with that declaration means that I will not even be trying to get dressed or clean house or look at my “to do list”. I do need to get my lesson finished up for Relief Society but that is the ONLY productive goal for the day. I have had a successful “lazy” morning. The kids and I are just vegging out. TV, books, singing, and kids running around. My baby needs me, hold on …  OK I’m back and I admit that I am still being lazy but… I did do the dishes and I had to get the kids some food.

My brother Josh and his wife and child came over last night! They are visiting from CA. We had dinner and watched football while playing ‘Ticket to Ride’,’ Nertz’, and ‘Hand and Foot’. The boys ran around with their cousin Payton and ended the night with a wrestling match. Cali went to bed early (smiley face) ( I don’t like the smileys that my blog does or else I would put one here). Ben joined us after Scouts. I love hanging out with family!

Yesterday was also Day O’ Boggle. It was Erica’s b-day and we are both on a Boggle kick so that is what we did. I did not win but I have improved my game in the last 2 weeks (another smiley face).

Packer is a crazy Orange eater. He wakes up begging for an orange. Most of the time I don’t have an orange to give him but when I do he is in orange heaven and eats it all plus a little peel. He is definitely in his terrible two’s. He whines instead of talks and is grumpy 50% of the day – we all hope this phase ends soon.

Benji is enjoying school, he loves the learning part and it seems to be helping socially. On Teddy Bear Day he didn’t have a teddy so I told him to choose a different animal to take. He ended up choosing the monkey because it looked most like a bear. He said that everyone laughed cause he didn’t bring a bear but that it was ok.Yesterdays story was that one of the girls told the other girl that she couldn’t play ‘ring around the rosy’ with them and so she was sad. hmmm.

And Cali is in the super cute stage. She is always smiling and laughing and climbing up and down the stairs and following the fun. She loves food but still nurses a little and I can finally just put her in her bed for naps and bedtime and with not too much fussing she falls asleep. She is fascinated with the balloon today and is getting steadier on her feet. She gets plenty of love around here.