Dylan and Livie

Dylan:

When I went into his room this morning, he was playing with his black Herbie bug, hummer, and his ceramic temple and Jesus. When I walked in, the conversation went something like this.

Dyl: Oh no mommy, Jesus needs to get to the temple and the Herbie won't give him a ride.

Me: Well that's not good, what do you think He should do?

Dyl: Wait Herbie wait! Oh well, I guess Jesus will just have to take his Hummer.

Me: I think that is a great idea buddy.

Later When he was getting dressed he came over and gave me a big hug and said, you are my best friend mommy. Oh my word, I almost started to cry.

Livie:

As a mom, You tend to think that you will be the one that always comforts your children when they are distressed. I never thought my two year old would be able to comfort me. She proved me wrong. I have had to have some medical tests the last few days and she has been amazing. I had to get an ultrasound on my uterus, (don't get excited, I am FAR from being pregnant,) and she sat on the bed by my head and stroked my hair, patted my head, and kept leaning down to give me kisses on the forehead. I don't know why I am so lucky to be that sweet little girl's mommy.

My Working Man and Princess

Livie is really into playing dress-up right now. Whenever she is home, she almost always has on some sort of accessory. Yesterday both Liv and Dylan were dressed up. Dylan told me he was a "workin' man" and needed to go to work, so they started playing with blocks. Dylan made a building out of his, while Livie made a castle. Dyl really got into the whole pretend thing and kept asking the princess if she needed stuff.

I know Dylan doesn't have any pants on, but he takes after his dad and pulls them off the second he gets home.

Cousins

Our kids have finally discovered the joys of cousins. When we are able to go up to Utah they just love to play with them. Jon was a hit at one of our parties, because he gave horsey rides to all the kids, sometimes, all of them at once. I'm glad that my kids can make these bonds with their cousins and also keep them until we get to play with them again.

Willow Park

For those of you that live in Northern Utah, you have probably been to Willow Park. It is a cute little zoo with a lot of birds, and a few other animals. Jon, my sister and I took my kids and her Maverick. Our kids loved feeding the ducks. There was this huge peacock. He had his tail spread and it was amazing. We tried to get a picture with the kids in front of him, but Livie was a little scared. She keep talking about gaby booses and peapops. (Baby goose and peacock).

Hill Air Force Base

Jon and I decided to take the kids back up to Utah Memorial day. It was a shorter trip, but a lot of fun. We went to Hill Air Force Base. I have never been there before and it was amazing. There is so much to learn. I would like to go back without the kids and read about all of the planes and the stories behind everything. The kids loved it too. Dylan thought the helicopters were amazing, and he found a wheel that was bigger than he was. (I'm sure he is still dreaming about it.)

Dyl strikes again

Today was another funny Sunday. Dylan had on his A game, and had us laughing all through church. Here are some of his classics:

• When the men in our ward were singing a song during sacrament, Dyl said, "Look at those kids, they need their moms. I should go up there."


• When Jon came down from singing, both of the kids were so proud and Dyl said "Daddy you singer good!"


• "Mommy, you have big eyes, sparkle teeth, and shiny new toes."


• "I need to lay down on my body."


• When Dyl was turned around to a brother and his parents in our ward, I asked him to please face forward. He said "No mom, I'm talking to my family." I told him that we were his family, and he replied "No they are my family, see, those kids are my sons."


• When I took him to the bathroom before Sunbeams, he looked at the stall next to ours where another kid was peeing, he said "What the heck is that kid doing in there?"


• In Sunbeams, their lesson was on being thankful for their hands. When I picked him up, his teachers had him show me some of the sign language they learned. When they made the sign for mommy, he got that one, but when they made the sign for daddy (which is putting your thumb on your forehead, with the other fingers spread), they asked what that was, and he replied "That's my head."

He also has gotten into watching golf on television. I personally think gold of TV is boring, but watching it with Dyl makes it so exciting. He gives the TV high fives, and keeps encouraging the players when their ball doesn't make it in the hole. Livie is absent from this post, because she has been a crabby girl today, and hasn't said anything worth repeating. I love you Livie.

Peer Pressure

Thanks to the pressure from my family and my dear husband, I have decided to make my blog private. I am going to leave it open for a week, so anyone who would like to be on the list, please leave me a comment with your email address. I have the settings private so that your email addresses won't be posted. Once I see them, I will delete the comment.