Lindsey's haircut

Thanks to Aunt Anne, Lindsey got a cute haircut.  She probably cut off a good 2-4 inches.  Here are the before, during, and after pictures.  We like it to be long enough for pig-tails, pony-tails, braids, and curlers.  

Easter

Eric took Jake and Lindsey to the city Easter Egg Hunt. I was afraid it might rain and didn't want to deal with a wet Maggie. Then it didn't even rain, oh well! This is the first time we have colored eggs alone. (We usually do it with cousins). Poor Maggie fell asleep and someone had fun "decorating" her!

This is Lindsey. . .

. . . she likes to put weird outfits together!  She has a tutu on her head, doll shoes on her fingers, and mismatched shoes.  She gets her fashion sense from her dad!

Ben

Last week we took the kids to the Draper Temple Open House.  It was a fun experience for them to see the inside of the temple.  Taking an 18 month old was quite the experience!  While in one of the sealing rooms, trying to have a spiritual moment, Ben started "singing" Sunbeam!  So I told him to fold his arms.  He starts mumbling a "prayer" so I decide to take him out in the hall so everyone else can enjoy the sealing room.  Out in the hall there were many people walking past us and Ben being the happy boy that he is, starts waving to everyone.  Everyone waves back until 1 man stops to shake his hand and comment on how happy his is.  After shaking hands, Ben decides not to wave but to stick his hand out to shake hands with everyone.  I would never believe that so many people would want to stop to shake his hand, but it was too funny to watch as even one man went to shake his hand only to have his friend step in front of him.  I thought he would walk away and not worry about it, but he didn't, he waited for 2 more people to shake Ben's hand so that he could.  Looks like Ben takes after his dad and may turn to politics too!  YIKES!!!!!

Living in Lindseyland!

We often joke that Lindsey has her own world she lives in. Lately she has been visiting there more than ususal. She has been coming up with some of the funniest things. The other night saying the dinner prayer, she prayed that we would be like Heavenly Father and Jesus, (she has been saying this for awhile) and not that mean old guy, Satan. It was a good thing the prayer was almost over because we were all about to lose it! The next morning she came up to me and said, "Mom, I hate to tell you when you look weird sometimes, but the good news is the sink looks clean!" The compliment had to be whispered in my ear, but the looking weird could be shared loud enough for everyone to hear! She also likes to pick out real "cute" outfits all by herself. The more layers the better! We think she is pretty great, especially after she returns from Lindseyland!

Jake's hole in his mouth!

A couple of weeks ago, Jake finally lost his 1st tooth!! His Aunt Anne pulled it and we think he still likes her. After we told him that he could write a letter to the Tooth Fairy and ask her if he could please keep it, since it was his first. That darn Tooth Fairy left his tooth along with 4 quarters. The picture with Lindsey in it cracks us up because she sat and watched her brother be held down and come up with a bloody mouth and was not scared at all. In fact, she is convinced that she will be a Dentist, so I think this was just part of her training!

100th Day of School!!

Lindsey's 100th day of school is today! She is very excited to bring in this picture of her with lots of her doll things (100 to be exact). She had to pick and count all 100 of them. Then she counted 100 marshmallows to take to school! She is very excited to be in Kindergarten. Last night we met with her teacher, Mrs. Hawkins, for parent/teacher conference. She is doing very well and her teacher says that Lindsey makes her happy and only has to look at Lindsey and Lindsey will smile and giggle back to her! That's our girl!!