Pokemon Club

The current obsession at our house. My boys carry their decks back and forth to school every day...they are almost never without their Pokemon cards. All their allowance is saved to buy more Pokemon cards. I like Pokemon cards because they are small and easily contained. =]

James said to me a few weeks ago "I think there are enough people who like pokemon that we can start a club." And so yesterday we hosted a Pokemon Club Meeting at the park after school. It was pretty awesome. The boys (and one girl, plus 4 younger sisters) had a blast. There was trading, pokeball cupcakes, new cards, battles and tons of fun.

Hyrum's Antics

Taylor pushes Hyrum heart attack high in the swing and I give small, leisurely pushes. So today I was out pushing him and chatting with the other kids, but Hyrum kept grabbing the rope and trying to lean out of the swing.

 Me: Do you not want to swing anymore? Are you all done? (signing/talking)
Hyrum shakes his head no.
Me: What do you want, what are you doing? 
Hyrum grabs the rope some more and leans out of the swing.
 Me: Oh, you want to go high like Daddy does.
 then I push him really, really high and he smiles and laughs. just what I wanted mom.

His magic blanket is of course needed for every nap. He has been sleeping with the small "car" one since he was just a few days old and still does. He loves to rub the silk edge in his fingers and cuddle with the softness. I pulled out the normal size one a couple weeks ago and he was beside himself. Now whenever I pull it out he laughs and laughs and then rolls around on the floor with it. 

He loves looking through books and will pull lots of the shelf before he finds the one he is looking for and settles down to read. 

Hyrum can stand now and he thinks it's really funny when he does so. He can still only do it for a couple seconds.

"Look mom, no hands!"

This kid is a crack up. He also has like his tenth ear infection. And a really cute new diaper. Love him.

Did You Hear What I Said?

Three "conversations" I had with James today...in all three instances my line is the first thing I said to him.

Me: So I looked up some cloak patterns today for your Halloween costume.
James: In my pokeman game I had to fight this guy....(continues for a full minute).

Me: What do you like most about 3rd grade?
James: There is this pokeman I saw that you can't even buy any more. Only you have it if your older sibling had it or something since it's so old and he's name is....(on and on all the way to the pack meeting).

Me: So we'll have to enter all these things you did at scout camp into scout track and see what else you need to do.
James: Today when you told me to stop playing and save my game...
Me: Did you even hear what I just said?
James: Yes.
Me: Honey, you should respond to what I say when we are talking. It's polite in a conversation.
James: I didn't know if the conversation was over or not yet.

First Day of School

James--3rd grade

Matthias--1st

My boys are getting big!

Six Flags Over Texas

We took the kids to Six Flags and they had a blast. It was so much fun! Taylor took the day off and we didn't say anything to the kids until the morning of when we said we were going somewhere and to get in the car. They were so hilarious coming up with where they thought we were going. In the end they decided we were going to this big splash pad and out to eat because that was the coolest thing they could think of. 

It was such a fun day and Hyrum did well and the kids loved the rides. They were all pretty daring and I was happy to just push Hyrum around. =]

All the kids got to pick one game to play so everyone came home with a prize. The log ride was a big hit and the boys loved the swings, went on them like 5 times in a row. We went on a random Wednesday so we had almost no lines, the longest was maybe 15 minutes. We got there right when it opened and stayed until the fireworks and closing. 

So much fun. 

(as of end of October Hannah still talks about Six Flags almost daily...when we'll go again, what she will ride, etc. It's an obsession.)

10 Years...August 5

 

Amazing man. Beautiful kids. 10 years. Kabobs, blood orange soda. It's a great life. 

Splash Pad