Bloody Nose

Today Charlie got a bloody nose, a really bloody nose. Blood slowly started running down his nose, I grabbed a papertowel to wipe up his face...he saw the blood and started to panic. He was trying to get away, feeling smothered by my wiping his nose...then he started crying, and then the blood started dripping everywhere, still trying to wipe him up, I started pulling off his cute shirt, and then I found myself striping my shirt off.  I yelled to Josh for a towl and more rags....and to turn on Cars to help calm Charlie down.  As I tried to cradle him and tip his head back, I noticed that his mouth was full of blood! His teeth and tongue were covered...He was sobbing over the taste and screaming for a drink. So I grabbed a bottle of water, and of course as he goes to drink, the blood drips down into the water...gross!  Josh was running (in his fatherly dither) to the computer to look up nose bleeds... hello...who needs to look at the computer to fix a bloody nose. While I am trying to get Charlie to tip his head back, Josh was yelling at me to pinch his nose...Charlie was screaming, "Don't pinch me mommy!" can you picture the circus...Once we  finally shuffeled around and got Cars going, Charlie calmed down and realized that I was trying to help him. He relaxed in my arms and let me tip his head back...then I gently pinched his nose...the bleeding stopped. Charlie talked about his bloody nose the rest of the night. Whew! I hope we never face a real emergency at our house.

"I love you mom"

I have been feeling lately that I need to spend more quality time with Logan and Gracie.  It seems that they are growing so quickly and our lives are so fast and busy and filled with chores and errands and school and homework and ballet and karate and church callings and friends...I just feel like I never get time to play with them. So in an effort to improve at put first things first, we did a little art work today.  We turned on some "Kids Bop" music on Pandora, shaved crayons, smashed them between wax paper and ironed beautiful works of art. We sang together and danced around together.  They weren't even imbarrassed by my singing...They even let me dance a bit with out telling me to stop. Gracie even sang out loud in front of me without being shy...that never happens.  We had such fun.  I will ever remember the feelings of joy that I had as I spent time with my kiddos today.  When we were ready to clean up, Logan climbed up on my lap, wrapped his arms around me and layed his head on my shoulder and said, "I love you mom."

"No! My not"

Today I took the kids to the Saturday matinee...on our way home, I was telling Logan and Gracie that as soon as we get home I will put Charlie down for a nap, and then we can do a craft and make sugar cookies.  Overhearing me, Charlie said, "No my not have a nap!" We all burst out laughing! I love this little guy, and his sweet little articulation.

Movies

Going to the movies is one of our favorite things to do! We went to a lot of shows this summer with friends and cousins

Swimming

SWIMMING

Is by far our most FAVORITE thing to do in the SUMMER TIME!  We are so lucky to have a POOL at our grandma and grandpa's house...and this SUMMER we will be living here! So bring on the beach towls, bathing suits, and sunscreen!  Today we enjoyed our first swim with our cousins!

 Charlie was a bit shy getting into the pool at first, he played under the deck with his cars for awhile, and then we coaxed him into the water and let his cars have a swim too!

 Oh, Boy! This is going to be the summer of swimming in the deep end without life jackets or water wings! Pretty much every summer of their life, Logan and Gracie have swam in grandmas pool...they love the water, and feel very comfortable with it...Logan a bit more than Gracie, but she has come a long way...I remember the days when she would barely dare put her face in the water, and now she is going under with out even plugging her nose!  At the end of last summer, Logan was ready to take off his life jacket, and now this summer he is a FISH! Swimming so well in the deep with out any help...Gracie is gaining more confidence and will be in the deep with him in no time, I am thinking this summer she may even branch out and go off the diving board!

Hansen Family Cabin

Today we spent the afternoon with Grandpa Hansen at the cabin.  The kids had fun digging holes in the dirt,driving the 4-wheeler, shooting sling shots and bb guns. We finnished off our afternoon with a trip to our favorite pizza joint in Logan, Fredricos, and then took the kids to walk around our old stomping grounds at Utah State University.  We showed them where mommy and daddy met for the first time and where we shared our True Aggie kiss atop the A!

 



 

SOCCER

Logan has turned out to be quite the soccer player...a natural athlete. He grins from ear to ear as he chases the ball around.  We love to watch him and cheer for him.  He averages about THREE goals per game.


Going for the GOAL!

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