6/30/12

Eden walks around the house referring to herself as "Eden JaNae"...."Eden JaNae likes to do this". Then today I heard her call to the other room to Gordon with excitement, "Gordon JaNae come and look at this!"

Gordon came down stairs the other day with a proud look on his face. I asked him how he was doing. He said, "Mom I just helped you out....I unclogged the toilet!" I was a bit curious in how this happened since I have never taught him the "how-to" of de-clogging a toilet. So I asked him, "How did you do that?" He said I got the masher and mashed up all the pieces into really small pieces and then I got lots of toilet paper to get it all out.....and don't worry Mom, I put it all into the trash." I had been meaning to deep clean that garbage can for sometime now and now I had that extra motivation to get it done :) I had thought that Gordon's "masher" was the toilet brush but he did actually use the plunger. Looks like it is time for a little lesson on how to clear a toilet. And the great thing about this is that it wasn't even Gordon that clogged the toilet in the first place. He saw a problem and was trying to help me out without asking. I love that kid!

This past week we went to the Arizona GRAND resort for our Earl Family Reunion. It was simply wonderful! The kids had a blast being in the water all day. We are hoping to compile a little video of our week and we will send that off when it is completed. BIG thanks to G&G Earl!!

I asked each of the kids to choose a book for me to read them tonight. Gordon and Eden brought their choice. Ella then brought hers which was a very long book. I looked up at her and said, "This book is a little long, we will not be able to read it all tonight...." And then she whipped up her hand and said, "Mom, I got it covered." I saw in her hand the little post-it note tabs. She continued, "We can use this like a little bookmark." She really is a smart cookie! And I love her!!

Russell is cooing all the time now. What a talker he is. I was cleaning up the kitchen tonight and I had him on the floor in his little recliner chair and he was talking away the whole time.
His face is so cute I could just stare at him all day!

Gordon lost another tooth. It was causing him some pain so he was trying to get it out and having some trouble. He was crying because he wanted it out....I told him I could get it out, he didn't like that idea. But he continued to cry because the tooth was hurting and he wanted it out. He finally agreed to let me try to get it out. I got a good grip on it and started to pull really hard...and just as I was about to stop because I thought it wasn't ready to come out...POP! Out it came. And the look of relief on Gordon's face was priceless! And after seeing the tooth I am sure it was painful. One root was totally gone the other however was still totally intact. Way to go Gordon! So that is number 5 for G-man. All on the bottom. His two top front teeth are both loose now. Chewing his food will become more of a challenge here soon :)