Hudson Hey Mommy, did you know dinosaurs, cavemen, trolls and pirates are extinct?

me You are right, Hudson, except for trolls.  Trolls have never existed so they can’t be extinct.

Hudson How can they not have existed?

me They came from someone’s imagination.

Annie But Mommy they couldn’t have, didn’t you know I’m allergic to trolls?

That’s right, Hudson lost his 5th tooth at Nana and Papa’s house.  He managed to lose this one too after he put it under the pillow.  It’s a good thing the Tooth Fairy had been around the day before for another cousin so she came again for Hudson.

Once again my children leave me speechless for better or for worse.

Experience #1

Annie is coloring a picture of Santa Claus for homework.  She is being tested on her colors and she notices he is holding an ornament.  On a side note: Annie has just finished learning the 4th article of faith.

Annie  Oh Mom, he is holding an ornament…we have ornaments…hey, ornaments of the gospel.  I wish I had some ornaments of the gospel.  I would put them in my backpack.

Me They are actually ordinances of the gospel, but an ornament of the gospel would be nice too.

Experience #2

Hudson is bringing my bathroom garbage down the stairs.

Hudson  Mom!!  Why did you throw your old boobs away?!  You just got new boobs.  Don’t you need your old boobs?

Me (Standing dumbstruck)  Umm…well, that is called a bra and I don’t need it anymore.

And for the record, I have not had any plastic surgery…I’m just pregnant.

We finally had a weekend where we didn’t have to be anywhere or see anyone.  We spent it at home as a family.  Will and Hudson spent time in the garage making a bird house and Annie and I spent time in the other half of the garage making her a play skirt.  My mom gave me a bunch of early 90s material to practice on once I got my sewing machine so I went to town.  I still haven’t learned to embrace(that’s code for use) patterns yet so the skirt is beyond less than perfect and I just kind of decided on design as we went.  Annie and I had fun though.  It sounded like Will and Hudson enjoyed themselves as well.

I was lazy about taking picture over the 4th so Amy was nice enough to email me these.  Our 4th of July continued into day 2 where we did a little BBQ, kicked back and relaxed.  The kids made a tree swing and did a few crafts.  It’s nice having them old enough to sit for any sort of extended time to do an activity.

We sat around and chatted as the kids did their thing…just another sunny, San Diego day.  The shade we could find brought welcome release from the heat of the day.