April 2012 Update

 I had thrown my back out like crazy bad this month.  My room became the dump all room when kids cleaned because i couldn't get up and do anything.  It was a mess.  I think it took me almost 4 days to go through it all when my back was better.  NEVER AGAIN!!!  I told brad i will pay someone to come tidy up each day because the kids just chucked everything in hear and it was miserable to go through!

 Baby girls hair was finally long enough to do two little piggy's!  It was so adorable!  Hard for mom to figure out how to do, boys are much easier in that department, but we got it done and loved the results!

School Talent show!  The boys both played the piano.

 D played "Scooby Scooby Doo Where are You?"

C played "The Happy Song"

 BIGGEST STRAWBERRY we have ever seen in our lives!!!

 C started T-ball this month.  He has no clue what's going on in this pictures...

 ...so i said, "Be Ready!  Watch the ball!"  And this is the stance he came up with!  Too funny!

 D had his first PineWoord Derby!  He desigend his car and everything.  Then he used stamps i had and paint to design the top...He loved his car!

 C wanted to participate soooooo bad.  But he wasn't old enough.  They were doing a combined scouts and elders quorum derby i guess.  So instead of brad making his own to race for EQ...he let C make one and race it on his behalf.  It was fun and he loved that he got to race his car.

D wanted to do the Science Fair...Mom....not so much.  But one night we were eating dinner...after i had just made cornbread muffins and they stuck so bad to the pan we couldn't eat them...and I used NO STICK spray.  So i was really mad that they stuck.  So, we were eating and he decided he wanted to test No-Stick sprays for me.  So i wouldn't get mad that my muffins stuck!  How could i say no?  He wanted to help me out and solve my problem.  ;-)  So we did it.  And from his experiment...the Western Family spray worked better then the PAM. 

She got to move up to a toddler bed and loved it!  She would run and play and giggle and then sit down and smile.  And then she didn't dare climb down...it is like 6 '' to the ground!  Very funny.  But she loves her bed!

D's Class learned about this boy that made Arcade games out of cardboard boxes...so his teacher challenged all the kids to make their own, using things from their house.  They couldn't go buy anything, except tape.    He came up with this pinball machine idea.  He used backugan cards taped down and then backugan's as the balls.  When they would roll through you had to miss the magnetic cards so they wouldn't open up!  It was very clever.  I wish i could take credit fo the idea!  All i did was give him the idea of putting the plastic over the top.  Dad helped him cut and tape pieces down, but D did most of the thinking on this one and was very proud.  It is still sitting in their room and they play it often. 

March 2012 Update

Seeing as how I have been a true slacker this year, I am trying to make up for lost time.  ;-)  Here are things that happened from March of 2012...

The school celebrates "Dr. Suess" day for drug free week and they are supposed to have "Crazy Day" where they can dress up crazy and have crazy hairdo's!  I always seem to cut my kids hair a couple weeks before this event and they can never do anything too crazy with their hair, so we had to do crazy clothes.  And boy, were they crazy.  I let the kids pick what they wanted to do and let me just say, It was not ANYTHING CLOSE to what I thought they would come up with.  The definately took the word "Crazy" to heart!!!  Then when i told them i want to take pics they come up with these total gangster poses...Brad and I were laughing so hard!  Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

C Started Soccer!  He was on the RAZORBACKS team and really enjoyed it.  A lot of the games got rained out so it was hard for him to get a good feel for the game.  It doesn't help when his mom has no idea what is going on with the game.  ;-)  I tend to be the mother that is cheering her kids on as he is about to make a goal....for the OTHER team.  Ya...that would be me!  I really wish Brad had saturday's off so I wouldn't be that dorky mom who obviously didn't grow up doing any kind of sport whatsoever!   Anyway, he enjoyed it and was a quick little runner.  When he was in the game a lot, he would always tell me that his heart was beating so hard and fast.  It was fun that he recognized that change in his body.  Their team won the last game of the season so his coaches promised the team an Ice Cream party.  The kids loved it and enjoy the yummy flavors and chocolate dipped cones. 

