A House of Boys

I have these little blocks that spell out "family" "Smile" "love" "summer", etc. The other day I came in and found that not only has Nick colored all over them in grey marker (lovely), Andrew has changed up "family" to "mafia".  Well, mafia is like a family...right? I don't hate it....

 

Saying Sorry is hard....

I told Nick he had to sit on the stairs on time out until he was ready to apologize to Zack for spitting on him. I think it will be a while...he's snoring....

**He woke up about 20 minutes after I took this first picture. I asked him if he was ready to say sorry. His response? He just turned around and fell asleep on the stair landing. I think he is tired.....

 

Being 3 is hard (on mom)

Sometimes it's hard being a big brother. Mom makes you test out lighting, play with balloons and for some reason doesn't like it when I mess up her little photoshoot. #threeyearoldsarehard

 

Xander is ONE!

I can't believe our Mr. ONEderful is ONE!  How does a year go by so quickly?! He is the easiest baby. Xander has 6 teeth, crawls like a pro, can do stairs (up AND down), eats everything, loves to go go go, loves his red car, and wants to do everything Nick is doing. He loves noise and craziness - so he is the perfect little man for our #6.

 

Scary Little Stair Climber

Well, it's official. The scariest time of toddler-hood. When your toddler can climb up the stairs but can't go back down and also doesn't have the sense to be scared of the heights or falling down the stairs. To make things even more stressful our stairs are wood - and land on wood.

The other day I was laying on the couch very jet lagged - just trying to rest for a bit - when Xander started crying. He normally doesn't cry - so I knew something was really wrong. I got up and started looking for him and he had climbed up two sets of stairs and was at the very top of the stairs almost to Ben's room. I tried to not scream, stay calm, and quickly (but not startle him) get to Xander and pick him up. Baby gates are great - but I just need him to learn to climb down the stairs and then I can rest again.

 

Church in Lahaina

Zack was too tired to stand up and take a picture for me. He always makes himself right at home - where ever he is....

We were able to attend church while in Hawaii - which is always fun. It is amazing to me how that building is filled every Sunday. I had to go out with the boys and discovered most the ward members were sitting in the RS or Primary room listening to sacrament meeting. It was quite the party in the halls and rooms.

Funny story, we wanted to get a whole family picture with Grandma and Papa so I called after two gentlemen as they were walking out of the building - only to discover it was Ed! We had a great chat, caught up a little bit (after we reminded him who we were!) and even met up a few days later at his house for a swim and tour. Blessings all around!