Unexpected Knock

A few weeks ago Harrison was outside on the tramp and long story short was trying to pee on the dog from the tramp. He was trying to perfect his aim with a moving target. Which is a whole post in and of itself. In my usual fashion I try to scare him by telling him if he doesn't treat the dog nice and make good choices someone is going to come take him away from us and give him to a family that wont pee on him! He cried for days sometime uncontrollable. Apparently I also made a bad choice.

Fast forward about 2 weeks....today I was upstairs and there was a knock at the door. Harrison quickly answered it and I truly thought it was a friend dropping something off. All of the sudden I hear a MAN say "you should not be opening the door to strangers, and I am a stranger!" It was not a nice voice but a strong mad voice. I raced down stairs and find an officer at the door. My heart was racing at this point and trying to give an excuse why my 4 year old answered the door, while trying to think why he was at my door.

He then says "Do you have a dog"

Me "Yes" I included a photo so you can see how ferocious he is.

Officer "Well then your going to jail"

Me "laughing" - if you know me at all you know this was the case

Officer "I am just kidding, show me proof of rabies and pay the $24 for registration that is past due right now we have an amnesty program right now."

Me "What, are you kidding me"

Office "No, just get your check book and then call your vet and on speaker phone have them verify he has had the rabies shot"

Me "okay" So I did what he said.

Seriously he came to my door for $24 bucks and took a verbal from the vet! Now mind you we have two dog in the backyard which he can see but says nothing about dog number 2 Otis.

Fast Forward an hour. We are picking up Preston from school. Half way home Harrison in the back seat informs Preston in the front seat "Preston, there was an officer at our house today."

Preston turns to me and says "What, Why" He is smart...he goes right to the reliable source.

Me "Oh it was nothing it was just about Oliver"

Preston says turning and looking at Harrison "HARRRISSSSON, HARRISON I TOLD YOU NOT TO PEE ON THAT DOG! Did they take him?"

I still can't stop laughing! I love my kids. I am sure I would not have as many enjoyable moments in life without them.

spectacular SEVEN

Kevin and Kody did an AWESOME job! They were perfect.

How is it possible that my little guy is already seven years old? What I love about Preston the most 1. How he ardors Emma, 2. compassionate, 3. full of life, 4. always prepared, 5. passion for learning, 6. dedicated and 7. loving.

Preston knows what he wants and when he wants it. This years birthday was no different. He wanted a Clones Wars party not to be confused with Star Wars. Most importantly we needed Anikan Skywaker and Count Duku. I was up for the challenge. Everything turned out great, 24 little boys and one little girl all waving light sabers, Anikan, Count Duku, pizza, cake, presents and a ton of laughter. May the Force be with you! I love you Preston.

Smile

Every time a get a package at my door I smile. When a package comes from a certain photo printing company they always include a blow pop which makes me smile even more. Which is kinda weird because I don't eat them just through them in the secret candy dish for a rainy day. Maybe now I will put them in future packages I send out....which is just about never.

Easter Extravaganza 2010

Grandma Far's Easter Egg Hunt What is going through his mind? Many times I find myself wishing I could read his mind. He is an old spirit at heart.

She found chocolate!

The goods, just a few eggs!

Easter Morning - The Easter Buddy was very good to the boys this year, they wanted Mario Cart Wii and the bunny delivered.

We went to Grandma Close for brunch and an Easter Egg Hunt. The kids have a great time with their cousins. After we eat we headed to the park to play and hunt. After a ton of practice Emma finally was into the hunt.

Preston informed me that this was the LAST year that he was wearing a baby shirt. After 10 minutes of arguing with him. I thought I was going to have to bribe him, the starting bid was $10. I did give in and told him he could wear his beloved jean shorts.

She loved the teeter tauter, papa even played along.

Another 5 Dozen

Really who wants to only dye a few eggs? So for 7 bucks why not do a Costco 5 dozen flat? Although this year I think we only eat maybe a dozen, the rest finally went in the trash tonight. We made egg salad and had one sandwich. But all in all we had a great time dying the heck out of them. Harrison ALWAYS puts all his eggs in one basket, thats just how he rolls.

Emma didn't help dye them but instead sat with us and enjoyed eating one.

Preston is growing up so fast, I don't realize it until I look at photos. My sweet baby is turning in to a little man. How do we make it stop?

Harrison didn't believe in the little wire spoons so he used his hands. I made him sit in the bathtub for hours that night soaking his hands. It even dripped down to his elbows.

The Finished Project.

I was practicing with a new camera lens and the boys got a little impatient with me.

Dinner Anyone?

Preston is starting to take his "holidays" very seriously. On April 1st he told me on his was to school "Its April Fools Day you better get planning." I guess I could have done a little better, next year I will be more prepared. For now its mashed potato cupcakes. Which I think looks pretty darn good.