A Hair Cut

Well it had to happen at some point. Abby happily and with pride informed me that she cut her hair and a little of Lukie's.

I was pretty upset for a minute and she instantly felt terrible as she realized she actually made a bad choice. I did my best to fix her hair and make light of the situation because now she was mortified. It looks ok on the sides but it is a little hard to fix 3/4" long bangs! She won't be complaining about her bangs being too long for quite a while. She didn't cut much of Lukie's hair. She almost helped it because the last hair cut I gave him wasn't my best work.

My favorite part is when I went into the kitchen to see the mess she made...I couldn't find any hair. The thoughtful little girl had cleaned it up after herself and thrown it in the garbage.

She has lost her scissor privileges when I'm not around and has chosen to clean the bathroom as her punishment. Which actually will be pretty fun for her because she loves to spray the cleaning solutions.

The First One Is Gone

Abby lost her first tooth this past July! She said it was wiggling and I thought she was making it up. But then I could see that it wiggled and I turned into a dentist and started examining her mouth. And sure enough there was a new tooth coming in! She wasn't even in kindergarten yet and she lost a tooth. She was so proud of herself. She lost her second one a few weeks later.

The Potty Training

So, we are working on potty training Luke. It has been a little frustrating. The boy can hold it a really long time but just won't tell us when he needs to go. And I don't remember all the time to remind him. And when it comes to #2 he has only gone in the potty one time. Every other movement has been in be pants! The picture below is after he pooped in his pants while we were at the park. I'm thankful I had that garbage bag in my car. I was pretty upset at him but when I saw him in that garbage bag I couldn't stop laughing. He thinks he's pretty funny. Jonny didn't think it was so funny when Luke did the same thing to him at the park yesterday. And there was no garbage bag this time! Hopefully he'll figure it out soon.

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Well, we bought a new home! We have been casually looking for quite a while now but when Jonny was called to be the bishop of our ward, I knew we had to move. I couldn't imagine 5 more years in our current house since we plan and having a few more kids. The week Jonny was called as the bishop a family in our ward decided to sell their beautiful 5 bedroom home. So, we bought it! The move was easy and we are already pretty settled. There are so many wonderful things about this home but I thought I'd show a few of my favorite things...

The large dinning space and kitchen with an island. I love having two ways to get in and out of the kitchen!

The spring flowers out the kitchen window.

The double oven!!!

Central vacuum

The beautiful double sided fireplace.

The mudroom - I love the space!

A sink in the laundry room. Luke is potty training right now so this is wonderful!

The huge master bedroom closet.

Double door entry.

And here is the whole thing. The previous owner left their swing set and tramp too!

We are truly so blessed and thankful to be in such a wonderful home.

The Reason the Priest Didn't Help

I was helping Lukie look at a book in Sacrament meeting recently. It was a simple version of The Good Samaritan. We looked at each page over and over again and I said things like, "The bad guys got the good guy" and "oh no he has boo-boos" and "that guy isn't helping him...that's not nice". One time after pointing out that the guy wasn't helping I asked, "where is he going?" Luke said, " Hum...maybe he has to go potty". I almost couldn't control my laughter.

Tackle

Here is Lukie playing with Mack his cousin. Luke is 2 and Mack is 7. Now Mack is just playing and not trying his hardest but you get an idea of what Luke can do. He knows how to use his weight to his advantage.

After the tackle Luke says, "I got you. I got you down." I love it.

The Cast is Off

After three weeks of a cast Rachel is finally free! After they took it off, she grabbed at her foot for a minute. That seemed to be her way of saying, "Hey where'd that thing go?" Surprisingly her leg and cast didn't smell too bad. But I was so happy to give her a normal bath. You just can't get as clean with a wet washcloth! She really seemed to enjoy being in the water again.

I just think her little cast is so cute. It is the same size as a spoon! Too bad she had to break her ankle to get one!

The bone is healing well enough to get the cast off but it isn't 100% yet. So the doc said to be careful with her. So, does that mean we shouldn't put her on the counter for another few months and then it is ok? ;) Just kidding!