Go Fish

Yesterday, Ryan was looking at a book about the ocean while I was doing the dishes. I overheard the following conversation:

Ryan: Mafew, what's this?
Matthew: That's a jellyfish.
Ryan: Look! Der's a peanut butter fish!

Anyone in the mood for some PBJ, ocean style?

Lego Star Wars

For Christmas, Kevin got the Lego Star Wars game for our Playstation 2 (yes, a little slow on the gaming technology, but we are okay with it). It has been a huge hit at our house. The boys are running around pretending to blast storm troopers all while singing the Death March. And watch out for evil "Dark" Vader (according to Matthew) and black "Darf Mater" (according to Ryan.) Yesterday I was in the kitchen humming the Death March as I was making dinner when Matthew and Ryan came bursting in:

Matthew: Mom, that's Dark Vader's song!

Mom: Yes, it is.

Ryan: Where's black Darf Mater?

Mom: I'm not sure. You better go find him!

Later, after some storm troopers have been thoroughly blasted, we somehow got on the topic of Luke Skywalker.

Mom: Did you know that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's dad?

Matthew: He is? But he's not nice. Why?

Mom: Well, he used to be nice. Then he made some bad choices and started being mean to some people.

Matthew: He should have listened to Lego Jesus.

I couldn't help but laugh. It's good to hear that he is retaining some of the lessons we are trying to teach him, even if it exists in the realm of Lego Star Wars.

Indoor Camp Out

Last night we had an Indoor Camp Out. We got out our dome tent and set it up in the living room. We started out by roasting marshmallows over the stove burner and making smores. The boys didn't really like the smores, they were too sticky. Then we put the boys in their pajamas and got their sleeping bags out and got their beds ready. We then turned out all the lights and used flashlights for the rest of the night. Ryan really loved to make bunnies with his fingers. Matthew liked making shadow giants and shadow toes.We played UNO and sang camping songs and the boys really enjoyed the adventure. Then when it was time to go to bed, we zipped up the tent door and tried to go to sleep. After an hour of trying to go to sleep we put Ryan back in his bed upstairs and then about a half hour later we put Matthew in his bed. Which was great, because I really didn't want to sleep on the floor.
It was a lot of fun and the boys really liked it. Next time we will remember to get some air mattresses and improve our beds in case the boys actually sleep in the tent.

Zach

We sometimes forget to post updates on Zach. He is so cute, so good and we sometimes forget that he hasn't been a part of our family forever. I really can't remember our family without Zach. He is a blessing. He loves to laugh and he has a great smile. Matthew and Zach are great friends and Matthew is a great big brother. Ryan also likes to pat Zach on the head and say "Baby Cute." We love our little Zach.

Zach is very happy	And always wiggling
Zach loves to watch the red firetruck, like his brothers.	Zach has great smiles.

50% success at the dentist

Today Matthew and Ryan went to the Dentist. Matthew has always done so well and you know the odds of having Ryan like the dentist was extremely low. In the end Ryan hated it. Amy had to hold Ryan down and the dentist had to pry Ryan's mouth open. Lucky for us there were no cavities, but Amy sure deserves a reward for dealing with the dentist.

We did much better than John and Kate. They always bring perspective to us.
http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/jon-kate-plus-8-sextuplets-first-dentist-visit.html