This girl is rascally.
And her latest rascal move is taking off all clothing while in her nap.
And if she is only in a diaper….we all cross our fingers that she didn’t have a full bladder before bed.
(Look at her love for her “night night”.)
Diaper Shredder
Accident Residuals
One week out…
And we are hanging by a thread…
…and getting stitches removed by Dr. Mom.
Fruit Lovers
I always have known that Scout has an addiction to fruit.
But following in his footsteps is Dash, who wanted a big piece of fruit, every time we sat down to eat.
Sentences
Enough said.
Beautiful Utah
On vacation, we take it easy on Sundays. So after going to Sacrament Meeting, NayNay and I took the kids from beautiful place to beautiful place in Utah.
We looped from Salt Lake to Salt Lake, with stops in Midway, Sundance and Aspen Grove.
And I literally can barely believe how beautiful it is in the Wasatch Mountains.
See for yourself….
(Ponds.)
(Paths.)
(Swings.)
(They were loving the grass hill.)
(NayNay has a thing for the Pips.)
(Scout was teaching Pippi how to roll down the hill)
(Dash didn’t like the girl crown.)
(So crowned Pippi with it.)
(Then I made him a crown fit for a boy.)
(Pippi ended up eating hers.)
(Dash learned the art of spraying with the fountain water.)
(But it backfired.)
(Crossfire.)
These four are a lot of work at times, but this was one of those days, where they just played and played and everything was easy and magical.
(Minus the moment when I thought we lost the keys.)
Tooth Update
It was clear today that Navy’s tooth is turning grey and going to die on us.
It is already loose, and she keeps trying to yank it….but I stop her in an attempt to preserve her childhood.
But as we drove around today, I pointed out Trafalga.
The water slide park where Shem stopped in the middle of the slide to wait for me, and I rammed into him…knocking out my front baby tooth.
I guess the apple doesn’t fall far.
Drive Ins
Gone is the magic of the Drive-Ins around where we live.
So, when I found one close to Bella’s house, we packed up for the new Minnion movie.
By the time the movie started, all of my kids were shirtless — but ready for the show.
We had a perfect view of it, and the sound was great. It was the easiest and funnest night. And when we got home…they were all sound asleep, which made putting them to bed (one of the most frustrating parts of my day) easy peasy.
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My kids say they want to go every time we are in Utah.
And I assured them that I would let them earn it each time by being good on the car ride up.
So honestly…I’m not sure if we will ever go back, but it was fun while it lasted.
“Shake”
Just four kids learning to shake a doberman pincher’s hand.
Grime
Just check out the grime and nastiness that has accumulated on Navy’s teeth in just two days. Poor girl has such bad teeth and mouth injuries from her fall, that I can’t get a brush near her mouth. So I told her I’d let it go one more day, but that I couldn’t take much longer than that. And she is so sweet, she said, “Okay Mama.”
Dino Museum
My kids had their pick between three museums today, and they all voted for the dinosaur museum. The good news, was that it was empty…and we had it all to ourselves.
We spent several hours in it…exploring, creating and learning.
I especially enjoyed watching my kids interact with one another.
And loved seeing just how different they all are.
For example:
Dash and Pippi played nicely with everyone around them, and each other.
Meanwhile, Scout and Navy fought over how to make their wall that stopped up all of the water from getting to everyone around them.
Or:
Dash walked and observed this Megladon very cautiosly — to make sure he was safe.
Meanwhile, Pippi played in the sand…only to be scooped by the rows of teeth, and into the shark’s belly.
Good thing it was fake!
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It was an amazing museum, that the kids thoroughly enjoyed.
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