They make us laugh!

Our kids are our greatest form of entertainment--sometimes the show is hilarious, sometimes it is sad, sometimes it is sweet, and sometimes it is frustrating! I think 90% of the time I am frustrated trying to get the kids to DO WHAT I ASK THEM, but I guess that's probably more like 10% of the time, and it just feels like 90%! I have been trying to pay better attention to the funny, silly, happy things they do instead of the things that drive me crazy. Here are a few examples of the good: Parker: The other day I was taking just Parker to a b-day party. I was singing an old primary song, "In the Leafy Treetops." I was just ending the second verse, which goes, "In my pretty garden the flowers are nodding," and Parker goes, "What did they do?" What??? What did who do? And he said, "The flowers. You said they were naughty." I laughed and laughed. I guess they hear about being naughty a little too much!

Jase's new thing is to say, "And Guess What?" all of the time. For example, when I picked him up from preschool the other day, they had just finished an Easter Egg Hunt. He was so excited! He said, "Mom, I found a purple Easter Egg. And Guess What? Then I found a BLUE Easter Egg! And Guess What? There was money inside the blue Easter Egg! And Guess What? Then I found a green Easter Egg!! And Guess What? Green is my favorite color! And Guess What?...." You get the point. It cracks me up! When I was pointing this out to Jared, Jase said it hurt his feelings that I thought it was cute that he says "And Guess What" all of the time. But I still think it's cute!

Lizzie is little miss BUSY all of the time! She is really enjoying her Easter CANDY. In fact, I think she may have eaten all of it already (Good, I'll be glad to get rid of it!). My favorite thing she does is say, "Huuuuhhh?" It is so funny. She will be playing with a toy, and then maybe lose it. She'll look all over for it saying, "Huuuuhhh?" with this funny tone in her voice. So cute!

Lila's new thing is to stick her tongue out constantly. It is so funny. She got her two bottom teeth in at 8 months (the earliest of any of my kids), and I think she is teething, so she always has her tongue out, probably to make her little gums feel better. She is also crawling all over the place. She started army crawling about 2 months ago, and she can crawl on her hands and knees, but she much prefers the tummy crawl. It's much faster and more effective to get her where she wants to go.

The kids all had a great Easter--candy, candy, and more CANDY!! A guy from our ward volunteered to take some pictures of the kids in their Easter outfits. It was windy, and everyone wanted to just go home, but I think the pictures turned out great. They really show my kids personalities! (Lizzie does smile all the time, just never in pictures where we want her to!) Enjoy!!!