Gavy's Funny Phrases

So every time Gavin says something funny I think, I need to write that down. Well, tonight is the night! So here's a few of my favorite words that Gavin says, usually incorrectly, but it's so cute! I wish I would have done this with Maci, maybe I can remember a few for her too.

Badage-Garbage
Gogycle-Motorcycle
mall, quiggle, mell-any word with an s and then a consonant, he says without the s, so small is mall, it's very cute
Gola Bar- Granola Bar
Nogurt-Yogurt
Manich-Sandwhich
Haircut-Anything to do with his hair, "Don't mess up my haircut" if you rub his head.
Ghetti-Spaghetti
Nungy-Hungry
Bekdast-Breakfast
Wub U- Love You (That's my favorite one)

I may need to add to this list, because of course now that I'm thinking about it I can't think of the other ones!

Here's a few of Gavin's favorite things.
Fruit Snacks, Fruit Roll ups, anything with sugary fruit flavor
Jam or Cheese Maniches (see above translation)
Jumping on the tramp with his sister
Driving any kind of car around on the ground
Running through the sprinklers
Jamming out to music, he closes his eyes, and taps his hand against whatever he's sitting on, and rocks his head back and forth like Stevie Wonder
Helping Mommy clean the floors, or any cleaning for that matter, let's hope this one sticks!
Taking a bath
Playing Dress-Up, painting nails, and putting on lipstick (that's what you get when you have an older sister, I know I'll have to stop this soon, but for now it's cute)
Going to the park
Wrestling with Daddy
Pretending to be a Tiger

We went to Kung Fu Panda on Saturday and he loved the movie. He's quite taken with Tiger, every time she went off the screen he would ask where she went. A crush on a Tiger. . . hmm, but it is the voice of Angelina Jolie, so what do you expect!


Gavin is such a happy boy, most of the time. We love him and can't imagine our home without him running around in it! We love you Gav!

I'll do this with Maci tomorrow night.

Bouncin' off the Walls

We went to the funnest place today! It's off of 90th S. called Bouncin off the Walls. It's got blow up bounce houses, and is usually only used for private parties but on Wednesdays from 10-1 they let 5 and under bounce for 5$ each! They also have a family night on Weds from 6-10 or something, for 5$ as well. Compared to other bounce places that's a steal. My friend Katie told us about it and we met up with her there today. The kids had a great time and it was fun to get out of the hot weather and do something different. So thanks Kate for the tip!

It's a long climb, but it's worth it!



Weeeeeeeeeeeeee
Graceful, I know:)

Night out on the Town

So I haven't posted this week, it's been a busy one! It's been so great having my mom and dad back again. They've been getting settled, and we've been getting settled into their routine here in the house, etc. We've been to the park a lot this week with friends and cousins, ran lots of errands as always, went roller skating at Classic Skating, and went in search of hair clips to make hair flower bows out of. This took up at least 5 hours of my week, but I finally found them at. . . . Sally's Beauty Supply, duh! I looked at every craft store in both counties before I thought of that brilliant location, and there they were. So I've made about 15 hair bow flowers, my new favorite thing, some for friends, some for a baby shower, and some for Maci and I. So if you want a flower bow, you know who to ask! I'll give em to ya cheap. Maci is modeling one here :)

Anyway, Chris and I have been planning a night out for about a week now. Chris's dad gave us a gift certificate for Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in SLC for Chris's graduation and we haven't had a chance to use it yet. So we swapped babysitting with a friend and went out last night. We decided to get all dolled up so it felt like a real special occasion, which it was! Chris wore his best suit and I wore a new dress I got for my sister's wedding in July. It was really fun to get dressed up and make it a special night. We dropped the kids off and drove up there. It was a perfect night, not too hot yet. The place is really nice, we got a great table. We both ate steaks, great salads, and the best sweet potatoes you've ever had in your life! Everyone we had asked about going there said we had to get those and they were right! The expense was out of sight, but you have to do that every once in a while I guess, and thankfully it was a gift! I don't see how people justify that very often, we would have been just as happy at The Rice King or something like that, but it was fun. I had a great night with my honey, and I'm so glad we still go on dates, even if it's not as often as we'd like. So to all who are reading this, go out on a date with your sweetie! It's the best time you can spend on your marriage, and I'm glad my sweetie thinks it's important. Love you babe, thanks for all you do!

Tonsils and Feet

So we've had a fun week. They say things come in three's, and we've had two pretty bad things happen this week so we're waiting for the 3rd shoe to drop so to speak. First off, I got my 2nd round of tonsilitis in 3 weeks. I could barely swallow due to my tonsils almost touching in my throat, so I drug myself into the Dr. again. He looked in my mouth for about two seconds and almost chuckled, and said, "I think it's about time you had those things taken out" Great! Just what every adult wants to hear. So he set me up an appointment to see a specialist about having them out. He said on average you're down on the couch around 2 weeks, well to a busy mom that sounds like about two years! So I'm hoping I'll be a miracle case and feel fine after two days. My consultation is on June 30th so we'll see what he says. Maybe there's a chance they're not bad enough or he thinks it doesn't need to be done, but I know in the long run it would be the best thing probably. But with my sister's wedding coming up soon and a move half way across the country, two weeks down right now just does not sound doable! So wish me luck on that one, if anyone out there has had an adult tonsilectomy let me know how it went for you.

