Today...

Aside from being constantly sick and not getting much sleep, we are still plenty busy. Here is what today has looked like so far...

I woke Brian up at his usual 5:00 "start the day" time. He took off to the local club on his bike, in 5 new inches of snow. What a man! While he was gone I busied myself preparing for the day. Scrubbed both bathrooms, the kitchen floor, put the dishes away that were in the dishwasher, prepared a delicious, healthy breakfast. (I am REALLY into that lately.) Checked KSL for the latest local news and weather, then Bri got home and we sat down and ate while he told me about breaking his own personal record... He swam 140 laps in under 40 minutes! Congrats Bri. That is pretty good if you ask me.

I woke Mav up at 6:30 so he could get started on his piano practice. We have come to the conclusion that we are letting him waste his genius by allowing him to sleep until 9:00 everyday, so now during those extra hours in the morning we have busied him with piano, flute, and trumpet practice, not to mention that he is now getting VERY good at tap dancing. I am so proud of him! Oprah called last week wanting him to be on her show, but I'm just not sure I am ready to do that to him yet. All in good time.

Slater woke-up around 7:00 and I got him started on his word pronunciation flashcards. He is already saying such words as Mommy, Daddy, Maverick, counter top, aluminum and linoleum. I have been trying to focus his attention on sentence structure, but he is struggling a bit with that. Maybe next week.

By 7:30 we pulled out the scriptures and Mav read Isaiah to us. He is really starting to grasp those concepts so well. It is true that "we shall be taught by the youth of the church." Their little spirits are just full of so much truth and knowledge!

At 7:50 Brian was back on the bike and headed to work. He really is loving his new job, and they have already been so impressed with his work that they came to him yesterday wanting to give him a 50 % raise! But you know Brian, always humble... He said he could only except a 25% raise for now. He still feels he needs to prove himself a bit more. So a 25% raise will have to do for now.

Mav, Slater, and I spent the remainder of the morning until nap time reading books, oil painting, counting to 100 in Japanese, French, and Portuguese, making 8 grain bread, and talking about star formations. I love being a mommy!

Bri rode home for lunch, so I took off on my afternoon 10 mile jog. I'm busy training for that marathon I keep wanting to do. This time I'm REALLY gonna do it! 20 minutes later when I returned, we ate some delicious turkey sandwiches on our healthy, newly made bread. Then Maverick serenaded us with Beethoven's 5th symphony, which lulled little Slater right to sleep. Sweet boy! Then Mav gleefully marched himself up to his bed, where he is still soundly sleeping. Bri rode back to work, and I am indulging myself in the seldom occurring "blog time" I am usually too busy reading the classics to trifle with such things, or taking a nap myself, because with baby number 3 on it's way I am just SOOO tired! Yes, that's right, I just broke the news to Brian today, so I figured I could tell the rest of the world too. 3 kids under 3 years old craziness here we come...

Well, There is just a glimpse into our little world. I hope you are having a great April Fool's day too!