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1. So today I was talking to the boys about how Derek is eating so much and he's going to catch up to Joseph! Joseph had to let us all know that Derek might get bigger than him, but he will ALWAYS be older! Then we got into the discussion about how all my siblings are taller than me, even the ones that I am older than and they chastised me for not eating enough when I was young and I tried to explain to them that I ate a lot, but just didn't get tall. 2. Joseph claims he can speak "baby". He's always translating for Grant and telling me what to say in "baby" when I want him to say milk, or other words Grant refuses to say. The other night he told everyone that his name had a "d" in it. We asked him to explain and he explained that in "baby" his name is "Doodah" so that means his name has a D in it! 3. Derek is obsessed with learning everything about everything and his latest obsession is science, specifically the human body. I have been reading him this book and we had just learned about the digestive system, so now he's always telling everyone (including guests we had over for dinner) to chew their food really good so they don't get a tummy ache! 4. Derek also got ants in the mail this week for his ant farm and he has been SOOO proud of his hard working ants! It's hard to keep up with boy! 5. We found out some good news this week from Aunt Katie. She finally has a baby in her tummy! When I told be boys they were jumping and shouting for joy (even Grant) and that night Derek said the prayer and of course blessed Aunt Sheri on her mission and that mommy would get a baby in her tummy. After he finished, right away he said, "I didn't have to pray for Aunt Katie to get a baby in her tummy because she already has one!" 6. So Derek has always been against any nicknames we give him, but we finally found one that he likes and it's "Derek Dependable" It's a perfect name for him and he's proud of it. So tonight we decided to give the other boys nicknames and we came up with "Joseph Courageous" and "King Grant" and Joseph named me "Nurse Mom" or "The Mad Scientists' helper" We are still working on Wayne's name.

funny story update

~We were playing a new game that Derek got for his birthday called "Beat the Parents" Here are some of the questions the boys tried to answer. (They did beat us by the way...) 1. Question: Who was first person to walk the moon? Answer by Derek: "Jesus!" 2. Question: How old do you have to be to vote in most countries? Answer by Joseph: "100!" ~So I volunteered at Joseph's school to teach this class called Jr. Achievement. I called Joseph up to play this game. He acted out a job, the class guessed what it was (car mechanic), then we gave him play money to go buy something. He could have picked a Nintendo, dog, house, food, or toy, but NO, what did MY son choose??? A COLLEGE DIPLOMA! I was a proud mom! He's teacher's pet even when his mom is teaching! He got his first report card. 97% in each subject and the teacher says he is such a hard worker! We are so proud of him and so happy to have a first child who is such a great example! ~Joseph and Derek also wrote letters to their teacher Ms. Wolan this weekend (Joseph's idea) Joseph's letter says, Dear Ms. Wolan, I love you so much. Thank you for all the work you give me. Love, Joseph Derek's letter says, "To: Ms. Wolan From: Derek I miss you so much because Jr. Achievement is over." We are going to look into seeing if I can volunteer to read to the class once a week or something. Derek made some cute friends in Joseph's class. There is this cute boy named Max with long red hair who loves for Derek to sit by him and is so sweet to him! ~This little old lady in our ward named Margie died this week. She was born deaf, but was always so sweet and happy. The boys got to know her pretty well because we visited sometimes and were good friends with her caregiver Faith. Anyway, on the way to church Joseph asked, "Where's Margie mom?" I said, "She's in heaven." He said, "No, her spirit is in heaven, where is her body?" We then explained that it is being flown to Utah where she will be buried next to her husband. He then said he was sad because he wouldn't get to see her body again. He's such a little tender heart! ~This week was the primary program. The boys read their parts. Derek read his like a speed boat going 100mph! They were so cute! ~Grant is finally adjusting to nursery! HOORAY!

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So I was getting Grant dressed and realized he had a rash so I left his diaper off and ran downstairs to grab cream. Well, sure enough the boys start screaming. MOM, Grant went stinkies on the carpet!!! I started heading upstairs and I could hear Joseph dry heaving. I told him, "Get AWAY from the stinkies! Don't throw up!" His response was, "Mom, (cough cough), I think I'm allergic to stinkies" Sure enough, Grant had smeared stinkies all over the carpet. Wow, destruction can happen fast when you are dealing with little boys!

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1. Wayne gave a lesson for family night on faith and testimony. We decided to have the boys practice bearing their testimony. Wayne and I went first and then Joseph went. His went something like this, "I'd like to bear my testimony that I love church because of German pancakes and crepes." Well, it was hard not to laugh, but when we did he looked at us like, "I'm serious, why are you laughing?" He continued on to bear a normal testimony after with your typical, "the prophet is true, the scriptures are true..." Afterwards, we realized that he associated German pancakes and crepes with Sunday because that's the day we usually make them. It was so funny! Derek followed up by bearing his testimony. His also started out funny. "I'd like to bear my testimony that when we eat we need to keep the table clean and not make messes!"(We had just had a family council on this) He was also super serious and then went on to bear a normal testimony. I seriously couldn't help it! I was laughing so hard! 2. So Grant is really starting to enjoy books. He loves animal books and of COURSE cars, trucks, and train books. Yesterday he found a lightening McQueen book and was pointing to a page and and said "Oh Wow!" Then he turned the page and AGAIN, "Oh wow!" he just kept going and going. "Oh wow!" It was so cute! 3. Also yesterday, I was reading books to Derek and my eyes started getting heavy so after I finished I dozed off on the couch. Derek went off to play computer games and Grant was just in the family room playing with cars and trains. Well, I fell into a deeper sleep than expected and when I woke up, the house was silent. I went in and asked Derek where Grant was, he had no idea. I went upstairs and finally found him in the office with another car book. He didn't see me, but I saw him pointing to each car and saying, "Car, brrrrroooom, car, brrrooom, car, brroooom," over and over and over. I was thinking, how long has he been doing this? 4. So yesterday Derek told me he had a dream that I had a baby in my tummy. Well, not true, YET. Hopefully it's a vision of things to come;)