YIKES!!

Marshall got hit in the face with a baseball bat while trying to teach his friend Emma some baseball tricks. He was standing behind her and he said he didn't know she was going to swing. What a day!! I was upstairs putting Sylvie to bed and I heard Marshall screaming and crying and saying that his eye hurt so much. When I got downstairs all I could see was blood streaming out of his face. I panicked and tried to take care of the blood the best I could. Thank heavens TJ had just left , after coming home for lunch, to go to his Henderson office. I called him right away and told him he needed to turn around NOW!! Daddy to the rescue! He was completely calm (unlike mommy) and assessed the injury. It sure is nice having an eye doctor husband/daddy!! He comforted me by saying Marshall didn't have any broken bones, and that we just needed to put ice on it. Phew!!

After the initial scare, a couple of days later, his eye kept looking worse and worse. It made me feel horrible! I had a hard time dealing with it. I am NOT a fan of head injuries!! He is my first born. Marshall is the only one of all our kids that we have taken to the emergency room, had stitches or had ANY accidents with. But, a couple days after his eye looked worse, his eye started looking great. It is now healing very quickly. In fact, it looks better and better every day.

Brigham is 3!!

Brigham is now 3! Wow!! There are so many things to say about this special little guy at three. Where to begin?

- His favorite cat is Opey cat. In fact every cat he sees is Opey cat to him (my brother's cat in Canada). For some reason this cat really made an impression on him. A couple of nights ago he must have had a really vivid dream because the first thing he said when he woke up was that the naughty opey cat bit him on the leg really hard, but then he put on his big superman muscles and his superman belt and punched that naughty Opey cat. He even made us put a bandaid on the "Opey cat bite". It was hilarious!

- He LOVES Superman. He thinks he is Superman. He wore his superman costume more days than I can remember this past year! This is why we got him the new and improved superman costume for his birthday shown here...

-Brigham is an extremely easy going little guy. He can entertain himself for a while. He always sings or chants before taking a nap, going to bed or driving in the car. Once he is in bed for the night or for a nap, he won't get out until you come in to get him. Isn't that the greatest? I think so.
-He is a total home body. He would rather be home than anywhere else. This is new to me cause my other kids were just the opposite.
-He hates syrup because he doesn't like getting sticky.
-He comes up with the funniest sayings. His latest thing to say is "What do ya know Joe"? He is ALWAYS saying things that just crack us up.
- He likes grotesque things like. I know this sounds strange, but he loves to look at disgusting things. Some examples are... he always examines a cock roach before daddy throws it away (notice I didn't say mommy?!:) He couldn't stop talking about the blood when his brother got hurt, and he wanted to see it. When I am changing Sylvie's diaper he wants to see the poop. He smells his stinky feet. Need I go on? I didn't think so.
- He has NEVER had a potty accident, NEVER!! He was potty trained before he was 2 and never wore pull-ups to bed, just underwear and hasn't had an accident. Dreamy, I know.
-He talked about his superman party for 6 months before we actually had it. Ever since Halloween when he saw his buddies Kai and Sean had superman costumes he knew he wanted a party where everyone wore their superman costume. So that's what we did. Sooo cute!!
-His hair still naturally sticks up which I hope never goes away!!
-He talks about pot pie as if it is the only food there is. For example he thanks Heavenly Father for pot pie during a prayer. I guess I have made pot pie one too many times! The funny thing is that he doesn't even like pot pie. Then, when dad introduced him to Popeye, he kept calling him pot pie. Very funny!!
-He can handle no naps better than his brothers did at the same age. He doesn't get nearly as grumpy.
-When he went into "big boy" nursery he told his new teacher that he bites babies. He doesn't bite anyone or anything!! His teacher was a bit nervous at first but then learned that he was all talk no action!!
-He picks up vocabulary words really quickly. For example the other night he said somebody on TV was really "impressive".
-He likes to pretend he is Pecos Bill and uses a rope for a lasso. He LOVES most weapons.
-After he turned 3 he said "When I was younger.......but now I am 3"! Such a funny guy.

