ZACH!!!!

So it's been really fun for Zach to be in school, but with it has come a renewed interest in art projects ... special art projects.  I now have his name written all over my downstairs couch, on my front porch (with accompanying pictures) and all over my photography props.  To top this off I went outside the other day and noticed a picture taped to the brick on the front of my house.  I went to pull it off and discovered that it had not been taped at all, but glued!!
He has been threatened, spanked, put in time out ... .NOTHING IS GETTING THROUGH!!!
so I have had to resort to hiding all the markers and keeping a closer eye on him. (results have varied... WHERE ARE THESE NEW MARKERS COMING FROM??)

Don't want to forget :)

I just ran across the boys fathers day letters they did in primary and am just now finding the time to sit down and enter in their answers :)

Ethan: (age 10)
I love you because: You are happy everyday
I think you are as nice as: A Cake
And as cool as: Jesus
I also think you are awesome at: Computers
I bet you could even lift: 75 lbs
If I had all the money in the World, I'd buy you: a super computer
For now, I'll just give you 532 hugs and kisses

Mason: (age 7)
I love you because: You're funny
I think you're as nice as: a caramel sucker; and as cool as: An Artist
I also think you are awesome at: Computer Science.
You're so strong, I'll bet you could even lift a: Planet
If I had all the money in the World, I'd buy you: 1,000 computers to fix
For now, I'll just give you 6 hugs and kisses.

Zach (age 5)
I love you because: You watch me
I think you're as nice as: Mommy; and as cool as: a cooler
I also think you are awesome at: working and singing.
You're strong, I'll bet you could even lift a: Heavy Box
If I had all the money in the World, I'd buy you: a 1.00 card
For now, I'll just give you: Love.

Zach-isms

While Zach was coming up the stairs he was talking to himself :)

Zach:  I can carry loads of things ... thinking ... except Big Monsters. Maybe when I'm a super hero I'll carry big monsters. 

This conversation was after a night where he came in with a bad dream where Ethan was drinking a sippy made up of lizards (not elephants aparently) but lizards.

Funny and cute and not so funny!

  So Zach has been doing this thing lately that's not quite lying, but not quite telling the truth either.  He will walk into a room and if you look at him he will tell you what he's not going to tell you:) 
ex.  "Mommy, I'm not going to tell you I drank out of the hose ... I'm not going to tell you that"
ex. #2 
Spencer wondered where the soda he just opened went so I went to see which one of my boys had snagged it and when I walked into my room Zach says.  "Mommy I'm not going to tell you where daddy's soda is ...." It was obviously being hid behind his back.  sigh

so today Mason wanted to know everything about how baby's eat while they're in my stomach.  We got into discussions of why everyone has a belly button and I showed him videos about how it all works.  He was very interested, but in the end just started giggling about the baby not wearing any underwear in my belly. :)  love this kid

Ethan informed Mason the other day that only babies call their Mommy "Ma ma".  He then proceeded to tell him that big kids call their Mommy "mommy"!!  LOVE IT!!!

Where's the baby!!

  Well, I can honestly say I thought I would go into labor today and now ... I think I'm in it for the duration.  I went to the dr.'s today hoping that all of the pressure and contraction pain I'd been having would have significantly dilated and effaced me, but it was not to be.  Then I was hoping that the dr. would strip my membranes and this would give me contractions ... he said he did .. no contractions.  Then I was hoping that I wouldn't have another 9 lb baby this pregnancy and was told that this baby looked to be 8lbs already.  I'm a little down.  It would have been fun to go into labor on my own for this last baby, but it looks like I'll just be induced on Monday.
** I'm trying to look at the big picture and be happy that my baby will have a little more cooking time, but will be here on the 14th  **

4th of July

  We had such an amazing and fun 4th of July, even though we had to scale it back a little.  We decided this year that Korie would not be up to doing both the parade and the fireworks so we opted to cut back and just do the firework show in Kaysville with the Staten family.
  The day started off really early with Spencer running his first 5k with his sister (Becky) in Centerville at 7:00 in the morning.  He did really well with a finish time of 32 minutes.  All of us were really proud of him.  We then had a relaxing day with the kids, going to Red Robin for lunch and then over to save places for the firework show. 
  The fireworks were so much fun this year.  Spencer splurged and bought all the kids the glow in the dark light sabers, and while we waited at the park we were treated to a preshow of martial art light sabering techniques.
  During the fireworks Zach decided that he didn't want to watch the fireworks at all, but really just wanted to dance in the dark to the music.  His dance moves might need a little work, (Spencer got a little ribbing about him teaching Zach everything he knew about dancing), but it was fun and hilarious to watch him enjoy the music.  (The man in front of us, that he kept falling into, might not have shared this opinion)

What a crazy week!!  more details to come :)

**favorite comments of the day:

Zach to Uncle Josh
Zach:  "You have beards on your legs too like uncle Chad"

Mason to me:
Mason: I know why the electric light sabers can't fold into the handle
Me: Why?
Mason: because there are wires that would break if it did.
  ** always thinking **

Ethan to anyone:
Ethan: "This was the best 4th of July ever"


** favorite action of the day

I told Ethan that he couldn't hug me because I was just too hot and couldn't have his body heat add to my heat.  The next thing I knew he was handing me a home made fan that he had quickly made so I could cool myself off.  (What a sweetheart!)

Thanks mom for taking this wonderful picture :)  lol!

 

Zach turns 4

Zach,
  You are still my baby even if you think you're BIG!!  I love the confidence you have and have always had.  You are not one of those kids that sits out of anything feeling left out, you always manage to create a place for yourself.  On your birthday we told you it was your birthday and you said "Now I'm as old as Ethan"  (Ethan had just had his birthday)  You are so fun and fun loving.  You have been quite the precocious child this year, but it's been very entertaining to hear your thoughts even if it's been a little embarrassing at times. You are almost always cheeful and rarely show any type of temper.   The only time we see you grumpy is when we're trying to keep you awake and not allowing you to take a late afternoon nap.  (If you take any kind of nap you are up until all hours of the night)  The other day you were swimming in our front yard and then went and played in the neighbors dirt.  I was not happy, but when I called you out on it and told you that you had probably ruined your new swimsuit you informed me quite innocently that "accidents happen"  lol!  It's hard if not impossible to stay mad at you for long because you are just too cute.  I hate that you are growing up, but it has been an amazing and wonderful thing to be a part of it.  You are simply "delightful" and we love you!!

Love, Mom and Dad