We took a drive up the mountain on one afternoon so mom could take a nap...my kids napped too, in the car- I had to uncover Hunter's head...he had burried it in the blanket.
Grandma got a new phone with games on it - the kids loved taking turns playing!
He had his first big project last month. It was to build 10 landforms out of salt dough. He had to label them and paint them and then make a poster defining each item on his diagram. I made the dough and offered some suggestions (like the toothpicks) and he did everything. He was super discouraged because when he got to school he saw that some of the projects were perfectly molded. I knew after talking to another parent that thier student didn't have "time" and so they were doing most of it for them. Well, after hearing how discoraged he was over his project I e-mailed the teacher because I wanted her to know how hard he worked on it and that he had done it ALL on his own. He ended up with a great grade and lots of good praise. I was proud of him and upset at other parents who did the project for their kids.
I had a video of Hunter's recital (he did awesome!) but it won't upload- so here's just a quick picture of him during his performance.
We braided Gwendalin's hair and wore it "curly" to school. She wanted a picture - and we got one. She is so beautiful...it's scary. Her hand is over her shirt to cover a chocolate milk spill just before she got on the bus.
This is Dallin- if you look closely he is putting rocks in his pants while we were at soccer. The following picture is him walking away and the rocks falling out.
Tyler wasn't feeling well and took a bowl with him in the car - luckily he didn't puke until we got home, but I snapped this picture of him - cause he's just so stinkin sweet!
Tonight I had to take Hunter to soccer practice. The great part about his practices are that he is at a park, so while he practices, my kids can play. I always bring something to read while they play and he does his soccer thing, but tonight I got on the swings with my 3 little ones. I pushed them "higher" and "pulled their legs" and then got in swing beside them. I pumped my legs and laughed hysterically (Dallin found me quite amusing) as I swung back and forth. My stomach 'tickled' as I went back and forth. I couldn't stop laughing. For those brief moments I didn't have a care in the world and the laughter was contagious. At one point I put Dallin on my lap and he held on both chains and I held on one handed with the other hand across his tummy....this technic worked for a bit and we got pretty high and then the one handed hold on my part started us going crooked. This started his laughter (good hearty belly kid laughter) because we twisted and turned and it was great! I found myself kissing his head as we went this way and that and Tyler and Gwendalin thought it was hilarious! I realized I love doing stuff like this with my kids....I was FREE from all adult thought, all stress, all chaos, and loved to sniff Dallie's head as we went back and forth and as I pushed Gwennie and Texas super high! What a blessing it was to be able to swing with my kids!
