This is my Little Man covered in mud. Paul would have freaked if he had been home. He doesn't like messes, and he certainly doesn't like it when Brennen does normal little boy things. His mother assures me he was among the worst little trouble makers when he was Brenn's age (A little story about filling the inside of his dad's car completely with water comes to mind!!). As long as he hasn't ruined anything, and its an easy clean up, I don't mind. The kids like to take dirt from the backyards flower beds, and make dirt "sculptures" (Brennen's word of the week) on the back patio. Ash was trying to sweep it off last I heard, and then we had water involved-I don't know who's brainchild that was. End result a great big muddy mess. The fun part for me was I got to hose him down. Ash thought this would be great fun too, but I didn't want her to get mean about it. So chalk another memory up to Brennen's inquisitive adventures!!!
When Kirsten was little, it was not uncommon for her to wake up and roam around the house. Well, Brennen does the same. Yesterday afternoon, Paul and Brennen took a Sunday drive (The kids take turns going on rides with daddy, especially if their not getting along at the time of the suggestion-just to isolate them from one another.). Of course, Brennen fell asleep in the car by the time they returned home. When Brennen falls asleep he needs a good 2 to 3 hours or he is a complete bear, so we didn't wake him up. Needless to say he wasn't tired when the rest of us were(He does stay in his room though.). He woke us up at 1 am, by turning on the hall and downstairs lights, because he was hungry and thirsty. I haven't been sleeping well during this pregnancy, so if I'm awoken in the night, it usually takes me hours to fall back asleep; especially if one of the kids is awake or sick. Brenn finally fell asleep around 2:30am and was awake at 8; His usual time to get up in the morning.
Brennen has also been making up funny little jokes. Here are a few he was telling me this morning...
Q-Why did the cat cross the Road? A-Because the chicken was following him?
Q-Why did the Firetruck go down the Road? A-Because the steering wheel and brakes weren't working.
I was so ready for this summer vacation. Although it seems so surreal. No big event to culminate the end, to what seemed like a very long school year. Ash isn't out until the 18th, so the boys and I will have the mornings together. Paul's going to work some overtime the next couple of weeks, so he'll be gone all afternoon until his normal time. Baseball season is over. Ash is bummed, but want to move on to the next activity. It's been a year since her first broken arm, and the tan line of skin that hasn't seen the sun in a year is hilarious. Two more weeks and then the objects with wheel and trampoline restriction is removed. I'm going to need to find some arm pad protectors somewhere, and a Priesthood blessing wouldn't hurt. Ash and her school mates had their end of year concert on Friday the 5th (Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad).It was patriotic themed, and very good. Ash is quit a bit smaller then the majority of her class, so she was out front and center, but from the back of the Bee Hive (their auditorium)I could only see the top of her head.
Brenn amazed the "girls" at school with his fly catching abilities on the last day of school. They didn't believe he actually had done it, until he transfer ed it to one of their hands. Brennen became enamoured with one of the teachers down the hall towards the end of the year, Lilliana; much to the sergrin of his earlier favorite Ms. Tracy. Lilliana thinks that he is just the cutest, funniest, inventive little boy. She had prep during 7th hour, which is the time Paul would drop him off. He would always have things to show her, and he would con her out of a box, string, or such; and then give her instructions on how to make his latest invention.
Last night we had a huge storm roll through. It was supposed to miss us entirely, but we had an awesome lightning show with some tremendous thunder. It rolled in about 10:30. Brennen had come into our room and was lying on our bed when the thunder started. This thunder was ear splintering and shook the house. Brennen fell asleep with his hands plugging his ears. I wish I would have gotten a picture.
Of course I have a bazillion pictures to upload, and a computer that won't comply.
Every time Brennen sings the Thomas theme song it sounds like...Thomas the Tank Engine Rowwing the Lawn.
