Sam is hilarious and naughty

Well, its a known fact that Sam is wild and hyper. He ran out of sacrament meeting today, against my desires, and disapparated, or so it seemed. I yodeled into the bathroom for him, but no answer. Car? Noway. Throwing rocks at the car? Nope. On Troy Wikle's motorcycle? Not that brave. Well, after the meeting was over, I was hanging out outside of the boys' bathroom (I heard a click that sounded like a lock being slid into place), my favorite past time; I was waiting for a male to walk by that would (throttle) ask him to come out. Brother Jones walks through and this is the conversation:


Bro Jones: "Sam, your mom wants you to come out!"
Sam: "Who are you?"
Bro Jones:"I am brother Jones."
Sam: "Hey! I saw you in a movie! You're Indiana Jones!"

I thought is was hilarious, and I was glad that Bro Jones thought so too.

were you raised in a barn? or by monkeys?

I wonder this about sam. When we went to the dentist the other day (where he is not welcome as a patient because he is so uncooperative), we walked in while this nice older man openedthe door for us. I put the kids in chairs, gave them magazines, and signed us in. Well, as soon as I returned, the hygienist was waiting for me to come back (fantastic, right?); I was delighted, but then my child casually, but forcefully throws his "Nick Jr" magazine and it luckily lands in this older man's lap. I am very thankful it didn't hit his eye or skim his toupee, but i was mortified. what am i supposed to do with that? Luckily, the kind, kind man laughed and said, "It's alright, I am only 7 myself." But what if it had been the man on the other side of the room, who was staring at me like I was absolutely ruining his day while my kids were behaving? Maybe it wasn't the stink eye, and was just the way he looked all of the time like Paulie's prom date. Nah.
I guess sam thinks all men are his playmates, regardless of hulking size or old age.

toothbrushes, toilet brushes, hair brushes

What do all of these things have in common?

Cooper likes to use them all to clean the toilet.

Bad: I find Cooper swishing the water in the toilet using the baby's hairbrush.

Worse: Cooper brings me Sam's toothbrush with wet toilet paper hanging from it.

Worst: I find Cooper sucking the water out of a toothbrush that he has been dipping in the toilet Sam failed to flush.

Sunday, Dreadful Sunday

Today at church was one of those days when I decided that I left a few important things at home like a burp cloth, extra baby clothes and a tranquilizer. I said it at least five times to different people, but seriously, what have I done wrong that my child is as wild as he is. All I could think was "What am I supposed to do about that?" I mean you can only threaten, spank, or threaten to spank so many times before you're insane.

Bird Lady

This hawk was in our yard on Friday. He must have been injured, or maybe my jungle of a backyard was just very appealing to him. Then again he left us and flew across the street and hung out under their trampoline. Collin said he might fly off with Cooper, so watch out. Sam thinks we live in a bird zoo. "Boy cardinals are red" he just told me. We also have a nest in our garage that keeps getting infested with baby birds. They are great, but momma bird startles me every time I go out to do laundry, and she doesn't clean up after her babies very well.