Today I'll Remember....

Today I'll remember our very first tea party...

I'll remember how you came running in the door, home from school yelling for me and asking where I was.  I'll remember how your eyes were full of excitement when you asked me "Are we having a tea party today?!"  I'll remember how you shouted "HOORAY!"  when I told you "Yes".  I'll remember how you dragged your stool the length of the kitchen so that you could reach the sink and I'll remember how you ever so carefully washed each dish.

Today I'll remember how you placed each of your friends just so and how you asked them if they wanted to join you for tea.  I'll remember how you told me that we had to change our voices if we were to have tea..."cuz that's just what you do!" and I'll even remember how you told me that we needed to put beautiful bows in our hair so we would be ready for tea.

I'll remember how you shook my hand and said "Nice to meet you Linda, I'm Sally.  May I pour you some tea?" I'll remember how you then took your time and poured my tea so carefully so that it wouldn't spill and how you made sure to add an extra sprinkle of sugar to your cup of tea.

Today I'll remember how we had to say "CHEERS!" after every sip and how you tried so hard to point your pinkie but just couldn't get it right.

I'll even remember how you said "Simply delicious!" and sipped your tea, immediately followed by "More tea please!" in your english accent.  I'll remember how you smiled and giggled after each cup of tea and how you dabbed your mouth with your cloth napkin.

Today I'll remember how your nibbled your crumpet and dipped it in honey.  I'll remember how you showed me how to "eat like a lady" and thinking to myself "where did she learn how to have proper tea?!" 

And I'll even remember how when all the tea was gone and the table was covered in crumbs you said "Thank you for joining me for tea..." followed by "I love you mama!" and with a big hug off you went to watch your show.

I'll remember sitting alone at the table looking at the mess that called my name and even though I was tired and the last thing I wanted to do was re-clean the kitchen I just picked up 20 minutes prior, it all seemed worth it if it meant I got to spend those 20 minutes emerged your world, watching you pretend and being "Linda, your tea partner" if only for a while.

I want to remember this day forever.  I want to remember how grateful I am to have a little girl, a little girl who wants to have tea with her mama.  I hope we have many, many more tea parties to come and I can't wait to cherish every minute of it!

Carving Pumpkins

October 21, 2012
This weekend Eden spent some special time with her Grandma and Papa Rose. Grandma picked Eden up from school on Thursday night and they headed to the mountains for some fun.  On Friday Eden helped grandma pick out some pumpkins to carve after Sunday dinner.  Bronson came to join the fun and Eden was thrilled.  She loves her cousins and Bronson is no exception.  They have more of a love-hate relationship.  They act like brother and sister.  Some days they love each other and are so sweet and other days they have to be separated. 

On Saturday, Sheila brought Eden down for her swim lesson and she was so excited to show Bronson all her skills.  Bronson made sure to tell Eden everything she was doing wrong during her lessons.  I was just laughing my head off.  He was more than willing to show her how she should be doing her "scoops" and strokes.  He then informed me that he is the greatest swimmer EVER!  He may be small for his age but he definitely does NOT lack confidence. 

After swim lesson Eden and I headed back to the cabin with Sheila and Dennis for some relaxing time....and so my husband could work on the basement.  (He's a man on a mission and I don't want to break his motivation, so off I went).  Eden loves going to the cabin with her grandma and papa.  She rules the house!  She can get her papa to get out of his chair every time with out fail.  I love watching her with her papa.  She loves him so much and it melts my heart to see her climb up on his lap and give him a big hug and kiss.  She's the only grand-daughter and she knows how to work it! 

On Sunday the rest of the gang (minus Shane & Jody's Family...we missed you!) came up for Sunday dinner and to carve some pumpkins.  Eden of course had yet another white pumpkins and she wanted to make a ghost...(score!  that's an easy one).  I drew three circles and told her to copy the lines.  She did NOT want my help and all and so I just stepped back and grabbed the camera.

I love that whenever I grab the camera, this is her automatic response...such a good girl.  I have trained her well.  I helped her cut open the top but then made her pull out all the guts...she was not impressed.  Her and Bronson did not want to put their hands in that slippery mess. 

