Sam

Jack was telling us all poop jokes the other day because "poop is funny". Sam came up to me a little bit later and said, "I like poop too. It stinks real bad." Then she just walked away.

Tummy Troubles

Jack: "What are you eating?"

Me: "Potstickers."

Jack: "Are they yummy yummy in my tummy?"

Me: "Yep, you wanna try?"

Jack: Nodding and taking a big bite.

Me: "Was it good?"

Jack: "I think it was yucky yucky in my tummy.......... it tastes like poop."

The Invisible Guy

More about Jack's new friend. I inadvertently called him the wrong name last time. His name is Invisible Guy. Jack has been playing with his new friend ever since all the other kids went to school. I was so worried that he would have nobody to play with, I guess I should have known Jack would take care of it. Primary teachers have told me about things he does in church. When I ask him..... "I was playing with Invisible Guy." He loses his shoes..... "Maybe Invisible Guy took them." He gets mad at somebody..... "Fine! I'm gonna go play with Invisible Guy!" He doesn't want to go to bed...... "Can I still play with Invisible Guy in bed?" I have never had a kid who had an imaginary friend for longer than 2 or 3 days. This is fun.

Fish

Timm and Eli left the house at 5:00 this morning and caught up with Drew and Lauren at Willard Bay. They spent all morning fishing and didn't come home until about 12:30. Eli caught two pretty big catfish and Timm caught a pretty good sized small mouth bass. After they came home we had lunch and visited with Drew and Lauren for a bit. We just hung out and did nothing. It was great. We ended the night by throwing all that fish in a pot and eating a Thai inspired fish soup. The best part about today? Timm was just so relaxed all day. I don't know if it was the fact that fishing is so relaxing or the fact that he had been up since 4:30, but either way it's nice for him to just kick back and not try to do a million things at once.

Story Lady

I went to second grade today. My friend Angie teaches and asked me if I would like to read to her class once in a while this year. I went today and read Little Red Riding Hood to her class. They are going on a Fairy Tale field trip soon and she gave me a stack of books to choose from. I picked Little Red Riding Hood because there just aren't a lot of fun voices to do in most fairy tales and Jack likes my wolf voice. It was lots of fun, all of the kids were so good and listened the whole time. There were even a few kids who had said that they didn't like that story before I started, but even those kids listened and giggled at my voices.

Just Happy

I am very tired today, but I am also just happy. I have a new nephew who I got to see yesterday and Lorelei is amazing. Jessica went with me last night to see him and that was fun. Then, to top it off Gabrielle came over today and just hung out with me. I even got to spend a little bit of time with Alex this week. So pretty much, just happy.

Myles

I just held a brand new baby. He is so perfect. He just laid there and made the cutest noises. His big sister was enthralled. She asked me to pick her up so she could see better when he was in the warmer. She just stared and stared and smiled. She said, "That's Myles. That's my new baby brother." Oh I cant wait to see him again and it's only been about an hour. Mmmmm, my hands smell like new baby.