Thoughts

*My poor Byrson's mouth problems never end. I took him in last week for a retainer check. The orthodontist took one look and asked Bryce how many times he had missed wearing it. Bryson replied that he had only missed a couple of times. I believed him. I don't think the ortho did. The reason he asked was because the retainer really didn't fit anymore. His teeth and jaw had moved. How is that possible one might ask? Well, it is possible when your sweet little boy is not putting in the retainer correctly. For 2 months Bryson has faithfully put in his retainer each night, BUT he has put it in wrong or hasn't clicked it into place. He felt bad. I felt worse. After some tweaking and pushing he finally got it in and now Bryce has to wear it all the time instead of just at night until his mouth adjusts again. One of these days all of his dental problems will be over. One of these days!

*I couldn't register Tyler for SEOP's on the computer. It just wouldn't accept his birthday. Sometimes it's really cool to have a leap year birthday. Sometimes it is a big pain.

*I was in Oregon last week and had a fabulous time (there WILL be a post, I promise Sarah!) I got home and my house was spotless, there was a sign and balloons to welcome me and everything was in order. My sweet husband even made a full on green dinner for my kids on St. Patrick's Day without me. I am wondering if my family even needs me. Everything seemed to run pretty smoothly without me. I decided that either I am a really great mom and had everything so organized and had my kids trained so well that they could do everything on their own OR they really don't need me. I'm going with the first one. It makes me feel better. Anyways, as always it is good to be home.

*Ethan is all of a sudden really into math. Yes, math. I guess while I was gone he found a little math workbook and he fell in love. The other day he did math worksheets, for 2 hours, for fun. Now those three things don't really go together in my mind, but I guess in his intellectual mathematical genius brain they do. If he keeps going at this pace, by next year I won't be able to help him with his homework.

*A couple of weeks ago for FHE we went to BYU. It is so fun to stroll around that beautiful camputs. We browsed the bookstore, bought treats, and ate at the Cougareat. So many great memories from that great campus. We then went to the Carl Bloch exhibit. It was amazing. The spirit was so strong. I think all of my kids were touched. I definitely want to go back.

*We are still working on rotating our 72 hour kits. This week I made my kids do a little taste test. They thought it was great to taste all of these foods that were 6 years old. For the record granola bars, hot chocolate, nuts, and beef jerky are totally not edible after 6 years. Also, for the record, fruit roll ups are, but they will take you about 15 minutes to get them soft enough to chew and swallow (which my kids were successful at). The same is true for the sticks of gum. And the dollar store chicken noodle soup packets won the taste test over the Lipton brand (these were not 6 years old). Come on, I had to give them at least one thing to taste that wasn't rotten.

*Alyssa came home with big news from school this week. It was actually huge news. She came home breathless as she recounted the events of the day. The day where partners for the big 2nd grade dance festival were chosen. The boys probably could have cared less, but the girls, oh the girls. Alyssa told us who she was hoping to get partnered with and who she actually ended up with. It was all very exciting. And even though she got paired with a boy who is shorter than her, she is still thrilled at the thought of dancing with and holding hands with.......a BOY! She refused to stay home from school when she had a little cold because it was a dance practice day and one day I went into her room and she was standing in front of her closet sifting through her shirts. I told her to hurry and get dressed. She said, "but I need to look cute today" and then she quickly added, "ya know, for the teachers and stuff." Uh, huh for the teachers and stuff. It's going to be a long 8 years until this one turns 16!

*It's my own fault. I have always had a joke that if my boys ever wanted to grow up to be doctors they had to be either a podiatrist or a dermatologist. I have worked with too many cardiologists and heart surgeons to know that they get LOTS OF emergency calls in the middle of the night and that is not fun for them or their wives. My joke was what could be the worst emergency for a podiatrist? What about a dermatologist? A big zit on prom night?! Ha Ha, funny, right? Wrong! Guess who made an emergency visit to the dermatologist 2 days before prom? Yep, me- although I wasn't the patient. Kara got the biggest zit she has ever had 2 days before prom. We (I) named it Big Bessie. And she was big. Big enough to warrant an emergency call! Are you serious? I was the butt of my own joke. It was a real emergency and Big Bessie needed to be seen. Thankfully, the dermatologist said he does these "emergency" calls all the time for proms and weddings and stuff. He took care of Big Bessie and she looked beautiful (Kara, not Bessie!) and it looks like dermatology is out of the running. Podiatry it is!

*I'm very sad to say goodbye to my son Jimmer. It's been a fun ride and we will miss him.

Until next week!