Binki Baby!

I am not sure if this is something to be proud of or not, but all three of our kids have been binki babies. In so many ways it has been a blessing (until it is time to say "good-bye" to the beloved pacifier that is). Kate is a funny one with her binki, she often cocks it to the side or does other things with it and then smiles, as if she knows she is funny.

Another thing to note about Kate this week is that she has started waving and is SO proud of herself. It is so fun to watch her begin to communicate at a different level. Also, this morning Jed was singing to her "Kate, Kate bo-bate, banana fana fo fate..." and she was waving both arms around, as if she was dancing! I noticed that she did it again at church when the music would start to play. SO cute! Watch out world, this girl's got moves!!!

Happy Easter!

We hope that you all are having as nice of an Easter Sunday as we are. We really have been ramping up the Easter celebrations here all week with a party with a play group, an Easter egg hunt at my Great-Aunt Kathleen's house and then today being the actual Easter holiday.

A couple of things that I want to be sure to note this year are:
1. The boys decided to see if the Easter Bunny would be willing to make a deal with them. He didn't have to bring them any candy this year, in exchange for a new Transformer (Mom and Dad were pretty happy with this deal...no listening to the boys beg/whine/plead for treats for days and days...sign me up! I regret to say that I have passed on my sweet tooth to all three of these little ones!).
2. After Davis saw "It's the Easter Beagle Charlie Brown" he cannot seem to grasp the idea that it is an Easter Bunny and not an Easter Beagle. He even prayed the other day that the Easter Beagle would be safe. Does he even understand what a Beagle is?
3. While riding in the car Davis was talking about how the Easter Beagle was going to bring him a Transformer and Owen said, "Davis, Easter isn't just about Transformers, it's about hunting and Jesus." This took me a moment, but my searching mind caught hold of what he was saying, "Easter egg hunts and Jesus". Well, we are doing our best to teach them that we are really celebrating the resurrection of the Savior, but I guess we have only been 50% successful. We'll keep trying.

Happy Easter!

Potty Talk

I just had to write a quick post today to share our big news here. Davis went poop on the potty today! I know that some of you may not want to read about such things, but hey, we are celebrating here. He has gone on the potty twice before, but never #2. :) This is a big step. I am actually not really pushing the potty training thing yet, but we talk about it a lot and if he sits on the potty at all we let him have a piece of gum. Today he said he had to go (this is not uncommon--he loves to chew gun), so we ran to the bathroom and what do you know, he actually went. It was cute, he came out to the family room and told his sister, "I did a hard thing Kate!"

Also, as long as we are on the subject of the potty...we are trying to teach Owen and Davis that it is not nice to call other people names. One of the names of choice these days is "poopy". Of course this only comes out when they are mad, "Davis you are a poopy", "Owen you are poop", you get the idea. Naturally, we have labeled these potty words that can now only be said in the bathroom, so when Davis is sitting on the potty he will say, "poop, poop, poop, poop". Then he smiles at me and says, "I can say that in the potty". I don't let him know, but it cracks me up! I think that he feels like he is rebelling. This is one funny kid!

The Davis Experiment

According to my sister-in-law, Ashley's, child development class, at Davis' age we should be able to measure his height and estimate how tall he will be as an adult (double the height at age two, right Ashley? Davis is actually 2 1/3. Don't know how much of a difference that makes). I measured him this morning and he is exactly 3 feet tall. Do the math and he will be 6 feet as a grown man. So, there it is. Check back in 18 years and we'll see how accurate that theory really is. :)

The Circus comes to town!

On Friday night we took the kids to the circus! Keep in mind that our town is not very big, so any circus that comes to town is not going to be a top notch production. Owen, however, thought that it was GREAT! I have decided that he is the perfect age for this kind of thing. I just loved sitting next to him and watching as his eyes light up and he shouted "Whoa!" and "Wow", while clapping his hands feverishly. It was fabulous. Davis was entertained as well, but he wasn't really feeling all that great, so he wasn't quite so amazed by the dancing horses and flying acrobats. And Kate? Well, she was a wiggle worm the whole time. I am not sure she even noticed the big elephants in front of her.
Unfortunately, my camera batteries died and this was the only shot that I got of the event, but at least we captured the cotton candy!

A Glimpse of Spring

Lately the weather has been so beautiful. It feels like we are getting a tiny glimpse of Spring. At this time of the year I always fall in love with the Pacific Northwest and our home all over again. If I had a list of "things that make Erica happy", watching the kids run around and doing sidewalk chalk with them would be near the top. For some reason it just makes me feel healthier. You gotta love the Spring! Enjoy these pics of the kids. I especially love the one of the boys with their buddy, Aiden. :)

Captain Moroni Pizza?

I wish I did a better job recording all of the funny things that Owen and Davis say. The other day Jed came home for lunch and brought Little Caesar's Pizza with him. The boys were so excited to see their daddy. Davis shouted, "Mommy, Daddy's home and he brought Captain Moroni Pizza!" (For those of you who aren't members of our faith, Captain Moroni is one of the great leaders/heroes in the Book of Mormon, so I thought that it was a riot that he would think the goofy little guy in the toga was Captain Moroni!)