Hayden's Wacky Sense of Style

This crazy kid keeps us laughing.  Each of these pictures were taking on a different day.

Sometimes he just appears wearing something silly.

Shorts on his head, and his legs through the arm holes of a shirt.

That is a potty-training seat on his head.  

Don't worry, it hasn't been used recently, so I think it was clean . . .

Underwear.  

Several pairs of underwear.

Caught red-handed

It had been quiet for too long, so I went looking for her.  As I was walking upstairs, the strong smell of fingernail polish warned me that it was NOT going to be good.  She had found a stash of nail polish and painted her toes.  

And her feet, and her hands, and face and clothes and the bathroom mats, which had to be thrown out as a result. 

 Maybe someone else knows how to get fingernail polish off skin, but it isn't soap and water.  I was hesitant to use nail polish remover right on her skin, so basically we just waited for it to rub off.

Of course, I hid all the nail polish in a new spot where she will never find it until she grows a few feet.  But I missed one, because later that same day,  she went to work with a bottle of RED nail polish, and this time was a little more aggressive in her coverage.

Tell you what, it is TOUGH getting nail polish out of grout lines.

But thank goodness, the carpet was spared as the mess was generally contained in the bathroom.

(This girl does NOT take correction well.  To be fair, though, it probably doesn't help that I confuse her by telling her "no" and taking pictures at the same time.)

Needless to say, I had to make a special trip to Walgreens that night for more nail polish remover.  I got the biggest bottle they had, plus another one for backup.  And that night I had a headache from mopping my bathroom floor with nail polish remover.  (I hope I didn't kill too many braincells.)

Not funny yet

I was at the doctors office today with four of my children. (Now if that's not one of my favorite things to do, I don't know what it is.) Sean had been complaining of a sore throat, and since we'd already had one case of strep throat in our family, I figured we ought to get him checked. While we waited to be called back, I did flash cards with Daphne, Sydney colored, Sean sat and gazed longingly at the iPad, which was sitting in my purse, (figured I'd pull it out in the other, smaller, waiting room)and Hayden was being rather loud and obnoxious. He was bouncing all around making funny noises and trying to get a reaction from Sean.

 One 13-year-old boy in the waiting area, (I know he was 13 because the nurse asked him how old he was when she called him back,) started snickering at Hayden's behavior. His mom, or maybe his grandma, said in a voice loud enough for me to hear across the room, "Don't laugh at him. He's being disruptive and annoying."

 What she said was true. Hayden was being disruptive and annoying. He's very good at it. But what she said made me mad. It was a doctors office after all, not a library. And we'd been waiting a while. And nobody wants to be at a doctor's office anyway.

 Besides, I can say those things about my son because I'm his mom. If you're not his mom, keep it to yourself.

Maybe one day, when Hayden is a delightful and non-annoying adult, we might look back and laugh at this. But it's not funny yet.

April Quotes

I'm not sure how this happened, but I somehow lost most of my April quotes.  I type them in here as I hear them, and one day when I went to update it, the post was empty!  And, unfortunately, once I write something down, my brain forgets it, so I just don't remember a lot of funny stuff that they said . . .  anyway, here are April's meager offerings.

Daphne:  Boys, calm down. Mom has a headache and she can't wait until this day is over so she can go back to bed.  (I was surprised at how well she summed up how I felt that particular morning.)

On another occasion . . . 

Sean:  Hayden, stop it!  Mom has a head-egg.

(Clearly, I get a lot of those . . . )

Hayden:  Mom, Daphne spit at me!

Daphne:  Hayden spit at me first!

Hayden:  Well you are baptithed, (baptized) tho you know better.

One morning at the kitchen table, we had a conversation that went something like this:


Daphne:  Ursula is bad because she tells Ariel to use Potty Language!
Mom:  No, she tells her to use body language.
Daphne: What's body language?
Mom:  It's when you communicate by just using your body.  Like when someone has a frowny face and is folding their arms, it means they are mad at you.  Or if somebody is making goo-goo eyes and smiling at you, it means they like you.  


I was acting it out so they could see, and when I made the goo-goo eyes, Sean said, "Oh, that's what Jayden does to me at school all the time."

One Sunday night after dinner we had ice cream sundae's for dessert.  The next night as I was thinking about what treat to have for Family Home Evening, Hayden said, "I know!  Let's have Ice Cream Mondays!"  He's got it all figured out.

Each month we pick an Article of Faith that we say each morning before the boys head off to school.  We've been memorizing them using the primary songs that go with each Article of Faith.  Well, the other night after dinner, a few of us had upset tummies.  So I got out a bottle of Tums and passed them around to anyone who needed one.  Sean held his up and sang, "We believe in the gift of TUMS!"  (see Article of Faith #7).

Last Weekend

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Pictures from our busy weekend.

Dallin & Daphne had an Irish Step Dance performance for the Founder's Day festivities happening in Old Town.  

The girls getting their shoes on

The handsome boys

Solo Reel

3-Hand Reel (Daphne and Dallin dancing with their teacher Miss Jen)

Watching some of the advanced students

Bonfire folk dance

Below is a little video clip of one of their group dances.  Dallin and Daphne are right in front of me, so you get a nice view of their backs for the first bit.

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Dallin and Daphne after their performance

by one of the big crazy guys around the square

the church at Old Town

And Sean's last soccer game.

Sean made HUGE improvements this year in soccer.  He scored THREE goals this season, ON PURPOSE!  Very exciting.  He had a great time and can't wait till it starts up again next fall.

"Mom, I love you because . . .

you're 32.  And I'm glad you're not dead."  

Hayden said this to me yesterday.  

We celebrated my birthday yesterday.  I felt very loved with lots of phone calls, emails, facebook greetings, and cards.  Arthur and Julianne made my favorite dinner (Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad) and Julianne made my favorite birthday dessert:  Barbershop Quartet.  mmmm.   Plus, I got treated to lunch yesterday AND today by some great friends.  Such fun!

For my birthday, Arthur surprised me with a new iPad!  He said I could choose between that or an iphone.  That is a hard choice.  The iPad is super cool, but I might be leaning toward an iphone because I could take it everywhere . . .  then again, there's always Mother's Day . . .

Anyway, I had a very happy birthday!  I'm so grateful for Arthur and my family, and all of my wonderful, thoughtful friends.  

And I'm glad I'm not dead!  Gotta celebrate the small things, right?  ;)