Pearly Whites

These pictures are for Grandma.

We went to the doctor today. Poor baby had 5 shots! Here are the 6-month stats:
21 lbs. 10 oz. (96th%)
29 inches long (98%)
Head is up to the 50th%

Lauree's Daily Thoughts

I decided to add a new list to the sidebar of my blog. Since this is technically my journal I want to remember some of the little things that happen throughout my days with 5 kids. So this is kind of like Facebook posting, but it will be able to become part of my journal too.

Savannah's First Piano Lesson

Savannah has been begging me for the last few months to start playing the piano. She is finally reading well enough that I think she'll be okay with it. And I might as well start her now while she's excited about it. We had her first lesson yesterday and I have to say that it is so refreshing to do a lesson where the child is happy about it!!! Savannah has had the longest fingers ever since she was born, and I've always wondered if that would help her in playing the piano. Now we'll find out!

6 months old

Our sweet Landon is 6 months old today!!! He is celebrating by being really cranky while he gets new teeth. But I can still get some good smiles from him, even when he's grumpy.

Snake Storytime

Yesterday I took Connor to a special story time at the library. They have a pet snake there named "Ms. Rocksssssane." Connor loves to see the snake every time we go. Well this week it's the snake's birthday (14 years old in case you're wondering). Story time was all about snakes. Connor was SO excited.At the end they had all the kids make a line to put on hand sanitizer before touching the snake. You know, so the snake doesn't catch a cold from all the kids germs...I thought that part was funny. Connor was still excited.

Then they actually brought the real snake out and he freaked out. Huge tears welling up in his eyes and the saddest face you've ever seen. So he didn't pet the snake, but still had a fun time. As soon as he left the room he wiped his eyes, smiled, and said "Let's go get some books about anacondas!"

Buddies

Oh, and Dallin discovered tonight that Landon just cut his first two teeth today!

Fun weekend with family

My brother Steven and his family came for a short visit this weekend. They got here Friday afternoon (just a few hours after my mom left) and went back home this morning. Sarah even came with me to Book Club. It was fun to hang out with them and the kids loved having Max here. Thanks for the visit!

Classic Landon face...
Uncle Steven brought Dilly Bars from Dairy Queen. The kids said "This is the best treat ever!"

Landon getting some training in watching football...

He loves to play with faces...

More Wii...

This morning Savannah was sitting on the couch and Max climbed up next to Savannah and held her hand for a while. These two love each other so much. They played together the entire weekend.

The "coolest" kids in town

Last week it was freezing cold...literally. Whenever my mom comes to visit we have extreme weather, either super hot and humid or freezing cold. Dallin made icicles again, but this time they last for 3 days!!! The first day the kids came home from school and were SO excited to see them there. They played with the icicles for almost an hour. A few of the neighbor kids looked on jealously from afar. And many, many cars slowed at the weird phenomenon of only one yard covered with icicles.They made for great sword fights...that only last about 2 seconds until they broke.