Thursday, December 29, 2011

A letter from Mr. Right.

Dear Mom,
This is what I want to do this weekend:
Play vid games
Open presents
Play with presents
Go to sleep
Sleep some more
Rest in bed with eyes closed
Dream of sleeping
Sleep
Grow while sleeping
Falcon sleep
Run... in a dream
Wake up
Check time
Sleep
zzzzzzzzzzzz huh wha?
Listen to rock
Play games
Watch vids
Act LAZAW
Annoy Mom with rock
No not that rock
THAT rock
From,
zzzzzzzzzz...... hu oh um Me

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Latvia

As most of you know my Mr. Prince LOVES geography. Well, currently he is in love with Latvia. A couple of months ago a family moved into the ward and come to find out their son is serving a mission in Latvia. I jumped at the chance and asked his parents to give him our address to send our little Latvia enthusiast a postcard. And today it came! Oh how exciting!
Only one problem now...Mr. Prince wants to go even more!

Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween Pics

 
For someone who didn't want to dress up, he sure enjoyed Trick or Treating.
A Pirate. ARGH Matey, where's the candy? (He did a whole block this year.)
An evil Warlock can cast a spell even through the computer...careful his hand is pointed at you.
But a Ravenclaw will only cast spells on the bad guys. (He dressed Yoshi up as a White Vampire. I thought it was adorable!)
Ninja's are so stelthy you can't even find them in the thesaurus.
Super Why with the Power to READ. (This one is doing really well at the Power of Speaking...one thing at a time.)
And Mom gets to be a girl. That's it...just a girl.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Lonely Spot

This afternoon we went to the Crimson's. (Of course I originally had planned to ask them to our house, but my boys were bent on going over there. They usually get their way when it comes to the Crimsons.)
At one point during the day we noted that things were exceptionally quiet. It wasn't much later Cinnamon Crimson took these photos.
That is Mr. D.A. under all of those pillows.
He told Cinnamon earlier in the day that this was his lonely spot. Well, his number one lonely spot. He has a second lonely spot under the table. Not the big dining room table. The table in the kitchen. Which means the lonely spot is an open cabinet where everyone can see you and is pretty much the most UN-lonely place one can be.
He slept here for a couple good hours and when I went to wake him up he kept pulling pillows back onto him and trying to go back to sleep. I hope he sleeps through the night tonight...
But he sure is CUTE!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Girl Stuff

Ever since Mr. Super started school he loves girl stuff. At least that is what I thought. Almost every day he got to pick a toy to bring home out of the prize box, and more often than not he has brought home girl stuff. Pink pencils, barbie things, hello kittie, you name it. I thought he was enchanted by them because things like that are such a novelty around here. That was until yesterday.
~Lightbulb~
He brought home a tiara yesterday. I told him it was lovely and ask him if he wanted some help putting it on. He told me no and then proceeded to shove it onto my head. Each time I took it off he insisted I put it back on. And when I asked him if I looked like a queen he told me, "No, you are a princess." I love that of course. And that is when the lightbulb went on. Every time he brought home these little treasures he always handed them to me as soon as he walked in the house. I thought he was just letting me see what he got as a prize that day, but he never did that when he brought home dinosaurs or superhero stuff. DUH!!! He has been bringing them home for me. Wow, what a sweet kid. It only took me a year...

On a little side note. Mr. Prince also loved my tiara and made the comment, "You're prettier than the Moms." I don't know who "The Moms" are, but I really don't care. I'm prettier than they are anyway.
Thanks Prince!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Cartography

For the last couple of years I have often said my Prince should be a cartographer when he grows up. But I guess we didn't have to wait that long. Lately he has been drawing all of the continents and labeling all of the countries with their capitols. It's what he does with his down time.
The best part... he knows them all by heart.
Yesterday while driving in the car he said to me, "Mom, name all of the countries that start with G."
I thought of Georgia, and Guatemala. He then gave me a game show buzzer sound and proceeded to give me a list of all of the G countries. Then he started telling me what other countries are on each of their borders.
Currently Latvia is his favorite country, but I'm sure it will change. A few months ago he talked constantly of Sudan. This is one of those things I would love a ton of money for. He begs to visit these places...how I would love to take him. To him it would be more than just a cool vacation, he would really learn. Oh well, maybe when we win the lotto...which we don't play...

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

To illustrate...

Just wanted to share a small story as to why I call Mr. Perfect...Mr. Perfect.
The other day we had pizza. (Okay not so extraordinary.) But the next day there were only two pieces left. One of the older boys came and got a piece and that left one. Mr. Perfect got it out and was just about to take a bite when a little brother came and asked for some, and seconds after him another little brother. So even after being prompted to "Just go eat the piece." he got out a knife and cut it into three parts to share with his little brothers. Once they all had their share he was once again just about to bite into the pizza when... another little brother came in asking for some pizza. YES, once again he took the knife and the tiny little piece in his hand was split in half so he could share with his little brother.
Oh Perfect! If only more people in the world were like you.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Mr. Music is 12

When I asked Mr. Music what it means to turn 12 he said, "It means I get to pass the sacrament." He is nervous and excited, but big brother Mr Right is going to be there to help him and so tomorrow he will get to do what he has waited for so long to do. (I'm pretty sure I'm more nervous than he is.) His actual birth Day came on Labor Day. We thought it appropriate for me to be in labor on Labor Day. So, with everyone home from school for the day we went out to lunch. Always an adventure! But they did pretty well. It is getting easier as they grow. I can tell you I am happy about that!


I'm so bummed because I didn't get a pic of Music with my Dad who came out to give him the priesthood. I always had the intention, but it just never happened. Darn. But the day he was ordained we had dinner with the Crimsons (of course) and Grandma Crimson made this AWESOME CAKE!! Look at that face, you can see how much he loves it.


