william dynamite

About a month ago, Will went through a phase where he would only wear his moon boots. He has shoe issues, so I didn't fight it too much. But, one day he went in the backyard and was playing tether ball in this outfit, and it just cracked me up how much he resembled Napoleon Dynamite. I didn't get the camera out fast enough to capture the tether ball moment, but here he is sporting his ensemble.

elsa lost her first tooth

She was very proud. This was back in April. (Sorry. I have some catching up to do.)

making people happy

This is long overdue, but in April when the flowers started blooming Elsa told me, "From now on, I'm going to pick flowers for people to make them happy." True to her commitment, I don't think a day has gone by that Elsa hasn't picked me some "flowers." She also enjoys leaving them on Ruth's doorstep next door. Over Easter, Brandon took the kids hiking up Rock Canyon with their cousins. They climbed up to a cave and discovered that someone was living there. The cave-dweller had stepped out for the moment, thankfully. But, Elsa decided that she needed to leave the flowers she had picked for whoever lived there.




This week, Elsa decided she wanted to give me a surprise party. She spent an afternoon taping streamers to the walls and hauling balloons into the living room. Then she decided she needed to make me a cake. So I let her do most of the work to make an angel food cake. While I was at meetings tonight, Henry and Elsa made some blue whipped cream to put on the the cake with the strawberries. And Elsa made me go out of the living room and not come back until she counted one, two, three. The kids all yelled surprise and then Elsa gave me numerous hugs and kisses because, "Lots and lots of love is your present. And, the biggest hug and kiss ever." She really does make me very very happy.

freezer paper fun

So, I had a little fun with freezer paper about a month ago, and this was the result. I have plans to do a lot more, but other projects are a little more pressing right now. I let the kids choose what to put on them, and now they would wear these shirts every day if I let them. Here are some pictures of the threesome modeling their new duds. I tried to take some of them smiling and then I gave up and told them to act tough. Those kids crack me up. (Note Elsa's lovely black eye from flipping off the teeter-totter.)