Party

This weekend the kids were invited to a birthday party. They had fun playing with the other kids.
The kids decorated picture frames for one of the activties. Brooklyn put all of the stickers on her frame, and then took them all off.
Ethan was very excited to put firetrucks, airplanes, cars, boats, and other stickers on his picture frame.

The birthday boy (Thomas) had a cool monster truck cake.

The kids have been excited about our garden this year. Ethan's favorite so far is the parsley. He and Brooklyn will go in the back yard and pick it and eat it. Brooklyn has been loving to nibble the tops off of the green onions - while they're still in the ground! Jen was having her help carry things in the other day, and she ate one of the freshly picked radishes - dirt and all! She'll also peels the paper part off of onions in the kitchen and tries to eat the raw onion. We sure have to keep an eye on her and what she eats!

Bargain Hunters

As the weather has gotten warmer, our weekly tradition of seeking out yard sales has started back up. The kids get excited when we tell them, "Tomorrow we're going to some yard sales!" This year they have had good reason for their excitement; we've found some really fun stuff for them for some really great prices. Just last week we found this Power Wheels Jeep, and it only cost us...

$3.00

Ethan had been begging to get a scooter, but with all the other toys, Brooklyn has been the one getting really good at riding it. And it only cost us...

$2.00

We've been hoping to find a bike for Ethan to ride. We got this one at our community yard sale yesterday, and he's already spent countless hours riding back and forth between our driveway and the neighbor's (and he's very good at staying within these boundaries we've set for him). The bike, including training wheels only cost us...

$5.00

A few years back, we got a Little Tikes "cozy coupe" (the red and yellow Flintstone style car) that both kids love to drive. When we saw this mini van, we just had to grab it so they could each have a car to drive. Ethan's favorite thing about this one is that it has a "trunk" that he can store his toys in while he drives. Brooklyn's favorite thing about it is that she can use the trunk as a back seat that she uses to hitch a ride with Ethan. And it only cost us...

$5.00

We feel like our kids are already getting really spoiled this year, but for a grand total of $15.00 we can't help ourselves.

And now for something completely different:

The other day, Ethan went poop in the toilet just after a lunchtime quesadilla. When he was done, instead of yelling his standard, "Mom, I went poo-poo," signaling to us that he needs help wiping, he yelled out, "I see a big poop and some little ball poops. I think the big one was my tortilla, and the little ones were the cheese!"

Happy Mother's Day!

We had a lovely Mother's Day at home this year. Ethan sang with the Primary during Sacrament meeting. Brooklyn wanted to go up and sing with the kids really badly, too. Ethan was a little more reverent this time.

The kids colored some cute pictures for me. Ethan colored some pictures of things he liked to do with me. He drew a picture of the park with a rainbow and a soccer ball and a picture of dumb bells since he likes to go to aerobics class with me. Kyle also traced their cute little hands.

Brooklyn's Mother's Day picture:

Brooklyn's two-year-old hands.

Ethan's four-year-old hands.

Going to the park with Mom makes Ethan happy.

Kyle grilled some yummy mango pork chops for dinner with some yummy sides. We also enjoyed some chocolate fondue.

Last weekend we went to Logan to attend Owen's baby blessing. It was fun to get together with family. Grandma Taylor had an Easter Egg hunt for all the grandkids. Brooklyn was a bit grumpy at first, but had a good time once they started picking up eggs.

When we arrived at Grandma Morrey's house, Brooklyn was interested in finding Grandpa. She saw his horses and announced, "Want to be Jessie and ride Bullseye!" She got to have several opportunities with the horses during our visit. One of the days Grandpa Morrey took the kids to ride the horses. Ethan did a really good job riding Maximus all by himself. Kyle led the horse around the arena, and Ethan didn't need any help. Brooklyn rode by herself for a few yards, but got scared and only agreed to ride if Grandpa was on Bullseye with her.
Back at Grandma and Grandpa Morrey's house, Brooklyn had fun feeding the horses.
Tonight I was explaining to Ethan that someday I might have another baby in my tummy. Immediately after saying this he replied, "One day I will have a hot dog in my tummy." He caught us off guard with that one.

A few months ago, Ethan colored this picture in his Sunbeam class. It's a picture of the world. We thought it was funny that he put our house in Africa.