7 Years Old

I have a 7 year old, what?!? Where is the pause button?

P1 is about as good as they come. He loves life and does everything with great enthusiasm. He loves to learn and try new things. P1 is thriving in school and his teachers love him. He is a fantastic reader and is also great at math. He loves to draw and create. Our home is constantly full of scattered drawings. He is very loving and tells me constantly how much he loves me. P1 is a great big brother and is always playing with P2 and P3.  He is the best eater a mom could ask for (and he definitely did not start out that way!). He always eats everything on his plate, even if it is something new and not kid-appealing.  He is still a sensitive boy, and is working on controlling his emotions.

7 Year Stats:

Weight: 46 lbs 4 oz (25th percentile)

Height: 47 in (33rd percentile)

On a side note, at his check-up, he and P2 both got their flu shot. And they were terrible!!! I had to bear hug them and hold them still while they were screaming and thrashing. P2 hid in the corner under a chair when it was her turn. This was the worse they have ever been, and I thought they were supposed to get better at getting shots!

Birthday Boy

For his birthday, P1 wanted some Avengers action figures. In the weeks before his birthday, I spent time finding the best ones. Well, less than 2 days before his birthday, PE starts showing P1 different toys on the computer to see if he wants something different. I was quite upset with him!!! There was not time left to get something different!

Lucky for PE, P1 settled on wanting Dinobot transformers for his birthday. I had 2 dinobot transformers sitting in my toy box that would complete the set we had already started. PE would have been in big trouble if P1 had picked something else.

 

Family came over after dinner to celebrate. P1 received a Wild Kratt's book, a crystal growing lab set, a Spider-man Lego set, a Link's Awakening amiibo, and a fishing pole. 

 

Speaking of last minute changes...P1 changed his mind about what kind of cupcakes he wanted. Initially he wanted Smash Bros characters on the cupcakes. Well, the day before, he told me he wanted Pokemon cupcakes instead. Fortunately, I still had red sprinkles and for the cupcake toppers I just changed out the Pokemon.

Happy Birthday P1!

The Pumpkin Patch

After my brother's wedding, we drove down to my grandma's house to pick pumpkins. My step-uncle's family grows tons of pumpkins and sell them all over the state. They are always kind to let us come and pick our own. This year because of the early hard frost, a lot of the pumpkins were very mushy. It was a much harder year to find good pumpkins. The kids still had fun though.

It made for a long day, and I was not feeling very well. After we loaded up the van, we headed back home. We stopped in Springville and ate at the Tropical Smoothie Cafe. We had smoothies and quesadillas, and it really hit the spot.

There were 3 girls there who were probably 10 or 11. They were counting out their change to see if they had enough to buy something. One of them offered a piece of candy for P3. They were cute little girls. I remembered that I had a few dollars in my wallet, so I went over and gave them $3. They asked if I was sure, and I said yes. It made me feel really good and my headache suddenly went away. It wasn't much, but they were excited about it. Well, turns out they couldn't make up their mind, and then their mom came to get them. So they gave the money back to me. I should have just bought them some food. Oh well, it was still a sweet experience.

Wedding

 My baby brother got married! They had their wedding over Fall break, even though at BYU they don't get any school off. So they did their reception Thursday night after a day of classes, and were married Friday morning with a luncheon afterwards. It was weird to have the reception first, but I guess you do what works!

The dinner and reception were in Salt Lake City at a place called Ember. It was an interesting venue. They had a food truck catering pizza. The food was good, but it was a bit crowded. At the dinner, the siblings all gave gifts about something weird about the bride or groom. I gave them 6 bottles of fry sauce with a fry sauce guide on when it is appropriate to use fry sauce. My brother uses fry sauce on just about everything!

 

P1 and P2 dancing at the reception.

 

P3 was pretty stinking adorable in his pink shirt and suspenders. The wedding photography stalked him a bit, and I'm sure they will have a lot of pictures of him!

 

They were married in the Provo City Center Temple. It was a nice ceremony, and the temple is beautiful. They had a nice waiting room for children and my in-laws watched them while we were in the temple. The wedding was at 9 am, so we left our house at 7:15 am to make sure we got there by 8:30. So, I woke up at 5 am to get ready, and we got kids up at 6 am. It made for a long day.

The newlyweds!

It was cold, but I took P3's jacket off for a quick picture with all the nephews and nieces. Although I guess P2 is the only niece. The one baby didn't want to leave his mommy.

Hurrah!

My grandma and her granddaughters:

After the wedding, we had a luncheon at the White Willow Reception Center in Provo. Catering was done by Chick-fil-A. It was a nice venue, and they had a good variety of food. It was nice to visit with family.

The kids playing chess with their second cousins.

Swimming in October

Who would be crazy enough to go swimming outside in October? I guess we would! My dad called me up and said that it was supposed to be 74 degrees F on Tuesday the 8th. He proposed that he would heat the pool if we would come have one last pool party. I said we would swim if it really was above 70 degrees outside.

As soon as school got out, we headed to grandma's house. It was 72 degrees outside, and so we hopped in the pool. The pool was nice and warm, but anything above the water felt chilly. We had one last swim. I think this is the latest in the year that we have ever gone swimming (although I know my dad has gone swimming in December). P3 was even swimming on his own with his floaties. Usually he makes me hold onto him.

Getting out was the hard part! It was cold! P3 and I got out first because he was getting cold. We got dressed and warmed up. Then the big kids finally got out, and they hated it! P1 said that if he ever owns a pool, he won't let anyone swim in October! He really did have fun swimming, it was just hard to get out. We had dinner there, and had to have the traditional ice cream sandwiches after swimming.