just for dads and grandpas.

Birds and the Bees with a 4 year old. Hmmmmm

Logan is a curious boy. Like most children his age, he is always asking 'why?'

Logan asked me how babies get in girls' tummies. I thought, "Oh boy! He is barely 4, how do I say this so that he understands without telling him too much or without scaring him to death!"

I said, "After they are married, then girls can get babies in their tummies."

He said, "But how do the babies get there?"

I said, "After they are married Heavenly Father can put babies in girls' tummies. They grow there until they are ready to be born, and then they are born and they keep growing some more."

Awkward! He seemed satisfied with my answer. Hopefully, he won't ask again for several years.

Poor Bronson

Steve and I woke up this morning to the unmistakable sounds of someone throwing up. It was Bronson. Poor little guy. He was so miserable. So pale. Just wanted me to cuddle with him. Totally not 'Bronson'. Thankfully he seemed to feel better about halfway through the day.

Jen was kind enough to take Logan to the aquarium for me. I am glad Logan didn't have to miss out just because Bronson was sick. I was so glad he was out having fun, rather than at home driving me crazy while I tried to take care of sick little mister.He just laid here for awhile, not moving. So pathetic. Later in the day, he was feeling much better, but still not 100%.

Happy, happy birthday Logan!

I cannot believe my little guy is 4! We had a fun time celebrating out here in Chicago. Some of the other families came over and we had pizza and cake. It was simple and fun. Though you know if we were at home we would have thrown a big ol' party. I love making a big deal over birthdays. He received many thoughtful gifts and pretty much doubled the amount of toys we have out here. I took a ton of pictures of him opening presents, but they are all on Jen's camera.

He is getting so big! I am amazed by how smart he is. He uses the computer so well, plays games like 'mahjong titans' and 'spot the difference'. He does 100 piece puzzles like they are nothing. He is a great help to me (and often a headache!). He is obsessed with who he is going to marry. He loves to color- especially with markers,- and he loves to have me color a picture and then he colors the same picture to match it. He is happiest when he is outside running free with the other boys. He needs his 'little bear' to sleep. He takes care of Bronson and gets upset when Bronson cries. He is an early riser and very independent. He likes to follow rules and is easily frustrated when other children don't follow the same rules. His laugh instantly melts my heart.
If I were to choose one word to describe Logan it would be 'energy'. Steve said his would be 'spirited'.

Don't worry!

Don't worry. This is mud. Logan is ALL BOY.

And Bronson is all things sweet! ----couple things to notice: Bronson is once again (and always) wearing his pirate hat. Also, Logan and Bronson both have Triceratops on their shirts. Logan insists that they need to match as much as possible.

Feeding the Geese

Yesterday I took the boys over to the park to feed the ducks. Only there were only a few ducks and about a million geese. They were not shy either. Right up in our faces. I don't think the ducks even got a crumb. I wanted to get pictures but that just wasn't possible with trying to keep the boys out of the water AND trying to keep the geese from getting too close. The boys weren't sure how to react. Logan tossed an entire piece of bread at them, then tried to retrieve it only to have the closest goose hiss at him. Needless to say, he was not impressed. I was asking him afterwards if it was fun, and he said "yeah, except for that one mean goose" ( I did not take this picture, just found it on the web.)The playground that we usually play at had a party going on so I took the boys for a walk around the park grounds. They had a great time jumping in puddles and running up and down the HUGE hills. Then we sat on the sand volleyball court while Logan made 'volcanoes' and Bronson made 'houses'. After the puddles and the sand the boys were nasty dirty and we went home and did baths. It was such a fun day at the park. Though next time I think we will go to the smaller pond that just had two ducks at it and leave the geese alone! Logan actually took this picture. His new favorite thing is to take pictures with my phone.

Tiffany has a blog!

So for any of you that know Tiffany Lindeman-now-Read, she now has a blog. I am taking it upon myself to let you all know. Not that I set it up for her or anything. I couldn't possibly be that pushy, could I? (If I can set up a blog, anyone can set up a blog.) I would post pictures of her and me together here, but I am on the laptop in Chicago and 99.95% of my pictures are on my PC in St George. So for those of you that know Tiffany (and any that don't-she is worth knowing) head over to her blog and let her know that you exist out here in blogland.

http://www.tiffanyandblair.blogspot.com/

Is anyone else as excited about this as I am? Probably not, but you should be!