Kids Say the Darndest Things

I have some ideas for new posts, but I'm not feeling like searching for matching pictures and witty explanations. So for now, this will have to do:

Mollie has been going through a "hold me Mom" phase and I just can't do it all the time. One morning when she was whining to be carried I said to her, "you have 2 perfectly good legs to stand on..." Kody was just playing nearby, and I had no idea he was paying attention until he said this:
"if you only had one leg you would have to hop, hop, hop all the day."


upon receiving a postcard of a castle in the mail from Gma/Gpa B, Mollie said this:
"When I was a princess I will live in that castle"

Kody: "Mommy, where was you are?"
Mollie: "When I was a boy I will play in the bounce house."
Kody: "We are supposed to be a family forever Mom, we are sealed."
Mollie: "I will comb Kody's hair. I will be gentoly." (gently)

Oh, Mollie

How do you solve a problem like Mollie? She is the sweetest little girl, so full of excitement and love. But there are times when she just snaps and throws these huge tantrums, and these times are getting more and more frequent lately. We never know what is going to set her off, and when it does we don't know how to get her calmed down. She has even been waking up at night and throwing tantrums. The other morning she screamed for 2 hours, I'm pretty sure because she wanted her milk in a different cup.

This video was after the pencil she was coloring with wasn't working the way she wanted it to, and it was a pretty mild one. We were starting to see a little improvement with her temper before the baby came, but in the past few weeks it has just gotten worse and worse. I've tried everything I can think of, but she just doesn't calm down until she decides she's ready. I usually just ignore her until she's done, but I feel like I need to help her control this anger now before it gets worse. Especially since Mollie's screams scare Madi and make her cry and I can't console both of them at the same time. I know that spending more one on one time with Mollie will help a little, and I've been trying to do little things with her when I can. I just hope we can get this taken care of soon, so that our relationship doesn't suffer down the road.

Tiny Blessing

Brett blessed little Madi last week (June 1) and I am finally posting pictures now. She was so beautiful in the dress that was made by our bishop's wife in San Francisco for Mollie, I'm glad I got to use it again! Brett gave Madi such a nice blessing, even though she cried through the whole thing! I am so grateful to have a husband with such a strong testimony of the gospel. He is always willing to give blessings when we are sick, nervous or just in need of a little extra comfort. Thanks Babe, for your faith - you've held me up more times than you even realize!

The Long and Short of it

It's about that time again. My hair has gotten pretty long, and it is going to start falling out in clumps any day now. I've enjoyed having it long (let's face it, there's nothing simpler than a ponytail), but I really hate dealing with all that hair once it starts falling out. So my question is, what should I do with it? I found a few styles I like on the internet, narrowed them down to these two, and now I'm open to any suggestions or polite criticsm. So, what do you think?Should I chop it all off and go short again?

Or keep it long and just get my layers re-defined and maybe add bangs?