Thursday, April 29, 2010

Really, Tosh?

We're fast approaching "birthday month" around here. Yes, three of our four kids celebrate birthdays in May. Well, I wouldn't need a calendar to know that Tosh's third birthday is just around the corner. I can tell that he is almost three because he is getting to be more of a challenge in many ways. "Terrible twos?" More like "terrible threes" I think. At least this is my experience as a mother of three boys.

In general, Tosh is climbing every pantry, every closet, every counter, and every you-name-it to get into things that he knows he shouldn't. Some of his recent discoveries and accomplishments just this week include:

Stacking up a bunch of pillows so he could climb on top of the counter in the master bathroom to get into the medicine cabinet (I don't really keep any medicine in there). He took my deodorant out and "drew" all over the leather furniture in our loft.

He also discovered an almost-new bottle of fingernail polish remover and dumped the entire contents on the carpet in the master bedroom.

He emptied the entire contents of a new bottle of saline nasal spray--spraying his brothers and the entire play room.

He colored on about 5 different walls upstairs, the tile floor, and granite counters...thank heaven for Magic Erasers!

He throws food, dumps drinks on purpose, loves "potty talk" (this is a new one), taking off his clothes, and making messes in general.

Really, Tosh? Give me a break already!

Wow, this post makes it look I am never around! The thing is that I am usually standing right next to him when these things happen, or just away for a couple of moments!

Just tonight at dinner he grabbed a white kitchen towel and dipped it into the ketchup on his plate (making a big mess of course).

Never before have I envied the superpowers of "Elastigirl" (the mom on the "Incredibles") as much as I have lately. Generally I can see these instances coming, but just can't get there in time to prevent the mess.

(Seriously moms out there, wouldn't these stretchy arms be so helpful?)


It was quiet for a few minutes this afternoon so I went to check on Tosh and found him like this on his brother's bed (I had to sneak away to grab my camera and sneak back in):


Even though this one can be a real handful at times, he is awfully sweet and such a funny and happy kid.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Happy Easter!

We enjoyed a nice and quiet (if you can really ever call it quiet) Easter at home this year. We even got to watch "church on TV" since our worldwide General Conference was this weekend. Even though we didn't get dressed up in new Easter clothes, I still did what I attempt to do every year: Get a decent photo of the kids. It goes about the same every year...and you can see for yourself. Look familiar to anyone else?
Happy Easter!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Just because



I love this funny kid.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

The exciting and the not so exciting


EXCITING:
Army crawl races



NOT SO EXCITING:
BYU losing in the 2nd round of March Madness

Friday, March 19, 2010

Two years later

I started this blog two years ago this month! Wow; we've had LOTS of changes in the past two years. I'm so glad that I've got my blogs as a great way to remember the many challenges and successes we've faced along the way, and my feelings about them. I was recently thinking about one of the first posts that I wrote regarding "wheat" (please read if you haven't): http://petepages.blogspot.com/2008/04/pondering-wheat.html.

I thought that it should be mentioned that I recently signed up to go to the dry-pack cannery in April. See? I am making progress...sometimes it just takes a couple of years to get there.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

For our seven month anniversary

We moved into our house seven months ago today. Not really a noteworthy fact on its own, but it has taken me until today to FINALLY get my laundry/utility room cleaned up and cleared out of the boxes, frames, etc. that I had stacked on the counters in there.

At the risk of sounding braggy (and I hate to sound braggy), I have to say that I LOVE our laundry room. It was really the kicker that made us want to buy this house. Rob and I walked through at least 40 homes, yet we kept talking about this fabulous room. It doesn't have the cabinets I would have picked, or the counter tops I would have picked. It certainly doesn't have the wallpaper I would have picked (I would not have picked wallpaper at all, although the little palm trees have grown on me...), but it is seriously our favorite and one of the best (and useful) rooms in our house!

And the good news is that the counters are finally BOX-FREE. Hooray for me! And hooray for Liv for taking a long afternoon nap today!


Looking in from the hallway:
From the door of our 2-car garage (those french doors open to a HUGE walk-in pantry):


From the door of our 1-car garage:


And finally, the tiny palm trees that might remind you of your
Grandma...or her house at least: