May the force be with you

It turns out Blogger has an app.  There may be hope for this little blog after all. 

Mitchell has recently been bitten by the Star Wars bug. I'm not sure what brought on this current obsession, but it is intense.  All he wants to talk about are R2-D2, droids, and Jedi. Sam gets to be the tag along.  He has no idea what's going on or who any of the characters are, but he's happy to have 'light saver' battles with 'Dark' Vader (Luke).  Earlier in the week they fashioned Jedi robes out of blankets and towels and wore them a good chunk of the day. Mitchell couldn't understand why he couldn't wear his to the library.  I was actually motivated enough to get the sewing machine out of the closet and make up some Jedi robes. Thanks pinterest. They were pretty happy with them and had some extended battle droid fights in the backyard.  I'm powerless to fight the nerdiness, I'll just have to embrace it.

Where face meets slide

Yesterday afternoon the older boys were playing out back.  I was inside with Luke when I heard a crash and some blood curdling screaming.  Sam had propped a small plastic slide up on our water table and decided to climb up it.  It fell and took him with it.  He whacked his face on the water table on the way down, sending his two front teeth all the way through his bottom lip.  So I ran outside to see a small child screaming and spitting blood through a hole that didn't used to be in his face.  It was a little intense for a bit.  Luckily the bleeding stopped pretty quickly and the crying shortly thereafter.  We headed for the urgent care near our house where I was told, "Oh, no, we can't do that here.  He needs to be sedated at the hospital, he needs a plastic surgeon."  Way to freak a mom out.  So we went to the E.R., where they were decidedly less concerned about it.  They cleaned him up, slapped a little glue and some tape on his wound and sent him on his merry way.  He was very brave and calm throughout.  Just another day in the life of Sam.  It was the only time I've sort of enjoyed waiting in the E.R.  It was nice to hang out one on one with Sam.  He's a funny guy.   His lip is already looking much better.  It will soon be just another scar to add to his growing collection.

Some summer fun

Last weekend we got out of the heat and headed to San Diego.  We had some fun at the beach with Ben and LaRee, and then went to Legoland for a day.  It was a really nice weekend.  Legoland was not so much my favorite part of it, but the kids had a lot of fun.  And that, of course, is the whole reason we went.  And now for lots of pictures.

It was a chilly day for the beach, the kids didn't really care.
And luckily Ben was willing to get in the water,
so I didn't have to.  He's a hard core surfer now,
they're tough like that.

Sam continues to be a big fan of Uncle Ben.

 

 

Legoland was a once in a lifetime experience.  As in I never need to go back again.  It's a great place for small boys, everyone else is out of luck.  However, we can say we did it.

 

 

To make the day even more wonderful, we came home with more Legos. which we needed like I need a hole in my head.

 

Let me sum up

Don't let my lack of posting fool you. We are still alive.  I fell into a blogging slump when I tried to post a while ago and the internet kept shutting down. Add that frustration to the fact that 50% of the keys on my computer only work if you beat them, due to small people in this family getting crumbs everywhere.  I just couldn't continue.  But I will try to overcome the obstacles and give a quick review of the month of May.  Just don't mind if there are some letters missing.

Ben and Laree came to visit.  We did some mini golfing and some hanging out.  Good
 times were had by all.


 



There are some tanks in the desert.  We sat on them.
 

This guy turned two.  Yes, that's the face I got when I asked him to smile.
 

Remember when he used to look like this? 

He is certainly a two year old, and very much keeps on our toes.  He's a funny guy and we like having him around!



Mitchell finished his first gymnastics class.  He had fun and got to be bossed
 around by someone other than me.

 

 



I also took a quick trip to San Diego to meet up with Jayna. It was great to see her and we had a wonderful time talking and eating.  Sadly, my lame computer won't let me upload a picture.   Ben and LaRee were nice enough to let me stay with them.  It was a nice little vacation

Cowboys and Nerds

This weekend we took a quick trip to Phoenix for a family baby shower.  While at Nana's house Sam came upon a cowboy hat.  He gave it a try, and suddenly realized that all his life he's been longing to be a cowboy.  He spent the next couple days slipping and clomping around the house in a few pairs of Auntie Rachel's cowboy boots.   He made for a goofy looking cowboy.

 

 

Uncle Jordan was nice enough to give Mitchell an entire shoebox full of Pokémon cards.  Given his love of video games and his extensive imaginary weirdo game card collection, I see bright things in his social future.

 

Luke enjoyed getting into things and eating Cheerios with Grandma Solis.

 



Easter things

Saturday's Easter egg hunt was a low key affair.  Everyone had all sorts of fun finding eggs.  The older two were very sweet about making sure everyone got a fair share of eggs.  Once the eggs were found they handled their haul in their own special ways.  Mitchell sorted the eggs by size and by content.  I'm not sure he ate any of the candy.  Sam looked through his eggs and exclaimed over the different varieties of candy and sampled a few.  Luke opened every egg and shoveled candy in as fast as he could get the Starburst wrappers off.  I couldn't say how much he put away, but it was impressive to watch him go.  He kinda looks like Gollum in this picture doesn't he?  Scary.

Sunday was Lee's birthday, so we had a little birthday celebration for him.  Luckily for me he didn't want a cake, just a cherry pie.  I don't make pie, so I got off easy thanks to the grocery store.  He's mostly an old man now.  He's got a few gray hairs that he's not happy about.  I have a hard time being sympathetic since I have a head full of them. 

I keep telling myself it's just a phase

A few days ago Luke was taking a 'nap', which on this day meant that he talked to himself for awhile in his bed and then got quiet, which fooled me into thinking he was sleeping. Much too soon thereafter he started whining in there and after waiting a bit to see if he'd go back to sleep I went in to fetch him. And found him surrounded by ripped up paper and large shards of glass. Apparently instead of sleeping he had pulled a picture frame off the wall, somehow managed to shatter the glass, and then shred the paper behind the frame. It took a minute for it all to sink in, it didn't take long to realize that dang kid could have killed himself. He was lucky to have come out of it with only a small cut on his foot. I spent the rest of the day feeling like the mother of the year. 

 

You may notice in the picture that he has removed his shorts. That's a fun trick he picked up awhile ago. It used to also involve removing his diaper, which meant he would wake up in a puddle of pee, and there was constant sheet changing going on. So I started taping his diaper on, again, mother of the year. Luckily, for now he has stopped taking off his diaper. You may also notice that he has gnawed nearly every piece of the crib he can get his teeth on. It's mostly ruined. Not pictured is his continued love of climbing on the table and standing at the edge until I notice and come to get him, he thinks that's a great game. He also thinks it's good times to run into the street and run even faster when he sees me coming for him. He loves to open the T.V. cabinet and push every button he can get his fingers on, if he can remove a DVD, all the better. There's a child lock on it, but he notices EVERY time I forget to lock it. Another favorite pastime is walking up to people and kicking them in the shins. He's a magnet for shenanigans. I keep telling myself it's a just a phase. I say that a lot to myself. It may very well be a phase, this love of trouble and zero fear of the consequences, I just know that his brothers grew out of it much faster than he has. Which has me a bit concerned that this may just be his personality.