Sunset, Bugs and Bottles

The other evening we had a beautiful sunset, it's like the sky was on fire. I was outside on our front lawn (yay for grass!!) and all the kids eventually followed me out.

Austin is completely fascinated by bugs, grasshoppers especially. I've finally convinced him that they're not allowed inside and that he can't sleep with them. A couple of days ago he wouldn't put this huge green one down. He's also figured out how to pull their jumping legs off rendering them easier to play with.

So I decided to try canning. I've done it plenty of times before with my mom, grandmother, and my mother-in-law, but I've never been completely on my own for the whole project. I called my mom and got a few last minute pointers and this is the result. Fourteen quarts of beautiful peaches! I hope they taste as good as they look. After all that hard work it might be a while before I open a jar.

Mixed Veggies

Weak stomachs be warned...
Today for lunch the boys had ramen noodles and mixed veggies (corn, carrots, peas). For the most part they ate the vegetables with no complaint. However, I told Sivai that to have soda tonight after dinner he would need to finish eating the vegetables at the bottom of his bowl. This didn't go over very well and after ten minutes of sitting and complaining with no progress I sent him off the take his nap.
~Yes, my five year old does take a nap, it's great!!!
Back to the vegetables. Approximately 1.5 hours later he woke up from his nap and came out of his room. He had a confused look on his face and said, "Mom, there's something in my mouth." I really do think he forgot what was in there. Of course I realized right away what it was....the mixed vegetables ground into a fine pulp and stuffed in his cheek like a chipmunk. He decided it wouldn't be best to swallow it and spit it out. I'm just glad he didn't choke on the stuff while sleeping.

Talofa!

We had a great time at the SMYC Luau last Thursday. Patrick and his co-workers did a great job with the food and entertainment. A group from the Salt Lake area came out, along with some PCC performers and they put on a show. There were dances from Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji, and Samoa. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. (Thank you for the pictures Robert!)

Good morning

I had to post this picture even if Lily's got a crazy face. Today when she woke up from her nap this is the hairdo she had. It made me giggle.

Plus I got another great one from Sivai- "Mom, you know your not the only boss. Heavenly Father and Jesus are the boss too!"

Happy Birthday Austin!

Yesterday we celebrated Austin's third birthday, I can't believe he's growing up so quickly. The excitement has been building up for weeks! Everyday for about 2 weeks Austin has been asking about his birthday and telling me that he wanted red and green presents, a birthday cake, birthday ice cream, birthday candy and birthday candles (With each one of these he would point to a new finger, and he knew which finger was which birthday item.). I made him a bug cake (He saw the ladybug cake on Nick and Jeanines blog and had to have a bug cake) which I think he loved more than his presents. Last Monday I bought the boxed cake mix for his cake and he found it....

To explain more-for the past year everytime I ("I" meaning Austin seeing a cake mix in the store and putting it in the cart) get a cake mix Austin has to sleep with it until I make it. It started in Kansas when my Mom made him a cake and now I can't stop it. Notice the condition of the cake box in the picture, he slept with it all week!

I've also been trying to potty train him and I told him that if he would wear underpants and go in the toilet I would get him Lightning McQueen underpants. Weird thing is.....he has been wearing underpants all day and hasn't had an accident, we even made a trip to Wal-Mart! I'm hoping that this will be the end of diapers, but I fear it may take a while to be accident free.

Lily May

Vampire!

Next she'll be walking...

Oh, and Sivai has a loose tooth! In fact his other tooth is nearly half way up behind his baby tooth. Any recommendations for an orthodontist???....

Trapper and more of Sivai's quotes for the week

We've been having a lot of fun this past week with our new puppy. He's a Brittany spaniel and proving to be very smart. We have taken him fishing and to our 4th of July parade and he seems to have a very even temperment. I'm sure he's going to provide the boys with hours of fun.

Sivai~

While playing around on the couch, "I'm going to practice my kicking style for Egypt, no I mean Chinese. And I'm going to eat chinese food too."

We were fishing at a small stream and we saw some sort of small swimming mammal in the water, maybe a muskrat or something. We caught a fish and Sivai got his hands all slimy and was washing them off in the stream. I started to tease him that the "creature" was going to get him. His response went something like this.

Sivai "Is he going bite me?"

Mom "He might, he eats things in the water!"

Sivai "Why's he going to eat me mom!? Does he need to provide money and food and treats for his family?"