A Slice of Life

Here are my cute little guys having some fun with play dough this morning.

For a glimpse of the situation that is a little more real.

Jack couldn't wait to finish getting dressed before he started in on the play dough, and check out the mess in that hall.  I'm keepin' it real here folks. 

Rocking Chair Re-do

When I was a little girl, I had a little white rocking chair. I have a lot of fond memories of rocking in it with my dolls. Shortly after I got married, Jeremy and I found the little white rocker in my mom's basement in pieces. We picked all of the pieces up and took them back to our house, with plans to fix it up for our little girl someday. Five boys later, we have given up on any little girls coming to live at our house, but I couldn't bear to let the little rocker sit in pieces in the garage any longer, so we fixed it up for Tad for Christmas.

Now, some purists may be apalled that I painted over this rocker, but let me tell you, the chair was in really sorry shape. In fact, Jeremy told me many times that if it hadn't been sentimental to me, he would have thrown it in the trash. He had to manufacture some new spindles, dowels, and supports for it and put it all back together, then it took a lot of cleaning and sanding, but we ended up with a cute little rocking chair that my little boys are really enjoying.

Here are a couple of pictures of the chair after Jeremy got it back into working order, but before the paint job.

A final look at how I remember this rocking chair.

And a final look at the manufacturers sticker.

A couple coats of aqua paint and this rocker is clean, cute, and boy (or girl) appropriate.

Thanks Jeremy! I love it!!

A Little Bit of This and That

It has been awhile since I posted, but we are still managing to keep busy around here.  Here is a quick look at a few of the things we have been doing lately.

Dallin got his Bobcat.  When I think of all the years of scouting I have ahead of me, my stomach literally starts to hurt, so I am just taking one day at a time.   We are pleased with Dallin's enthusiasm for it so far.

Crazy hair day at school.  This was the best we could manage, since Jeremy had recently given the boys some pretty short hair cuts.  There was not a lot to work with and I am soooo not used to doing much with their hair anyway.  I consider the minimal amount of time I have to spend doing hair one of the biggest advantages to having all boys.

Eating at the Beaver Street Brewery on an overnight trip to Flagstaff.  The food is really good at this restaurant and, even though its name would not indicate it, the atmosphere is really family friendly.  The staff was sooo sweet to my boys and didn't look at our huge family of all boys like we were aliens, so that was awesome!!!

Dallin enjoying his wood-fired pepperoni pizza.

Jeremy and Tad.  I didn't get good pictures of Jack and Drake, but they were there too.

Drake chillin' out at home with the Leapster.  This is his favorite activity and what gets the credit for him learning his ABC's and numbers so young.

Sick boys!  All of my boys have been battling a cold over the past week.  Not fun.  But happily, all are on the mend and we can hopefully get back to life as usual soon.