Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Heaven Help Me

I apologize I don't have a picture for today but Eric is in Alaska with our camera. I think you'll get enough of a visual from the story.

We were driving home from swim lessons today and ran into bad freeway traffic. Jackson said he had to pee. Let me back up. For some reason, when the boys get in a swimming pool, it makes them pee. So they had already gone to the bathroom 2 times during and after lessons. Back to Jackson having to go . . . I told him to hold it and he said he couldn't. Leighton then proceeded to hand him a water bottle. The next thing I know, Jackson has the bottle straight up and is sitting trying to pee in it. Of course the law of gravity doesn't cooperate. The pee goes all over him and he just sits there laughing. I tell him to grab a towel and clean it up. Five minutes later, Leighton says he has to pee. He grabs the same bottle and succeeds at peeing in it. He says he's going to use it for an experiment. (I know this is all disgusting but sometimes the story needs to be told.) It gets better. We're close to home and the twins are doing their usual teasing with each other. I pull in the garage and tell them to gather all their wet stuff and bring it in the laundry room. They're still teasing each other and I ask them what they're doing. Leighton tells me he's trying to stick his finger in Jackson's butt. Ugh!!!! Disgusting! All the while, Jackson is just laughing. Is this normal?

Needless to say, the van needs a complete detail and sanitizing.

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Being Real

This past week I enjoyed checking out friends and families blog's and came to the realization that I'm not a very fun mom. It's like I enjoyed reading them and looking at the pictures, but I compared myself and didn't feel like I measured up or that life wasn't as rosy. So I've decided to just be real and post the good and not so good and live in reality. As my title says, "To Everything There is a Season."

I have little mice that live with me and every time I leave the room, they scurry into cupboards, refrigerators, freezers, the garage, etc. Fortunately, they leave a trail so I can usually catch them red-handed. I clean up one mess to find another. In this case, Boston needed to wash his hands so he dumped all the garbage out and stood on top of it.


We had fun going to the lake with our good friends, The Beckstead's. Everyone had a good time except Boston who wouldn't even take his pajama pants off. He's not a big fan of the water. Kenendy, Jackson, and Leighton loved tubing and taking dips to cool off and pee. (I told you I was going to be real.)

Kennedy was involved in a theatre and art camp this past week and had a great time. Next week it's dance and tumbling. I really want her to learn how to dance because I'm a terrible dancer and have too many inhibitions. I don't want her to follow in my footsteps. Eric has great rhythm so hopefully she'll take after him.

The boys finished a week of swim lessons. Jackson and Leighton are doing great. Boston has now gotten his chin wet all on his own. One more week to go. Maybe Boston will get his blonde locks wet?

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Summer Happenings

A blog spot. Time to get up with the times. Just a quick overview of our summer thus far . . . June we traveled to Utah and Idaho to visit family and friends and see new homes, new projects, a BYU operaetta, and escape the heat. The twins ventured to Oceanside, CA to Grandpa and Grandma Bateman's "Reading Camp" for 2 weeks. We also really enjoyed family coming to see us.

July has been filled with summer camps, swimming, swim lessons, free movies, library, friends, the beach, successful potty training, and way too much TV.

Obviously I have a little time on my hands to do this. The kids are maturing and we're starting to see the light. I hope to keep up with this on a weekly basis so check back often.