Sunday 10

A little early since I'm leaving tomorrow...

Just thought this was cute! :)

1) I got my hair cut. Well, it was really more of a trim but I needed it. I haven't cut it since last October...isn't that crazy! They chopped it so short back then so I've been trying to grow it back out ever since.

2) We also took Tyler to get his hair cut. Normally we would just do it ourselves but Ty has 2 cowlicks in the back so it's just a little crazy. If we cut it weird then the back sticks straight up. So we took him in and he screamed the whole time. Like Guy had to literally hold his head between his hands to keep it straight while he thrashed around. So he left with a pretty bad hair cut, but it could have been worse considering how difficult he was being. I think I probably could have done as good of a job at home so maybe next time I will attempt it.

3) Packing for just myself to go on a trip is great. I just love how easy it is. No diapers or anything kid related! After packing everything I need for a week, I still have room to spare in my suitcase which is crazy. I'm so used to packing light I guess because I'm always sharing a suitcase with the kids. Brayden gave me a little bag with like 10 cars in it that want to ride on the "pirate ship." I told him that only 2 could come so the lucky 2 (lightning mcqueen and mater b/c they have eyes) are packed safely in the spot he chose in my suitcase. He keeps asking if there are going to be pirates on the boat and told me if I see one to say "Arrrrg" b/c that's how they say hello. He also told me quite a few other useful pirate tips so if I do happen to run into a mexican pirate on the cruise I will be set! :)

P.S. Wish me luck flying into the dreaded LA airport again where I have had the worst of luck. If I have no problems flying tomorrow it will be a miracle!!!

4) In primary at church, they have this thing called the "share bag" where kids fill up the bag with things from home that they want to share with everybody to help get to know them better. So they asked BB to do it a few weeks ago but we were going to be out of town that Sunday so he couldn't. He was pretty sad about it and even had a corner in his room with stuff he had gotten together to put in the share bag (I wondered why our family picture kept disappearing off the end table in the living room and showing up in that corner.) So we decided that he could do his "share bag show" for us at home. That got him really excited so he gathered up all his favorite things in a pillow case and Guy and I sat on the couch while he put on his show. Tyler of course wanted to stand up there next to Brayden b/c he is basically BB's shadow!

He pulled out: our family picture, his favorite game: Sequence for kids, his shin guards and cleats b/c soccer is his favorite sport, his favorite hot wheels car, box of mac and cheese (one of his food groups), and other random things. We watched the show a million times because he kept adding things and of course had to start over every time. It was pretty cute though, especially when he would start by saying, "Hi, my name is Brayden" like he was doing it in primary. He's been practicing all week so he can share his bag with Grandpa Hill next week. He's very excited about this!

5) Brayden loves singing 'I am a child of God.' But instead of singing the line "With parents kind and dear" he always sings "With parents kind of dear." So funny!

6) Ty is so cute! When you give him something he wants he will always say "tank you." Brayden hears Tyler doing it so it reminds him to say it. What a good example Ty Ty!

7) Ty knows where his nose is but he points to his ears when you say eyes, and his eyes when you say ears. We'll keep working on that one!

8) If Tyler sees the fridge open, he makes a mad dash for it because the boy LOVES gogurts right now. And he loves getting them out of the fridge all by himself. Truly, he would eat the whole box in a day if I let him!

9) We haven't been the best in the past at reading scriptures with the boys. It's kind of hard when they are so young I think b/c they have such a short attention span. But we just started using one of those easy reader Book of Mormon's with pictures and have been doing pretty good at reading a story out of it before bed every night. This last week we have read the 2000 stripling warriors every single night. Brayden requests it so how do you say no to that! The reason is because both the boys get their swords and act it out as Guy reads it. Brayden gets very into it and Ty just runs around the room waving his sword in the air and running into things. It is quite entertaining!

10) We were at the store the other day and Brayden saw a guy that was literally covered from head to toe in colorful tattoos. He could not stop staring at him and finally he leaned over to me and whispered, "Mom, I don't think that guy's mom ever told him that markers are only for paper." :)