Happy Birthday/Book Sale

My mom had a birthday on Saturday.

To celebrate her birthday we went to the downtown SLC library, where they were hosting a used book sale.

$0.50 for paperback and $1.00 for hardback - can't go wrong there!

I think we'll make this a tradition.

Afterwards Heather treated us all to breakfast at The Park cafe, near Liberty Park in SLC.

It was a successful (and tasty) birthday outing!

Happy Birthday Mama!

1 Year

I don’t know how to mark this anniversary. Although 1 year ago today he officially became ours, Jasper has been ours for over 3 years, and he feels like he has been ours always. I can’t imagine this family without him.

The picture above was taken April 2008, at Heather's old house in St. George. Can you believe how much he has grown in three short years?

When Jasper found out I was pregnant with a girl, he screamed in excitement. His friends gave him their condolences, but Jas was genuinely happy. I asked him why he was so excited to have a baby sister and he said “cuz then I can shoot any guys who try to date her (he is still overly excited about the 22 rifle Grandpa McKinnon gave him for Christmas. Yep, a gun).

I know he was teasing (about the actually shooting), but it made me kind of sad. Sad because Jasper does not realize that by the time this baby girl is 16, he will be almost 29. He’ll be a grown man! It makes me sad to think Jackson will only be 9 when Jasper goes on his mission and after that 11 when he goes to college (I hope hope he does both ).

He’ll always be a wonderful big brother, I just wish he could stay home and be one to them through all their hard teenage years. You could never imagine a better big brother, he is SO sweet to Jackson and SO helpful.

This picture is of Jasper helping Jackson during our Easter Egg hunt over the weekend. We visited family in Colorado Springs.

He is such a great young man.

We just love you so much Jas!

Easter Preview

We won't be in Utah for Easter, so my sister-in-law Michele planned
an Easter Preview for Jackson and his cousin Austin.

Jackson loves peeps, just like his mama.

Jasper, not so much. But he was wonderful at helping Jackson find the hidden eggs.

We had so much fun.

Oh brother...

Three 12 year old girls rang our doorbell Tuesday night.

I opened the door.

The bravest of the three, asked if Jasper was at home.

I said "Yes," and the other two ran away squealing and giggling.

Jasper came to the door.

Jasper: Hey

Remaining girl: Hi. _____ and ______ are here too, but they ran away.

Jasper: Oh.

He then looked at me to see if he could hang out with them, but unfortunately he had scouts in 10 minutes, so I gave him 5 minutes to chat.

It's starting already!

Overheard

Jackson on the telephone with his Aunt Lori.

Aunt Lori: Hi Jackson!

Jackson: Hi Aunt Yodi!

Aunt Lori: Did you have a fun day?

Jackson: Yeah, I have fun day!

Aunt Lori: Did you use your big boy potty today?

Jackson: YES! I do it! I did it! I say UUUUHH UUUHH (mimicking going #2)

Aunt Lori: Wow!

Uh, potty training.

Happy

Jackson: Mommy, I happy!

Mom: Really? Good!

Jackson: You happy, mommy?

Mom: Yes, Jackson, I am happy.

Jackson: Big Grin

Thanks for reminding me how happy I am, baby boy!

Lame Rules

Since Jasper is still a little kid, and still in Elementary School, we have rules that he doesn't like much. In short, we have lame rules.

Lame rule #1

No listening to your headphones in one ear, while pretending to listen to me with the other ear. While wearing your flat cap backwards and dancing/bouncing around.

This is lame because Jasper says he is really listening!

Lame rule #2

No wearing your shorts BELOW YOUR BUM. I thought this fad died out years ago, but no it is still very much going on.

This is lame because Jasper can't help it because his shorts are too small and we must buy him new ones.

Lame rule #3

Bed time at 9:00! Which really means close to Ten, after he gets in his jammies, brushes his teeth, and reads. Because remember Jasper is a master of delay tactics.

This is lame because he is too old for such a baby bed time.

Lame rule #4

Cell phone use. We have an extra cell phone that is super cheap and part of a super cheap family plan, that we let him use on occasion. When he is someplace without a phone, or someplace he is not too familiar with, etc, he gets to use it.

This is lame because ALL his friends have their own phones, and he NEEDS one ALL THE TIME .

Lame rule #5

On the occasions when he has access to the extra cell phone he loves to text his friends, which is fine. We did draw the line on texting girls however, since he is still just a kid. Mostly because we are scared of the idea of him and girls.

This is lame because he has lots of friends that are girls, and this means we are SEXIST.

When Jasper accused us of being sexist because of our no girl texting policy, we laughed and laughed.

Then we tried explaining how he had it wrong, and defined sexism for him.

He came back with my all time favorite argument. "It is SEXIST! I can even get a lawyer to tell you. And I can get a quote from a lawyer that says how SEXIST this is!"

Of course we laughed and laughed again. Sometimes it is super fun to have lame rules.

Funny Boys

I'm listening to my two boys arguing right now, over who is more funny.

Jasper: I'm funny!

Jackson: No, I funny!

Jasper: No, I'm funny!

Jackson: No, I funny TOO!!

And so on.

Jasper loves to get Jackson to argue with him.

It's pretty easy, all you have to say is "I'm ____" and then Jackson always comes back with "No, I _____," in return.

He thinks its especially funny to make him say silly things like "No, I snot nose," or "No, I booger face."

I love my boys.