Elmocize!

Take that, Jillian Michaels!



Play the next two vids together. I think they could totally teach at Bally's or something!

Baby Grey - In stores now!

Kids bored? Don't you wish you had a Baby Grey to play with? Best. Toy. Ever.



What? The top of your head isn't ticklish? Weird.

Elmo taught my girls how to "make a funny face." A talent like that is something that needs to be passed on. Lily, Grey will thank you some day.

Cabin Fever

Have any of you ever been to Nebraksa? I mean REALLY been to Nebraska? I don't want to hear about how you cruised through on I-80; or how you had a layover on your way to Maui or something. We have snow piled half way up our front door... it is bazillions of degrees below zero for weeks at a time. The wind will literally eat your face off. When you live a winter in Omaha... then you can judge me.

Sometimes, all you can do is "run around."

What Sisters Are For...

A sister is...



someone who will take the fish off your finger every time you get it caught.

Then she will line them up in a row.

Then she will put them all back so you can start all over again.


Don't you wish you had a sister like that?

Don't Eat the Yellow Snow

Story Time

Lily and Ruby love their books! Look out, this next video is extremely adorable. Seriously... be prepared to gush.

Chicken Water

That used to be water. Kids are gross.

Halloween 2009 - Labyrinth the Movie

Oooh, scary!

Don't they make adorable Goblins!? I wouldn't mind living with goblins if they were as cute as these two... and if the Goblin king was as handsome as this...


Cutest trick or treaters ever!

If you haven't seen "The Labyrinth" yet... your childhood must not have been very good.

Aren't babies fun?

Here's Lily enjoying some bonding time with Baby Grey. They sure love this kid!

Young Love

I guess "He loves me not"

But really... how could you not love Ruby?

What more does a girl need?

1. Wait till mom has to pee
2. Open the fridge because she forgot the child-proof lock
3. Steal a fancy yogurt
4. I can't open it or reach the spoons, so just poke a hole in the top and scoop out with my finger
5. Climb into Grey's baby swing and turn it on.

I can't leave them alone for two minutes! Don't worry... she was severely punished afterwards... No, not really.

Who am I kidding? They run the joint.

Look, Mom! No hands!

These children must have been raised in a barn.

Here we are at the AMAZING pizza machine. The pizza tastes like a "hot circle of garbage" but Lily doesn't seem to mind.

Oh, and all that racket and noise in the background... that's my friend Stephanie's stinky boys. We love them.

Lemme Explain

Yes, I'm a bit behind. Guess what, there's a rule of nature you all must know about.

Rule: KJ cannot have 3 kids and successfully pull of anything else.

Sorry, folks. It's one or the other. So until the laws of the universe change, you're just going to have to deal with late posts! See you in 18 years.

Printing a Retraction...

Regarding my recent post: Plus One, I would like to clarify one thing.

KJ as a seven year old (and KJ as a 26 year old) was never very... attentive. I usually got through about 3 sentences of a conversation before I got bored, confused, or both. My dad pointed this out to me recently, and - in regards to our 20 year-old conversation about Labor Day - it's fair to say that I may have checked out before he could give me the full explanation behind the holiday.

So... just so you all know... my dad's not really a dufus. :)

Blowing Kisses

Just for Grandma...

Get Down.

The girl's got moves. Unfortunately, she got them from Grandpa Smith.

I do, too.

Here is the proud big sister (Ruby) holding her baby brother. He's a pretty lucky boy to have two big sisters who adore him! The girls always want to help change his diaper (a talent we will be exploiting), and get him dressed. They make sure he always has a blanket, and if his binki falls out, they say, "Whoops!" and shove it back in his face... whether he likes it or not.

Grey's Debut

"I'm probably wrong too, I'm always wrong."

Not quite what you want to hear from your nurse.



FYI - Mom is the only one in the room who can successfully guess the baby's weight. Sorry, Doc... maybe you'd have better luck if you had to push it out of your own loins. Just a thought.

PS - cute baby, huh?

They're not pests... they're pets.

Whatever you do... don't kill the flies.



"Where did it go?" Adorable.

Camping Videos

Here's some cute videos from our camping trip with the Amundsens in Wisconsin - August 2009. I kind of think the funniest parts are the comments from others in the background. The things people will say when they don't know the camera is rolling.

1. Counting.



2. Eating.



3. Coloring and Singing