How two free fish cost daddy $50.

Our Grocery Store here in Provo is great. Every Saturday they have "family activities" that you can do. For instance, you can win fish if your little ball lands in one of the buckets that holds the fish. That is what happened to us. Seth and Sarah both won a fish. Sounds like a great thing, right? Wrong! They give you a fish with no food, aquarium, pump, etc....and then you have two very excited children that think they just inherited the pet of all pets or the San Diego zoo or something just as grand. Well, needless to say, they have their daddy wrapped around their cute little fingers....so off we went to the pet store and ended up spending $50 on all the stuff fish need. Lovely. Can you see the two little fishes swimming around....excited about the "castle" they are getting ready to move into?

Kindergarten

My baby started school! I am still in shock (that is why this post is so late in coming). I cried, he didn't....who would've thought? He loves going to school and I really like his teacher, so I guess sending my baby off to the wolves is ok......Walking to school

Mrs. Bigalow putting on his name tag.

His special "first day of school" breakfast. (All his favorites... strawberry oatmeal, sprinkle donut, and tang). And a little note from mom....but it was pretty sappy so I won't post it ;)

My little (big) kindergartener :)

This was the FUNNIEST thing EVER!!!! Luke was sitting in his "busy chair" and he noticed Sarah's shopping cart next to him....he kept trying to pick it up and was SOOOO mad that he couldn't :) Funny guy (with his father's temper, he he...).

From Luke

Hi guys...I hacked into mommy's blog again. I'm sorry, but she just doesn't post about me enough. I'm already almost nine months old and has she posted about all the cool things i'm doing? NO!! Anyhow, I will fill you in...... So, I can crawl now. Yes, I know i'm cool. Dad is always laughing at me and telling me i'm the 'craziest" child they have had so far... I Love to grab ANYTHING that happens to be around me. I especially like to grab bowls of food off of tables and counters while mom and dad hold me..actually, Dad's a little quicker than mom...so I usually can't get to too much while daddy is holding me. I take a shower with dad every morning...as soon as I hear the water turn on I hurry up and crawl to the bathroom before daddy has a chance to shut the door....I get in there and smile up at him real cute (this insures that he doesn't tell me no... I might be a baby, but i'm not stupid). Seth and Sarah used to give me whatever I wanted...but now when I crawl into their room to play with their toys they just scream for mommy and then she comes in there and gets me out. I am learning to eat really good. Yesterday I found Seths wallet and tried to eat a few pennies....but mommy got upset and took them all away from me. Grandma and Papa came to our house for mommy's birthday and Grandma gave me an ice cream cone. Mom and Dad said no...but she didn't listen. Now I love ice cream and daddy says its all grandmas fault. Mom says we are going to see her so I am hoping she gives me another one. (I will just smile at her when mom and dad are busy and she will probably give me one). Anyhow, I have to go now. I don't want mommy and daddy to know that I am updating our blog again.

Sneaky Boy

Look interesting? Tasty? No? Don't tell Luke that...he worked very hard to get that cheerio...

Luke is VERY mobile now. He gets into everything already!! I haven't had a crawling baby in almost four years and I forgot how hard it is to deal with!!!

I have a love/hate relationship with this stage. It is hard, yes....but it is also so much fun to watch him discover new things every day. This morning he was watching his big brother and sister dance around the living room to the radio and he thought it was the coolest thing ever...poor kid, he wants to run around with them so bad already.

Seth and Sarah are discovering how hard it is to have a mobile little brother....they are getting quite sick of him destroying their block towers everyday ;)

Blessings

I love being a mother. All through my teenage years I begged the Lord to send me children someday. I know how lucky I am to have my three... But sometimes, in hum drum of life....you forget. You forget just how lucky you are to be a mommy. Today I was reading the blog of a couple that just lost thier little girl to a drowning accident. It helped me remember why I wanted this job of a mother in the first place.

Sometimes perspective is so good and so humbling.

I love watching my children sleep. I love sitting next to them and hearing them take deep, sleepy breaths. I love watching their limp, sleepy forms snuggled under their covers. I would just die if the day ever came that I couldn't do that.

Matching smiles :)

All of my kids have their daddy's smile in some form or another....they all close their eyes and smile as big as they can....so funny, and SOOO cute!!!

Luke

Sarah

Seth