Silly Sleepy Boy

#4 Boy can be silly when he is asleep or awake.

He fell asleep in this silly way before church.

Lately he has been walking around with one sock off and one sock on. One day he refused to put his sock on and after trying to convince him to wear it or take the other sock off I told him he was silly. Since that day, he has continued to pull off only one sock and leave it in the middle of the room. I asked him today why he didn't want to put his sock on. He told me, "I silly!"

This morning he fell asleep next to me on the couch with just one sock.

And yes his sock is also missing on one foot in this picture!

Learning Together

The kids love learning together.  They are each at their own stage of learning but it is fun to watch them try to do it together.  This first picture says it all!

#1 Girl reading a book over #4 Boy's legs while #2 Boy picks out patterns.

#1 Girl writing out two sentences about her pattern for school.  She wrote: This is a color pattern.  This is a red and a orange pattern.

#2 Boy wanted a copy of #1 Girl's homework (like always) but after I traced the necklace he decided he wanted to do a pattern on a dinosaur instead.

#3 Girl has loved having her bag from Grandparents and has been doing better at coloring inside the lines and using more than one color.

One Day I came upstairs and found my kids like this.  So cute!  #1 Girl and #2 Boy both have their own Book of Mormon.  I gave #3 Girl one recently and she carried the book around for two days straight.  She even sat through two chapters straight one day.  She loves to look at the pictures and talk about each of them.

#3 Girl wrote her name at the top of this picture she drew

#1 Girl just had to color in the amount of squares, but she wanted to make them patterns AND color the leaves.  I have also been having her practice her first and last name on her homework.

Today #2 Boy started drawing.  When I asked him what he told me they were different rooms so that if people wanted to move into the home they could see what it looked like inside.  He drew the family room, bathroom, and bedroom.

Then he glued them onto the back of the house.  I think he has been spending a little bit of time with me as we rent our place and house hunt out here.

#5 Boy has also been learning.  He is starting to push himself backwards and 'talks' non-stop.  He also pulled himself up to standing holding onto the kids train. 

Bad vs. Good

We got all the boxes out of our home yesterday.  As we were sitting on the floor both Dad and I noticed how much worse carpet looks when you compare it next to the good unused carpet.  I think life is a lot like this.  The carpet gets worn down over time and we don't really realize how bad it is.  We know it is looking darker and isn't in great condition but it isn't as noticeable when the good carpet is covered or gone.  I think this must be how the wicked men felt when the prophets would tell them what they were doing wrong or even in our society today as people get a little dirtier, if the 'carpet' next the them is also dirty the don't stick out as bad.  Sometimes it is easier to make all the carpet dirty rather than see the difference or to replace or clean the carpet.