Too Much Fun

Hi TJ!!! We are so happy you can read our Blog now...so maybe I will be more diligent keeping it up! For everyone else, TJ is still in Chicago and frankly, I am glad in light of the recent volcanic activity and earthquake in the Tongan area.

Family Home evening treat - we tried a fruit pizza. Tom was not too excited, but made a quick conversion to fan :o) This week we had no "Daniel" story, just made the pizza.

We traced people today - Tian and Trace are practicing their pirate look here. I wonder if there are Chinese pirates ...

Trace is too excited to start the art project of the day :o)

We have actually had a "slow" week. Trev has been sick so we laid low most of the week. This weekend the older scouts planned a paint balling camp out . Tom "sacrificed" and joined Trev for the fun and venison steaks on an open fire. ( TJ -they said Bernard was tasty) Trev came home covered in welts, Tom was smart and avoided the deluge.

Ty is excited to start baseball and will be playing for the Rangers this year.

Tian and Trace have been busy using lots and lots of paper. Tian is fascinated by spelling and has manged to learn to spell: look, mom, dad, Tian, Ty and no. Trace is an expert at tracing his hand and has mastered every kids puzzle in the house. My favorite achievement has been Tian's anatomically correct people...I thought only little boys went through this. They also both love to recite nursery rhymes and Trace an interesting medley of the ABC's,and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. The winner of the skill of the week goes to Trace who can now hiccup-burp in perfect rhythm. Ty is green with envy. I didn't even know a 2 year old could make themselves burp!

Trace wowed the plastic surgeon this week. He had an appointment to decide if he should have a lip/nose revision now or wait. The surgeon agreed waiting is our best option -so hurray no surgeries for Trace for a while! Trace wowed Dr Franks by asking, "Where's my uvula?" Dr Franks was a "little" taken aback and before he could respond Trace shrugged is shoulders and told him, "In the garbage!" and proceeded to make him look in the trash can with him. ( When Trace had his palate repair Dr Franks removed his uvula. A while ago Tian and Trace were looking in everyone's mouth and Tian told Trace that his "worm in his throat" was missing.

We also had fun with Amelia this week. She joined us for some home school fun while she was on Spring Beak. She helped make leprechaun traps to catch those pesky leprechauns who turned everything from the milk to the toilet water green for St Patrick's day. They also left some yummy golden candy.

So here is the Tianism:- Amelia arrives and Tian looks her square in the eye and says,"Melia, we're going to make leper - craps today!!" Poor Amelia's eyes about popped out of her head!

A final note from Trace. He asked at dinner ," Is TJ in Fiji?" I said he wasn't and asked Trace if he missed TJ. he replied, " Yeah, home. Play Play-doh." So we will keep a couple canisters around for you and your fan TJ. You are missed and we are counting the days until you are home, but are all so excited for your adventure to really begin.