Happy Birthday Farmer

Farmer turned 3 years old this week. He had a great birthday. We had Boyd and his kids come over on Monday night to eat ice cream and brownies and then on Tuesday morning the girls and I surprised Farmer with cake and a couple of presents when he woke up. Mr. Smiley had to work on Tuesday from 6am until 10:00pm so he wasn't able to be with us on Tuesday so Farmer opened a couple of presents Monday night so Dad could be here.

I have decided that I will just write a few things about Farmer today. Farmer is a great kid and we are really happy to have him in our family. We didn't know we were having a boy when he was born so it was a great surprise. The other surprise was that the nurse told us that he weighed 8lbs 7 oz. but when we left the hospital he only weighed 6lbs. 8 oz. So we will never really know what his birth weight was as obviously the nurse did it wrong or the machine malfunctioned.

Farmer loves to ride his bike, ride scooters, play superheros, trains, and pretend fight with swords and guns. Yes he is all boy! He also has a softer side as well, he loves to sing. Most of the time when he is playing by himself he is singing. 'Oh MY Darling Clementine' is one of his favorites. He also sings 'I am a Child of God' and 'George of the Jungle'. I think he takes after his dad in his love of singing.

In his short three years, we do have a book full of great stories about Farmer. I will share a few of these experiences. When I was pregnant with Squeak, Farmer looked at my growing belly and just got this strange look on his face and then asked,"Mommy, do you have a door on your tummy?" All I could do was laugh and answer "well Yes I guess so". He was sure wondering how our baby was going to get out of my tummy.

Ever since Farmer could get out of my arms and explore the world, he has loved to eat dirt. Lots of dirt. This spring I told him that dirt is yucky and not to eat it. He replied, "No mommy, dirt is delicious!" I do think he is growing out of this - now it seems he gets more dirt on his clothes than in his tummy.

Farmer loves his scooter, I used to watch the neighbor kids ride their scooter (sit down type) without shoes on and use their feet for brakes across the asphalt - I swore my kids would never do that - haha Farmer must have leather feet because he does it with the best of them.

Christmas day this year was eventful, Farmer got a sword and immediately started inflicting deadly wounds to the Christmas tree. Bulbs and fake pine needles were flying everywhere. Needless to say the tree is now at the county dump.

Mr. Smiley installed a water fountain outside for the kids to get drinks. I thought it would ease some burden for me not to be a water maid all of the time. Now, I deal with a young man who is always in wet clothes and wants new ones. The new rule is he can only have 2 sets of clothing per day. The first outfit has to dry before he gets a new one.

We will find out what fun and excitement a 3 year old boy brings into our lives this year. As Farmer would say "To Infinity and Beyond" as he jumps off the couch.

What a Month!!!

Wow,

Sorry it has been a couple of weeks since my last blog. Life has been crazy the last couple of weeks. It could have been worse I know but getting puked on in the face is not one of the highlights of my life. Just to let you know it stings really bad when it gets in your eyes. Yes, we have had the stomach flu in the house. I think Squeak and I should have checked into a hotel for the last couple of weeks. It was pretty rough. Luckily, Squeak nor I got sick. Well at least not yet.

I finally broke down and had Mom come to the rescue. She was a great help and we loved having her here for a few days. During this mayhem, Mr. Smiley did open the pool. So he was really busy - but it is finally open. We were able to take the kids a couple of times when Mom was here so she could watch Squeak for us. I will have pictures soon. Mr. Smiley did a great job on this project and the city is really happy - it turned out better than anyone could have imagined.

Other than sickness and pool stuff, we have not been up to much. The kids have been playing outside 24/7 and are having fun playing with friends. Squeak has been growing really well and has slept through the night a couple of times. She is a really good little girl but she does like to be held to go to sleep - so we are working on that.

When Mr. Smiley was home right after we had Squeak he kept the kids entertained and bombed the neighborhood with water balloons. They filled up a whole bucket and drove around the neighborhood and anyone that was out was hit with the balloons. Yes - he can still have fun even though he is busy. I do think we have paybacks coming.

On the 4th of July, Jeff, Cael, and Van spent the day with us. It was great to spend time with our friends.

Last night we had one huge sleepover - all of the 14-18 year olds in the ward camped out in the backyard. I think they had a great time and actually slept a little. They didn't even wake up the kids.

Well to sum up the rest of the month, I think Squeak has the answer: