nursery) were upstairs playing with all the toys. When Chase went up to check on him, Jack gave Chase the glare, pushed his hand out to say "go downdares Dad." He was not to be disturbed during his playtime.

6 Glazed for 6 A's

Krispy Kreme does the coolest thing for school children. If you get 6 A's on your report card, you come in and get 6 glazed doughnuts...for FREE! Well, our Sadie lady came home from school with an ALL A REPORT CARD!! Hooray for Sadie!!

We were all the lucky recipients of her awesome grades in school and snarfed down quite a few doughnuts before dinner. I also love that they have a window to their little bakery so you can see how the doughnuts are made.

Sadie and Jack were in heaven and while eating my pumpkin old fashion doughnut, I was too!

Mimi Mail!!

Every once in a while we get a package from Mimi and it's always filled with surprises. In order to make room for the new shipments coming into the Children's Hour, mom sends us some sale clothes to lighten the racks a little. Hooray for darling new clothes!! Sadie was so excited she wanted to try everything on and take a picture, just like a runway model. So we did just that and sent the pics to Mimi. Thanks again Mom!!

Hot and Cold

I remember calling my mom in tears after Jack was born because Sadie was so upset about having to share me with another baby. She turned from a Sadie Lady to a Sadie Monster!! My mom told me that I needed to remember that in the long run, I was doing the best thing for Sadie by bringing Jack into the home.

We are finally experiencing the "long run." Sadie and Jack get along like peas and carrots. That's not to say they don't have their off moments.

Time-out chairs are used frequently around here when they hit or fight with one another. Sadie just festers and boils in her seat while Jack puts his head down but looks up with an angry white eyed glare. It's almost worth time-out to see him make that face. At first it was all Sadie's doing. Over the years she has constantly pestered and bothered Jack. Little did she know (actually I did warn her) that he would learn her tricks of the trade.

Every once in a while I'll see him come sit next to her while she's coloring and place a finger on her paper, just to bother her. And bother her it does!! He can be a real tease too sometimes.

He's also learned to "swipe" toys from her like she has always done with him in the past. They both know that if a toy is fought over I usually throw it away or put it up really high for a couple of days. With this plan of action in place, the fighting has lessened but I don't think will ever disappear completely.

Chase and I are still can't believe that they will go upstairs together and play in the play room for at least an hour. They also love to play in the front driveway together pushing around their leap frog carts. It makes me so happy when I see her helping him get strapped in his swing so she can push him.


Jack adores Sadie and always asks where she is when she's at school. She's usually the one to go upstairs and get him out of his crib (very ungracefully I might add...he's heavy!!) after his afternoon nap. They can't wait for their happy reunion.

The other day we found a lizard in the office. It was the first one I've found in the house and it scared me to death. Luckily Chase was home so he could rescue us all for the terrifying creature lurking in the windowsill. Once captured, Sadie and Jack took turns holding "lizzie." After the hype wore off, there weren't as many complaints about who got to hold her longer.