Look Mom, I so pretty. I'm Prince Charm.

Thanks for the sweater vest Grandma, it really makes a boy handsome.

Little animals at the Zoo

Spring Break was tough. I don't know why, but it was an extremely loooooong and painful week (I am now seriously starting to dread this summer). On one particular day when I was afraid that I was just going to snap I took the kids to the Zoo instead. The kids were good and cute and had a lot of fun. I was hot and sweaty and exhausted, but thier lives were spared and for that we are all grateful.

A perfect lunch

I was traveling yesterday and so Doug and the kids got home from church before me. When I walked in the door, this is what I found.

I love that it is 3:00 in the afternoon and they are all in their pajamas and snuggled up on the couch eating their "cheese grills" as Tiger calls them.

An Easter Tale

Tiger, you will take a picture with your mother and you will like it. I know that there are eggs to be opened and candy to eat, but smile dang it, and then you can fill yourself with sugar.

KK: Why does mom always make us pose for these ridiculous pictures? Seriously, how many is she going to take? That's it, I'm not even going to try to smile anymore.

Sparky: Look Mom, look Dad, I am actually balancing on the skateboard. Sweet! Now, where's the half-pipe?

Tiger: Yes Miles, I can smile just like you. I am being a Lion, what are you being? Oh, that's just how you smile for the camera? Yeah, uh, me too.

Cute Bedtime Boys

I don't have it in me to post pictures about Easter and so here is a cute pictures of my boys. Sparky decided that he wanted to put Tiger to bed and so they are reading Star Wars. Because what else would boys read before going to bed?

It's a Spring Break Miracle!

It is Spring Break for my little ducklings. So far I am quite proud of myself for not physically harming them in any way because it has been rough. But those are gripes for another day. What is shocking is that in the midst of all of this craziness, Tiger has apparently decided that he is ready to potty train. Now I tried this many months ago and he had ZERO interest whatsoever, but low and behold on the first day of Spring Break he decides that he must wear underwear. I humored him and just expected him to get wet, which he did. But then this afternoon, after a VERY long morning, and a VERY long afternoon at the zoo, and then a VERY insane bathing session with the kids, Tiger decided that he wanted to sit on the potty and watch Wonder Pets. As soon as he sat down, he did it!! I am still in shock. The kid is almost 4 and I really didn't expect to do this until this summer. Well, once again the kid is proving that he will do things on his own terms. I just hope this goes well. I am getting old and tired you know.

Just For Grandma

Since General Conference is on Easter and I won't be around to get the kids dressed the following Sunday, we decided to wear our Easter duds this past Sunday. The weather was horrible and the lighting was terrible and so this is the best picture that I was able to get, but I wanted Grandma to see my girl in her beautiful dress. It fits perfectly and Tiger kept saying, "She's a princess." Tiger will wear his vest in a couple of weeks. I didn't have it in me to iron new pants for the kid last week.

Shocking

Sparky let me cut his hair yesterday. Actually, I should say that he let me shave his head. I have been trying to get him to shave his head for a good year and a half or so, but he would have nothing to do with that business. He has been wearing his hair in the ever so cool shaggy style this whole time. I have nothing against the shaggy style and I think that it can look quite cute on boys, given the right kind of hair. Unfortunately, Sparky was not quite blessed with the right hair. He does all right, but it requires a bit of maintenance and upkeep in order to keep it looking decent. The problem was that Sparky did not like to maintain or upkeep his hair and so it was always a battle. The last straw came the other night when I told him to take a shower which he really did not want to do, so I gave him two choices. 1.) He could either go and take a shower or, 2.) He could not shower, wait until the next day and have me shave his head. He chose number 2. I was shocked. So there you have it. The long shaggy hair is no more. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures at the moment, but just wait, Easter is in a few days and I am sure there will be more than enough pictures to share from that event.

I'm such a great mom

I knew that Sparky's shoes were getting to be on the small side, but I thought I could put off buying him new shoes for a bit longer. Well, apparently not. He informed Doug this evening that his feet were feeling a little bit numb and that they kind of hurt. After a bit of investigation Doug discovered that Sparky's shoes were quite a bit more than on the small side. Oops. Is it considered child abuse to continue to send your child to school in little torture traps for shoes if your child (who is 9, by the way) fails to tell you when he has outgrown those shoes? Sheesh! Never fear, Sparky is out shoe shopping as I type.

Actual Birthday - Sunday

Now you know why we had to party ALL weekend. Since Sunday is, well, a Sunday, we had to do all of our fun stuff on the other days. Though never fear, plenty of specialness took place on this day as well. KK woke up and requested waffles for breakfast. We then got dressed for church and KK put on one of her new dresses. Doesn't she just exude "7"?

After church, KK really wanted to spend the afternoon and Grandma and Grandpa's house and they were more than willing to indulge the birthday girl. I am not sure what they did that afternoon, but I am sure it was fun, fun, fun. Finally, that night we all got together for a family birthday dinner.

First the kids did a little jumping on the tramp. I just love how cute these girl cousins are and look at how much fun Morgan is having.

Then there were presents! KK finally got her Zhu Zhu pet and she was shocked and amazed by Grandma's fabulous Scrapbook present.

Finally we ate cake. Isn't this cake cute? I totally stole it from The Idea Room and it was so easy.

Happy Birthday Woo!!