Run run run away

Should I care? Should I be worried? This is the question that most frequently fills my mind about my oldest child for lots for reasons. I am sure that part of it is just that he is my oldest so I worry a little more, part of it I am sure is just his personality. He has such a strong one and I need to know better how to help him become the person that the Lord wants him to become. One thing that he does a lot is run away. Luckily it usually is only to the pine tree in the front yard.




This was taken through he kitchen window. He is just playing out here by the window. He has a bag with his blanket and I think a stuffed animal.


Here Max and Turner decided to live on the front walkway... I don't blame them, when the sun shines I want to live out there too!

But this time, I can't remember exactly what happened. I think his pants had got wet from playing outside and then he asked if he could come in and watch TV. I told him he couldn't watch TV and he took off all of his clothes and high tailed it down the street.

Luckily I got him to come back and put some clothes on. This boy sure does keep me hopping and on my knees a lot. And for that I am grateful!

Easter festivities

You would think that by now I would figure out how blogger uploads pictures and I wouldn't always have my pictures in the wrong order but that isn't the case... oh well!
This year for Easter I decided to be crafty and make ties for all my guys! My mom got me a pattern when she was visiting and it happened to be the easiest tie pattern in the world! There was NO hand stitching whatsoever. I really love how they turned out. I also made Amelia's and my skirt. I never thought I would be a matchy matchy kind of mom but guess what... I am!

Someday I really want to spend the week before Easter really studying the last week of Christ's life. But this year wasn't the year. Although we did try to focus more on the life of Christ and forget about the Easter Bunny. Why is is that I feel like I have to use the Easter Bunny in my festivities? I guess I don't want my kids to be the ones that tell other kids it isn't real. I don't like the Easter Bunny and don't see the point. Although I do love colored eggs and Easter egg hunts and Easter parties- mostly because we do all of that with family and I love being with my family.

This year Josh's parents came over to help decorate the Easter eggs. We had a lot of fun. Thanks to the blog world. We used my friend Jen's idea to use rubber cement and another idea from some other blog (I can't remember who's) and used hole reinforcers. We got some pretty fun eggs with these!

Later that afternoon we went to my Aunt's house in Lindon and had an Easter egg hunt for the kids, a fishing pond and other games. I had planned some awesome games but the weather didn't want to participate with us. We had a great Easter meal and it was just fun to hang out with my cousins. I found out that one of my cousins works for that pawn shop in Las Vegas Pawn Stars. I know... pretty impressive! I know someone who knows famous people! Of course I just might get a glimpse of her sometime... she is the jewelry girl.

Don't ask why Max is in only a sweatshirt... lets just say that this kid needs to be potty trained. I need to get to that... maybe once the twins are weaned.

We had a fantastic Easter! It is one of my favorite holidays! Okay I say that about everyone but I guess I just love celebrating with friends and family. I think I need to throw more parities!

Mean Friday

I would assume that most parents of preschoolers can relate in that a holiday lasts long after the holiday is over. Anyone have a child play trick or treat all the way to Thanksgiving? Or a child still singing jingle bells on Valentine's? Well, of course that means that Easter is daily brought up at our house right now. Although most holidays I am ready for it all to be over, Easter is different. I would love it if the holiday stayed fresh all year long! Not the Easter Bunny or candy or all the other stuff that makes Easter appealing to the masses but the true meaning of Easter. Turner is really obsessed with the week Jesus died. I love this. In fact my Brother in Law gave us a book about the last week of Christ's life with a lot of amazing art and what happened each day. Turner will sit and look at the book, page after page after page for a long time! I would say hours but that would be a lie... but for a good 20 minutes or so and if you know this boy, that is a long time!

Turner was asking when Christ was killed and I said "on Good Friday." He looked at me and said asked "GOOD Friday?" I tried to explain to him that it is good because he suffered for our sins and died that we could live again. If he didn't do that then we wouldn't be able to live with our Father in Heaven again. Turner then looked at me and said, "No I think it was mean Friday." If you ask him when Jesus died, he will probably reply bad or mean Friday. I love this kid! I hope though that I can somehow, in his lifetime teach him that it really was a glorious Friday!

Got milk?

I have a feeling that this car would not be able to be sold in the US today. Sharp metal sign on top waiting to cut a head open. Also I am sure the paint flaking off is laced with lead and the milk cartons in the back look like a bed of nails! I guess those are the reasons why I love this little milk truck! Gotta love Josh's vintage toys!

Update on the eye

Well, this is the last ugly picture I will post of me but I thought I would update my concerned public ;). The Dr. didn't know what was wrong... but he gave me an antibiotic and a cream. The prescription for the cream was wrong so I never picked it up and I only have taken one dose of the antibiotic so I am not sure that helped either. But anyway you look at it, it is doing better. This happened to me when I was pregnant with the twins, just not so severe. Maybe it is just one of those things that comes with my body being worn out... ?????

To do

All of the sudden a trip to the Dr. jumped to the top of my to do list today!

Letter sounds

Turner came up to me and asked me what letter makes the "puh puh puh" sound. Well like any good mother with a four year old little boy does, I dutifully answered the question like I do the other 6,000 times a day I am asked a question. Well, when I answered P, Max and Turner started CrAcKiNg uP! I had been set up! What is it with little boys and the words pee and poo??? But I must admit I was a tad impressed with the set up!

Splish splash....

There was poo in the bath.
So don't judge but, my kids don't get a bath every night. But last night after the twins bath, Amelia Slept all through the night! Since the boys went to hang out with their grandpa tonight, I thought I would try again And see if it would work two nights in a row.
We were having a good bath and all was well until Amelia pooped in the bath! I have four children and this has never happened before!
(As you can see, Cooper wasn't too happy about being removed from his bath.) So cross your fingers for me! Will I get ANOTHER night with Amelia sleeping through the night? Maybe if I do Max and Cooper will join her tonight. Here's to hoping!

Splish splash

There were two in the bath!

Silly little boys! And I would have it no other way!

I am absolutely in love with these amazingly helpful boys! Yes, sometimes ... okay a lot of times, they get silly, rough, and even a little naughty but I would have it no other way! Except maybe self cleaning :)