Every night when it's time to say prayers before bed we have the same argument with Park when it's his turn to say it.

Park: I said it last night
Mommy: no, Annicka did. It's your turn.
Park: No, I said it last night.

Well, tonight it was Annicka's turn and you know what happened?

Mommy: Okay, Annicka, it's your turn to say it. Come fold arms.
Park: No, it's my turn.
Mommy: No, you said it last night. It's Annicka's turn to say it.

Then all of a sudden this argument broke out, but Park was the only one talking.

Park: It's your turn. No, you said it last night. No I didn't, you did, it's your turn. No, I didn't....

And on it went. I don't think that argument even made sense.

The Golden Rule

So tonight we were all sitting at the dinner table and I said to Scott, "Daddy, what should we talk about for Family Home Evening tonight?" Scott said, "Hmmm...how about the golden rule? Annicka do you know what the golden rule is?" Annicka's response..."TO WIN!" Apparently the golden rule will be the perfect lesson for FHE tonight.

Crazy Busy

The last few weeks have been crazy busy around here. Girls Camp is just three weeks away for me and trying to get all of that planned and done as well as keeping up with the house, yard (especially since it is spring now and Scott still can't do much with his knee), school work, and taking care of three kids daily needs has proved to be quite the task. There hasn't been much time for blogging. So here are some goofy pictures of the kids to keep you all happy.

I love that when they are five they really think they are funny.

Is he drunk?

Don't you love the black bean soup handle bar mustache?

Look at me go!

I have never been much of a sewer. Let's be honest, I am more comfortable with a nail gun than I am with a sewing machine. All told, I've made a pillow case and pajama bottoms (which did not turn out) in seventh grade and I've sewn my kids pants into shorts. When my Relief Society offered a sewing group to make aprons I thought I'd give it a shot. LOOK! They actually turned out really cute! I made one for me and two of different sizes for Annicka.

Look who is Potty-trained!

So this last Monday I decided it was time to potty-train Park. He is three and a half and I have been putting it off long enough. I guess I just REALLY hate changing poopy underwear. Poopy diapers are one thing, you can roll it up and throw it away. Poopy underwear on the other hand is a whole other realm. You first have to try getting the said underpants off without getting it all over their legs and then washing it out...bleh! Anyway...it was nice at the beginning of the week and on Monday Park spent most of the day outside pants less and diaper less. He peed on the carpet once and by lunchtime he hadn't peed again and hadn't had any successes. I was on the verge of giving up for the day and I decided to wait until after he and Annicka had eaten lunch. I put their lunch on the porch and let them eat outside along with Park's training toilet. I came in and was doing some school work on the computer when Annicka came running in. "Mommy! He did it!" She was just as excited as he was! Sure enough he had peed in the toilet. There was no turning back now. He had one more accident that day and two poopy underwear's the next. On Wednesday he finally pooped in the toilet after I could tell that he needed to go. Let's be honest, he was trying to hold it in with his hand. After that poop success he hasn't had any accidents, he has even woken up dry every morning and is sleeping in underwear too. YEA, PARK! We are so proud of him and he is very proud of himself. He finally got to play with his Mater car!

I am a handy woman!

On Friday it was my goal to clean out the garage. When I went out to start, I was looking at all of the things on the floor and thought, "I really need some shelves." Scott had bought some wood for the purpose, but he didn't get to it before he had his surgery. And I wasn't going to wait another couple of weeks until Scott could do it. So right then and there I decided I was going to make the shelves myself! I figured out how I wanted it to work and I did all the measuring and pulled out Scott's chop saw and nail gun and went to work. When I was ready my neighbor Summer came over and helped me hold it up while I screwed it into the wall. I actually made two shelves, there is a larger one standing against the wall that will eventually get put up also, when Scott is well enough. Summer and I decided it was too big for us and to let the men do it. This is the finished product!

Let's go fly a kite!

Saturday was a perfect day for kite flying.

Park flew his kite for all of about 45 seconds before he let it go, here he is running away from it.

The kids all watching me fly Park's kite.