For our family vacation this summer (Memorial Day Weekend), Paul planned a mini vacation to Utah to ride Thomas in Heber Valley. This is the second time we've ridden Thomas. Our first time was when Ash was nearly four, and Brenn was 8 months. So this trip was really for him. He loved it!! He got so excited when he saw the "Real Thomas."
We spent a couple of hours doing all the activities. The kids had a lot of fun, and were really good. We spent the night at a hotel in Draper so that the kids could go swimming. Paul gets really good Travel Agent rates, and doing things like that are fun to him. Sunday, we drove around Draper for about an hour, trying to make it up the mountain to see the new Temple. By the time we got there it was drizzling and really cold. What a beautiful temple. We then went to the Jordan River and Ocher Mountain Temples, which are both visable from the Draper Temple. That afternoon and night we spent at Aunt Dee-Dee's and Uncle Jeff's. The kids love being around them, just as I did (and still do) as a child. It was always the best to work with Uncle Jeff. Ash was hoping for a horse ride, but with Jeff working out of town all the time he had lots of chores to catch up on. But she got to spend three hours Monday morning going all over with him. She had a blast, and even wrote her writing lesson about it on Tuesday at school... "This Memorial Day I I went with my unckl Jiffe. we went to the stor. we got 20 bords we put them in the trailer we got a gringk we went home"
They didn't just go to the store... They went to the store, then the dump in SLC that was closed (Memorial Day guys!!), back to the store because they forgot something, and then to get a drink. Three hours later!!!!
We made it home by five, and went straight to the parents for a BBQ, where Ryan dried to burn all of his hair off (got to close to the grill and couldn't get it lit the first time).
2 Full Days, and 3 Half days and counting until "Schools out for Summer!!"
We've been constantly on the go. It's a good thing, because if I wasn't constantly going, I would lay down and go to sleep. Ash is back at ILC after two weeks off. I can't wait tell summer vacation, NO more arguments about homework. She loves homework, but doesn't want to do it until its "dark" (meaning night). Mondays and Wednesdays are dedicated to Ash's baseball games. There are the ever present Dr's appointment (It seems all I've done since Ash was born is go to Dr's appointments. During my spring break, Ash had a double ear infection. And as of tommorow, I will have had 5 appointments in the last three weeks, myself.
Yesterday I had my 4th ultrasound, the third to make sure the baby had all its vital organs, and that the were working. I ended up having to have it done at the hospital for the third one, and yet again the baby was still being uncooperative. Thats why the MIGHT be a girl came into play. Brennen still says its a boy. Well, it's time to get going to a baseball game. I'll get some pictures of that up soon.
I'm glad you made it to Germany safely Katie. Love to all Lara
Ashlynn-Marie is a Rivercat this year. She is one of two girls on the team. Where she was one of the best on the t-ball team, on this team I think her skills are towards the bottom of the pack. The parents of this team are going to be very competitive, even some of the boys are. It was really cute the very first day of practice, they were out taking batting practice, and one of the boys just smashed it into the outfield (they play on regular sized Babe Ruth fields now), and one of the boys fielding said "We're going to have a very good season!" It was so funny. Ash has been so excited to play, so I hope she has fun and doesn't get discouraged. I also think that her vision is going to be a little bit of a problem this season, especially while she's batting. We'll see...
Paul has made a lateral move at the travel agency. He now is going to be working at the help desk. He has been training for it the last week during the hours that I've been at school, so Brennen has gone to Grandma Shirley's for the week.(Thanks Shirley, it been a big help you keeping Brennen this week.) Brennen has had lots of fun playing with Luke (the little boy Shirley nannies), going to the park, going to the nature park, and helping to bake a cake for Great-Grandma Pat's birthday.(Happy Birthday Grandma!!!)
It's Spring Break and I'm so excited to have a week off. The kids have just been crazy at school, or just plain sick and still coming to school. I told them if they got me sick, and I was sick during Spring Break, I was going to hunt them down and cough on them.:)
My friend Katie, is going to Germany to play Professional Softball. Good Luck Katie, I'll miss you.
