This week

I'm now thirty-something. This birthday was weirder than turning thirty, that little extra something is...well, something. Farris made my birthday enjoyable, he made french toast for me for breakfast (any day that I don't eat oatmeal for breakfast is a good day) and then dinner, too (yummy ravioli, not from a can). Plus chocolate cake and thin mint ice cream. Yes, my birthday celebrations are all about food. On thursday we went to the BYU art museum for an opening of a new exhibit. The exihibit was of south-western art, it was fun to see hogans and sheep and anazai ruins again, even if it was just pictures. And they have a Georgia O'Keefe painting, which is really cool. The kids enjoyed Valentines day, even though Joseph stole half of the box of chocolates that we gave to Caleb. That boy likes chocolate and it's a bonus if he can irratate his siblings at the same time. Felicity has not hit the stage where she has to scrutinize every word on a valentine card before she gives it to a boy, (maybe in second grade) so she had a lot of fun at her school party, at least she came home loaded with stuff. Caleb wrote out some valentines, one of which is for our neighbors dog. We're still not going to get a dog, we'll just continue to share with them. Saturday night we made valentine cookies. It got a little crazy. And Joseph and Caleb like to lick flour off of the counter, which I don't agree with. But we had fun. After I told them to stop licking the counter.

I copied this from a friend's blog. I thought it was a very true to life, soul-searching question. And I wanted to make my sister-in-law, who's son painted himself (Michael is such a cutie!) with nail polish, feel a little better, in comparison.

Life really boils down to two questions:

Should I get a dog?

OR

Should I have kids?Tee-hee-hee.

And you know what, I am still glad I have my kids. Of course, they have never painted everything in sight.

Yet.

Joseph, what are you doing...

Question of the day

How can a two year old lose his diaper and not know where it went to?

Seth is four months old!

Here's a picture of Seth from his blessing day, January 4. He's even bigger now!

We just got back from Seth's four month well-child visit. He's growing! He is now 15 lbs, 2.5 oz (55%), 26 in long (90%) and his head is 43 cm around (75%). So he's tall with a big head. He's still the cutest little baby ever (well, he shares that with his sibings, of course) . He's learning about his hands right now and giggles at his brothers crazy dancing. His hair, what he has of it, is reddish blonde and his eyes haven't turned brown...yet...but they're usually twinkling as he grins and wiggles. He loves to entertain the people that sit behind us in sacrament meeting and competes with Joseph for the most laughs from people watching. He's decided that he doesn't want to sleep all throught the night anymore, but we'll work on that and maybe we'll start trying solid foods, too. If we want to worry about the mess, anyway! He's been a wonderful baby and our whole family is really enjoying him.

My little ballerinas

Due to popular demand, here are the pictures of the Child Family Ballet.

The star of the show.

Caleb showing his classic Kung Fu Ballet pose.

Our beautiful Cinderalla.

I know he doesn't look excited in this picture, but he loved twirling in this skirt.

The pressure is getting to him.

And that's all folks!

25 random things

I posted this on Facebook, but I decided to put it here, too, because it took awhile so I want extra credit for it. If any of you would like to do it, it's kind of fun to find out these things about other people.

Rules:
Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to "notes" under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

1. I've lived in a place in the U.S. that is actually two hours away from a Walmart.
2. I've only been in a hot air balloon once and would love to do it again.
3. I think Napolean Dynamite is funny. I know alot of you don't, but the whole FFA thing is hillarious. And the phone booth out in a field. And the grapefruit.
4. I once lost my ski going up a chair lift, so they sent me back down on the chair lift.
5. I'd much rather read a book than clean a toilet. But I do try.
6. I've had a baby in a Navajo hospital. The nurses were excited--Look! a white baby!
7. I hate it when my kids leave lights on and dirty socks on the floor. I know, I sound like a mom.
8. I had most of the words to the songs from Starlight Express memorized when I was a kid. Does anyone else even know Starlight Express?
9. I do not have the theme song for Thomas the Tank engine memorized. But I do sing Bob the Builder almost every night.
10. I used to have over a hundred Latin names for plants memorized. Not so much anymore.
11. I've eaten octopus, rattlesnake, and mutton stew. But no avocado shakes, thank you very much.
12. I learned to ski when I was 6 years old, and I haven't been for six years. Sigh, sigh.
13. I make pizza dough from scratch, just like my mom.
14. I have a two-year-old that randomly says Bing-Bong all day long. I'm not sure what that means.
15. I think my favorite actor of all time has to be Jimmy Stewart.
16. I've never seen Dumb and Dumber all the way through. Not too excited to finish it.
17. I LOVE my dishwasher. His name is Farris.
18. I've only fainted once in my whole life. Pregnant. Kneeling for a long time. Don't remember much after that.
19. I've only had a black eye once in my whole life. I fell and was kicked by a calf. There's more to the story, but you'll have to ask.
20. Sighting #19 and my many but not great attempts at dancing, no one has ever called me graceful before.
21. I've only had stiches once before. I fell off my tricycle. Also more to story. Also not graceful.
22. My favorite car was a '66 Chevy Impala. It taught me how to get around when your car won't go in reverse, how to tell if your alternator is going out, and how to fit 16 high schoolers in one vehicle. I loved that car.
23. I can change a tire all by myself, and have proved it twice. Would like to not do it again.
24. I am one of those people that if I can't find a hammer, I'll use the back of a screwdriver.
25. I stood up for Louis Lamour to my college lit professor.

life again

This week has been kind of slow, not alot to write about because flu or something like it, made a pass through our family, late wednesday to early friday. Luckily, it only got half of us (me, Joseph and Caleb), but it's never fun taking care of two sick kids when you're sick yourself. I guess I deserved it because I started it. Farris did as much as he could, going in late to work and taking care of everything when he came home. Cereal for dinner delighted the kids, and I took a nap. Happily, we were all done by Friday night and Farris and I actually went out on a date. Awwwww, free dinner and entertainment at the stake High Priests Activity. Still, it was very nice and they had BYU creamery ice cream (very good, but I'd love some aggie ice cream) and my stomach was settled so I could enjoy it. So not a bad week ater all. Hopefully our immune systems are back up to speed and this bout won't lead to something else. Joseph still shouts out bing-bong every now and again, but doesn't think he has sole-ownership of it any more, so now he is pretty much the only one who says it. Felicity will be starting a Little Princess class soon, my girly-girl is happy. We've spent a lot of time trying to figure out what they'll actually do in that class. When I told her that she'd learn how to kiss a little prince, she giggled and said "No mom, there's not going to be any boys in the class!" So that's all that's stopping her, huh. Well, it's my fault for bringing it up, I guess. Last night Felicity and the boys (under her direction) dressed up in tu-tus and princess dresses and danced in the living room. No matter how many brothers she has, I think she'll still be in charge of the kids.