Poop on the Walls

3/3/11
One thing I have learned from being a mom is that children are disgusting. Jake confimed this by sticking his finger in his poopy diaper. (Oh how I wish he would let me potty train him!!)When he saw the poo on his finger he thought it was gross, which is was, and wiped it on the wall. Then he went and washed his hands. Why couldn't he have just washed his hands in the first place? And why wipe it on the wall? It is never ok to have poo on the wall! That is Jake though. We don't understand a lot of what he does.

Church...Is It Worth It?

2/20/11
We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Part of being a member is attending weekly church meetings. Three hours every Sunday is a long time, especially with little kids. Lately I have been pondering if it is really worth the torture every week. For us, it is like being at the circus. We chase our kids all over, they cry, scream, throw things. I don't get to hear anything that is being said and often end up in tears myself, but we are trying. Today Matt asked Jake what he learned in church. Jake's response was "Santa." I was pretty sure we learned about Jesus, but I guess Jake is getting something different from his lessons. So, is it worth it? I hope one day it will be. For now, we will just keep trying.....

7 Years Old

Time has flown by! My little boy is 7! I guess that makes him not so little. He still loves legos and transformers and is such a smart kid. It really doesn't seem like he was born that long ago. He is a good boy and I think he can do great things if he puts his mind to it. I love him so much!

Silly Spencer

Updating my blog is not something I am good at. I realize how far behind I am, but I am adding a couple funny things Spencer did from February 2, 2011.

Last night I went to check on Spencer before going to bed myself and found him curled up in his bed completely naked! I didn't think he knew how to undress himself yet because he hadn't done it before, but like so many times before, I was wrong. He got upset at me for moving him and getting him dressed while Matt changed the sheets. I felt bad moving him, but it would not have been a good idea to leave him there all night.

In our house, and really, anyone who has little kids or animals knows this, we have to make sure the bathroom door is shut. Well, someone left is open and Spencer got in. No, that is not toilet paper in there either. I think Spencer thought he would do some laundry and put Matt's dress shirt in the toilet. When I found him he was getting ready to put another shirt in. Good thing he didn't try flushing!

Christmas 2010

Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year!
As a child I remember loving Christmas. All the anticipation and excitement. But as I got older, Christmas lost some of its magic. Now, having my own children, I think this is one of my favorite holidays. I can feel that magic again. I love Santa, putting up the tree and the decorations, and the lights.
We do try to keep Christ in Christmas. I love the nativity, but having one displayed in our home is difficult because my children break EVERYTHING!! My dad painted a beautiful ceramic nativity for us but I am afraid to display it now for fear of it being destroyed. So we purchased
a Fisher-Price one, just to have something to put out. The kids loved it, and it worked great
because they could play with it and not break anything. Love it! Even Wolverine went to visit baby Jesus. Jake also had interesting ways to play with the set. He liked to line up everything and put it in a circle. I am still impressed by his circle making ability with toys.
The nativity was our only decoration, besides the tree. This does make me sad, but hopefully one day we will be able to get out the other decorations again.
I honestly think I get more excited than the kids. I wake up at 4
am and lay in bed, trying to go back to sleep until the kids wake up. I can't help it! I love seeing their little faces light up. By 7, Matt usually says we can wake them up. It takes a minute for them to realize that it is Christmas and they have presents under the tree. But then they run out, dressed in their new pajamas from the night before, and I can feel the excitement bursting from them.
I do also love making gingerbread houses. Matt bought me a kit
that was a lot of fun to make. Once made though, it is hard to
keep little hands off it. I was keeping the house on the fridge to display for a little while but needed to do some cleaning in the kitchen. I thought by putting the house on the piano it would be safe. I was wrong. Sometimes I forget that my kids can climb. Well, Spencer found the house and started biting the candy off. I had to laugh.
As you will notice, there are no decorations on our tree, but lights. They broke the glass balls, so I got plastic, and somehow they managed to break those too. So the tree is bare. They can't
leave the stockings alone either. Jake is displaying one way they play with them. Sometimes they put the stockings on their feet as well. Christmas eve we are looking for the stockings to put back by the fireplace for Santa to fill.
I love the holidays and I love my family, and despite my kids craziness, I love that I get to have them in my life.
Merry Christmas!!

The boys in thier new pajamas

Opening gifts on Christmas

A Little Soap Please

Spencer may have adorable round cheeks and an innocent look about him, but he can be just as good at getting into trouble as his brothers. After all, he does have Jake for a teacher. Here he decided to get a bath without water. He put soap in his hair and was trying to rub it all over his body...at least on the parts that were not clothed. Don't let that cute smile fool you!!

Jello

This is actually one of the better messes the boys made. Someone had brought us dinner and they brought some red jello. It tasted great but for some reason the next day, Jake and Spencer decided to take the jello into Spencer's room and decorate the carpet with it. Red jello does not come out of carpet very well.