On that note let's talk about the much anticipated....

Superman Birthday Party!!

All of the kids were supposed to wear superman costumes. Only Sean didn't want to because he said it was too hot. Oh well, you can't win them all!





The first game we played was save the red balloons, drop, kick punch all other balloons, but be careful because kryptonite (whipped cream) is in some balloons!


The second game we played was "Save Grandpa". On the way to untying Grandpa all of the little supermen had to go through an obstacle course. They had fun with this, especially Grandpa!!







After the games we had some pizza (they were supposed to have the superman symbol on them but dominos didn't come through). Then it was time to blow out the candles, and for superman cupcakes. Yummy!




After we ate it was time for the superman pinata!! Good thing they were still little enough that I could make one out of a brown paper bag, since we couldn't find one ANYWHERE!!

The weather could not have been more perfect! We brought the fabulous truck to entertain the little supermen, and ofcourse Brig LOVED opening his presents!!




Until next year Superman.......

Superman

Can you tell Brig is excited about his Superman birthday party?! This is Brigham on our way to his birthday dinner at Outback. What a guy!! Usually he mixes it up with more than one word, but I think the camera pointing in his face made him a little nervous!!

Dyeing Easter Eggs and Finding Easter Eggs

The kids loved coloring Easter eggs. Even Sylvie got to join in on the fun!!

Marshall kept his eggs in for long periods of time, thus creating the brightest and most colorful eggs.

Kason's favorite part was moving the egg from color to color as many times as he could!!
Brigham liked just being with Grandpa. He played and talked to his eggs which he chose only to dye in green and yellow. Grandpa came up with the fabulous idea to use tape to make their letters on the eggs. Here is Brigham proudly displaying his "B".

Here is Marshall's fabulous "M".

And ofcourse the fabulous "K" for Kason. Didn't those letters turn out great?!

Brigham thinks Grandpa should smell the "rotten eggs". Silly Brigham.


The next day the Easter Bunny gave them lots of loot!! I didn't get a picture of it because it took all of a minute for everything that was put in the basket to be strewn all over the house. Some of their favorite things were the gumballs with the pinball game on top. The bunny racers and ofcourse the candy!! Sylvie got her first stuffed bunny which she loves.

The day after that the kids hid the Easter eggs they colored and the adults got to find them. Here is Sylvie reaching for her egg. So precious!


Yay! Brigham helped Grandpa get his egg out of the tree!
What a beautiful Easter! Thank-you for sharing it with us!!

This video clip was taken on Easter Sunday. It shows you how infectious our little Sylvie's laugh can be. Happy Easter!!

Easter Happenings

Marshall's school had an Easter hat parade. They kids were instructed to make their own hats and wear Sunday dress for the parade. Marshall wanted to make a baseball Easter hat. He made a hat out of an old plastic cake pan, a huggies box (the bill) and he attached baseball cards all around it!! He was very proud of his creation. I was proud of him too. Doesn't he look adorable?!

We went to the annual Easter egg hunt here in Boulder. The kids had a blast. Brigham and Kason cleaned up. Kason ate his candy along the way!!

This was the first year that Marshall got to go to the bigger kid hunt. Unfortunately this meant he had a little more competition than usual. Oh well, that didn't matter!! He was still the go getter that he is and got lots of loot!!


We went to St. George after the hunt and visited Grandma Gardner and hung out with our friends the Stillman family who moved to Idaho. Here's a photo of all the kids and a family shot. Thanks for snapping this family photo guys!! It's not easy to get one of all of us!!

Here are some cute Easter pics of our cute kids!! Sylvie has been crawling everywhere now for about a month. She can even crawl up a stair, and she's fast!! Don't the boys look so handsome in their Easter attire?!!