Recent Happenings...

This post is totally random but just a few funny recent things that have happened. I really like journaling some of the funny things my kids do and this is the best way I have found to remember to do it. Here are some things from this week...

Avery performed her very own frenectomy this week. If you aren't sure what that is, don't feel bad. I wouldn't either if I wasn't married to a Dentist. It is basically a procedure where they have to cut back the little piece of skin that connects the gums to the lip right in the front of your mouth. Sometimes it is too tight and can cause the teeth to have a gap between the 2 front teeth. Avery's is like that and Darren has always thought he would probably have to eventually cut hers. Well... Not anymore! She did it herself! I put her down for a nap the other day and she cried for a really long time, which isn't normal. So, after about 15 minutes I went in and she had some blood on her face and shirt and was saying "ow, ow" and pointing to her mouth. I couldn't see anything in there and she isn't getting any teeth, so I was a little confused, but I laid down with her on my bed and she finally calmed down and went to sleep. Later that day, Darren discovered that she had ripped her frenum! It looked gross, but he said it is fine and now he won't have to do that later. I guess that is what she results to when she is mad.... We might have to be a little careful with her!

Avery has also started this funny new thing where she wants to ride everything like a pony. When we visited our friend's in Boise, they do this fun little rhyme about a pony named Jack and they bounced her and she loved it! Now she will climb on you and start bouncing and say "po" for pony. It is pretty funny!

Avery has also started hating going to bed. She was doing GREAT for awhile and would say "ni-ni" so sweet when you would lay her down, but for the last week she has been crying just about every night. As soon as I finish singing to her, she will say "la" over and over while I am putting her in her bed which I finally figured out means that she wants another song. It is so sweet she usually gets at least one extra song out of me, but it is never enough. She always wants more!

The other morning Rylee went into the potty and Avery followed her. (Avery likes to try and help Rylee wipe...Its not such a great thing!) We could hear Rylee saying something about being out of "wiping paper". She usually SCREAMS for us repeatedly (in a not so nice way!) when she is done going potty to come and wipe her, but a few minutes later she just came out of the bathroom. We asked her why she didn't call us and she said she wiped herself. Darren said, "I thought there wasn't any toilet paper." Rylee said, "We were out of wiping paper, so I just used some blow your nose paper instead."

It seems since Rylee has been potty trained we have a lot of potty related discussions, so sorry for that. The other day, she came rushing in to go potty and sat down to go while I was doing my hair. She was rather bothered that she had to stop playing to go potty and she said in a very frustrated tone, "Ugh! I wish I didn't have to go to the bathroom!" Then, she thought for a second and said, "At least I wish I was a boy and could just stand up to go potty!"

Last night at dinner, we had cantaloupe. Rylee LOVES fruit and wanted a 4th helping when I told her she had probably had enough. She asked why she couldn't have more and I told her she might get a tummy ache and have problems going potty. She said, "I wish I was still 3!" I asked why and she said," Then I could eat as much fruit as I want and just poop it out in my diaper." Good table talk, for sure!

Mr Logan had his BIG Kindergarten program this week. He did awesome and was such a passionate and animated singer! We loved watching him. He loved all those songs and I am sure he will probably be weird like me and still remember them when he is 30 years old. (I still sing songs from 1st grade all the time...) Besides singing, the kids also did the Virginia Reel, which was so cute with their partners! But my favorite part of the program was when the boys did a poi ball dance. It was awesome! Logan's face was bright red because he was so intense on his spinning! I loved it! At the end, the teacher presented each kid with a special memory book. When Logan went up, I told him he needed to look at Mom and Dad so we could take his picture. I said he could hug his teacher if he wanted. He watched the other kids for a minute and said, "No mom. Just a handshake!" But, when he went up, he gave his teacher a BIG hug! She told me after how touched she was by it. Logan is such a sweet and tender boy. I just love him!

This weekend, my family went up to the cemetery near by to see where my Grandpa was buried. It has been a tradition ever since I could remember on Memorial Day weekend since my Grandpa died when my dad was very young and none of us ever knew him. As soon as we stepped out of the car, Logan saw the LARGE marker by our family plots that says, "BOMAN" and he pointed and said rather matter of factly, "Oh. I see where Jeff is going to die." (Jeff is my 18 year old brother) It was hilarious! He was pretty funny in the cemetery though and really studied my Grandpa's grave marker for quite awhile. Today, we were talking about what we were going to do tomorrow and he said, "It's Memorial Day. We just have to remember all our Great-Grandpas who died." He was pretty serious about it and it was just funny the way he said it. You probably had to be there...

Yesterday, after the cemetery, my brothers came over and played Kinect with Logan for awhile. Logan is EXTREMELY competitive and HATES to lose....(I have NO idea where that trait comes from...) He somehow was matched against my brother Brad, who is 16. He actually beat him in the first 2 games they tried. Then, was boxing. Logan was winning, but it ended up being a draw and Logan was quite upset. They were about to start a new game and Logan said,"I'm done! I'm not playing anymore." When we asked him why he said, "Brad almost beat me in boxing and I'm supposed to be a professional!" Just typing it doesn't really do it justice... You needed to see his intensity, but it was pretty funny!

Wow...I thought this would be just a short little post, but I guess I had more to say than I thought. I need to do better at writing all my funny conversations with my kids! They always make my day better!