Four Months

Tad is now four months old.  I enjoy him so much.  He is a really good baby and entertains the whole family with his huge smiles, cute laughs, and fun "talking".  We love him and can't get enough of him!!

Chores

This is pretty typical of what happens at our house if the boys are left on their own to do chores. The other day I asked the boys to clean their room. When I went to check on their progress, their room was still a complete mess and they were nowhere to be found. I went outside to look for them and found this on my back porch.

I walked a little more and saw this.

Yes.  That is Jack riding his bike in his underwear.  Dallin and Thomas, I can only imagine, are scheming about how they are going to get out of this one.  As usual, the room got cleaned by three very sad little boys.  I'm such a mean mother.  But, I must say the artwork is cute!

First Haircut

My little Drakers finally had his first haircut. It is always a little hard for me to let this happen, but Drake is almost 2, so I was actually kind of glad that he finally had enough hair for a little trim.  I took him over to GG's (his grandma) salon and she did the honors.

 Before the cut.  Thin, wispy hair, but a little scraggly.

 During the cut.  He was really good!

After the cut.  Looking much more grown up.  It's good I have another baby, or this would make me a little depressed.

Bookshelves

My oldest boys' room is a constant struggle to keep clean and organized.  I want them to have a lot of books, but we had this book basket that was always overflowing and driving me crazy.  It was a big basket, and it seemed like the only books that were ever read were on the top.  I saw this idea, of using Ikea spice racks to shelve books on the wall and thought that would be the perfect solution to my book storage problem.  However, the nearest Ikea to me is in Tempe (three hours away), and they do not sell these puppies online.  Well - - my awesome sister-in-law, Margaret, heard that I wanted them and so she went to Ikea, bought them for me, and mailed them down here.  Super generous huh?!?  I painted them white and Jeremy installed them for me in the boys room and they really are a great solution to our problem.  I was surprised that the racks held all of our books from the overflowing basket and they are sooo much easier to access now.  I think they look pretty good too.  Thanks Margaret!  I don't know if you read this blog, but the world needs to know how grateful I am for your generosity!

P.S. She sent me two more racks as well, for the little boys' room.  We love them!

Three Months

The last three months have definitely gone a lot faster than the three months before.

I love this boy!!

Seven!

Dallin had his seventh birthday last week.  He didn't get to have a party this year, but I let him invite a few of his best buds from school over to play and have pizza.  It was way less work and I think the kids had just as much fun.  His birthday celebration went on for several days as we had his friends over one day, a family party the next, Grandma and Grandpa came from Utah and brought more presents the day after that, and then on Sunday he received more presents from GG and Grandad.  He had a great week and loved all the attention and gifts.  Dallin is a great kid with a real zest for life.  He is a great friend, big brother, and son.  We love him and are glad he is part of our family.  Happy seventh Dal!!

First Day of Preschool

Jack started preschool this week. He is going to the same preschool that Dallin and Thomas attended and I know that he will have a great experience and love going there just like they did.

On his first day, I pulled up and he said "Thanks for the ride mom." He was ready to march right in and get started - no worries in the world. When I picked him up the first thing he said to me was "Hi mom. I had fun!" It looks like he's off to a good start.