The Boy's New Addiction

This boy used to be addicted to bubbles.  He still wants his bubbles, but he seems to be more interested in a certain movie lately.  Now he is addicted to Buzz Lightyear.  He wants to watch Buzz just before bedtime and first thing in the morning.  It all started with a brand new shirt that we found at DI for $2.  We told Seth that it was Buzz on the front and it turned out to be one of the word that he could say.  He knows which shirt is his Buzz shirt versus which one is his choo choo (Thomas the Train) shirt. 

We are in Clearfield visiting Grandma and Grandpa Higham for Memorial weekend.  They did not have any toys for Seth to play with.  We made a trip to DI to find some action figures, cars and trucks.  We let Seth loose and he chose which toys he wanted.  He found a four wheeler and a tractor.  He also found a teenage mutant ninja turtle and Buzz.  Buzz was only 50 cents.  It was an excellent find.  Seth had too many toys to choose from.  After he found the good ones he kept putting them back down and other kids were trying to grab them.  Thomas had to wrestle them away from those other kids. 

Sometimes when we are visiting Grandma and Grandpa, we have too much fun and it is hard to find time to take naps.  Seth does pretty well.  I get him up on my lap (more like my knees, my lap is pretty small now days) and read him a book and he climbs into to bed for a nap without much of a fight.  He feels nice and cosy with his BYU blanket.

To this boy, all the different parts of the bed are good for sleeping.  When it is dark, he likes to try out different positions.  This one is called, "Where is that cussed pillow."

On Our Way Home

On our way home from Price we stopped in Huntington to help Grandpa remove some more dirt from his rental house.

. Along with dirt there were also heating pipes. These needed to be smashed so that they would fit nicely in the back of Grandpa’s truck. Seth took the hammer and went to work. He was a great help.

As we were driving I-70 Thomas said “Oh Wow, I barely missed that bird.” He was thinking that it was going to hit right into the windshield. We then stopped in Richfield to drop so things off at AmyJo’s and had a wonderful dinner. Skip and AmyJo really know how to treat you right. I cannot wait until the reunion.

As we were leaving AmyJo walked out with us to our car and she noticed that there was a big feather in the grill of our car. I tried to remove it and realized that it was more than a feather. It was the whole bird that Thomas thought that we had just barely missed. It did not come out easily and was pretty gorse.

I went back inside and watched my hand and then sanitized them. I don’t think that I will do something like that again.

Weekend at Grandma's

We are at Grandpa and Grandma Jenson's house in Price for the weekend. It has been fun so far. My mother had me cleaning out boxes; taking things to DI and to the garbage dump. It was a good thing that I was here to look through all the stuff and save my own things from going in the garbage. I cannot say the same for all of my brother's and sister's stuff. I would say to my brothers and sisters; in order to clean this house we had to get rid of some junk, and some people have just left too much junk in this house. If anything was discarded that you truely wanted, there is still time for you to go to DI and buy it back. They have very reasonable prices. May be you will appreciate your stuff the second time that you own it.

My Dad had me pull a few weeds and we plan to play a round of golf on Monday. We have had plenty of junk food. Seth has enjoyed having the toys all to himself.

Here is a picture of Seth wearing Grandpa's old hat. He wore it for about an hour after this picture. He usually does not like hats, but this one must have been very worked in and very comfortable. I tried it myself. It was very nice for an old hat. I put my initials inside.

He is Addicted!!!

Seth's Favorite thing to do is blow bubbles!!!

It is the first thing he asks for in the morning and the last thing he does before he goes to bed.

He even does it all day!!!
I give him the little white bottle of bubbles, so that he can carry them around and blow the bubbles himself with minimal spillage. I have to refill the little container several times a day which drives me crazy. I guess that is just feeding the addiction.

He is good at blowing the bubbles himself but he also likes to pop the bubbles that we blow.

It is a quiet activity but he does not like to do it alone. He always wants others to participate also which keeps us busy.

Recently I have had to hide the bubbles so that they are out of site and out of mind. He is only allowed one little white bottle full of bubbles a day and I refill it after he goes to bed so that he does not find out the hiding place.