Now on to #2. Chris signed up for a community soccer league, which I thought was great and would be so good for him. He had his first game on Saturday, he signed Katie up too which is fun. About 5 minutes in he says he thinks he hurt his foot, and is kind of limping on it. He plays the rest of the game, the foot definitely getting worse as the time goes by. But being the manly man he is he finishes out the game, not wanting to leave them one person short. He played a great game considering. Well, it gets worse as the day goes on, turning various shades of red, and now a yellowish and purple mix. He thinks he broke it! He broke that foot on his mission and this is in the same spot where that happened, he must have just hit the ball wrong or turned it funny. He says it's feeling a little better today and wants to let it go a couple more before we spend the money to have it looked at, we have really crappy insurance and will have to pay for all x-rays, etc. So, hopefully it will continue to get better the next couple days. It's up by the toes, and we didn't think you could sprain a spot like that?! Doesn't he have really long toes?! But who knows, maybe it was a freak thing and it will fix itself. Let's hope so!

Maybe the third thing doesn't have to be bad, maybe it'll be us winning the lottery or me a shopping spree at Tai Pan or something! I won't hold my breath :)

Many Happy Returns

Well after a long anticipated 18 month absence, my parents have returns home from the New Zealand mission. It's been hard having them gone and everyone was so excited for them to come home. We've been prepping, cleaning, scrubbing, mowing, sweeping, every square inch of the house and yard in order to get it up to "Boren" standards, and I think we achieved it. It's been quite exhausting actually, which makes me appreciate my mom even more because her house always looked like this despite having 7 kids, and now 24 grandkids. I don't know how she does it!
Katie, Dave, Ted, and I picked them up at the airport around 3:45 today, they've been in California seeing my sister Sarah for the past two days so the jetlag wasn't too bad. They looked. . . the same! as did most of us they returned to, except for a couple of the smaller ones who learned how to walk and talk while they were gone. Gavin was one of those, and seeing him get to know them even in this short amount of time was fun to see. He's already done the Haka dance with Grandpa and keeps asking where Grandma is when he can't see her.
Everyone was here, except for Sarah in California. So there were 38 of us in all. We had London Broil-Up, Cheese Bread, Kumara (Baked Potatoes), salads, and ice cream with all the fixin's including Hokey Pokey pieces. It was a great party and now that they're back it doesn't seem like they were gone that long! I hope it will feel that way when we return from our out-of-state ventures in a few years. That's the great thing about family, you always feel at home. We love you Mom and Dad!

Binkie Fairy

A friend of mine posted a blog about her daughter giving up her binkie to the Binkie Fairy, in return for a wonderful prize. In her case it was a Sleeping Beauty dress-up dress. Well, it worked flawlessly for her, so I thought I'd give it a try. Gavin is almost three and we just moved him to his big boy bed. So I thought I'd try this Binkie Fairy thing so we could get past another right of passage. He usually only has his binkie at nap and nightime, but still, he's almost 3! So we prepped him for a couple days, asking him what he wanted the Fairy to bring him in return for his binkie. He said he wanted a race car, easy enough!

So last night we said it was the big day, he put his binkie in the step stool the kids use to reach their clothes in the closet, that's his secret hiding spot I guess. We told him to look for a present in the morning. We thought he would cry, or at least not stay in bed, since now he can get out of his big boy bed, and come and get us to try and get his binkie back. To our surprise, he did none of the above, and went right to sleep! This could be attributed to the late hour, past ten o'clock, which is very late for him. We had a family thing that kept us up late. But we were so excited that it went off without a hitch. As usual, these things are much harder on the parents than the kids! We should have done it a long time ago, but it's kinda cute to see him sucking on that thing.

He awoke early, earlier than usual, I was hoping for a sleep in since they went to bed so late, but no such luck. We heard the pattering of feet, and a cry of glee when he found his new Speed Racer Race Car, as race car as you can get. Both he and Maci were shocked that they had not heard the Binkie Fairy sneek into their room, but she is magic you know. So he's been pushing it around all day and loving it, definitely a good trade for the worn out binkie. I awaited nap time in anxious anticipation, he asked for the binkie but I said the Fairy took all of them and we didn't have any, and that seemed to suffice for him. He hasn't come out of the room yet, maybe we're home free! So to all those out there still reluctant to take that binkie away, try the Binkie Fairy, worked like a charm for us!Now we have to tackle Potty Training, any of you genius moms got any bright ideas on this one?? He's completely uninterested. Arggghh.

Quote of the Day:
Maci referring to Gavin's new car,
"Wow, that's a BIG race car, I thought she's bring a medium sized race car"
We aim to please :)

Trailer-load of memories

We had our yard sale yesterday. It went pretty well, had a good turn out and made enough to make it worth, besides the fact that it made us go through all our junk and get rid of some of it. It was hard to see some of it go, but it went to good homes, I hope! We piled the rest in the trailer, and took it to D.I. We had everything from things that have hung in the kid's rooms since they were little, to books we've read them at night, and stuffies they've loved and snuggled with at night time and when they need a little extra love. Why is it so hard to get rid of these things!, just stuff that takes up space, but that hold so many great memories for us. Thanks to a tear-jerking email from my mom reminiscing about all the things she misses about her children that are not small anymore, I've really tried to enjoy my kids more. Every moment, every book read, every bath given, every extra snuggle, even every tear that I can comfort and dry. The stuffies are nice, but it's my kids that I should really cherish, not the stuff. So I'm going to try and do that more every day and not sweat the small stuff that gets in the way.

Quote of the Day
A realization Gavin had in the car today,
"Mommy, I'm not a baby. I can talk"
Don't remind me Gav, I need my baby back!