Finger tricks and plastic muscles

Garrett has been mastering finger tricks lately. He will randomly ask us if we can do what he is doing. We pretend we can't. :)

Mom and Dad sent the boys a Valentine's Day package with big poofy plastic bags. So the boys put them up their sleeves to look like muscles.

And here are the boys decorating our front window with heart clings Mom sent.

"up!"

He says a word!

Bathtime Theme song

Once again, listen for the Darth Vader theme.

Spencer's birthday

Here a couple of videos from Spencer's birthday.

Spencer videos

Spencer tells us when he is done eating "want out". My goal is to record him doing his funny things before he realizes I'm taping him. He was happier before I got out the camera.

Here he is singing the Darth Vader theme.

Our ward had a talent show and the Primary kids did a rendition of the Rubber Ducky. They all wore their pjs and showed off a rubber ducky.

Richard has lost 3 teeth now and is proud of the 'window' in the top of his gums.

My parents gave the boys a spray art kit for Christmas, so here are some of our masterpieces. Garrett did the fish andRichard did the butterfly. I did the dragon. :) It was a neat activity, complete with color changers.

The popcorn tin from Christmas has many uses besides holding popcorn. :)

New Year's Eve and beyond

Spencer's almost first shrimp. :) We had homemade cocktail sauce, shrimp, Martinellis and a variety of other fun homemade snacks. Richard made it until midnight. The other boys and I didn't. :) Didn't even try. :)On New Year's Day Spencer turned 2. He is the littlest 2 year old

The boys playing with some of Spencer's new toys. We also got him the "Mahna Mahna" CD by Inside Out. We all love dancing to that. :)

Been a while

This is as close to Santa as Spencer would get. :)

Each of the boys got a wooden car kit to paint and glue from the Thorntons for the birthdays, so here they are modeling them.

This is a Lego pirate set Richard got from my parents for his birthday.

They all love to color, which I love!

Bowling for Richard's birthday. They all wanted to go 'real bowling' instead of Wii bowling. :)

Since my last post we've had Thanksgiving, Christmas pictures, bowling,Richard's 7th birthday, Christmas and life in general. I don't have a lot of time to spend online as it is done at the library in short increments, so here are some pictures!

A new face he's learned to pull. He'll be 2 on Saturday.

Our Jack O Lanterns

We have been watching the Japanese Animation movie Totoro lately. The kids really like it. I saw it in 4th grade I think...anway, so that is he 'cat' like pumpkin in the back. I helped Garrett with his in the middle and I carved the nonsensical Christmas tree.

Richard barely had any help. Yes, we let the 6 year old use a little saw knife...

Halloween Parade

The KSL 5 news helicopter landed on the lawn of Richard's school the day of their costume parade and so some of the kids were on the news. I filmed Richard for my own records. :) And then we followed Richard's class back to their room for their party. I was able to step in for a minute and help and Garrett and Spencer were very good.

BYU Halloween Carnival

BYU had a carnival set up for families so we went with Scott and his friend Nicole. It was a lot of fun and very family friendly. I'm glad we went.

First Snow on October 27th

We went outside at about 7:20 that morning so we could put the first footprints in it. :) Then we played at Richard's school playground. I don' have boots for Spencer so he had to sit in the stroller.

Bunk beds!

So this set is usually $400 but we got it for just under $200. We felt like it was a pretty good buy; I like the color and it is sturdy enough for our needs. Here are some adventures on it. We did have to leave the bottom rung off so the baby won't climb without us being right there. :) And so since we kicked Garrett out of the toddler bed Spencer inherited it. He likes it just fine but still wakes up at night, I guess he's disoriented and not all incased like he was in the crib. He'll figure it out.

Garrett's special day at preschool

Garrett got to bring a toy to school for his 'special day' and so I went for a little while too. They sang some funny songs and also started their assessments. So this is Garrett cutting out a teddy bear. He was slow and methodical (and using his left hand apparently) but it was fun to watch him concentrate. :)

Thanks Everyone

I really appreciate the comments and that that posts are entertaining to you. :) I don't get online very often so that's why they are few and far between. But I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who views our blog. Keep in touch!