Good Weather

I have absolutely loved the good weather we have been having, and mind you anything above 45 and not snowing or raining is considered "good" weather in our house! I have been able to hang my laundry outside and bring it in dry that same day! The kids have had fun playing outside once we get them out there. We always get a fight with Liam who would rather play smash brothers and beat the game for the next 5 hours. But once we get him outside he loves it and wants to help us whip our yard into shape, which will take a lot of whipping. Shad and Tanner love to go outside and will play out there until I decide in am too cold and we all come in. Life is good and the laundry is done! We love you guys!

Mc Donalds

I have found a new relaxation! It is Mc Donalds. Wayne gives me $10 every now and then and I and my boys get dollar menu burgers and fries and I let my children play for about 2 hours while I sit and read my ensign and what ever book I am on at that time. It is so nice to have that time to read and not be bothered. And if the kids are hungry, they can come back and finish the fries and have a drink and run and play some more. They have had sooo much energy because they are stuck inside most of the day and it drives me crazy and I am sure it drives them crazy too. So it works out well for all of us! Liam has received a score of 120% on every spelling test but one ( and let me tell you, we studied as much as possible and finally gave up, they were stupid words and they gave them 20 with 3 days to practice). He already has this weeks words memorized and it is only Wednesday! Shad is peeing on the toilet again! hip hip hurray! He is so cute. Because of the Saturday cleaning, I have had time to paint my toe nails, and the first time Shad saw them he said "Oh mommy, they are Utiful!" His speech has sky rocketed in the last month or so and will tell you "wait a minute guys" and always wants to say the prayer and will cry if you don't give him a turn every time. Tanner has more teeth in. He has his middle tooth and both side teeth and the other middle one is taking its sweet time coming in. He kind of looks red neck when he smiles! He is sitting at the table now when he eats. We took off the high chair tray and put the seat up to the table. He has learned to go down stairs which is a relief! Wayne has 16 weeks left of school and counting! Love you guys!

Life goes on

Tanner eating a cookie during the super bowl!

Well, things are finally calming down here. Wayne is helping me do my deep cleaning on Saturdays, because the boys refuse to allow me to do it during the week, which gives me time to get other things done like painting my toe nails and reading. That has really lowered my stress level, and kept my house clean, I don't know why it is so much easier to keep a clean house clean then to clean up a dirty house once in awhile. I am a little over whelmed with my cub scouts. I have 9 cubs right now and they all have different things passed off, which means they all have different requirements left. And I have to keep it all straight to help them get their bear. I hate being unorganized. So I brought their books home and I am scanning them into my computer so I can look at each while I am planning the next den meeting. It seems like it should not be this hard. I bet it isn't if you have only 2 or 3 cubs. Shad has his on and off days with the toilet. Today was an on day, he did great. Liam got mad at me today while I was helping him with his spelling words, like I was the one that gave him the homework. So we had a little chat. I told him that it was his teacher that gave him the spelling words and she was the one who would quiz him, not me. I was just trying to help him learn the words and if he wanted to stop we could, but on Friday he would not get another 100 on his quiz. At that point he calmed down and worked hard again. Sometimes they just have to be reminded! Tanner is so amazing at night. I put him in his crib when I put the other boys down and he just lays there without crying and goes to sleep. Absolutely amazing. But he does get up earlier, which is hard on me some days. Wayne has 3 1/2 classes and he is done. Hurray! I am loving life and living it! Love you all!