On Saturday Morning around 10:30 a.m. Kevin started reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It was a great read. I finished it around 2:30 a.m. early Sunday Morning. Amy was very kind to let me read all day long and ignore the kids. I'm sure I'll get my turn when she starts reading the book. Of course I don't want to ruin the read for you but it really is a great story. Drop me a line when you want to talk about it. I still have one or two unresolved issues.
We all have our days but today was a very exactly what the title indicates. Hats off to Amy for not acting harshly. Time-outs were plentiful and love was without end.
The day started out pretty normal, Matthew was down-stairs waiting to eat his breakfast. Kevin keeps some Advil in his lunch bag and Matthew somehow found it and was trying to break in. Luckily Amy got to him before he could break the child-proof container. Then a little later when Amy was up changing Ryan, Matthew climbed upon our bathroom counter and found an old pre-natal vitamin and tried to eat it. Matthew said to Amy, "Mom look what I chewed." Showing the chewed pre-natal vitamin spit out all over the bathroom floor. "It didn't taste very well."
Next Matthew asked to go pee on the potty so he could get the last car. Amy sat him on the toilet but he wanted to do closed so he could have his privacy. Of course after the door closed he pulled all the toilet paper off the role. Then Amy was feeding Ryan upstairs and Matthew was supposed to be watching "Letter Factory" when Amy came down to find Matthew on the top of our Kitchen table reaching into the kitchen sink. With a goblet from our china cabinet and pumping it full of soap from the soap dispenser. Amy was baffled to see that he could get into the china cabinet but what he had done was to pull the bounce-around into the kitchen and he used it for a stool. Of course he was quickly sent to time-out and his small cars were taken away.
Later that day Matthew had been put to bed for his nap. Amy heard some noise from his room and opened the door only to find...Matthew had found Amy's sewing kit in the closet and dumped all the pins, needles, and thread all over his bed. It was a miracle that he didn't get hurt. Time-out again for Matthew. After this Matthew decided not to take nap and Amy was putting Ryan down for his nap. After securing the home and all our valuables Amy took Ryan upstairs and gave Matthew a warning not to get into trouble.
So after Amy came down from putting Ryan to sleep Matthew said, "Mom come look at the phone." So Amy followed and Matthew showed Amy the poo that he had placed on the toy-phone from his dirty diaper. Lucky for us it was just a little poo on the the toy-phone and it had not ended up anywhere else. Well that was about 4:00 and Amy had done great to enjoy the tribulation. Love the sinner, hate the sin.
Other funny things Matthew said or did this week was: On Monday Matthew came to Amy and said: "Mom-here's a booger." handing over a recently extracted booger. On Wednesday as Amy was driving the boys past a church Matthew said: "Church says I love you to Heavenly Father."
Amy and I were able to schedule and confirm our trip to Disneyland this fall. We are going October 10-14 and we will be staying in the Ramada outside the main gate. With the proximity of Disneyland to our hotel we should be able to go in and out of the parks based on our children's napping/eating needs. Everyone is excited and happy to have a vacation.
This week Ryan and Matthew have been up to all kinds of crazy things. Ryan is starting to pull himself up from the ground. He is working on sitting up from a crawl and he is almost crawling the right way (still army crawling). He is very funny. He loves the water and loves Elmo. He has seven teeth and is working on #8. He loves to play with balls or whatever Matthew won't let him play with. He is starting to clap and he loves to sing when Dad is playing the piano.
Matthew went pee in the potty tonight and he got the King as a reward. Matthew told Amy a story..."This is a true story about Heavenly Father and it makes sense." Matthew is also convinced that Ryan, his brother, is his sister even though he is a boy. He is always telling us the he will listen and obey we are just waiting for him to start. One of the funniest things that Matthew told us was when he told us that he didn't like the choices we gave him and he wanted to make his own choices based on his options. Too smart for a two year old. Matthew also likes to jump on his bed and sing "Winnie the Pooh" and "The ABC song" he will yell it as loud as he can. He also runs around the house and has his own little dialog. After hearing it from his mother, Matthew called Ryan a "Little Stinker" when he took one of his toys. When you play with Matthew and you try to share toys he will always give you a bad toy. For example if you are playing cars he will try and give you a block.
(Matthew, Ryan, Dillon, Mylie, and Makenna) On Saturday we were able to visit with Amy's family in West Jordan. Adam, Brynn, and Makenna with Brad came down from Logan to visit. Brynn announced that she is expecting twins and we are very excited for them. It was nice to speak with Kyle and Brittany about their new home in Preston, Idaho and about selling their home in Magna. It really was a great treat to spend some time with the family. With all the changes going around us we can see the blessings of our Father in Heaven upon our family. Matthew and Ryan had a lot of fun playing with their cousins and on the ride home they both feel asleep because they were just worn out. It is always fun to see the extended family.
