This REALLY makes me happy...

Andrew, instead of taking a nap, learned how to say this. Two hours of practice in his bed does wonders...but just so you're aware that he can say it all together, here's one of the not-so-good attempts at getting it on video.

Current Obsessions...

This conversation took place in the car today.

Justin: Andrew, do you want to go look at the flowers?
Andrew: Fowrs.
Justin: No, say "Flowers."
Andrew: No Mommy. Fowrs.

We went to Temple Square with the Martins to look at the BEAUTIFUL tulips (and other springtime delights). The boys had a ball, mostly with the water fountains streaming through Temple Square.

Andrew was really into the fountain that shoots water into the sky.

We went to The Garden to have dinner and I tried my new love...FRIED dill pickles. Sounds gross, but I swear they will be part of my dreams tonight. Can't wait to fall asleep!

Fellow Foodies...

I ran across this website and I LITERALLY cannot get enough. I need to stop looking at it, but it is absolutely inspiring to me. And it makes me really hungry.

http://www.tastespotting.com/

Bon apetit!

Theoretically,

s'mores in the oven seemed like a good idea. It was snowy and cold outside, and I was thinking something tasty and sweet sounded nice.

Unfortunately, my execution was all wrong.

Result:

Galoshes

They're on the list of "things to get." Meanwhile, we had WAY too much fun playing in a giant-sized puddle this morning.

Ketchup, Catchup or Catsup?

Isn't it weird that the red tomato substance I'm so fond of has THREE spellings? I just researched it and here's what I found.

Word History: The word ketchup exemplifies the types of modifications that can take place in borrowing—both of words and substances. The source of our word ketchup may be the Malay word kēchap, possibly taken into Malay from the Cantonese dialect of Chinese. Kēchap, like ketchup, was a sauce, but one without tomatoes; rather, it contained fish brine, herbs, and spices. Sailors seem to have brought the sauce to Europe, where it was made with locally available ingredients such as the juice of mushrooms or walnuts. At some unknown point, when the juice of tomatoes was first used, ketchup as we know it was born. But it is important to realize that in the 18th and 19th centuries ketchup was a generic term for sauces whose only common ingredient was vinegar. The word is first recorded in English in 1690 in the form catchup, in 1711 in the form ketchup, and in 1730 in the form catsup. All three spelling variants of this foreign borrowing remain current.

So, in case you were wondering.

The real point of this post is to CATCH UP on what's been going on. I just got sidetracked thinking about ketchup.

So, in chronological order...

For Good Friday, we decided to take Andrew to get a real haircut. None of this chopping hullabaloo that I've been attempting. I love it. He looks bald.

We had an Easter egg hunt with some of our friends who have kiddies the same age as Andrew...The bubbles were very popular.

Andrew's look of astonishment was awesome. He liked finding the eggs and was a little hesitant to put them in the basket.

For Easter Eve, he got an Andrew-sized chair. He loves it.

Justin and I are so spoiled. We got to go to Wicked on Saturday. It was AMAZING!!! We so loved it. I loved this Elphaba better than the one we saw in L.A. Fieyero was also awesome. Glinda, not as awesome, but still awesome. That's all.

In case you were wondering, click here to see what Andrew did while we were gone.

And this is how he's been feeling lately...Another molar, another long week.

A Late Greeting from Andrew

We know Easter already passed, but, wow. Really? This is too cute to miss.

Joys

There are pros and cons to being a mom...The pros OBVIOUSLY outweigh the cons, but one of the cons is that I feel like I'm constantly sticky. Yogurt, crackers, what-have-you, all over me. Here are some pros:

Sleeping kids...It just never gets old.

When they learn to be nice to people and things (Andrew thinks it's nice to give tiger a ride on his car).

When your OCD habits become THEIR OCD habits.

When they learn to be genuinely happy.

March

We love this new trick Andrew's got.