Liam's 1st Lost Tooth

Liam's tooth had been loose for nearly a month. He kept asking us to pull it out for him, but he didn't want to wiggle it out himself. Finally, Liam lost it on March 30th. He was having a picnic outside with his brothers (in a wagon, which I'm told was their boat). His tooth popped out when he bit into an apple. Liam loves apples so I'd wondered from the beginning, if it might be the perfect thing to get the job done. Liam put the tooth in the pillow that Grandma Bohman had made him and he wasn't disappointed. The Tooth Fairy left him two gold dollars. Wow! What a cute toothless grin.

Weather or Not

This weather has been really strange. One day it snows, the next it all melts and is warm enough to go out without a coat. I guess Utah is going easy on us, since we're used to California sunshine. Whatever it is, I'll take it. No cabin fever here. This whole week it's up near 70--perfect. I called friends in CA and found out it was nicer weather here than there. Strange.
One night the boys and I built this snowman to welcome Nathan home from a very late night with the legislative session (He didn't get home until after 11:30.). They named him Fred Ice Cream.
My boys love shoveling snow. We really haven't needed to shovel since it's all melted off the day after, but they've had fun with it anyway. I hope they keep their enthusiasm for the job in harsher winters yet to come.

Birthday Blizzard or Confetti?

Liam's actual 6th birthday, March 6th, was a blizzard. Caleb misunderstood me and as he gazed out the window, kept asking me where the lizard was. Liam loved it and decided that the world was just throwing confetti to celebrate his birthday! I love that imagery.

With Nathan working late for the legislative session, I took the boys to McDonald's Play Place (Liam's choice) to get out of the storm. They even got happy meals with Star Wars toys! I'm glad Liam had a great day.

Mysteries of the Kingdom

Tonight, in our scriptures we read about being children of God.  Daniel said, "We are all sons of God."  I added that I'm a daughter of God.  Liam chimed in with, "Who's His uncle?"  Leave it to Liam to ponder the deeper mysteries of the kingdom.  

Home for the Holidays

We've been promised 5 different times that the offer we made on a home in Layton would be approved (the first time clear back in October!). The 22nd of December was the most recent promise. Each time the day came and went with nothing happening. (The 22nd was Nathan's Dad's birthday, so we thought it would have been a great present to say we were moving out!) I felt a lot like I did when I was pregnant with Daniel. His due date came and went and still no baby. I felt wronged. How could they make me promises and not deliver? Well the 22nd, was a bit depressing. I resigned myself to the fact that we probably wouldn't hear until after the holidays. BUT....

Yesterday, I received a long awaited call that our offer has been ACCEPTED! We still need to do the inspection and paperwork for closing, but we couldn't ask for a better Christmas present! We will keep you posted on our status, but we will have a home of our own very soon. Merry Christmas!

Caleb's Favorite Things

While staying with Grandma and Grandpa Brady, Caleb has acquired a few unexpected favorites...
The 'wand' from Grandpa's juicer and a lid from Grandma's pan make the perfect sword and shield!

Caleb loves Grandma's 'rainbow' umbrella. Who says umbrellas are just for rainy days? And don't even start with the bad luck opening them in the house.

Playing footsie on the kitchen floor with Grandma is great.

Every time we went outside, Caleb loved running under the this evergreen.

I didn't find a picture of it, but another of his favorite toys was a little orange funnel. Seriously, why do even buy toys? It seems we are inhibiting such creativity.

Random Liam

Liam is a great reader. I'm so proud of him...the only thing is it can take an hour to get a few little pages read. Not because he doesn't know the words or can't sound them out, but because he gets distracted. His mind is going a million miles a second. Often times we laugh about the crazy places his mind wanders. The other day he said, "Mom and Dad, if I woke up on Christmas before you, and Santa gave me a tuba (a tuba really?? where did that come from????), I would go in your room and play Christmas songs on it to wake you up!" Liam, you are totally crazy--and I totally love you.