Park City, Utah

"Where's the bum?"

Liam, just being a kid, too tired to play.

Snake!!

This one's a story that dad needs to tell.
Yesterday Liam was eventually convinced to do his business where he's supposed to. After we all clapped and cheered for him (including himself), he hopped down and in a tone of equal parts surprise, glee, inquisitiveness, excitement, and self-satisfaction, he pointed at the little creation he had made and shouted "Snake! Look, Mom, Snake!! My snake! YAY!" Then he flushed his snake goodbye.

HAHAHA!!!



PS- Just to clarify- he wasn't talking about his anatomy. And sorry if these potty training tales are offensive to anybody. If it is you, might want to check back here AFTER he's good and potty trained :) I figure if you have to endure cleaning up after a potty-training kid, you might as well admit that sometimes things are hilarious.

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day we had a little kids party with about 10 kids 5 moms. (I love having a house for hosting) Liam loved having all the kids over and really got into decorating cookies(eating frosting) and now thinks he should have cookies at every meal. My mom makes killer sugar cookies so they're a bit of a comfort food tradition.
Happy Valentine's Day!

Potter Park Zoo

This week we had a heat wave, the snow melted and we went outside for the afternoon. The zoo is free during the winter. Liam was in heaven. He talked about seeing monkeys all day and when he finally saw them he was scared and wanted to be held because they were jumping at the glass and spooking him. He loved the lion and tiger and kept trying to convince me to let him pet them. Also I caught him trying to feed his cheezits to a fox. And of course he had to say "hi" and "bye" to each animal he saw. I don't know who had more fun Mom or Liam.

Getting out of character

Occasionally it's fun to do something that's very unlike yourself, to get out of character. That's why I teach kickboxing. I live in a very tame world (minus having a toddler on the loose :)) and being able to punch, kick, and occasionally booty shake keeps things interesting.
Upon getting married and graduating from college (having a family, raising children, owning a home. .)my life has been blessed with deeper understanding and greater meaning. However, long gone are those days of wearing heels, playing, dancing, and going to concerts. So every weekend I step out of my Elmo-watching, HGTV loving, homemaking identity to uppercut, and round house-kick to obnoxiously loud DJ-mixed music. I'm always happy to come back to my quiet home, but for a few hours a week it's fun to be someone I'm not.
Step out of your identity and give something new a try.

I made Liam turn off his movie to get ready. This expression and the assertion "I want moomie" was his response.


Firths love chocolate


The pleasures of potty training- just kickin' back.

Just doing a little cleaning