Jonah

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT JONAH

1. Well, to go along with Dylan's, Jonah hit a milestone this year. He is now tall enough to ride Shamu Express. It is the kid roller coaster. It was so wonderful to go yesterday and discover that he is finally able to ride it. He has been patiently watching his brother and sister ride it for a couple years, now it is his turn too. I can honestly say that it made my day to know that he could join in the roller coaster fun.

2. Jonah is a talker. The boy can talk and talk and talk and talk. There is no interrupting him. He either ignores you, or he will start over and over until he is able to get out what he wants to say. I have stopped trying to tell him to tell me later or to hold on a second. One day when I was picking him up from his Sunday school class, I looked inside the room and Jonah had the full undivided attention of his teacher and was quoting lines to her from Peter Pan. She said that he had been doing it for about 5 minutes. He is so funny. He has a lot to say. He loves to quote movie lines...another characteristic from his dad.

3. Jonah loves to dress up in cowboy boots and his cowboy holster that he got for Christmas. It is too big for his little waist so he slings it over his shoulder kind of like a purse. Quite innovative. He is sometimes the bad guy and sometimes the good guy. Dylan and he fight over who gets to be the good guy sometimes.

4. Jonah loves to build with blocks. He will do it all day if I let him. He builds "busy cities", "the Temple", "the mall", "Seaworld", anything his imagination wants. He does a really great job.

He loves to show me each one. He leads me upstairs and then makes me close my eyes and then yells "Ta Da". It is fun to see how excited he is.

Cierra

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CIERRA

1. Cierra is, as we all know, the only girl amidst all of her brothers. Apparently we are a sight to see, so when we are out and about everyone feels they need to comment on our family. They will always say to Cierra "Oh, you are the only girl", and she will ALWAYS say, "No, my mommy is a girl."

2. Cierra has the most tender heart. She is so kind and sweet. The other night at soccer practice it was very cold. Their was a little girl (who Cierra had never met) with a blanket around her that kept slipping off. Everytime it did Cierra would go over and pull it back up and tuck it in for her. It was so cute to see her concern for this little girl. She likes to write notes to people in our family and her friends to tell us how much she loves us. It is so wonderful to walk into my room at night when they are in bed and find a note taped to my door, or on my pillow.

3. Cierra is a fast learner. She is quickly improving with her reading and writing. She loves to do her homework. Most days after she is done with her homework, she will ask to do more, so I get her another page out of her workbook here at home. She is really good at drawing and cutting things out. She likes to spend a lot of time coloring. A new coloring book, or notebook and crayons are heaven to her.

4. Cierra loves to sing. She is really good at remembering words to songs. She has a pretty singing voice too. Almost at anytime you will find her walking around the house or playing in her room singing songs. She loves to make them up too. She has a cd player in her room and it is constantly playing and she is constantly singing and dancing to it. She can't dance without putting on some type of costume. Usually it is a leotard that is way too small that shows me her way too long of legs that are going to be a concern for her parents in later years.

Dylan

My sister in law put this on her blog and I thought it was cute so I decided to to it.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT DYLAN

1. Seaworld season has begun so we went yesterday...and da da da da da-Dylan is tall enough to ride the Steel Eel. It is the big roller coaster there. He and I rode it and while in the middle of it he yelled "I can't take it anymore", however the second it ended he wanted back on.

2. Dylan is now playing soccer. He loves it and counts down each week until practice. He is great at running so it is a perfect sport for him. His team is called the Lackland Scorpions.

3. Which leads me to this one...two days last week Dylan came home with awards for running at school. The first one was an award for running 11 laps on the track- 2 3/4 miles. The second was for walking three miles on the track. He said his legs were too sore to run it again. I guess he is going to be a cross country runner like his dad.

4. Dylans loves mustard. I tell him he loves it so much because when I was pregnant with him that I loved it too. He dips everything in mustard including chicken nuggets and french fries.

5. Dylan is a great reader. He has 100% in his reading class and is in pictures all over the school because he is such a great reader. He has finished reading "Captain Underpants", and "Stink, the incredible shrinking kid."

6. Dylan is a great big brother to all of his siblings. He is a great helper to me and I am so thankful for him. Every morning when we get up he helps carry one of the babies downstairs for me, then he gets out 2 diapers and the wipes, and if I am not fast enough, he will get all 3 of their cereal bowls and spoons out. He does all of this without me asking. He tells me that he just likes to help me. I am so blessed to be his mom.

Slacker Mommy Moments

So I don'tknow if any of you have noticed, but on my blog I have links to other websites that I frequently visit. One of them is Mormon Mommy Wars. It is a fun blog about other Mormon mommies and their quips on life.
I visited the site today and read this post- http://www.mormonmommywars.com/?p=1095.
Do read. It is so funny. We all have our "slacker mommy moments". I will be the first to admit it. However, I must confess that after reading the author's list I felt a little better about some of my slacker moments. Just for fun I will list a couple of mine...and please feel free to join in.

1. Yesterday was a CRAZY BUSY day and the kids needed a bath before bed because they had played outside, but I was too tired to give them one. I handed each one a wipe and said "Go at it." And no they didn't get a bath this morning either.

2. I have to admit that on the weekends my kids only brush on Sundays before church. Sick I know, but I make sure they do a REALLY good job every other night.

3. I think I already posted this, but because the babies are so young, we didn't get them a Christmas present. Isn't that horrible? I think I can get away with it this year too;)

Ok, so I really can't think of anymore right now, but if you guys comment back with some of yours maybe that will get the ball rolling....don't want to be the only one airing my dirty laundry ;)

Jonah's version of the air guitar

Here is a video of the kids (and Ron) playing Rock Band. Jonah is doing a little air guitar and dancing around at the same time. Stay with the video...it is the wrong angle for about 15 seconds then I figure it out and fix it.

Valentine's Day Part II

So, with the day starting off so well yesterday, I was looking forward to a nice evening with my husband.
I had gone to Costco with my friend Abbey, and while we were there, Tyler was acting sick. He kind of had a glazed over look and was putting his head down on the cart handle and closing his eyes.
When we got home, I put the babies down for a nap. They slept a good two and a half hours, I had to go wake them up. When I got Ty out of his crib, he was burning up. I don't think I have ever felt one of my kids so hot. I took his temp in his little behind and it said 106. That is when I freaked out. I gave him some Motrin and then off to the ER we went. I can't even begin to tell you how much I hate going to the ER. Going there means hours and hours of waiting.
Well, to make a long story short, Tyler has an acute pneumonia. I am glad I took the poor little guy. He is doing alright. He doesn't want to eat, but they said as long as he is drinking fluids he will be ok.
So, I got to spend Valentine's with another man in my life.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Good morning. I hope everyone's Valentine's Day started as great as mine.
So, if you don't want to hear how great I think my husband is, stop reading. If you love to hear other's brag then read on...
I woke up to my sweet husband kissing my cheek like he does every morning before he goes to work. I usually grumble a "good morning" and then roll over and go back to sleep. This morning he came in with our new laptop (yay finally...thank you pell grant money) and started playing the sweetest song. He loves Jack Johnson, and I must say that I haven't really been a fan before this morning, but after hearing this new song of his called "Angel", I am a believer!! It is so sweet and so true about me!! Ha ha..those are not my words people, just ask my husband...ok so now I am being annoying. Anyway, I thought it was sweet. It was kind of like he was serenading me but through someone else, which anyone who has played Rock Band with us knows is a good thing. Poor guy is a little tone deaf.
Anyway, it started my day great and I wanted to share...ok gloat.
Have a great day my friends!!

Oh, and I added the song to my playlist for your listening enjoyment.