What's New??

It's been a little crazy around here the last 6 weeks. As if taking care of a newborn isn't enough to keep me busy, add a 4 year old who started pre-school, and a 2 year old boy who thinks he wants to potty train to the mix. Actually, he just doesn't want to leave his diaper on and wants to wear the big boy underwear so he can go to pre-school too. He does pretty good, but he still has a hard time recognizing when he needs to go. Half the day, I'm trying to keep clothes on him and keep him from peeing on the floor! He'll come out to the family room naked and I'm wondering, "Where is his diaper/underwear and what's in it?" I'm always afraid of what waits me when I finally FIND the surprise he left me. UGH!! It's a work in progress though. I really need to just devote one whole day when Aaron's home to get him trained and be done with it.

Kaya had her first field trip with the pre-school to Wheeler Historic Family Farm. She had a great time. Look at the picture below. The geese came running when they realized the kids had food to feed them. It almost looks like something out of a horror movie. Attack of the Geese!! (They're about as big as most of the 4 year olds!!)

2 Fridays ago took the kids to the BYU Life Science museum. (FREE!) The kids had a good time checking out all the animals and playing in the activity room with the museum's toys.

After the museum at BYU we headed to J-Dawg's restaurant just off of campus. This is the infamous hot dog shack that we've been dying to try. Not only were the hot dogs and polish dogs superb (With the special sauce) - we got to meet a "Utah" celebrity. Former BYU Head football coach LaVell Edwards stopped by for a bite to eat. Aaron struck up a conversation and I happened to watch him rub somebody's bumper while pulling out of the parking lot and then keep driving. In Lavell's defense, I don't think he realized what he did, but it was pretty funny none the less.

A week ago Saturday we took the kids to the Utah State Fire Museum. It was a fun and FREE museum in Grantsville, UT. The kids enjoyed climbing all over the old fire trucks and we just enjoyed getting out and doing something fun. The kids got some free fire hats!
After the Fire Museum, we zipped over to the Tooele Valley Railroad Museum. Another FREE attraction for the kids. Logan LOVES trains and loved seeing the full size trains up close and also checking out the huge model railroad disply they had. Kaya's favorite part was the picnic lunch we brought with us to have on the grass. We had a good family outing seeing some of the museums in Utah.
And for Emily...well we have a thumb sucker! Kaya started sucking her thumb when she was about 3 months old. (And she's STILL sucking her thumb - any tips?) Logan preferred the pacifier. We just broke him of the pacifier shortly after his second birthday last month. Now that I've had one of each, I must admit I prefer the thumb sucking. Of course, that's going to obviously be a harder habit to break than just snipping a hole in the pacifier. But it was so much more convenient than always trying to FIND the pacifier and making sure it's clean. I especially hated the stage when Logan needed the pacifier to fall asleep and then would wake up and cry when it would fall out (because he didn't know how to find it and put it back in his mouth.) We would have to give him his pacifier 10 or 12 times a night before he would get into a deep enough sleep and not care if it fell out. Emily has never really cared for the pacifier and she likes to suck on her hands. She's been getting closer and closer to finding her thumb over the last 2 weeks or so. It's only been in the last couple of days that she has definitely shown a preference to sucking her thumb. It does look cute and she's pretty content when she gets it in. However she does get pretty mad when it comes out. She'll get the hang of it soon enough, I'm sure. So here's a picture of how I found her after her nap the other day:

That's about it for now. It's a full time job taking care of 3 kids under 4. I LOVE it but I sure am tired by the end of the day!!