She tried to make it look just like his electric guitar. She did a pretty dang good job too. She even got the size right. WOW!


On his birthday while he was at school I was busy at work on his room. For months he has been eyeing the Mario bedroom stuff. These wall stickers are so easy and really make his room fun!


I replaced his cork board with a poster. He hasn't even mentioned the cork board or anything which was on it. He loves the poster though.


And of course Mario sheets and bedspread. I got him curtains too but they didn't arrive until a few days later so I don't have a pic. But they are awesome and he LOVES his new room. It's nice to know exactly what one of the boys wants. Sometimes it's a big guessing game. I loved that he made it so easy on me. I just had to look at his wish list on Amazon. Maybe I should introduce that to Mr. Prince....hmmmmm.....


Saturday, September 10, 2011

BOOKSHELVES!!!!

As sad as it is to have Borders going out of business, I have to admit I am pretty happy with the bookshelves I bought from their store. Grandpa Crimson picked them up for me. He had to take them apart. I didn't realize I was sending him on such a huge task. But he did it willingly and happily. Then this morning he showed up to put them together. Here they are all put together. We have stacked a few books on them and I am so happy to have a place to put them. Thanks Grandpa Crimson!

Friday, September 9, 2011

I am all of me

I love this pic. One day when we went to the store the little kids got out of the cart to go potty, so Mr. Right got in. He doesn't QUITE fit! Mr. Right had to write a poem about himself for English class this week. I thought it was a pretty good perspective on him and asked if I could share it. Surprisingly he said yes. Here it is.

I am all of me
I wonder when wars will stop
I hear awesome songs in my head
I see great video games
I want people to be kind
I am all of me

I pretend to be an ultimate being
I feel like sleeping
I love
I worry about death
I deplore mean people
I cry when my brothers annoy me
I am all of me

I understand most games
I say humans will one day live eternally
I dream of sceince
I try to concentrate
I hope to get a good job
I am all of me

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Fun at the park

On one of the last days before school I took the boys to a wonderful park not too far from where we do our grocery shopping. (I was actually taking them shopping, but we decided to stop and play a while before we went.) It has a whole bunch of really cool new things.
Like these musical toys. The boys all loved the drums and huge maracas.
I know I won't do this thing justice. It's kind of like a tilt-a-whirl that you stand on. It is TONS of fun. Even I had to take a turn or two on it. So fun! I had a hard time getting a good pic of Perfect. He was happily running from place to place. He definitely loves the park!

Surprising to me even Music loved it. He didn't ask the whole time we were there to leave. And for him not to ask to leave, or even ask for a time when we could go is close to a miracle. I know he must have loved it.

Of course once they saw I had a camera they had to start acting like the bunch of hams they are! I love my boys!


Oh my cute little Super! He and I get to go to this park a lot while the boys are in school. (Ssshhhh, don't tell them.)

Prince was really happy at this park. Especially with all the new and different things it had.

Right and Music on the obstacle course!

Gosh, I just look at this pic and can't help but notice how big D.A. is getting. He was another one which was hard to get a pic of. ZOOM ZOOM!

I love the park!

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Kid History - Episode 6 - by BoredShortsTV

I am a huge fan of the Kid History video's and I just laughed so hard with this one. It's long but you MUST watch it until the end. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

First Day of School!

Because of the hurricane we had no power for the "real" first day of school, and we weren't certain we would be going this morning. But somehow it all worked out and both of our schools had power. The high school just up the road from us still doesn't have any power...too bad.
I want you to notice the shirts the boys chose to wear for their first day of school. They are funny. I gave each boy two new shirts (And of course Mr Music had already bought the one he wanted to wear on the first day.) I was curious as to who would wear what. Needless to say I wasn't surprised at the one Mr Right chose. When I saw it I KNEW he had to have it. And when I gave it to him... I think it was love at first sight. If you can't read it..it says 'I'd Rather Be Sleeping'. Perfect.
Mr Music of course wore his Double Bubble shirt. He has high goals for this year. Like asking questions when he doesn't know what to do, and trying to understand his peers. (Good luck with that one. Let me know if you have any success.) Here they are. I had to make them wait a minute to go to the bus stop to take a couple of pics. I was surprised at how well Mr Music dealt with the pause.
Mr Super doesn't actually start school for another week. But he was ready with is Lightning McQueen t-shirt and backpack. I think he was a bit disappointed that his bus never came, but we kept busy during the day to keep his mind off it. Pre-K here I come!
Mr Perfect is at the top of the food chain this year. He told me on the way to school how elementary school is like a kingdom. He started off by telling me kindergartners were like serfs, and proceeded through the grades until he got to his grade the KINGS and QUEENS of the school. Joe Cool!
Mr Prince was ready to go this morning. He hasn't been eagerly anticipating going back to school so I thought we might be in for it a bit today, but he did super! In fact he had a perfect day. GO PRINCE! Homework didn't make him happy, but he worked well through school. Hey you can't have everything.
Mr D.A. was SO excited about going back to school. You can't see it in this picture, but his shirt says, 'Must Love Dogs'. He too LOVED his shirt at first sight. I knew he would. He had a great first day and told me he loves his teacher and new classroom. And then he came home and played with his best friend next door. They don't have the same teacher this year, but they are determined to remain best friends despite that obstacle. They are cute. (He also wanted to be photographed beside his tomato plant. We've gotten a few good tomatoes from it, although they don't grow nearly fast enough for D.A. If you look hard there is a little red off to the right, it's almost ready to pick and eat.)
So, here is my elementary crew right before we got in the van to go to school. Gosh I love my boys!