A Blessing on the Food

Riley was helping Jeremy say the prayer to bless the food. The prayer goes as follows,

Riley: Dear Heavenly Father

Jeremy: Dear Heavenly Father

Riley: Thank you this day

Jeremy: Thank you this day

Riley: Please bless the food

Jeremy: Please bless the food

Riley: that it will strengthen our bodies

Jeremy: that it will strengthen our bottoms

Yes you read that right, strengthen our bottoms. I could hardly contain myself.

If you know Riley, and how important it is to him to make good choices....
and if you know Maggy (my mom's dog), and what a badly behaved and annoying dog she is...
Then you will understand why this is so funny. On Sunday I took Riley with me to go visiting teaching. We were at Jennie's house and she has two pugs. After we left this is what he said,

"Those dogs liked me! They didn't even make bad choices like Maggy! That's the kind of dog I need!"

I would have to agree.

This dog is one of Jeremy's favorite toys. He plays with it a good part of everyday and often takes it with us on outings. The other day, while we were about to go into Costco, he asked if he could take him on a walk. So he did. Everyone kept telling him that they really liked his dog. He was sooo proud.

On this particular day, Jeremy had been singing to his dog a lot. I thought it was so cute so I taped it. Jeremy loves to sing. He is frequently singing his own made up songs while he sings. He has the sweetest voice.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

I was giving Tyler a bath in the little tub that sits on the sink. Jeremy stood on a chair by my side the whole time, helping you know. I lifted Tyler up and layed him over my arm while I cleaned his bottom. Then Jeremy exclaims...

"Look at his cute little penis!"

Tyler is such a good baby. My easierst baby so far. He still sleeps all day. And he really doesn't cry. He is A DELIGHT! He's growing so fast and getting chubby cheeks. He is such a cutie pie.

Riley is a frequent nose picker. So I was happy to hear him singing this cute little jingle. What's funny is that the culprit of the crime, is the same finger that is shaking at you.

Do you have decorative hands?

After I put Riley's plate on the table at lunch, he picked it up and while holding it above his head, walked around the room. He then told me how hard it was and that I should try it sometime. Then he said,

"You have to have decorative hands... magical hands to do this."

Riley had my mom draw this picture. He started out saying,

"Draw you and me. Now Jeremy, Tyler, Dad and Mom. Draw my baby sister too, she's in heaven."

Riley was so sure that Tyler would be a girl. I guess he's not giving up on that. : )

Nursery

Today when I dropped Jeremy off at the nursery, at church, he was crying because he didn't want me to leave. I know he always stops crying 30 seconds after I'm gone, I quickly left. When I picked Jeremy up, his teacher told me that he only cried once. She told him, "Jeremy it's not your turn to cry." Jeremy stopped crying immediately and in a sad whimpering voice said, "oookay."

On a side note, Jeremy calls hickups 'pickups'.

What does spicy mean?

I usually use the word "spicy" to describe food that is hot in flavor (not temp). To Riley, spicy takes on added meaning. Like a...

"spicy five"

and spicy soda

So if Riley gives you a high five, he will almost always ask if it was spicy. If you give him a high five, he will let you know if it was spicy or not. After all, the level of spicyness is an important thing to know when it comes to high fives.

Today, we were watching General Confrence. Jeremy must have thought that the brother who gave the closing prayer needed some help. He had his eyes closed and arms folded. About half way through the prayer he kept repeating, "and doggy." He wanted to thank our father in heaven for his toy dog. Then he started repeating, prematurely, "in Jesus Christ, AMEN." I guess the prayer was a little long for him, and just like we help him with his prayers, he was giving his assistance for the closing prayer of General Conference. It was cute.

Riley and Jeremy are proud big brothers. Riley completely adores Tyler, and Jeremy thinks he's just great!

6 Days Old

Tyler has 3 "angels kisses." They are basically a birth mark that goes away by the time they are 2. It's the same thing as a stork bite, only it's on the face instead of the neck. Angel's kisses is really what they are called.

Weekend in Sisters, Oregon

Ten days after Tyler was born, we went to Sisters for Chuck and Amy's wedding. For anyone who doesn't know, Chuck is my little brother. It was a lot of fun.

Tucker and Riley wrestled for a long time towards the end of the reception. Tucker is my nephew. I was having a heart attack because Riley was wearing his church clothes as they rolled in the grass. Two of my brothers kept telling me, "Sarah, just let it go." I guess that is something I'm going to have to get better at since we have 3 boys now.

My brother Tom, who is in the Army, brought Riley and Jeremy army jackets and bandannas. They are really cute and the boys love to wear them. Their names are embroidered on them, they really like that. Thanks Uncle Tom and Aunt Kristi!!