"Mom, why did you name me Candace?

"Because we thought it was the most beautiful name."

"I didn't want to be named Candace. I want my name to be Pierce."

look at this sweet boy

I love being a mother and today I am celebrating that I made it through one of the hardest days I've had in the last while. These are some cute pictures that we took of Joshua after giving him yet another chocolate chip cookie.

walking

happy thanksgiving

i am a kitty and i love to rock

big boy

Ha ha ha .
I just thought of something else Candace said today that was pretty cute.
"Boys go to school and girls go to work."
Hey, what can I say? That is the life she knows. She sees me go to work about 3 times a month at the hospital and she sees James go to school every single day. She just reports what she sees.

Candace: "How does Heavenly Father color us?
Me: "What do you mean?"
Candace: "Like, does he use crayons or paints?"
Me: "I don't know. What do you think?"
Candace: "I think he uses paints!"

the past couple of weeks in review

This what happened when I left Joshua alone on the couch with the cookie jar next to him. He was loving it so much that I moved him to his booster seat to minimize the clean-up.

bilateral myringotomy

i finally did it. i made the leap into the world of crafty creativity. or at least i took one step in that direction. with tons of help from michelle, i made candace two tu-tus. they are adorable. cute. cute. cute. i became so obsessed with this project that i spent all day finishing them. at 10:40 pm when i finally finished, i put a call into michelle without even looking at the time. i was embarrassed when i realized what time it was, but even more embarrassed when i realized it was like my fifth time up to michelle's house that night. it was so much fun and so easy. when candace called out at around 10:00 pm i was so excited that instead of our usual routine to handle the situation, i had her come out and try them on. she loved them! she said, "these are just like kate's. now i need wings and a green shirt with sparkles on it."

snow white and dopey

Our Primary Halloween Party. The kids had a blast. It was at Jessica's mom's house which had the most fun Halloween decorations ever. Candace went as Snow White and Joshua as Dopey.

check out the do's

Provo City had a pulic services fair where firefighters, police, the library and others were there to give information about what they do for our community. It was very fun. The highlight was watching the helicopter land 40 feet away from us.

This is the cute little firechief hat they passed out for free.

This is what Joshua did with his hat.

They let the kids hold one of the hoses while they sprayed a powerful stream of water through the fire hose.

Candace singing, "I am like a star."

The cutest head bobber

decapitation

I know I put endless videos on here, but the one that I took yesterday of Candace at her ballet class is hilarious. Watch her dolly's head very carefully. It only takes her a few seconds to realize what happened.

This is Joshua's attempts at crawling yesterday. By the end of the day he was crawling more successfully. He is getting so big. This video is very cute because he is so delighted with himself and the things he can do.