Question

"Mom, why do you make us match every day?"

Apparently my idea and kindergarten and second grade boys ideas of looking cute differ. Neither of them appreciated the outfits I picked out today so they dressed themselves. This question was posed after Cody make his debut in his "I picked this out all by myself outfit". Alex of course put on the shorts that are reversible that I bought to wear on the black side but he will not wear them except for on the green side. It is a very strange color green that doesn't match with anything. But, per Cody, why should they match?

The Anti-napper

The two faces of Zachary:

All of my kids have a strange sleeping habit that causes much dispute and annoyance from everyone else in the family. Shea, well, she just doesn't go to sleep. Alex needs a night light some nights, needs it totally dark the next night and is easily distracted by anything. Put these things together and it makes it really hard to share a room. Cody sings himself to sleep. He has done this pretty much since birth. He is not really partial to any particular song but Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and I Love to See the Temple are regulars on the line up. He has stopped singing as much lately and it makes me a little sad because this has always been his signature move. Alex and Cody recently started sharing a room and putting these two personalities together has proven to be a challenge. Everyone tells me it gets a easier, but I am still waiting. Zachary is in a league totally of his own. He hits his head on his pillow. He has done this for all of his almost two years. He also moans and groans and makes so much noise I can hear him at night. Noone really believes the noise level is what I say it is so this past summer Grandma thought that Grandma, Mom and Zach could all sleep together in a very tiny camper. Zach's rocking literally rocked the camper. I was worried he would rock it right off the blocks. Because of this, Zach sleeps alone. His noises often wake the boys in the next room. So, now to the point of this long blog. Zach is down to a one hour nap. It takes him on average 45 minutes to fall asleep and then after a short sleep, he is up rocking and moaning and groaning and calling for every family member in hopes of rescue. In the past I would leave him in his crib until he really started crying but being the crazy kid that he is, he has started climbing out of the crib. He shows me how he gets out and it is an emergency room visit waiting to happen SO, he is rescued much faster than in the past. Gone are long four hour naps, gone is the baby

A quick update...

Like I have said a million times, life really gets in the way of blogging. But the quicker my kids grow up, the more I realize how much I need to slow down and watch them grow.

Christmas at the cabin

Weekend in Austin

The newest member of our family...Bounce Vesper Jones

Besides Alex, I am the primary care giver for Bounce. I feed her (yes, there are dead, frozen mice in my freezer), well, Alex dangles the mouse above her head, but I am in charge of defrosting the little critter prior to feeding, and I also am in constant contact with many local snake experts. If anyone has ANY questions, I am now pretty much an expert.