Primary Songs Rock!

My wonderful husband gave me an early Mothers Day present this week! That's right a gently used sewing machine. And I seriously couldn't be more excited :) I have been wanting one forever. I keep finding patterns and things that I want to make and my friends were getting sick of me using their machines :) Now I finally have my own. Complete with a nifty sewing basket. Kevin came home with it after work one day and the next day I was looking for stuff around the house that I could sew. Haha. So I mended some stuff and threw some quick crafts together. The machine works like a charm the only downside is that it may smell a little bit like pot. Haha. Nothin some lysol wipes couldn't fix though. But it was pretty funny. So excited! I'm sure you can look forward to me showing off some sweet crafts I make in the near future!

New found talent...

Ok so I am going to toot my own horn but I seriously had no idea I had this in me. The last time I tried to sketch a person was in 7th grade art class. I had a picture of my dad that I was supposed to draw and needless to say it was pretty much an epic fail. I wish I had the picture, (pretty sure I could scrounge it up at my parents house, I know it's there somewhere. haha) it seriously looks like a deranged alien monkey boy. It doesn't look anything like the original picture. So after that failed attempt, I deemed myself a horrible draw-er (pretty sure thats not a word) and never tried to draw anything lifelike ever again. But the other night me and Kevin some how started talking about our artistic ability and decided to try and sketch each other. They didn't turn out very lifelike either but the next day I decided I was going to find a picture and try to draw it and to my amazement this is what the finished product looked like. I was seriously shocked! 

I was really proud of myself when Calum pointed to the picture the next day and said Dada. Later we realized that he says that about most anything he points to and still doesn't quite realize that it means dad. Haha. But anyway I had to share and I guess I'd better start to cultivate my new found talent.

Ok, enough about me, on to the good stuff...

We had a good week. Although we were all kind of sick this week we managed to find ourselves a new apartment closer to Kevin's work. It is still an old apartment like the one were in now but we're excited because there's a little more space, it's in a nicer area and it'll be less of a commute. Hooray!

Calum has figured out how to push the buttons on the microwave, throw mini tantrums where he kicks his legs and flails his body... not so fun. He will stick his face in the bath tub and try to blow bubbles, and on occasion you can catch him trying to whistle. It's pretty cute :) He has gotten more snuggly with us over the last few months which is really fun but that also means that sometimes he thinks he should be rocked back to sleep which is not so fun. All in all he's the cutest kid I know and we love him tons and tons!

So in primary when the kids learn songs they usually have pictures to help them remember the words. As I was looking at the pictures/videos this week I couldn't help but think they fit so perfectly with one of my favorite primary hymns. So I am going to share my improvised version of the song with visual aids :)

Whenever I hear the song of a bird... Click Here 

 Or look at the blue blue sky...

Whenever I feel, bark on my face :)

 Or the wind as it rushes by...

Whenever I touch a piney cone..

Click Here Or WALK ...

By a lilac tree...

I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world, Heavenly Father Created for me!

 And if that didn't make you smile heres a clip of Calum trying to drink out of a cup.

Click Here

 Hope you have a good week! I know we will :)

Idaho

This week me and Calum were bribed with plane tickets to Boise. Who could pass that up? Not this Idaho girl thats for sure. We had lots of fun visiting family, friends and playing with cousins. Calum loved being around all the kids, he thought he was a big boy.

...but he wasn't to sure about some of the adults. That what the tears are all about here. Haha. Don't get me wrong he loves his aunts and uncles, but when he was tired and an unfamiliar face would come talk to him he got a little upset... ahem Cody W.

But as always he loved playing with his Mamma and Papa.

Finley got a little jealous of Calum hangin out with her Papa so she had to come join in the fun.

 We got to visit great grandma Ramey. (Calum is wiping Eva's nose off here. We didn't show him what to do he just started doing it. It was so funny!)

We also got to meet cousin Bowman for the first time ever. Calum seriously loved him. Kept giggling and moving his arms. He may have accidentally whacked him a time or two. I guess thats pay back from Eva beating up on him :)

Some of my nieces and nephews were on spring break, we got a little bored and had to get creative with activities. Here we are doing our rendition of Fear Factor. We would mix 4 ingredients together and the taster had to try and determine what was in it. Some of the concoctions were nastier (Riley) than others. But we had fun plotting and tasting. 

Calum got really good at giving high fives this week. Here he is practicing with Papa.

 After watching all the big kids running around, Calum decided that he was no longer a baby and started being brave. He learned to climb up onto this castle all by himself and slide down. He thought it was so fun, he kept doing it over and over.

All in all it was a good little visit. Calum did great on the plane but was glad to get home to his Daddy.

