April Top Ten

Top ten things done, said, or otherwise experienced in April 2011:

10-Isaac: If a girl tries to . . . you know . . . like tries to kiss me before I’m married . . . (dramatic pause) . . . I’m gonna use karate on her. HIYA!

Hmmm, maybe I should have him sign a contract on that one.

9-Lucy’s aversion to eating green food (read “anything healthy”) continues. After loading up her fajita (sans meat) with cheese, sour cream, and tomatoes, I told Lucy, “You need something green on that.” She looked at me. She looked at the food spread out on the table. She looked at me again. She grabbed one single piece of cilantro, threw it on her tortilla, and starting laughing hysterically.

Everyone’s a comedian, I tell you.

8-Adam, a wordsmith in the making.
A: (while playing Go Fish) Mom, do you have a stunk?
M: Umm, no. Go Fish. And that’s a squirrel.
A: Oh, it looks like a stunk.

Skunk, Stunk . . . seems like it could have been more aptly named, doesn’t it?

7-With the arrival of the new kid came those wonderful postpartum hormones. Zach took a bite of my toast as I left to run to the hospital, and I was so irrationally enraged I almost punched the wall. Well, okay, maybe not. I don’t punch things because I’m afraid it will hurt my hand. But you get the picture, right?

And then there was the morning Kye asked if he could join the Pokemon club at school. I burst into tears. Literally. Burst. Into. Tears. I said, and I quote, “We just (sob) can’t do (sob) one more thing right now (sob).” Which made Kye burst into tears. *Sigh*

6-Baby #5 made it home. After 12 long days in the NICU, Dr. Paxton busted Eli outta there. We were expecting at least another day, so I was thrilled. I called Zach to let him know we were on our way home, so he took the day off work. The kiddos were on their first day of spring break, so everyone was home when I walked in the door carrying Eli. There was screaming and clapping and dancing and even a little crying. It was the first time we were all together as a family and it was a little fantastic.

5-A: Can I see the swimming poodle? (aka the pool noodle)

4-M: I need to feed Eli.
I: Mom, you should invent a baby feeder.

I think Heavenly Father did a pretty good job with the invention of mothers, but what do I know?

3- Feeding specialist at the hospital: You have FIVE kids? You look way too young to have five kids.
M: You are my favorite person right now.

2-L: Mom, Isaac just totally believed my April Fool’s joke that you were going to have another baby.
M: I just had a baby!
I: I know, but it’s cause your tummy is still, you know . . . (complete with hand motions to indicate a round belly).

Kids. Gotta love their honesty, huh?

1- Our second new arrival. Can anyone say “swagger wagon?” That’s right baby. We are now the owners of two (yes, TWO!) minivans. Until we figure out what Zach’s next car is going to be, he gets the old MPV. We thought he should take out the back seats and put in some subwoofers and make himself a sweet ride. Whaddya think?