Quick Draw

This boy provides us with so much entertainment (some good, some bad). Lately he has taken to pulling his little peter out right away when he has to go pee. He flashes people all the time. And his draw is fast. Like seconds. One second he's saying, "I have to go pee" and I look over and he's got his little buddy peeking out the top of his shorts. It's hard not to laugh, but it's embarrassing too. Luckily, he doesn't just start peeing. The other day in Target I was checking out and Evan says, "I need to go potty!" I look to see how much more stuff I have to get checked out, when I hear the gentleman next to me start chuckling. Sure enough Evan's got it out and ready to shoot. Soooo embarrassing.

He was doing it again today when we went swimming. Whenever he had to go, he'd jump out of the pool and pull that sucker out. Evan running with his junk out made us laugh every time. I guess it's hard to cure a child of an indecent habit when you laugh.

We need to work on that.

Everything is better when you are naked

How do you brush your teeth?

Road Trip!

We began our trek at 8:15 this morning. Dressed in our Sunday best we loaded in the car for a 3 hour trip to the small town of Central, AZ. We wanted to take the boys through the Gila Valley temple before it was dedicated. Any and all are welcome to tour LDS temples before they are dedicated - and the boys were dying to go. Xander had been through the Snowflake Temple before it was dedicated and he was excited to see this one.

My mom took Ben, Max & James with her and Ian, Evan, Xander and I traveled in our car. Evan and Ian kept us entertained. That boy sure loves his dad. Once we past Globe, Ian kept wondering who would actually be going to this temple - the area looks sparsely populated. But the parking lot was packed. I didn't get to see everything (Evan had to go to the bathroom 1,000 times) but what I did see was beautiful.

I rode with my mom, Evan and Xander on the way home and Ian took the other boys. I love my mom so much. She is the best person in the world and she always lifts me up and makes me want to be a better person. Today was not as spiritual for me as I would've liked (having a 3 year old will do that), but when Ben pulled me back so I could see the Celestial Room, I knew that the trip was worth it. It was such a great experience for the boys.

Love, love, love

I love American Idol. Mostly because it gives me the excuse to sing loudly (and badly). When they did Beatles songs I was in heaven - I sang along loud and proud. When my super talented, awesome sister in law Tricia took our pictures I couldn't help but break out into song a few times. Ian's poor ears (and Tricia's too).

I love this picture. I'm not sure why. Maybe because it reminds me how much fun Ian and I have together. How he can always make me laugh. How he takes care of me. Yesterday he came home on one of his breaks and "encouraged" the boys to clean up the house. I was not having a good day yesterday, but when I walked into a clean house I instantly felt better.

I love my boys. I went into their school this morning. Ben's teacher bragged about how awesome he's doing in math. Max's teacher shared a cute story with me. I love those things. I love that Max waited for me to walk him to the playground. And that he said, "Mom, my favorite days are the days you take me to school." I love that Xander has an awesome friend who loves to fish as much as he does. I love that Michael and I love the same Format songs (wait...Michael isn't one of my kids...). I love when Evan squishes my cheeks and tells me how much he loves me.

I love LOST. I look forward to it every week. It's fun to discuss theories with Ian. To evolve with the characters. I actually liked the way Sayiid died last night - he redeemed himself (somewhat). I like hearing what other people think is going on.

I love my family. For the help they give me with my kids every week. And they never make me feel guilty. It means so much to know that I have people watching Evan who love him.

That's all.

Ben's Wax Museum

This week was a busy one at our house. On Friday Ben's class had a wax museum of famous Arizonans. Ben was Pat Tillman - I don't know how he got so lucky! That boys eats and breathes football. It was really interesting learning about Pat Tillman and kind of disheartening - considering all of the controversy surrounding his death. Anyway, I was able to sneak away from work on Friday and see Ben and all of his classmates (some of the costumes were AWESOME). I was so proud of Ben. I love being his mom!

My little bug

Things I learned from watching Max's play:

1. I really need a telephoto lens

2. I am NOT the worst mom ever

3. Homemade costumes are the best




He's a boll weival. I know you were wondering. I'm sad I didn't get his antennae in the picture. They were the best! Also, he's holding one of his extra arms - it's not a tail. And I made the costume exactly how the teacher said to so don't judge!

Standing next to his two buds - Dylan & Case.

This is where I wish I had a telephoto lens. And this is also where I thought I was the worst mom ever because when he got up to say his line it wasn't the line we had been practicing for weeks. In fact, the teacher had to prompt him. I felt like such a loser. I might have voiced my feelings out loud and Kahea might have my frustrations on video - so sorry about that Kahea.

But then later Max got up again and did another speaking part - the part we'd practiced! Apparently the first part was someone else's and he was filling in. Whew...I'm still awesome.

It was my third time watching the BUGZ play. I love it so much. The songs are cute and the lines are hilarious. Max was AWESOME!

Pillow Fight!

Friday night there was an impromtu pillow fight in my room. I wanted to join in, but was content to take pictures.

Computer Literate

Sooo...Evan can go to the computer, find the game he wants to play and play it. Without anyone's help. He's 3. What the???? At this rate he'll be surfing the net in a couple of months.