Date Night!

Notice anything peculiar about this picture? How about no kids? How about big cheesy smiles? It's because we are on a date! Grandma and Grandpa Rammell were kind enough to watch both monsters for a night so I could take Diana to the symphony. We were suppose to go to dinner also, but numerous traffic accidents (gotta love those Utah drivers) in both directions forced us into Burger King.

Before we moved, we went to the symphony all the time. While we went to numerous college performances in Lincoln, I can only entrust my ears to a professional violenist for Britten's Violen Concerto (deemed unplayable by numerous virtuousos). We also heard Shostakovich's 5th symphony, which I identify with for many reasons...but we won't get into that. The pairing of Britten and Shostakovich was apt, considering the two were close friends. I could really talk about these all night, but instead I'll refer interested parties here.

As you can tell, we thoroughly enjoyed the performances, and each other. Hip-Hip-Hooray for the babysitters!

Closing Shop Sale

I've tried not to use our family blog to promote my Etsy shop...but...it's closing.

With our little Grace added into the mix, my 'spare' time has disappeared. So, if you're in the market for some cute baby stuff, for yourself or to give as gifts, stop by and check out the sale.

Remember, I still LOVE to sew and create. If you need or want items after my shop is closed, send me an e-mail and I'd be glad to help out.

Spotlight

Seems like Grace has been getting all of the attention lately, so we figured it was time for an IJ spotlight. He does some pretty cute (and pretty naughty) things, here's a sampling:

• Says "Bless you, Grace" whenever she makes any kind of noise
• Loves to sit on the couch and pick the lint out of his toes
• Tells Dad "No work, pleeease" every morning (that one is a heartbreaker)
• Puts in a breakfast order within minutes of opening his eyes "Og (yogurt), Egg, Toast" or "Cerl (cereal) if milk and juice"
• Calls Dad at work several times a day on the Ipod "Mom happy, Grace pretty eyes, no work, home, hug ..."
• Insists on wearing his boots (Justin's as a kid) to church, luckily the hat stays in the car.
• He will actually consider questions and respond with No, Yes, or our favorite, Nope
• Will fill in every few letters of the ABC song (which no one will believe because he won't do it in public).
• When mom cooks, Isaac cooks. He hauls out the flour, puts it in a pot, gets a spoon and mixes in goldfish.
• Requires kisses when he gets hurt, although the last time he stubbed his toe, just as Diana bent down to kiss it, he yelled "KICK" and booted her in the nose.
• Is obsessed with his great grandpa Boothe, constantly asking about "Boof"

And although this is IJ's spotlight, the Grace report is as follows: sleeping well at night, fussy in the evening, lots of cooing, and giving out some dynamite smiles.

Isaac the Chef

I'm glad Isaac isn't in charge of the meals at our house. We would all be eating a nice smartie and fennel seed mix everyday.

This morning all was quiet in the house. Isaac, Grace and I were sitting on the couch. I was feeding Grace. Isaac decided he had had enough and off to play he went.

As I'm sitting on the couch feeding Grace I hear a kitchen chair being drug across the kitchen floor, a pause to move the rugs that are in the way, and the journey continues. Isaac then climbed up on the counter and retrieved the bag of treats from the top of the refrigerator. I heard smarties being opened and 'mmmm, treat' coming from the kitchen. Next, I hear Isaac chanting, 'shake, shake, shake.' Isaac likes to play with the spice jars and I'm usually fine with that. However, I didn't realize he could open them. I went in the kitchen to check on him and found him standing on the counter shaking fennel seed all over the kitchen. He would pause now and then for a fennel seed and smartie break. Yes, he was eating the fennel seed too.

And, just to demonstrate the difference between boys and girls, here is what Grace was up to this morning.