Spring 2015

I'm trying to catch up on this blog.  A lot has happened this year that I haven't put on here.

The boys and I went to Idaho for spring break via Provo.

Tatiana and her kiddos came for a visit.

We went on a spur-of-the-moment trip to Los Angeles one weekend.

We got three cute bunnies.  Unfortunately, these "rascally rabbits" were escape artists and would hide out under our neighbor's deck.  We got rid of them.

Peter had surgery on his ACL and PCL and couldn't drive or put any weight on that leg for six very long weeks.

 Silas celebrated his fifth birthday in style.

 Gideon and Silas played soccer.  I forgot to get a picture of Silas. Oops.

And finally, the boys gave me the best Mother's Day ever.  I woke up and realized that I was hearing noises from downstairs.  When I went downstairs, I found the boys busy making me breakfast.  Silas sliced the bread in the picture with a butter knife and Gideon scrambled the eggs.  It was the cutest thing ever.

And apparently Ambrose was lobbying for cake instead.

Start of School Pictures

Gideon's first day of second grade was August 13th.

Silas' first day of kindergarten was August 20th.

School t-shirts came this week.

We were drinking hot chocolate with our breakfast this morning when Ambrose said, "There's hot cocoa in my stomach." (slight pause) "It's gone forever."

Silas' First Lost Tooth

Silas lost his first tooth on Thursday!

Ambrose's Prayer

Ambrose's prayer tonight was, "Thank you for daddy.  Thank you for cornstarch.  Thank you for blue."  As unexpected as cornstarch was, it wasn't actually random.  Earlier in the day we had made play dough out of cornstarch and lotion.  I dyed some of it blue, so I think that's where the blue came from, too.

Father's Day

When I asked the boys what they wanted to get Peter for Father's Day, Silas and Gideon immediately said "Jelly beans and soda!"  Ambrose thought for a second and then said "Pumpkin pie."  Even Ambrose knows what his Dad likes!

Silas' interview from his church class.

Here's Silas' picture of Peter.

Ambrose's Menu Plan

This morning I asked Ambrose, "What should we have for breakfast?"  He thought for only a second before replying, "candy party."  Although this is a new request, it is hardly surprising because whenever I ask him, "What should we have for dinner?" he always tells me "brownies."

This is how the boys spend a typical afternoon.

And I thought it was spring...

Technically speaking, school wasn't canceled.  But, every single kid on our street was allowed to stay home today.

Career Plans

One day at breakfast, Silas started telling us what he was going to do when he grew up.  I thought it was so funny, I had to ask him again and get it on video.

I don't know if they have Waffle Love in Idaho or not, so I'll explain.  It's basically the mobile taco stand concept, only with waffles.  We've never actually eaten from Waffle Love, which is what makes Silas' number one career choice all the more funny.  Apparently it has captured his imagination...as has the idea of being fired.

Since Silas was being interviewed, Gideon and Ambrose each wanted a turn, too.

Before the camera was rolling, Ambrose said he wanted to do potty when he was big and Gideon told him, "Oh, you want to be a plumber."