Brooke is the best

So I'm in Denver at a conference for work, that I really really don't want to be at. My flight was early this morning so I had to get up at 4:30am. I know so far it sounds like I'm looking for sympathy, but what I am writing about is how Brooke got up 3 or 4 times last night with crying kids so I could sleep because she knew I was only going to get a few hours of sleep before I had to catch my flight. Brooke is one of the most considerate people I know and one of the least complaining people I know. I love you Brookie, thank for being so cool!

The Purple Colgate Toothbrush

This morning when I went to brush my teeth, for some odd reason my purple toothbrush was sitting on the counter as opposed to in the drawer where it belongs. I thought it a little odd but then again, everything is always odd when you have a handful of small kids running around the house. As I started to brush my teeth, I wondered why my soft bristles felt more medium. Odd but then so is life. I finished up and put my toothbrush back in the drawer. A few hours later, my mother-in-law asked, "Brooke, have you seen my purple toothbrush? I left it on the counter in your bathroom." It's all clear now but unfortunately a little too clear!

Socks, Socks and More Socks

So check it out. Each day, I have 6 pairs of socks (a pair for each member of the family and usually one mishap or trip to the gym or whatever requires an extra pair some time during the day) to clean, dry, match and fold. That might not seem like much but it adds up! That means that during a one month period, 12 socks a day, times 30 days equals 360 socks each month that need to be cleaned and matched and put away. THAT IS A NIGHTMARE!!! If nothing else, I can't wait for summer because I can make my kids wear flip flop (no socks!) everyday- I might budge on Sundays.

First Real Haircut

Tyler got her haircut last week for the first time (aside from when I trim the ends of every few months). She LOVED it! I see lots of trips to the beauty salon in her future. She's such a girl.

Bottoms Up

It's such a bummer when you go to check on your semi-pottytrained-but-still-wears-pullups-to-bed kid at naptime and find the following:

Poor Little Ryder!

When we were growing up, if we put on an outfit that was too small or wearing out or just not right, my mom would say, "Go change your outfit, you look poor." Now at the time, we were poor but I guess my mom didn't think we needed to wear that on our sleeve. When I think of the expression, "you look poor" now, it makes me laugh (I swear you can't say that!- so un-PC). So it's been fluctuating between spring and winter here so it's been a bit of a challenge getting my kids dressed each day. On Saturday, I put Ryder in an outfit he hadn't worn for probably a month and a half. By the time I got it on him (he's a bit of a struggle to get dressed!) I decided it looked a little snug but after all my hard work, we would just go with it. By the end of the night, it was covered in food and I swear smaller than when I put it on him in the morning. My mom took one look at him and about croaked. I can now see exactly what she meant when she said we looked poor!!!

Blind Faith

So the other evening we were at the park and I noticed that Boston's eyes are turning green (they are blue but starting the transition over to green). Anywho, Ammon wanted to take a look so he said, "Hey Bos, show me your peepers." Boston sat there for a minute and then stood up and started to unzip his pants!