   We were having fun with her hair today, as it is getting longer...and she was totally cheesing it in the pic so i had to post it. 

 This is baby E...If I ever leave the room, I can almost guarantee that when I return, she will be doing this.  She loves to climb in the window and watch the dog.  She will sit there forever and giggle and watch and say "pupa, pupa, pupa" over and over again.  She loves our Dog!

 Just some extra cuteness of baby girl!

 J and his new toy.  We were at D.I. and he found this gem.  It just needed batteries.  He loves it cuz it looks like moms laptop and has the mouse and everything.  If I am on the computer, he runs and gets his and plays along.  He gets a little pad of paper, like me, when i am looking for ideas for Relief Society stuff, i take notes.  He will type letters, then reach over and scribble nonsense on his notepad and repeat.  It is so funny to watch.  He feels so big, pretending to be like Mom on the computer!

 J was in charge of FHE treat and he picked homemade oreo cookies.  He worked so hard with mom and everyone was thankful for his dedication.  They were delicious and I really shouldn't have doubled the recipe!

Miss E

 This cute little bug is such a joy.  I am starting to see the differences from boys to girls.   Boys are definately easier but so rowdy and full of energy.  Girls are so tender, precious, and danty but then so emotional too.  Boys get over things quickly, girls hold on to things longer than they should!  It has been fun to see these differences...i just don't know if i will survive through the teenage years...

 This is her new little fake pout face.  When she wants something, she does this cute little face and wimpers.  She doesn't do it as often now, maybe because it didn't get her what she wanted!  Now she is into this screaming....more like shreiking phase and brad and i both object!  Her screech is just so loud.  Even my deaf ears can't handle the high pitched LOUD noise.  So, we are working on putting her in her room when she keeps screaming and trying to teach her to ask for what she needs with a nice voice.  She does it a little here and there, but still shreiking alot...so hopefully soon, when she finds more words to use, she will stop.

 She loves to get her tiny baby doll (only about 5 in tall) and a pink washcloth and bring them to me for me to wrap the baby up in the blanket.  Then she holds it in the crook of her arm and sways back and forth.  Its amazing how it is just natural for her.  My boys, if handed a baby doll, would most likely chuck it across the room after a few seconds...but Baby E...she just wants to hold it and rock it.  It is so cute.  If i hand her this little picnic basket we have, she switches it to the other hand while she slips the handle up over her arm.  To carry it daintily over her arm instead of in her hand!  Where does she come up with this stuff!  It is just too cute.  Same with necklaces...as soon as we put one on, she starts prancing around and saying "pity"  "so pity"  translation = Pretty, so pretty!  She loves to go to her dad after her hair is done and show it off too.

 Now, on to teething.  She did fine with all of it until those molars started coming.  She was miserable, which means mommy was very tired!  She is finally in a happy place with teething and i hope it stays that way for a little bit longer.  She still has some holes to fill in her little mouth, but i hope it is done quietly and happily!

This is her ready and dolled up for the 24th of July.  Her dad just couldn't get enough of her cuteness!  And she knew she was cute too!  She has learned patty cake, and sings most of twinkle, twinkle little star.  She loves to wear her nightgowns and get her hair done.  When we open the door in the morning to get her, she always has a book ready to read and says "book?"  Her dad can't resist and sits and reads her the story.    She loves to dance to music and sit at the piano and play.  She loves to give her brothers good morning hugs.  And she is starting to protest to nap time already!  And she is most positively a "daddy's girl"!

Her favorite food:  bread and cheese

favorite drink: ice cold water

favorite indoor activity:  swinging from the bars of the top bunk in her room!  and play-doh

favorite outdoor:  riding four wheelers and swinging really high

favorite word:  Hello and pupu (puppy)  She loves to sit and the window and watch copper play

We love this little sweet pea of ours and love that we got a girl!