If I had Ryan's hair

Jason is not going to be happy about this post, but, come on, how could I resist.

A few days ago Layla was wearing one of my barrettes. Somehow Ryan got a hold of it and he asked me to put it in his hair. Seriously, he said something along the lines of, "Mommy, barrette Rah-rye." So I flattened his "bangs" down with a little spit and put it in. He was ADORABLE!!!

If I had his hair, this is honestly how I would wear it everyday! Just too cute.

He must have started to realize that a photo shoot with a barrette in his
hair was not exactly kosher!

My Peeps!

Ryan has two little bendy toys that are tigers. He stole them from the birthday box at church. He calls them "my people". He start walking somewhere, then stop and yell, "oh no, my peoples." He will then run and find them.

I just think it is adorable that he already has "people".

Terrible Mom Award Goes to......

So sometime last week Ryan gets a cough and snotty/faucet nose. Layla had had a cough for a while. Keep in mind that there is always a child in this house with a cough (there are five kids 6 and under). I ignored it and didn't worry. Saturday he was extra whiny, as was Layla. I told my Primary Presidency that I may not be in church because the kids were both sick.
Sunday morning we all got up and went to church. Neither Ryan nor Layla would go to their classes. They both just cried in the hallway. I finally got Jason out of his class and sent him home with the kids. Of course when they get home, they are totally fine.
Monday I gave Ryan some cold medicine and put him down for a nap. He took a three hour nap, but whined off and on throughout it. We got him up, gave him Tylenol and then went to McDonald's for FHE/dinner. He didn't eat a single thing, was extremely lethargic, with his eyes rolling in the back of his head. About an hour after he got up, he finally woke up. He seemed pretty normal then, running around the playground. That night I had to work and Jason called around 10pm to see if Ryan could have anything to help him sleep. (He normally sleeps through the night, but this night he kept waking up and crying like he was hurt.)
Tuesday he was holding his Rt ear occasionally, but not pulling on it or anything. That night he had a bath and when I went to clean his ears out the Rt one had all this nasty dried crust in it. I cleaned it out and put him to bed.
Wednesday he was still the same, snotty and whiny. But I noticed him pulling on his other ear. When he got up from his nap I decided that I would take him to the doctor's. He just wasn't normal.
Well, if you haven't guessed yet, he has bilateral ear infections...So now I look back and think, at what point was I supposed to know that he was really sick, as opposed to just having a cold? He never had a fever.
So the terrible mom of the year award goes to ME!!!!!

Oh yeah, if you are wondering, that mess on his face is snot...I know...GROSS!!!

Out of the mouths of babes

My sister in law put a blog about what her son is saying. It got me thinking and noticing more the cute things my kids say.

Austin: "the udder day" Everything is the other day..."Mom, do I have school the other day?"


Ryan: "Danny" for daddy
"No-no" to everything
"Ropt" this is the name of his little stuffed frog that he sleeps with and carries everywhere, it is also the sound that a frog makes to him
"Assin" Aunt Allison
"Ex-ee" Cousin Lexi
"A-ya" Layla
"Au-tin" Austin
"Ma Banky" his blanket
He actually speaks very clearly, now that he has finally started talking. It is so fun to tell him a new word because he will say it over and over and over. It is like he likes the feeling of the word in his mouth.

I need some Peas and Quiet!

Tonight at dinner Austin mentioned peas.

Jason responded with, "I'd like some peace, some peace and quiet."

Layla was quick to reply with, "Daddy, you have some peace in your noodles!"

I just thought it was so cute!

Burglary

***Note names have been changed to protect the innocent and the not so innocent.

Last weekend under the cover of a cloudy sky a group of five slunk out to their car with a dastardly plan. They raced to a secret location where they had heard of an abandoned house. With Rason watching out, Messica broke into the house with a deceptively obtained pin number.

Leaving the three shorter accomplices as look outs, they crept into the house. They didn't take too much time to take what didn't belong to them. Disassembling and quickly hauling their booty to their getaway vehicle they were ready to run in a flash.

The only snag in the perfect crime occurred when the owner of the house, Benny, appeared. Much to their surprise, he was not only happy that they were there stealing his things, but he encouraged them to loot more!

Included are two photos of the stolen items. Please call 1-888-NEW-JUNK if you know anything about these criminals.

Primary Activity

This morning we had our Primary Breakfast. I have been stressed about it for weeks. I wake up in the middle of the night and think about things that could go wrong (no teachers show up, kids running around wild, not enough food). Anyway, it was great. We were a little slow in getting the food on the tables because I forgot to something to put on the pans to keep the pancakes from sticking. But the kids were patient and waited until they got their food. All of our teachers were there. They were all prepared. The kids listened. The parents helped clean up. It was great!

And the best part...IT'S OVER!!!!!