You must be a better mother than me....

what I really wanted to say was "YOU LITTLE S#@*!. But, I refrained- and I said oh, my GOODNESS GRACIOUS ISAAC BRYAN SMITH! I even covered my mouth when I said it- and then Penn went OH and even covered his mouth too!

Isaac dumped out all of the clothes that were in bins which were labeled by size out into Penns closet. Clothes were piled about a foot high off the ground all over the floor and he had taken apart the containers and thrown them into the middle of Penn's ROOM!

I WAS SO UPSET. First of all, it takes all I have to keep the house in great shape- and having the boys clothes labeled by size and put away and continually organizing that particular closet with the clothes by size is something you have to stay on top of. Now this? What am I going to do with him? I wish he would really STOP this strange destructive behavior. I really love him, but TODAY I just want to yell "you little ... well you know- and spank his bare bottom.

I am proud of myself for keeping it together!

and, by the way, I am in LOVE with YOU!

Penn is the sweetest boy. He is so dang cute, so huggable, cuddly, and sweet. He is so kind to Luke and the other day he was blowing little zubbers on his belly and then laughing hysterically. I think he likes his place in the family. Isaac is playing really well with him and their relationship is growing more interactive each day. I love that Penn laughs so easily and that he follows Isaac around. In fact, nearly every day, Penn cries when Isaac gets on the bus to go to school, he reaches out his cute little arms and cries out.... nooo, then the fit begins. He loves Isaac so much. Penn is into dumping out bins of toys, hiding in boxes, playing peek a boo, running, & hiding in the dryer (still). He loves to read stories now, and we always subsitute the name of the little boy for Penn in each story. He is saying these words:

Ba Ba- Bottle
Mama- Mom
Daddy- Dad
Siki- Silkey
Hi- Hello
Raarr- when he sees a lion in a story
Opi- Open
Up- pick me up
and of course--nnnno! he says his N's for a really long time.

He loves the story where the Wild Things Are- and also where is baby's pumpkin. He loves playing with Spaghetti noodles and is starting to feed himself. I love you Penn so much.

I am grateful for my little boys, the joy that they bring into my life. Today I was just thinking of Penn and how adorable he is. He has the sweetest temperment- although he is VERY PASSIONATE- I just know he will grow up to be a strong willed, good hearted boy!

Did you know...

this is the conversation that Isaac and I had this morning.

I: Mom, did you know that you have a beautiful face?

MJ: Oh, thanks Isa...

I: I have a beautiful face too, but when I grow up, I won't be beautiful anymore!

MJ: What do you mean- whats going to happen when you grow up?

I: Dad said that I have a beautiful face now- but when I grow up- i'm going to be a MAN CHILD and i'll be HANDSOME, but NOT BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL is for GIRLS!

MJ: Yes, you will probably be handsome unless you get in a terrible accident! (teasing him)

He pauses for a few seconds and then says...

I: Like getting struck by lightning- that could happen to boys, right?

MJ: Yep, you gotta be careful of lightning!

THE WEATHER:It is just POURING outside this morning

Big Brother to the RESCUE

Penn is a sweet older Brother to LUKE and to tell you the truth, I think he is going to LOVE haveing LUKE around, he is such a huge helper- whenever LUKE cries, he goes and stands by him. He often tries to put his binki back in his mouth, and even tells him big stories in his one year old English. I love that they will have each other to play with as they grow. Having LUKE so close in age to PENN was a SWEET SURPRISE!P.S (I am not responsible for dressing Penn this evening:)

if peple don't have bathrooms...

Today we went to pick up a jogging stoller. As we were driving through the country side- isaac states- I NEED TO GO PEE. we told him that once we arrived at the peoples house, he could use their bathroom-of course we forgot all about his bladder and continued on chit chatting and checking out their stroller. Once we got back in the car to leave- Isaac was acting quite fidgety. I said, oh no- I forgot, Isaac you needed to go potty, right?

He then said- "oh, thas okay mom, they didn't have a bathroom, so I just peed in their backyard- thats what you do when someone doesn't have a bathroom right, you just pee in their yard?"

Bryan and I were cracking up! SO FUNNY! We all had a pretty great laugh!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Hey mom, the baby's gettin GAMEY

Luke, you cute little boy you. We LOVE your COPPER PENNY hair and those bright blue eyes of yours-your smile is infectios and your little voice is so sweet! But you my friend, are what we call GAMEY. You know the smell of something EARTHY like WILD GAME. Elk, Deer, Fish caught fresh from a mountain stream- I often catch your dad sticking his nose in your neck and exclaim

"Mary Jane, THIS BABY IS GETTING GAMEY."

We bathe you, we put johnson & Johnson baby lotion on you, and despite our best efforts-you still smell a little Gamey. WE LOVE YOU ANYWAY & we will redouble our efforts to make sure you are smelling as sweet as the Yellow ROSE of TEXAS- when we are out & about.