Lammy Joins Us for Lunch

Raleigh takes such good care of her lamb. He even got to eat lunch with us. Today Raleigh asked, "Why are dinosaurs stinky?" And I asked, "Stinky?" Then she said, "Yeah. You said that dinosaurs stink." And then I said, "Extinct, Raleigh. Ex-TINCT." Which reminds me, today Madeline told me that I have a lot of molars. Molars? "Yeah, all over your tummy." WHAT? "Oh, MOLES. Yeah, moles." Now we know why our kids seem to be clueless sometimes when we talk to them. Because I have a lot of molars and dinosaurs are stinky.

An Ally Sighting . . .

Um, Ally?? Is that you??? . . .

Now, Really, Can Anyone Get Enough of This Girl??

Phoenix & Choobix

Aren't these the two cutest grandkids you have EVER seen? (Until next week when Baby Dade comes- can't wait!) Notice Phoenix's side-ponytail in pic #3. And poor Choo Choos got a sunburn.

An Easter Family Photo

Not bad. The girls are dressed up, and D&D are wearing stripes. Dionne's face looks like a tomato, Raleigh is holding Choobs' head forward, and Madeline is just b-a-r-e-l-y looking at the camera. Dallas, you look great!! 

Our Sterling Scholar- A Few Words about Madeline

Now, don't you just want to pinch those chubby little cheeks and tickle her under her little chin-roll?? And stick out your front two teeth a little?? Miss Madeline read her first book, TOO! It's a book of 3- to 5-letter words that Grandma and Grandpa gave her for Easter. She wanted to try reading her book since Raleigh knew how to read HER book. So we worked on putting the letter sounds together, and she GOT IT!! It was quite surreal. The Critter can read!

Here's Madeline on her way to preschool. She loves to go to school. She especially loves her teacher, Miss Jennifer, and all of her friends. She comes home with all of the latest 4-year-old gossip, and she tells us things that she is learning, such as: the rules for flying kites, the Nile is in Egypt, Miss Jennifer's blow dryer broke this morning, the ASL sign for ABC's along with the sounds each letter makes. She has also developed intense fears for "Leo the Lion" (she thinks he lives in our bathroom and insists that "he IS real, Mom.") and leprechauns (who were very mischevious in her classroom around St. Patty's Day).

What's My Nationality?

Today in the car we were discussing the girls' cousins' last name- how it is hard to pronounce because their dad is from the Phillipines. Then we started talking about how if you have a dad from the Phillipines, then you are half Filipino. Raleigh put it all together: that means we are HALF Orem, HALF Georgian, and HALF Utah. Right, Raleigh.