The Roberts' Rollercoaster Ride

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Finger Licking Good

Normally, I wouldn't attempt this kind of recipe.

Because me and dough

don't mesh.

Usually it turns into mush.

But I felt renewed confidence after reading

a great step by step tutorial

(with pictures included)

on how to make these scrummshish

sweet rolls.

I decided to use 1/2 the recipe as

chocolate chip sweet rolls and

the other 1/2 were made into

cinnamon rolls.

I really enjoyed how wonderful

the cooking bread made my house

smell!

Move over glade, mamma's cooking!

And within seconds of the icing

oozing onto the rolls,

the pan looked like this!!!

1 left...

who wants it?

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Bwwaaaahhhhhh

WHY DO CHILDREN CRY WHEN

YOU CHANGE THEIR DIAPER?

I have absolutely no compassion for

them during this smelly duty.

Because really?

Is it that awful?

Considering I'm on the DIRTY

end of the process don't you

think I should be the one crying?

It's not like I'm making it worse.

I am graciously putting my hand

within millimeters of a launching pad,

using only a thin piece of cotton

between me and a highly sensitive

explosive land mine.

Which could implode and

drench anything within 10 feet,

leaving a stain that baffles the

experts at a clear removal process.

Big crocodile tears from the instigator?

Soooo not acceptable.

Monday, September 13, 2010

The Real Thing.

On Emma's "actual" birthday

she offered to let me try

another new recipe

instead of having cake 2 days

in a row!

Introducing....

S'mores

I wonder what she wished for...

probably for a 2nd helping!!

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Big Splash

With this many floaties

I think Keira has NO CHANCE

of drowning.

Silly girl!!

Lately Sydney has been inspired by

all the talent shows on TV.

And displays her love of dancing

anywhere she can.

Our friend Josh

(one of the tallest guys we know)

took turns chucking the kids

into the water.

I think this pictures is

wicked cool!

Shockingly, Keira let Josh throw

her in too!!

This from the girl who screamed

when I brought her within 10 ft

of the pool at the beginning

of the summer!!

She's come a long way!

Stunningly Six

I think I've heard at least 50

different themes Emma wanted for

her 6th birthday party.

She is one of those kids

that can't help but thinking

and planning for that yearly

special day.

Finally the day came!!!

Thankfully she agreed that a surfer girl

swim party was a "good" idea!

(mom couldn't agree more!!!)

Earlier in the week she got a gift

from Grand Nan & Grandpa Jeff

that needed to be opened ASAP.

Usually we have a strict rule about

only opening presents on your birthday

or at your party...

But we made an exception this time

because Emma's WEBKINZ account

was on hold until she added another

animal to it.

She is in love with this sparkly blue & pink

bunny that came with her own witch costume.

Promptly named: Sparkles

Time to make invitations:

Daddy had a great idea to use surfboards!

Emma loves to swim,
so this was an easy decision!

Ella, Madison, Emma, Taylor, Ben & Hudson

Emma & Madison are always playing!!

B.S.F.

(best sister forever)

"Pizza Time"

(Emma, Ben, Keira, Cameryn,

Madison, Hudson, Taylor & Sydney)

"Swimming Cupcakes"

(Mom, Hudson, Taylor, Sydney,

Emma, Ella, Ben, Keira & Cameryn)

We had a blast decorating the

cupcakes with water and gummy fishes.

"Present Time"

(Mason, Stephen, Madison, Emma,

Ben, Taylor & Ella)

I think Emma likes this present!

Polly Pockets!!!

HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY!!

We love you!!

Thursday, September 09, 2010

What Is That Ringing?

It's the weather service and firehouse bells BLARING because a simple, little thing called a tornado is coming toward your house.

NO BIGGY!!!

So I sufficiently scared the pants off the kids explaining what a tornado is while Larry moved items out of the closet under the stairs in case we needed to use it as a safe-room.

Thankfully the tornado touched down just a few miles south and avoided us all together!!

But to repair the damaged emotions of the kids we drowned out their fears by delving into a scrumptious homemade banana bread ~~drizzled~~ drowned in cinnamon icing. Yum-o!

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

My Chick Bad, My Chick Good

....and my Chick does things

NOBODY should!

Let's point out the numerous amount

of things missing from this picture.

1. a diaper

2. pj's

3. a pillow

4. 3 blankets

5. stuffed leopard

6. a pillow case

(yes, she not only strips herself,

but her pillow too)

7. a sippy cup

And where do I find all of these items?

On the floor,

most mornings and sometimes

after naps.

But the worse part is when you have a

diaper-less kid,

a large washer full of bedding

is sure to follow.

Drowning It All Out

If I could describe myself as an adult it would definitely include "behind the times" when it comes to electronics. Not that I don't know about the new stuff, in reality I find it very fascinating. I just don't OWN any of the new stuff. So far we've stayed away from purchasing big ticket items when they first hit store shelves and wait for better deals after the BUZZ has quieted.

But now that I've started putting my Christmas present to good use (just a few 9 months later) ...the MP3 player Larry got me...I feel lame for not putting such a prime piece of electronic equipment to use sooner.

I guess I was intimidated by the whole concept of downloading music and then adding it on to a little palm-size digital piece of gum. And now that I've taken the plunge and filled it with my old cd's, I'm hooked. It helped me add 3x's the length to my running this week. It's strange how music has the power to drown out the sounds of my body ~~saying~~ screaming in pain to stop and filling me with giddy-ness as I sing along to N'sync, Spice Girls, Destiny's Child or AC/DC.

(I wasn't lying when I said "behind the times"!! Well at least my CD collection is.)