Eden kept looking at my and say "YUCK mama!" with the most disgusted look on her face.  Bronson was almost in tears because he didn't want his hands getting messing....

While Eden was carving her pumpkin she kept grunting.  It was hard work.  It took some effort to get that little knife to cut that pumpkin.  Bronson kept looking over at Eden and saying "Oh! Eden you are off track!"  He was making sure she followed the lines...love that silly boy!

And in true Chad Rose fashion, the power tools were busted out to help the process along...

After the pumpkins were carved, we headed outside to take some pictures.  Eden wanted to take the pictures in a pile of leaves and I couldn't agree with her more.  Her and Bronson played in the leaves and had themselves a right nice time.  I think this is the first year that Eden has really gotten the whole "jump in leaves" idea and she LOVED it.  Bronson and Eden also spent time burying each other and throwing leaves at the big boys!

We had to force the older boys to pose for this picture, but I think it turned out great.  Eden loves her big boy cousins and they are all so sweet to her.  She's one lucky girl!!

Pumpkin Painting

October 13, 2012
Instead of being with my husband on our 5 year anniversary, I was at my mom's so he could work on our basement...we are romantic like that! At my mom's we loaded the kids into the car and headed up to a little fruit stand that's next to the highway on your way to Brigham City.  The kids got to each pick out a pumpkin to paint.

The kids had fun walking around carefully deciding which pumpkin they wanted to take home...

Eden REALLY wanted a white pumpkin and she walked around until she found one taht wasn't "yucky".  I told her she had to pick one that she could carry and so after careful consideration she found "the one".

After paying a whomping $1.27 for all six pumpkins we headed back to Pa's and let the kids loose to create their masterpieces...

My little girl is an artist.  She was very maticulous with her painting.  She'd dip her brush in the water, tap the side, and then mix all the colors together to create the most wonderful color ever to behold by a 3 year old.

Eden made sure to cover every inch of her white pumpkin and once that was accomplished she put her hands in the hair and said "All done! It's BEAUT-I-FUL!"

After everyone was done, she hosed them down in the sink and off they went to play.  Each kid wasn't allowed to touch ANYTHING until Aunt Marie gave them the A-OK.  One by one I wiped them down and removed their smocks and sent them on their way.  Bennett was the last to get the once over...and I had to do just that.  I could not find a drop of paint on him anywhere.  I just laughed and said "Bennett did you even paint a pumpkin?!"  He will be our artist for sure!

Breakfast with the Witches

October 12, 2012
As per Hutchison tradition, this weekend was Breakfast with the Witches.  It's a girls only event, not boys allowed. Grandma Lola even joined us this year, which was a special treat for us. Eden and I had been prepping for this day for weeks.  She was VERY excited to dress up as a witch and was very involved when it came to her witch outfit.  Luckily, we have an AWESOME Aunt Jody who bought Eden her witch dress. It was perfect.

As we were driving to Gardner Village Eden made sure to clarify that these were "nice" witches we were going to eat with.  I assured her they were very silly witches and that she was going to have so much fun...and boy did we!

This may be my favorite family tradition (2 years running) and the witches are so stinking hilarious.  What more could you ask for then a delicious breakfast (the pancakes tasted like marshmallows) and show?

Clovi was a little unsure of some of the witches, especially the witch that carried around a real life trianchula (for reals!)

Eden on the other hand, she just wanted to hug and kiss every witch.  My daughter has no fear when it comes to being in the spot light.  She wanted to get up on stage any chance she could get.

During breakfast one of the witches handed her a rat and told her she needed to come up on stage when they pointed to her.  Eden looked at me with the biggest eyes and was SO excited!  She could not wait until she got to be a part of the show.

 At the end of breakfast they started a conga line and Eden strutted her stuff as she walked across stage...

Oh ya... that's my daughter bustin' a move!  The conga line lead outside to where you could take pictures with all of the witches.  It was a raining a little bit so we for went the pictures with the witches and just walked around Gardner Village. 

The reason I love this day so much is because I think about how awesome a memory this will be for my little girl.  Something that her grandma and mama do with just her each year.  In a few months it won't be just mama and Eden anymore and I'm thankful that we'll have these special days to look forward to each year!