Ohhhh Andrew...

Have any of your kids ever put their head in the sand at the erosion tables at the Dinosaur museum? Oh but have any of your kids ever then dunked their head in the water too? Yes, that would be mine.

Hanging out...

New Challenge for Mid Life Crisis!

My friend sent me this video from a ward talent show. It is hilarious and I think Mid Life Crisis should take it up for next year! If you don't know about Mid Life Crisis, take a look at THIS post.

http://www.meridianmagazine.com/youtube/081106swim.html

I don't remember it being this hard to learn to wink!

A couple weeks ago we were at IHOP eating dinner. (It was probably a Tuesday night because kids eat free that night) We were trying to teach Andrew how to wink. These movies are HILARIOUS! Watch his face and mouth.

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THIS WEEKS TUESDAY TRIVIA!!

DO NOT try this at home!

Painting a baby's toenails while she is awake! It is HOT outside, in the 90's, so of course it is flip flop time. Ashley doesn't have any, no point to get her any because she would just kick them off with how much she rubs her feet together. SOOO I thought I would paint her toenails! Why I thought it would work if I just held her foot still, I don't know. These pictures don't show all of it, what got on my shirt, the burp rag and the bottom of her feet! Next time, I will do it when she sleeps!

Where in the world is....

Tell me what is wrong with this picture. Poor Ashley had the worst stuffy nose Saturday night and into Sunday. You have to have the nose sucker to help a poor helpless baby blow their nose! As we are leaving for church, we find something in the flower bed. Hmmm, who could have put that there? Earlier on Saturday Andrew was using it as a tee for golf balls and hitting them off it. The things he does these days! Once he was playing with the remote and hid it. Too bad he can't remember where he hides things to be able to find them later!
Today I go to do dishes and my drain is plugged. I get down to the bottom and find this! A golf ball! He was playing with it earlier in the house and I took it away. He must have found where I set it and put it in the sink. Why, I don't know.

Ashley and her eye mask...

I guess Ashley is starting young wanting an eye mask when she sleeps! OR her mom just forgets to take her bows off and they slide down! It happens all the time and usually she starts screaming because she can't see. I guess this time it just helped her sleep better!

This little piggie...

IS STUFFED WITH BEADS!
I found these marbles that used to be in a vase and got them out for Andrew to play with. He calls them beads. Usually he dumps them out, has his animals play with them, walks on them, etc. I was on the computer when he called for me and said, "Come look mommy, my piggies have beads in them!" What in the world could that mean? I walk out and see this!

He was putting one in between each toe. I thought it was pretty clever. Now all he needs is a pedicure!

His dirty but proud face.

Tony Hawk Groupies

It continues. If you are bored of this, sorry, but I am still laughing. Today I get another knock on the door from the neighbor boy and his friend down the street (ages 8 and 12 probably). I see who it is through the peep hole and don't answer because Derick, their new BFF, isn't home and I don't want to deal with them. A couple minutes later I hear this banging on the concrete on my driveway...skateboards! Ashley is upstairs screaming her head off trying to fall asleep so I thought I would go ask the boys if they would go play somewhere else. We have an RV pad on the side of the garage so the kids were skating into the street, jumping off the curb. Real safe, I know. Here is the conversation I had:

"Hey, the kids are trying to take a nap right now, so could you guys go play somewhere else?"
"Oh ya, sorry," said the reasonable neighborhood boy whose parents probably knew where he was.
"Umm, I guess," said the boy who is grounded yet I guess our driveway is allowed.
"Hey, is Tony Hawk home?" said the boy whose parents probably don't have a clue where he is.
"Tony who?" I asked.
"Tony Hawk, your husband," he answered.
"He probably won't be home until after your bedtime," I said playing along with this whole Tony Hawk thing.
Then the boy who was grounded asked if he could ride Derick's bike. Derick's bike isn't just any old bike, it is an expensive one you use for trials. I told him no and he said that Derick let him play with it yesterday, which I knew probably wasn't true. Anyway, the kids finally left.

I went inside and called Derick because I knew he would laugh at it. I told him that the one kid called him Tony Hawk. He said yesterday he asked if that was his name and Derick said yes. The kid told Derick he had seen him on TV a lot and that he was cool. So I guess Derick is playing along with it too.

Derick's RAD buddies...

In case you were wondering, Derick was out skateboarding and riding his bike for the neighborhood kids again. The boy next door came over as soon as he saw Derick's truck drive in the driveway. He brought with him some other kids and wanted to show Derick the tricks he had been working on. He also wanted to have Derick show all of them the cool stuff he can do on his bike. It is just so funny because as soon as I go to the garage and yell "Derick!" the kids all say, oh, do you have to go in now? Like he has to come in and do chores or homework or something. I hope you all are getting as good a kick out of this as I am!

Here is a good laugh for you all...

Last night I was doing dishes after dinner and the door bell rang. Who could that be? I look out the peep hole and it is the 12 year old boy that lives next door. Last time he came over he was asking if we had anything he could help us with, as a service project, so he helped Derick put up Christmas lights. I immediately started brainstorming what he could do as I opened the door.
"Hey," he said.
"Hi," I responded.
"Can Derick hang out?" he asked.
Did I just hear that correctly? Was he asking if Derick could come out and play?! I kept back my urge to laugh and told him that Derick was changing a diaper and I would send him out when he was finished. Did I feel like a mom or what! So Derick went out there and the boy asked if he wanted to skate with him (skateboard). They got their skateboards out and played for a while until it was time for the boy to go home! I just thought that was funny.