Dad says the curls have to go...

Well my baby became a little boy today. Scott said "Emmett needs a hair cut". Here is Emmett getting his first hair cut. He did so well, he sat on my lap while Lynda cut off his beautiful curls. I am happy to report that his curls aren't gone forever, as his hair grows longer the curls come back. YEA!!!

Sitting like a big boy waiting for Lynda to start.

Look at those curls! Too cute. Are you sure dad? He looks so adorable.

Here is the end result! Can you see Emmett's new hair cut? Emmett had enough sitting and being confined so as soon as he was put down, he was off. So I snapped a picture as quick as I could.

Can't see...

Garhett's been complaining of headaches lately. He suggested he may need glasses. So I responded back with a question, "Do you want glasses?" Garhett answered, "Yea! Glasses are so cool".  So off to the eye doctor we went. Guess what Garhett was right, he did need glasses. I am not surprised that he needs them because both Scott and I wore glasses. What I was surprised with was that he needed them at 10, I started wearing glasses when I was 16 and Scott was older too.

I took a moment and let go of my controlling mothering style and let Garhett work with the eye glass technician on his own to choose which glasses would look the "coolest". He did a great job, he asked for my help on deciding between the final two! Here is our handsome Garhett with his new glasses.















Emmett wanted to get in on the picture action. So here's Emmett being a little more photogenic than Garhett!

Pinewood Derby

Well it's that time of year in Scouts, where dads and sons get to work together to create the fastest, coolest, most unique pinewood derby car. This is Garhett's last year to participate in the derby. :o( He really likes it. Scott and him work so well together when creating a car and getting it ready for the race. Garhett has complete creativity control, and Scott helps with the cutting and weights.

This year Garhett wanted to make a limo for his derby car. He placed real well in the races and in his Weblos den he came in third. Great job Garhett!!!

Happy Easter

This year Easter was freezing!!! and it fell on general conference weekend. We spent the weekend at my parents house. My mom being the best grandma colored eggs with the kids. This was Emmett's first time to color eggs, and he was loving it.

Here is Scott and Emmett enjoying some time on the scooter!

The annual Easter Egg Hunt at Grandma's. Our kids made sure that Easter was going to be at Grandma's again this year so that they could have an Easter Egg Hunt. So here are the kids enjoying running around my parents acre looking for 100 eggs that we hid.

Ready. Set. Go!

Leading up to Easter, Scott and I decided that our children needed to understand what Easter was truly about. Not the eggs, the candy, the baskets full of goodies, but something more spiritual - our Savior Jesus Christ. Every night we had a picture and a story of Christ's life leading up to his death and resurrection. It was a nice lead up to general conference as well. I was so proud of our kids in knowing who Jesus is, knowing what the Garden of Gethsemane is, and his death.

Family Time

We've been doing some fun things lately, the kids and I went and enjoyed a free ice cream at Ben & Jerry's. Unfortunately Scott couldn't join us this time cause he was working out of town.

































Today is chore day for the family. As you can tell by the children, they are less then thrilled to pull their own weight.

Trent was in charge of vacuuming all the carpeted floors.

Garhett had the daunting task of sorting the laundry. Yep, I'm that anal type A person who wants the laundry sorted a certain way.

Paige, well she was in charge of cleaning the play closet, the playroom downstairs in the closet.





















Here is some Saturday fun, we had a really nice warm spring day and decided to break out the bikes. This year everyone is riding their own bike except for Emmett, so I am no longer pulling a trailer behind my bike. I found this awesome bike seat for Emmett where he gets to sit in the front of the bike and see what I see. Here is Scott and Emmett trying the new bike seat out.

Looked out the window...and what did I see????

Not blossoms popping on the trees, sad to say. But instead the song came to mind, oh the weather outside is frightful - let it snow, let it snow, let it snow in March????

I am so done with this weather. I am ready for sun and warmth.

So Big!!

Here is another post about Emmett! I will be getting to the other kids soon, but Emmett is finally getting to the fun stage where he does cute and funny things. Here are some random shots of Emmett being Emmett!

Emmett has finally figured out that he is big enough to go up the playland at McDonald's. He was over at the levels yelling for me to come help. I told him to figure it out. Not thinking that he would figure it out, but sure enough he did. Each level Emmett accomplished he would smile and laugh. It was the cutest thing. Then he made it to the top!

How big is Emmett - So Big!!!!

McDonalds will never be the same. Or maybe it will be better where I can just sit like the mom's who bring a book to read while their children play. Uh probably not, it has never been that way with any of my children.

Emmett likes to climb up on our kitchen table. When we make any motion to get him down, he darts from side to side. Well this time around, he darted right off the side of the table and hit the chair on his way to the floor. OUCH!!!! He sliced his ear open and scrubbed his arm. He probably needed stitches, but dad didn't think so, "Oh he'll be fine".

One of Emmett's therapists and I have been working on his sensory issues. Emmett is sensitive to quite a few things that don't have anything to do with the touch, they are internal. So to help him deal with his anxiety of sensory, we pack a special bag for Emmett that is especially helpful when we go to church. Here is Emmett sporting his very own back pack! It is packed with a sensory brush (for his legs and arms), a red bag with a zipper, a few other things. I have the bag loaded to weigh about 3 pounds which also helps because it puts pressure on his shoulders which then releases the tension in other parts of his body. Emmett loves to wear his back pack!

Over track break we took a weekend trip to Utah. The kids always watch a movie(s) and play games. With all the noise, mom & dad insist headphones be worn. This time Emmett asked to wear headphones, and amazingly he kept them on!! He didn't keep them on for the whole movie, but hey 7 min of headphones and watching a movie is huge with Emmett!!! Baby steps lead to leaps and bounds.

Emmett's character is really starting to shine. Music has always calmed Emmett and helped him to focus. Now music makes Emmett want to get up and shake his groove thing! Whenever there is music on - tv, video games, radio, whatever, Emmett's hip starts moving back and forth and his head starts nodding. It is the cutest thing! Here a couple different times Scott was able to capture video of Emmett dancing. He doesn't like to be filmed or has his picture taken.