Anticipating...

so many things right now.

a trip to St. George with my sis and her family! The UPS guy to bring this. In case you were wondering why I haven't posted for so long, I have been without a camera for almost a month now.

Anticipating is looking foward to something... and this next thing is not something I really look forward to, but I guess I am anticipating getting it over with... (wisdom teeth)

In the meantime, I really want to start (and finish) this project. I found the idea from here. I have wanted to get my recipe binder looking better and get my recipes ORGANIZED for such a long time, I am so excited it's kind of sad.

and next, to make a dress like this for a cute baby girl. Pattern here.

But most of all, oh how I am anticipating summer break in one month!!!

What we do while we wait for spring

Can pretty much be summed up in one word....

Legos
and lots of them...but I don't complain, because they will play for hours upon hours and they are incredibly creative. (btw...picture above is Levi giving Corbin a hug, he is not strangling him)

Our second favorite thing to do is play the guessing game. We LOVE this game. And again, the boys are very creative. Here is Corbin being the state of Idaho.

and a tarantula.

Sadly, I don't have a picture of Taylor playing this game, but he is always, let me repeat, always some kind of superhero who runs around with the same expression...Levi has picked it up.

We also love playing indoor baseball with soft balls, just don't have any fragile things out, and surprisingly we haven't learned that by experience.

One day Justin and I were folding this blanket and putting it away. Levi ran and jumped on it and then, this activity was born.

For Corbin's birthday he got the V-motion. It's nice to have something to switch things up. By the looks of this picture you would think he was bored silly by it, not to mention it's a v -MOTION, I don't really see much motion going on. However, he does like it. But we don't allow a ton of playing time, we don't want to raise a child who only does that with his spare time.

Reading is lot's of fun in our home...we love reading! And I just love that the boys will read to each other!

And slowly, but surely, Corbin is learning to read! It made me so happy this night to see Corbin laying in bed trying to read the Book of Mormon. He has got the first few words of the introduction down..."The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture.."

We love to color and have done lot's of it this past winter. Sadly Levi has found lots of places to color (with permanent marker)...thank goodness for Soft scrub with bleach. I found him one time coloring on the wall and then pointing and saying, "no, no, no" We love finding a fun craft to do. Our boys love crafts! This day we got koolaid packets and mixed each with a little bit of water...it smelled so good, and then painted away.

They loved painting the fruits and vegetables.

Any chance we had to go outside, we were there. This day we went for a nice stroll in Memory Grove. We had to keep Levi away from the creek though. If we would of let him go right up to it, he would have walked right in without even stopping...ahh, mom moment, it freaks me out!

What better way to wait for spring then delicious Strawberries and Cream

We are now ready for you spring!

April Fools Day

I have never been big on April Fools Day...not since the time that I was 13 years old at least. Sad, sad day. You know those sprayers in the kitchen sink. Well, my older brother, Tyson thought it was great to put rubberbands around it to keep it shut and then ask me to get him a drink. And me, being the absolutely sweetest sister that I was said, yeah...(and at that time I was the only one on the planet who hadn't heard of that idea). Well, I got wet, laughed, and then planned my revenge.
Later that day, I did the exact same thing, then, sat down on the couch and asked Tyson to get me a drink...okay, pathetic I know. He didn't fall for it, but a moment later Dad came into the kitchen to get a drink and bam... let's just say, he didn't think it was funny...at...all... So I haven't done much pranking since.

So now, on April Fool's Day, I keep it fun and harmless. Last year I tried a meatloaf cake, but Justin and I didn't dig it. It was kind of, weird. So this year I made a regular meatloaf for us and I told the boys that's what we were having for dinner. When they all came to sit up, I told Justin, "you know, the boys have been so good today should we just let them have a cupcake for dinner instead." Of course the boys were extremely thrilled about that idea.

When Corbin, saw it he said, "hey, that's a meatloaf cupcake"...okay, so no fooling him...

Taylor on the other hand thought that it was hilarious when he took a lick of the 'frosting' and found it not to be so sweet.

Levi, didn't care one bit, he chowed that thing faster than you could say "Happy April Fool's Day!"

A little later that evening, I told the boys that we were having a second dinner, they sat up to this.

They knew something was different about it, but once they took a bite, they were not let down!
They enjoyed Mashed Potatoes and Gravy (Ice Cream and Caramel syrup), Peas and Carrots (lime and orange flavor tootsie rolls), Bacon (Caramel and Tootsie rolls), and a fried egg (melted white chocolate with yellow m&m)

I think April Fools Day CAN be fun....and not get you in big trouble!