Not Much To Report

All of us have now had our spring dental cleanings and I am happy to report that we are all cavity-free! Skyler was a little disappointed because that meant no laughing gas for him this time around. Lucky for him, the dentist recommended pulling some teeth because the adult teeth were coming in behind them, so he got his laughing gas after all.

Oliver and I have been baking this week. We made him cinnamon rolls and soft "oreo" cookies. True to form, he didn't like them, but the rest of the family did. We also learned that his endoscopy biopsies looked very good and we can consider soy a safe food for him.

And, some oldies, but goodies in the photo department:

I love how they are sitting in the exact same position

Watching the Super Bowl - Jonah was bored  almost immediately, and though Skyler  quickly followed suit he was still always wanting to know what the score was.

Our Super Bowl spread. Don't you wish you had been at our house?

The kids decorated the TV

Valentine's Day Treasure Hunt

Valentine's Day treasure hunt. The hunt led them to the car, and we drove to Barnes & Noble so they could each pick out a new book.

The Wii is Back!

Our Wii has been fixed. There was much joy and rejoicing in our household this weekend (and a ridiculous amount of Wii playing). Oliver asked me the other day "how dumb are you at Mario Brothers? You probably fall in the lava all the time" Um? I'm sure I'm better than you, three-year-old.

OLIVER has had an odd obsession with watching the sunrise at the beginning of this week, but (luckily for us), he hasn't managed to get up that early. So, we would hear "oh, no, not again!" each morning shortly before seven. Oliver also had another endoscopy this week. We are still awaiting results.

While Oliver was being a real patient, JONAH was pretending that his teddy bear was one during a field trip to a Children's Health Fair at one of the other hospitals in town. I was going to go on the field trip with him, but it got changed to the same day as Oliver's endoscopy, so I couldn't go.

SKYLER is learning cursive. His cursive is legible - hooray!

I almost bought a Vitamix blender this week, but I didn't, because I didn't like the demo lady at Costco and had no desire for her to benefit in any way, shape, or form  from my purchase.

JORDAN read a book about Peru to the kids and then decided we needed to eat Peruvian food for dinner, so we did.

The Week That Was

OLIVER still thinks he is a puppy. He will randomly bark, which I think is kind of cute except when we are at church, when I will tell him that there is no barking allowed at church. He also still insists that his puppy name is Bananas.

JONAH had his snack day and show and tell at school this week. He took his Mickey Mouse/Jack the Pumpkin King ears (see picture from last post). He loves those things and will randomly wear them when we go places.

SKYLER went on a cub scout field trip to a local nature center. He saw two porcupines in trees, and said that he didn't know before that that porcupines could climb trees.

JORDAN AND I convinced the kids to go see some of the Parade of Homes houses. They were very well behaved and actually enjoyed it. Especially the house with the theater room. They really wanted to go live in that one. Too bad we don't have an extra $850,000 lying around!

Last Month and Then Some

I had the best intentions of keeping up with my weekly posts, but I think maybe I skipped a few weeks? Here's a little catch-up with random (and sometimes not so random) pictures interspersed.

OLIVER still loves loves pajamas, but has added slippers to his repertoire. It's cute. Oliver and I go to help in Jonah's classroom each Monday, and one day we stuck around for their "indoor recess" and Oliver did the art center with Jonah. We went to Disneyland and Oliver was just barely tall enough to ride the 40 inch rides. He loved them all, but still says that his favorite ride is the Gadget GoCoaster, which was his favorite ride last time. He had no fear at all and was even all set to ride Space Mountain, but he fell asleep during Fantasmic and we were going to take him afterwards. Oliver thinks he is a puppy named Bananas.

JONAH keeps getting invited to fellow kindergarteners' birthday parties. He went through a phase where he was making "monsters" everyday in the at center at school (pictured below - kinda creepy, but creative). He currently seems to want to design amusement parks when he grows up and is always sharing his latest ride ideas and whatnot. Roller Coaster Tycoon is his favorite thing to play on the computer. He loves riding his bike to/from school. His favorite rides at Disneyland were Haunted Mansion and Mater's Junkyard Jamboree (he rode that at least six times). Jonah currently thinks that Scooby-Doo is the greatest show ever.

SKYLER presented his science fair project (seeing how different sweeteners affected candy making) and also made it through his first Pinewood Derby. His car didn't do so well, but he had fun. He has swapped out  riding his bike to school for walking home with a girl in his class. He really like Matternhorn at Disneyland (he rode it four times, I believe) and he had fun pin trading (for the uninitiated - many cast members wear lanyards full of Disney pins. Guests are encouraged to trade their own Disney pins with the cast members). All the kids thought that was a lot of fun, actually. He also liked hanging out with his Aunt Kristin. One morning, we left them behind at the hotel, and then they walked over together later and rode a few rides before meeting up with the rest of us. His current favorite read is books in the "Hank The Cowdog" series.

Fast cars! Skyler's is, unfortunately, the one that is not winning.

Showing his science project to his teacher

It's Grem! Because, you see, if it doesn't do well you just blame it on the fact that Gremlins are well-known lemons.

I have been riding my bike and pulling Oliver in the trailer to pick the kids up from school. I now feel bad for giving Jonah a hard time about the "hill" in between our house and the school. It is important to note that this particular "hill" is only noticeable if you are pulling a child in a bike trailer or are a five year old bike riding novice. Instead of food cravings, I instead got a strange craving to watch 7th Heaven reruns. I came up with a killer snack schedule for our trip to California. The kids got one predetermined, bagged snack each hour. It was may more OCD than I tend to be, but it was much better than hearing them constantly ask for a snack and me constantly passing things back. I was pleasantly surprised by how fun Mater's Junkyard Jamboree was (who do you think rode it with Jonah over and over again?). I thought I would have more time to, well, eat things at Disneyland, but everyone else was really speedy when they rode rides I couldn't (due to my pregnant state), but was happy to get a chance to eat a fried green tomato sandwich. Yum.

I wasn't planning on being in this picture, but the picture guy offered to take one and then Tow Mater started in on it, and well, how does one say no to an animatronic tow truck? He said, "yay!" when I agreed to be in the picture.

JORDAN has been reading books. He also spent some time working on a YouTube video about what it would be like if watchmakers celebrated their successes as much as football players do. Remember Skyler's science project? It required making a lot of candy, which Jordan has been happily eating. He got a garden put in in our backyard. He and the kids planted stuff. I don't know what exactly. He has started running again now that it isn't so cold in the morning. Jordan has also taken an interest in bow ties and colored shoe laces.