July -- 2011

My birthday month!
My sweet babies have been convinced, by me no less, that the fireworks are in celebration of me! My sweet Constance made me a beautiful cake. All the kids showered me so much love I couldn't take a nap. My boys sang to me off and on all day. Jordan volunteered to take my birthday spankings for me. I am so blessed -- definitely a fun time.

Jordan evidently has been paying too close attention to me. I had to stop him during church when he started to use a color pencil like eye liner.

Dominic has decided it is a good idea to wear a hat over his eyes so he can't see and then to push his fire truck around the house -- this is the same boy who always has a bruise or knot on his head from running into furniture or falling with his eyes open.

Jordan informed me that he wasn't a "stink bug" -- he was a "lick bug" and then starts licking me.

I didn't see the boys bu I could hear them. I asked them if they were in my room -- Dominic poked his head out of my door and told me "no, I not in your room."

Grandpa and Dominic were playing with the vacuum. Jordan told them if they didn't stop fighting he would unplug it.

Jordan told me I was the meanest mommy ever. Then he asked me what a mean mommy does. I told him "she would send him to his room". Then he asked me what a nice mommy does. I told him "she hugs, kisses, says 'I love you', plays with you, tucks you in at night, sings to you." He decided I was a nice mommy.

Dominic thinks he is exempt from bedtime and that means I should be exempt from sleep in the middle of the night.

Jordan was trying to convince me he doesn't have a tummy to tickle ... evidently "it's all gone." or so he says.

We went to the farm to spend some time. Dominic got half way in and decided it was too cold and wanted out. Jordan had gone to the barn and a few minutes later he came around crying. Evidently a chicken had pecked him on his bum and it hurt. Of course, two minutes later Dominic was chasing the chickens trying to catch them. I guess he figured his bottom was padded with the diaper so he was safe.

Jordan left his partially eaten granola bar on the counter -- Dominic found it and ate it. Jordan got upset. I had to laugh -- Jordan is usually the one who eats Dominic's food.

Jordan was goofing off and I asked him to "please stop". Jordan's response "Never!" Of course both boys just said "Please stop" to me to get me to stop tickling them.

I told the boys they weren't supposed to play with the water in the fridge. Jordan told me "We didn't" I asked "Then how did Nic get water?" Jordan: "He was thirsty". Dominic: "I was thirsty".

Dominic wanted a band aid on his boo-boo like his sissy. I put one on. Not 5 minutes later he is throwing a fit because he can't get it off. I proceed to take it off and then the gets mad because it's off.

While our van radio wasn't working, Jordan told me we can't go anywhere because the van is broken and our van is new it can't be broken. Of course, it is only the radio that isn't working. Everything else works just fine.

Dominic grabbed a pair of my underwear while I was doing laundry and took off running. I found him trying to put them on over his diaper -- calling them pull-ups.

We were at church and Jordan needed to go to the bathroom during Sacrament meeting. After we came back Jordan started to pull his shorts off and actually got them down to his ankles before I could stop him. Of course, Dominic saw this and tried to take his pants off too.

Jordan scared himself. He climbed in the front while we were waiting to pick up Constance from school. He decided to put his head on the steering wheel to rest and ended up beeping the horn.

Found Dominic hiding in my bathtub playing with my breast pump -- after I had told him to leave it alone.

Jordan told me he doesn't swim in Uncle Hambone's pond because of the sharks. Evidently he has sharks and we didn't know. Jordan then told me "I don't like sharks!"

Dominic is going around the house singing "Do as I'm doing, follow, follow me." Of course, it is turning out to be a competition to see who can sing the loudest.

Jordan heard someone blowing their nose. He asked me what that sound was. I asked him what he thought it was. His response: "an elephant."

Mike was teasing the boys about their names being "George" and "Fred" while we were checking them into exercise. Jordan took his name tag off and asked me what it said. I told him "Jordan". His response "ahhhh, I want it to say George." Then the fight begins over who is Fred and who is George.

Jordan fell back to sleep at 9 am -- can you say growth spurt.

Jordan is a big teaser -- one day during a thunderstorm he kept telling Constance we were going to eat pizza outside in the rain.