The funny thing is that both were very sincere in their answers. For some reason Max is excited to get a shot. I think he likes the bandaid and the sucker. As for Tru, well… the boys used to always reply, “Play the wii?” And I’d say, “No, I think we should work.” I guess they are slowly learning. Funny times.
Tru was such a delighted little boy. We heard this over and over:
remember when the other night I was going to bed and thought, “What if I die tonight and one of the last things on my blog are words about how much i hate halloween. that’s dumb.” Really there is more to life going on right now than taking the time to hate halloween.
remember how sometimes i think Truman’s behavior is improving and that he’s very slowly learning. And remember how sometimes i think he’ll never learn… like this morning.
remember how my eyes are bigger than my stomach, when it comes to cold cereal and hot chocolate (always filled to overflowing – oops!) … but when i go to Costa Vida, I can eat a huge amount. Oops.
remember when Eliza took 5 steps this week. New Record for her.
remember how hannah and ‘liza sometimes both have crazy hair.
remember how I was a nimcompoop again this week. i need to apply this statement to my life.
remember when i bought 18 lbs of cute freshly-picked gala apples at Burgess Orchards. That’s a lot of apples. But oh, we love apples in the fall.
remember how Jimmy got a new calling to be the Assistant Stake Clerk over technology and he’s been gone so much setting up broadcasts.
remember when our first crop of corn grew so tall. and remember when we planted 4 zucchini plants. that’s a lot of zucchini.
remember when zhu-zhu pets could play the piano.
remember when we were little and used to dress-up in grandma’s old dresses and go visiting teaching. we really did. their poor neighbors who endured our visits. remember when mary and I reenacted it to be funny. don’t hate us because we’re beautiful.
remember when we had a morning devotional and it was bonkers. we’re having primary at 10 a.m. better zip off to get my sharing time ready. hannah is in charge of singing time. Max is giving a talk. abe is doing the article of faith. and tru is saying the prayer. hopefully ‘liza will be napping because she is a grouch this morning. jimmy is at the brigham city temple dedication session. the rest of us go at noon. oh what a life!
a beautiful, ordinary life?
Crisp mornings.
Warm days.
Brilliant Sunsets from smoke in the air.
Autumn colors in the mountains.
(taken by Dustin Erskine shared by KSL Weather)
Cleaning out the garden. Enjoying the last of the harvest.
Apples & Caramel for after-school snacks.
Walks to preschool.
Yummy smells of granola in the home.
Cute babies… oh wait, they are around all year. Isn’t this fro so awesome?!
Oodles of freshly picked raspberries to freeze
And to end this gigantic photo post… a thought I reread this morning. It brightened my morning and set a great tone for the day (it also helped that all 3 littles slept in till 8 and all was quiet in the home).
This is about how swell my Friday is going thus far:
I really do have quite a deep crinkle in between my eyebrows from furrowing my brow from stress. Eyebrows up… breathe deep… smile a bit. Wrinkles release.
“I mean – what is up with the pizza at school this year? Ewww.
The cheese is so gooey and stretchy and thick. bleh.” Hannah
“The cRanker in my mouth still hurts.” Max
“I tried so hard.” Tru with a smile
“I am so happy.” Truman
“Mom, you are going too fast in your pink shoes.” Max
“I am so little. I will grow big.” Truman
Max: “I wish we didn’t have to sing in preschool. It is so loud. It makes my heart be so loud.”
Mom: “What was your favorite part of preschool?”
Max: “Singing.”
Aren’t forts magical? There is just something so fun about being all snuggled in the cave to play, read books, play with flashlights, watch a movie, eat snacks … all day long. This is the best fort ever. Here’s Max, Truman, Liza, Emalie, and Lily. Fun times!
in the not-so-magical-department … Liza has a big black eye. Yesterday she was in the swing with Hannah and Abe watching her. She leaned over while swinging and whapped her eye on the swingset board. She cried. I cried. It made my heart so very sad. Jimmy was sad. Abe was crying. Oh – what a night! I don’t know that you can see the goose egg and bruise on her eyebrow bone and the bruise on her cheek bone, but it’s purple. Poor Liza. She was up from 11:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. I was so worried about her. But after some meds and a priesthood blessing, she finally calmed down and slept the rest of the night. sigh…
I have 3 free Shutterfly Scrapbooks that expire on Wednesday. I just told Jimmy and he chuckled and rolled his eyes a bit. It’s like $60+ free. The last time I had free books I about cried because I just couldn’t get it together fast enough. Yah – scrapbooks aren’t as important as other things … like feeding and serving and loving the tots. But – FREE! So, in an attempt to maybe have enough pages for a book, I’m moving forward on documenting our beautiful, ordinary LIFE here in the Smith Fam!
First Up – BYU game from Saturday. We got a dealie-steal on Cosmo Kids Club which included 4 football tickets. I’ll tell ya what – don’t take 3 kids under 4 to BYU to walk 5,000 miles (or more) to pick up the vouchers. BYU campus, built on a hill, was not meant for strollers and tots. But – we live! And Jimmy and the kids enjoyed the experience.
What did the 3 littles and I do while they were gone? Oh- we went and got pictures taken at a $7 School Pictures deal in Saratoga Springs. I really love my kids… aren’t they cute? Each picture is so perfectly unique to their little personalities.
Then we tried to once again find an open snowcone place. We’re not having the best luck with snowcone shops this summer. I just want my free snowcone (buy 10 get 1 free). But their generator was still out. Man! So – McDonalds for the tots it was.
Anyhoo… go Blue! Love live the Cougars! Rrrrrroar!
I guess we decided to squeeze a bunch of stuff into this week… hurry – before it snows! Aaak.
Here’s a little of what we did – phew.
Tru is still talking about going to the mall with Grandma to ride the green train. I think it’s his best life event thus far.
p.s. for the record… great deals at Nike Outlet on Shoes. Abe’s were size 4 for $21. Hannah’s were size 3.5 for $25. Just a little bit more than target, but hopefully better built shoes. Their Nike’s last year made it through an entire year. Yesssss!
It’s a transition … but good for the whole fam to have a better schedule. Summer was a little wild. The kids are enjoying school. Abe is sad that his two best friends aren’t in his school… but he will make it through. He has a good teacher and he’s enjoying playing soccer at recess. Hannah loves her teacher the most of all (she loves all her teachers I most, I think!). She is thinking more about clothes and hair and fingernails this year. She’s diligent with her homework and reading. And she’s loving gymnastics these days. Tru & Max are home with me & Liza. Max starts preschool soon. This will be a good thing for him. We’re not ready for winter or snow or cold … but we’ll take Autumn for a few more months (did you hear that WEATHER? … a few more MONTHS of mellow temps and golden leaves!).