really quick...

As I was putting sunscreen on Caleb the other day (by the way, hurrah it's warm enough for sunscreen!) Joseph was singing "Jesus wants me for a sunburn..."

In the last couple weeks I've said two more things as a mother that I never thought I would need to say:
No shovels in the tree!
We don't put our elbows in our glasses of milk.

April catch-up

I haven't really written what we've been up to lately, so I'm going to play catch-up today, starting with April Fool's Day...

Farris loves to play jokes on people, there's some pretty good stories I could tell. This year he decided to get the kids, so he told them we had a big suprise for them as soon as they got their pj's on (which was good, they got ready for bed faster than usual). So they gathered back in the living room, all excited and Farris brought out a brown paper bag. He told them that they were going to have to take care of the suprise all by themselves, Felicity lit up, "Oh!! We're getting a pet!!!". Farris opended up the bags and pulled out three ziploc bags filled with water and...a couple swedish fish. They were so excited, they didn't even notice the fish weren't moving, so Farris took it up a notch. He asked for Felicity's bag, looked at it a sec, opened it up, reached in, and popped on of the candies into his mouth. Farris was laughing so hard he could hardly swallow.Felicity was...well, look at the picture, she was completely shocked and a little upset that her new pet was gone. Caleb's jaw dropped, but Joseph, that funny little kid, only thought about it for a sec, then opened his bag, reached in and ate his, too. It took a little longer for Felicity and Caleb to realize that the fish were just candy and then they thought it was funny. Felicity kept telling Farris that she was going to get him back. I might have to help her out one of these days. Any suggestions? And I think we owe the kids some real fish now. We'll just have to keep Joseph from eating them.

We had a good Easter, my sister Nicki came up to help decorate and hide the eggs on saturday. My mother-in-law sent us a dye kit, and we actually got through it with only one mishap when Joseph decided to race his toy tractor right through the middle of the table. Luckily, we'd just put down newspaper, so he only got a little bit of the dye on the table when his tractor collided with the dye pot. Seth slept through the dyeing and the hunt, so I took pictures of him on Monday...

He loved the daffodils, and I had to stop him from eating them a couple times. I think he thought I was a little wierd for plopping him in a basket in the middle of all these flowers and then telling him to smile over and over again, but I got some cute ones, so it's all worth it. At least for me, and he won't remember it anyway, so it's all good.

generation gaps

Today I was reminded how different my generation is from my kids. Felicity finished talking on the phone to a friend, turned to me and asked "How do I log off this thing?"

Seth smiling!

Our happy baby Seth Gavid turned six months on the fifth. He's now 16 lbs, 5 oz and 26 in long (that's the same length he was at his last appointment, we're pretty sure the nurse measured him wrong at one of his appointments, he's definatly grown since he was four months old, so however long he is, he's outgrowing clothes like crazy) . He loves watching people and will just stare at someone for a minute until he decides it's ok and then he gives his big grin. He especially loves to be around his sister and brothers, they can make him laugh so hard! And when Farris walks in the door every night he can't contain his happiness and wiggles all over. I'm not jealous, though, because he gives me the best hugs!

Other funnies

I didn't want to add more to the pantless Joseph post so here's some more things that have been going on in my wacky world:

Farris ordered a Bugs Bunny collection from Netflix, the kids have become instant fans. Each of them has a different name for Yosemite Sam. Lissy calls him Yocindi Sam (that's for you Cindi!), Caleb calls him Samitie Sam (that's for you Sam!), and Joseph calls him Yoyo Sam. They like it when Bugs Bunny makes him dance.

I said another memorable mom sentence to Caleb today: "NO, we don't snort in Sacrament meeting."

My parents came to visit this weekend, Dad didn't even try to give Seth chocolate milk or ice cream, either. Very unusual. Which of my sister-in-laws talked to him about that? Nicki came on Friday, too. We went to the museum on BYU's campus and met my Aunt Ellen and Uncle Darryl. For those of you who live around here there are some really cool exhibits there right now. Walter Wicks (I think that's his name) who does the I spy books has an exhibit there, and it is really neat. There is also an exhibit with packing peanuts and fans, Chinese duck sauce, and florescent lights. I recommend staying until the fans turn on, it's pretty funny.

Seth is starting to eat solid foods. Yum, rice cereal smells so good...sort of. OK, not at all. But he seems to be enjoying it. Or maybe he doesn't care what it tastes like, he just wants to bulk up so he can run over his brothers soon instead of the other way around.

Umm, yeah, that one with no pants, that's my kid

Ya know, I think I blog more about Joseph being naked than anything else. But for those of you who missed his streaking at church today, I'll fill you in. Farris had to go to Manti today to give a presentation to a group of YM/YW about colleges and scholarships and stuff so he took off right after the sacrament. I managed through that meeting with help from the Huntingtons, thanks Nikki by the way, but I had a bunch of stuff I needed to get together for Primary so I just dropped everyone off to their classes and ran around like a chicken for a little while, thanks Paige and Dorry Lou for holding Seth! Things were settling down when Dorry Lou informed me that Seth was a little damp...not a good sign. So I changed him top to bottom, luckily my diaper bag had all the extra clothes and diapers that I needed and I was feeling good, so prepared! Then I was taking him to nurse, when the Nursery leader brings up Joseph. Soaked clean to his socks. Smack my head, I hadn't put in any more emergency pants since his last accident cleaned out the diaper bag. The only thing in the whole bag that would fit him was a pair of blue tighty-whities (blueies?). Thank you, Brandee, she gave me a diaper--a diaper seemed a little more modest than just a pair of underwear. So I delivered him back to the nursery doing a little it of Risky Business with his white shirt and diaper (I never have seen Risky Business, just that little memorable scene, who would've thought it would be reenacted in nursery?). He did ask for his pants, but by the end of church he had enough people laughing at him --which just adds coal to his little fire-- that he was ready to streak. I was packing a diaper bag, my primary bag (not light), Seth in his car seat, trying to get Felicity and Caleb to follow me and trying to keep up with Joseph who was leaving behind a wave of snickers. OOOOh, yeah, church was memorable today. I am glad there was so many people helping me today (thanks Genevera for helping me out to the van with baggage, kids and Naked and Shivering Boy--yes, it was cold today). What a great ward I'm in with, thankfully, a good sense of humor.

Just a few things

Last night Caleb was telling me stories about Nephi and Laman and Lemuel, but he got a little mixed up and said Lame-o and Lemuel. I thought it was appropriate.

We went to walmart the other day and Joseph mooned the parking lot. OK, it was my fault, I was lifting him out of the cart and his pants got caught, and swooooop, down to his ankles they went. But I thought it was funny it happened to him.

Congrats to Sam and Emily, I'm looking forward to a trip to Oregon for your wedding! And hey, we (as in me, I guess) need details of the proposal.

Caleb is all registered for kindergarten now! Except those shots I haven't told him about yet... He's getting so big and tall, such a goofy fun kid. He's growing in every way, and it makes me sad that he'll be gone for kindergarten in the fall. What a kid!