Taw Fawts

(some random photos of Jonah playing outside yesterday)

A couple of months ago, a few of the kids
went with me to take Mikey back to Provo.
As we drove through the roundabout at the
bottom of the hill, I nicked the rumble strip, and
Maxwell and Jonah began laughing hysterically.

I quickly forgot about the incident, so I was
pretty confused the next time we went to Provo.
Jonah asked if we could make the "caw fawt."
What? You want to make the car fight?
"No. FAWT!"
I guessed every word that I could think of,
before I finally figuring out that he wanted
the car to f a r t.
Awesome.

It's their new favorite thing,
and unfortunately, it's not just the boys
who like to hear the car "fart."
Last week it was just Ruby and me
going to Provo to help Mikey move.
As we started down the hill, she asked,
"Mom, awe you doing to mate da taw fawt?"

Notes to self:
1. Take a different route to Provo from now on.
2. Teach the kids to speak English.

Flower Girl

Open Mouth, Insert Foot

Almost There!

Milo's not "walking" yet,
but he can take a few steps.
Hurray!

Baby Steps! from jenny on Vimeo.

Yellow, Green, and Ruby

This is Ruby in her new summer outfit.

It's YELLOW! And SHE chose it.

Pink is still prominent in her wardrobe, but she is making room

for purple, yellow, and an occasional brown or blue.

"It's awesome!" (Ruby's catchphrase.)

Spring is coming to Utah, and evidently Ruby doesn't

remember spring OR summer from last year.

She keeps running to find me, shouting,

"Mom! Mom! Come here! You've gotta see this!"

She makes me follow her to the front window,

and points at our big elm tree

(currently the main source of my allergies),

"Look! The tree is turning GREEN!"

Yes, Ruby. Those are called leaves.

"It's awesome!"

Shark Attack

Yesterday afternoon, John watched an episode

of Shark Week with the kids.
Not long after the show ended, our basement

had been transformed into an ocean,

and our children had gone from Jedi warriors

(or Sith in one case) to sharks.

They asked me to come downstairs to see
their "ocean," and then jumped up to scare me.

Maxwell gave me two choices,

1 - I could be the Queen of the Sharks

2 - The sharks could eat me
Not much of a choice if you ask me.

To make the decision even easier, the boys

told me that John is the King of the Sharks.

Bentley actually gave me a third option.

He offered to let me join them as a regular shark.

Pretty benevolent, huh?

2/12

(photo by Bentley)

By Request (B, M, and J)

Earlier this week, Mikey invited the kids and me

down to his apartment complex to play on the toys.

Actually, he asked me to bring him his laundry detergent,

and said that while we were there, the kids could

check out the toys since no one ever uses them.
Anyway, I expected to bring Ruby, Jonah, and Milo

along, but didn't think Bentley or Maxwell would

be interested in playing on "little kid toys."

Wrong.
All three big boys wanted to come, and
it didn't take long for them to find something
(dangerous) to do at the playground.

They told me to take pictures of them in the air
as they jumped off the toys.
But that was only the first part of my job.
I was given specific instructions:
a) post these photos to my blog
and b) get prints made and put in an album
so that they can check out their awesomeness
whenever they feel like it.
I'm still working on part b.

This park trip happened to be Milo's first!

The ground was a little muddy from the snow (boo)
that morning, but he got to crawl around on the toys.
Maybe next time he'll get even more freedom - today he took two steps!
I think he was just trying not to fall over, but it worked!
He moved forward two steps and remained standing! Hurray for Milo!

Ruby's favorite thing was to jump, jump, jump
down the hill (barefoot of course),
run back up, and jump, jump, jump down again.

Not bad for our first park trip of 2010.
I just need to remember to take Mikey every time.
It's a lot easier to herd them all to the car
when I've got him along for backup.

How to Score Points with Milo

Let him hold your phone/mp3 player/camera.

Milo chillin' with his new best bud, Spencer

BYU Kids Clinic

Spencer's spring break just happened to coincide

with the annual BYU Kids Clinic.
He and I took Bentley, Maxwell, and Jonah,

and Mikey met us there.

The boys each got to run two drills,
but spent the bulk of the time waiting in lines.

After the clinic, we watched some of the team's practice.

Then we were off to buy J Dawgs.

By the way, Jonah only got lost 2 or 3 times.
He liked sprinting around the field,
dodging people and looking for the best drills.
It was really hard to keep up.

Here are previous years clinic posts:
2006
2007
2008
I think this is probably my all time favorite
kids clinic photo:
Bentley is awesome.
Here's the video of one drill from today:

BYU Kids Clinic 2010 from jenny on Vimeo.

Milo's 1st Birthday!

Milo is one lucky guy. He got to celebrate his

first brithday with three aunts and three cousins

in addition to his parents, brothers, and Ruby.

Judy took pictures of him this afternoon,

then he got pizza for dinner.
His siblings "helped" him open his presents,

and then he had to go to bed.

Elizabeth helped me decorate a cute little cake for him to smash in his pictures.

The one pictured in the collage is made from the leftovers. I ran out of time,

and didn't get to make birthday cake for all of us to enjoy. So . . . we got

babycakes from The Chocolate and made do with our funny looking

leftover cake for the candle. I don't think Milo cared. :)

Milo's birth story here.

Quick Shot

We only had a minute for photos with the cousins this morning,

and the *best* one of the kids (from my camera)

was the one without my flash. Rats.

Laura, I hope you got a better one. :)

Fans

Milo didn't get to stay up,

but his big brothers made it to the

final play of the championship game.

Bentley filled out brackets this year.

It was his first time, and at one point,

he enjoyed being in 1st place

(above about 18 adults),

for a good 40 minutes.

Then BYU lost.

Last night, he and Jonah were cheering for Duke.

Maxwell and I were cheering for Butler,

until the very end, when Maxwell

switched to the winning team.

Easter Weekend

We had a great Easter weekend with weird weather,

good food, lots and lots of family, and some fun.

Hope your weekend was wonderful, too.