Soft Skin

David: "Mom, you have such soft skin."

Mom: "David, your skin is softer than mine. Usually the younger you are the softer your skin."

David: "So Mac's skin is softer than mine, and Ruthie's skin is softer than his."

Mom: "That's right David, Ruthie has the softest skin in our family."

Gabe: "Hey, that means that dad's skin is softer than mom's skin because she's older than him."

Mom: (Pause)"Yes Gabe, that's probably true. Thanks for reminding me."

Sick Day

David sleeping wedged between the guest bed and the wall

I think we are passing something mild around at our house, starting with David and Ruthie. Ruthie is drippy,whiny, and tired but doesn't seem too bad. David slept off and on all day long but he didn't complain one bit about being sick. He was so cute to read books to and snuggle with. (The grape-juice purple vomit I cleaned up around lunch time was less cute, but I've had to clean up worse.) Thankfully today David is feeling much better and back to his energetic self. 

Out Takes

 This one is my favorite 

Brothers

It's a good thing to have three older brothers

Mother son dates

Zach and I thought it would be good for the boys to work toward something they wanted so that learning time wasn't just drudgery. We promised the boys a special date with either mom or dad if they completed some goals last month. Mac had to fill up his potty chart, David had to learn 100 sight words, and Gabe had to read an illustrated copy of the Book of Mormon (263 pages) to earn their special dates. They all finished relatively close to one another and have all gone on their special outings. Mac chose pizza and Chuck E' Cheese. David  and Gabe wanted a JDawg but David chose to go to Jump on it and Gabe went to see the movie Brave. Gabe went with Zach who is not as much of a picture taker as I am so I don't have any photos of their special day, but here are my memories of hanging out with the middle two, one- on- one. I figure if we are going to have eight kids we need to plan for some special time with each child so they don't get lost in the mix. 

Jumping with David was more fun than I expected. He was the one to ask ME to leave, not the other way around. I spent a lot of time on the trampoline as a kid. The next dates will not have to be earned but also be a lot cheaper- a snow cone by the river. 

Good Job boys! 

In love

I'm sure one of these will go on my wall at some point. This is my angel baby who let me play glamour shots with her. Isn't she a little angel? There were so many that I liked I'm sure I'll edit and post some more later. 


(and to all you mom-ographers out there, I think I am sold on RAW now, at least for photos I really care about. I'm just learning, but I LIKE it)

Words of Wisdom

As I was swinging my adorable two year old at the park today on one of the 'big boy swing' I asked him if he was holding on tight. His response was a keeper:

"If you stick your finger up your nose you fall off."I get the sense that he has figured this out from previous experience.

I'm sure his sage advice can be applied in life to some sort of 'keep your eye on the ball' senario. If not, it still made me chuckle.