Lessons learned

I have been quite busy for the last two weeks so that's why my posts have slowed down. I now do newscasts on another radio station as well every morning. At the same time my main duties at my own station have changed somewhat. It's a little stressful getting used to the changes (my neck and shoulder blades hhhurrrttt from the stress) but I am having fun being, what I call, a News Princess. I just get home and crash.

Anyhoo, I learned two lessons today:

1) Don't put on 18-month-old Benny's shoes before my own. He likes to get right up on my toes as he clamors to be picked up. His 30 pounds and frantic energy really hurt my little piggies. Also, don't paint your toenails after putting Benny's shoes on -- and hide while it dries. He stepped and stomped the new polish all off.

2) A silky skirt that looked good in college and the single years does not work with two children. As they climbed on and off of my lap during church my slip and slippery skirt kept slip-sliding away from each other.

Funny-isms

If I didn't think my children were funny, what kind of mother would I be?

JB, during a Family Home Evening lesson on saying prayers: "Max, how do we talk to Heavenly Father?"

Max: "He's not here on earth."

JB: "No he's not. So how do we talk to him?"

Max: "We get on a plane and fly into the sky and go visit him."


Benny last night snuck a toy into his crib. It's a toy camera that makes noise. For about 15 minutes we heard this coming from the boys' room:

Benny pushing buttons: "Cheese! Cheese! Smile. Cheese! Smile. S-S-S-Smile."

Max hissing: "Benny, shhhhhhh!"

"Cheese!"

An update

Bethany has more pictures on her blog of the baby. I was wrong -- he was 8 weeks early! But they say he's doing better everyday. He may be in the hospital a while though.

The boys and I did two fun things over the weekend and I forgot my camera. But I took this photo with my cell phone of Max playing with his friend Gracie at the Children's Garden. Little Jared came over for some music.


Afterward I took Ben and Max to Iceburg.

Then on Saturday we went to the Children's Musuem. Max loved the helicopter. He keeps talking about it.

Funny story -- JB asked Max if Gracie was his girlfriend. He scrunched up his face and said, "No, Aunt Suzie is my girlfriend!"

A little sweetheart

Yesterday my brother Michael's wife Bethany went into labor about six weeks early, and although we were all scared for a while, it seems little Jacob is here to stay!

He is 4 lbs 8 ounces I believe. That's half the size of my babies so I don't know what I would do. But the perspective of this picture doesn't make him seem so tiny, does it? He looks just darling, and a lot like Michael I think. Best of luck you guys!

Blago-bangs

I shower at night, because who wants to wake up even earlier than 3:30? Anyway sometimes get a kick out of what my hair looks like in the morning. Here are my bangs before I tackled them with my curling iron.



Remind you of anyone?

Lagoon

I'm finally posting these pictures from April, when Lagoon opened. When I told Max we were going that day to Lagoon, he ran around the house yelling, "Yeay, it's spring!" He waited for this all winter.

In the picture below, Nona (JB's mom) took Max on the Puff roller coaster. I love this picture. Uncle Bart and cousin Emily are in front of Max.

The three cousins. I love this look -- "Do you know how to pilot this thing?"

Benny and me waiting for a ride. He looks so much smaller here, and it was only a month and a half ago. Babies grow so fast.

Benny's not sure what to think of this car ride. Max wants it to go faster.

He likes the planes. But his hand is on that toy machine gun. Not sure how I feel about that message!

You know, I can't remember the last ride I rode besides the carousel and train. I spend so much time putting the boys on all the kid rides. Plus I will admit I'm a big huge coward.

Outside

"What else can I use my chain saw on?"

"Take another picture of me!"

Wook at those cute wittle toesies.

This is how you pluck flowers off the snowball bush.

"No, pick that one, Benny."

Here mom!