Helping Skip Move

Amy Jo and Skip moved. I did not help much. I just wiped down some blinds, vacuumed some floors and helped moved the heavy stuff. I knew the couches and beds would be no big deal to carry, but the piano had me a little worried. Skip rigged up a little piano dolly. It worked great. We rolled it out of their old apartment and up into the back of the trailer with no problem. When we got to the new place, there was about five feet of gravel between the trailer ramp and the front walk. We did not have much wood, so Skip used what he had. We put down some sheetrock to roll over. As we came down the ramp and on to the sheetrock, the cart's wheels sunk into the sheet rock with a loud crunch. We decided to carry the piano the five feet to the cement and then get the cart back underneath it. As we picked up the piano and started to walk, my feet sunk into the sheet rock with every step. Now I know how a 300 lb babushka feels.

Circus

This last week the circus came to town. With the circus coupon children got in free, so we decided it would be fun to take Mariah with us to see the show. As the event got closer Amy Jo thought it would be fun to take her boys also. So we all loaded into the car and went to the circus.

We all enjoyed the Clown. The best trick that he did was, he came out with three stuffed animal and was trying to wind them up and get them to move. The first two would not move and he was getting frustrated with them and through them around. The third one was a little Elephant and it started to move. It would walk around the ring them fall over when it got to the back and needed a winding. The clown would then wind it up again and it would do the same thing. He did that a few times and then had the idea that he would wind it up a lot so that it would just go and go and go, but this was too much. The little elephant would just tip over every time the clown would stand it up. The clown even picked it up by its tail and was dragging it back stage. Then he thought that he would open up the elephant and try to fix whatever was wrong. In side he pulled out a little dog. The dog really was trained well to put up with all that the clown was doing to it in the elephant suit. IT WAS AMAZING!!!

We also really like the motorcycles riding in the ball of Death. They had four motorcycles inside at one time. It was really cool.

At intermission we were able to go down into the arena. The children wanted to ride the elephant (or I wanted to) but we just watched the others ride. They were also giving pony rides or you could get your picture taken with a huge yellow snake. Mariah really wanted to get her face painted but they were charging 6 DOLLARS. Thomas could do it for free!!! Throughout the whole circus they were selling concessions and souvenirs, so that was how they were able to let all of the children in for free. They would earn their money by all the things that were for sell.

The Elephants then performed. It was cool to see how strong they are. They had such great balance.

At home we keep the circus going. All of the Children sat still while Thomas painted their faces. Mariah wanted to be a tiger, Weston wanted a pumpkin and Chace was frankenstein. Seth only wanted a clown nose.

We all had a great time and are so glad that the weather has finally warmed up so that we can go outside and play. We hope Mariah learned to have fun without spending all her mother's money.

Seth on the Move

Seth is on the move. He has learned to crawl. He is learning quickly that if he wants something or wants to go somewhere he can get there on his own. He no longer needs his mother's help. He still loves my attention and wants to go wherever I go.

Here he is trying to get into things in the bathroom while I do my hair.

Here Seth was crawling out of his covers and turn towards the foot of the bed. It is hard to keep the covers on him now that he chooses which part of the bed is most comfortable.

Today I put him down for a nap and left the room while he fell asleep. When I returned to make sure that the covers were still on him, I found that he had fallen asleep sitting up. It did not look like a very comfortable position. I adjusted him to save his back and prolong the nap.

April Fools

I have never really played too many jokes on April Fool's Day, but I would like to start. I was joking with Jennifer telling her that I was going to get her good. She told me I had better not, I should be nice to her because she is my wife. She threatened me and told me not to play any jokes on her. I was not scared. She is quick to forgive. You are probably expecting to hear what horrible things I did to her. Well, I did not do anything to her. I just sort of forgot or did not come up with anything in time. I did play a trick on one of my professors though, with the help of the entire class. If you have ever watched Peewee's Playhouse you will understand. On that show there is a word of the day. Every time someone says the word, everyone else is supposed to scream. In one of my accounting classes we all got together and chose the word CREDIT. Dr. Rees was sure to say that a few times. About 15 minutes into class he still had not said the word credit. At this point everyone was focused on what he was saying and actually trying to learn. He finally said the word credit and only one girl caught it. She gave out a little squeak of a scream and Dr. Rees stopped and laughed like what just happened. The rest of the class busted up laughing as well. Dr. Rees then went back a little and continued what he was saying. This time the whole class was ready and we all let out a scream. Dr. Reese sort of looked mad and said he did not understand what was going on. Someone said, "Don't you know what today is?" He caught on after about three more times of him saying credit and all of us screaming. He then said, "The right side" in place of credit. It was fun and we laughed all class long, every time he said the right side. We probably did not learn much.

Mobile Baby... Sort of.

Yesterday Seth and I had a few hours to ourselves. Jennifer went to the Draper Temple dedication broadcast at the stake center. Seth is close to crawling, but not quite there yet. I try to let him play on the floor as much as possible. A bonus for me is that he can't really move but I get to watch TV and don't have to give him constant attention. He gets up on his hands and knees but does not move. He is able to spin around on his belly and then roll where ever he wants to go. In this picture he has rolled over to my taxes and dumped all the papers out of the envelope. He said that he was just double checking the numbers. This morning he was playing with a stack of old text books that I had next to the closet. So that he did not pull one down on his head, I selected one for him. I gave him my old Individual Income Tax book and he seemed grateful. After flipping though the pages and tasting a few he put it up for later. I think once he realized it was the 2008 edition, he was disappointed. Seth used to hate to be on his belly. If we placed him on his belly he would cry and immediately try to flip over to his back. Now if I sit him up on the floor, he will move to his belly and roll around to get at things. He is starting to get the idea that there is more to play with in this world that just those things his mom and dad put within his reach.

Today Jennifer put Seth down for a nap. When she went in to check on him, he was asleep but had flipped over to his belly. This boy sure does love his tummy time.

Spring Break

We had a week off of school and were able to get a few days off work so we decided to head to Price. We left Cedar Saturday afternoon and returned Tuesday night. Jennifer enjoyed not having to pack my Lunches or worrying about what to fix for dinner. Thanks Mom!!! Mark and Linda were also there for the weekend. Seth was the center of attention the whole time. He also returned home with new clothes. Jennifer sure is a sucker for a SALE and Price is one place to find them. It was nice to be able to just relax for a few days and enjoy a round of golf (on the back 9). Thanks Dad!!!
The rest of Spring Break I worked but we were able to enjoy the evenings without having to get Homework done for the next day. I am involved with the Cub scouts so we attended the Annual Pinewood derby. It was fun to watch the boys race their cars. We even took notes so that we can help Seth be a pinewood derby winner!!!

No More Baby Bathtub

Seth is growing so fast. It is fun to watch as he discovers new things. This is his new favorite thing to do.

He Loves to Play in the tub. He is able to sit up in the tub without falling over. It is so much better then the baby tub.