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Ryan has a new talent.

5 Would Be Too Many

We had two really fun birthday parties to attend today. On the way to the first, Andrew told me that two birthday parties are a lot of fun, but that 5 would be too many and would give him a tummy ache. From the looks of his face after his third piece of cake in one day, I would have to agree that 5 would be 3 too many.





The first party was a bicycle rodeo. Andrew had a blast riding his trike all over the church parking lot and making this cool bike plate. However, the highlight for him was the bicycle horn that his friend gave him as a party favor. He has enjoyed it indoors as much as we can stand and it has now joined the ranks of outside only toys.





The second party was a barnyard themed party. Andrew had told me he was not wearing a farmer's hat, he was going to wear his fireman uniform. When he saw Ryan wearing his hat, he changed his mind and brought his own farmer hat, but didn't ever actually wear it. We had a great time at this party too. We finger painted pigs with chocolate pudding, played pin the tail on the horse, duck, duck goose, and a pig corralling game.

The object of this game was for the children to use their stick horses to corral the pigs (pink balloons). Well, at the beginning most of the children did this fairly well. However, one of the balloons accidentally popped, and you can only guess what happened from there. Andrew thought the object of the game was for his horse to eat the pigs (pop the balloons) and to gobble down everyone of those little piggies that he could catch. We weren't able to get him in action, but the aftermath is also pretty funny. He is our little comedian.

Taste of Summer

Ryan has declared himself a big boy, capable of eating anything and everything that the rest of the family eats, despite the fact that he has 1 and 1/2 teeth total. He also insists that his meal look like the rest of ours. No little pieces or pureed food for this determined fellow.

$1.91

That's the price I paid for all 7 of these items combined playing the grocery store game this week at Harris Teeter during triple coupons days. I actually filled my entire cart for less than $34. It included lots of fresh fruit and veggies.

Check out www.thegrocerygame.com and enter my e-mail if you decide to join. You get a free membership at the beginning. We are slowly building our food storage with all of these great deals. We have a several month supply of toilet paper and paper towels, too!

Time Flies...

...when you change it yourself.





Andrew: Is it almost 9? That's when my show comes on. (His show is Super Why, his new favorite)
Mommy: No, you still have two more hours until the clock says 9 at the front.
Andrew: I have an idea. (He always has ideas). Maybe I will change it to make the 9 be in front, okay?

Before I could answer, he pushed the chair over to the microwave and attempted to push the buttons to change time.

Uncle Danny

Bryan's brother, Danny, was in town from Florida for the week on business and we were able to go out to dinner with him on Thursday night. It was so nice to be able to spend time with him. (He is the same age as Chad, so although he is technically my uncle, he feels more like the boys' uncle. We don't have them calling him Great Uncle Danny). :) Andrew keeps asking when we can go to the restaurant with Uncle Danny again.

Ladies' Temple Night

I had the blessing of attending the temple with three other sisters from the ward on Wednesday night. We left our homes at 5:30pm, drove to Raleigh for a 7:45 session and came home after midnight. Although I would prefer attending the temple with my sweetheart, this was a great alternative. He was able to stay home with our boys. We are going to trade next time and he will go! I want to do a sisters' trip every other month, so if you want to join me in July, let me know! I am giving a talk in June about making temple attendance possible no matter which season of life you are currently in. If you have any neat ideas, please share! I need all of the creativity you have to share!