The crazy "Hood"lums reunited! 

Calum did catch a bit of a cold while we were there. But that doesn't stop him from being the silly boy he is. Yesterday I was in the kitchen and he nudged my leg and jabbered as if to say "Mom look at me." I looked down to see Calum with the strainer on his head. I laughed and he laughed. He kept it on his head for a few minutes and was laughing and being a little ham the whole time.

He has been a messy little eater lately. And is becoming more picky. If he doesn't get what he wants he'll spit it out or throw it. He is also reverting to the "I like to put things in my mouth stage." We had dinner at a friends house on Sunday and  he had a pair of Polly Pocket pants in his mouth. I took them out and then he tried to eat my face. It cracked me up. But seriously, such a punk. I think maybe some more teeth are coming in or something. But he is still super cute and we love him tons and tons.

Easter Fun

Here comes peter cotton tail, hoppin down the bunny trail, hippity hoppity Calum's so happy today! This is just one of the many renditions of this song that I have sung to Calum this past week. Confession: I change words to songs and sing them almost daily. It is one of my many talents :) Another one of my favorites is "Lets go fly a kite!" and my mothers classic Beep boppa do song. I am a singer, not a good one by any means. But I sing/narrate my life and Calum loves it, I don't know if I can say the same for Kevin. There's a "How I met your mother" Episode where there point out each others annoying habits and Marshall's was singing/narrating, I totally related. Although my songs rhyme most of the time and are to a familiar tune. But if you ever see that episode, you can laugh and think of me, and how my life should be a musical :)

Anyway. I just thought I'd share that little revealing bit about myself and tell you that we had a great week leading up to easter and a fabulous easter sunday. I loved how the church posted little blips about Jesus's week before the resurrection. It really helped me to focus on the true meaning and how grateful I am for my Savior and his sacrifice for me!  

So like I said, it snowed here last Tuesday and I had to run some errands so I bundled Calm up in his little snow suit, he didn't love it. But at least he was cozy.

We had a picnic and a mini easter egg hunt with some of our friends at a park on Saturday. Only one of them could really hunt for the eggs. And the second we put them out other kids in the park swarmed to try and weasel some candy out of us. Lucia was kind enough to share :)

Calum, on the prowl

Calum snuck a kiss from this little lady. They were sitting there together and Calum kissed her on the cheek! All of us (besides her dad) thought it was so cute! haha. Calum you stud muffin you.

Easter morning checking out the loot!

My cute boys Easter morning. (I made that little bow tie for Calum. haha)

Kevin got me some Easter flowers that kind of matched my get up :)

Calum liked the flowers too

Sunday night we got together with some of our friends for an awesome meal. Thanks again Swapps for hosting such a stellar get together. Calum was a little tired but he had fun terrorizing their living room and pulling all of their movies out. 

Cute little Foulger cousins :)

All in all it was a great Easter week and we topped it off with a test run in the new jogger!

Before...

After...

He looks like a goofus here but he really loved it. Summer here we come! "Summertime and the livins easy." See there I go again with my songs.

The Best Part of Waking up, is Foulger's in Your Tent!

Weather in Denver is crazy!! It is snowing today and Saturday it was in the 80's. Thursday my friend Michelle called me up with a sheer genius plan to go camping Friday night. You know since it was going to be ridiculously hot. I told her we would love to brave the great outdoors if we could figure out a sleeping situation for Calum, and figure we did. 

Now we have a four man tent, but with our queen sized air mattress there is no way we could fit a pack and play in their with us. So we busted out the tents just to check it out and see what we were working with.

Calum, of course, was a little scared when dad first whipped it out. But once we got it set up he loved his giant fort in the living room. When it was clear we weren't all going to fit, we set up our second tent. It's a two man and the pack and play would fit snugly inside. So what we ended up doing was fashioning the two together and making a six man tent. It was pretty sweet. Although Calum only slept in the pack and play for a few hours and at about 2 am he decided he'd rather sleep with mom and dad. All and all it was not the most restful night sleep we've had but it was an adventure.

Aimsley and Calum tried out the new bike trailer. Aimsley didn't mind it too much the first day but the second day she didn't have much fun at all  :(

 It was really nice to get out and cruise around the camp ground and by the lake. 

Cousinly Love :)

Finding rocks and eating breakfast, nothing better!

It was a good little trip. We had tin foil dinners and a campfire (even though there may have been a fire ban in affect...) rode bikes and got to listen to our awesome neighbors all night long :) It really was fun though. Thanks for the last minute camping trip Foulger's!

So Kevin found this sweet biking helmet for Calum at Goodwill last week. Kevin was watching Calum while I was at a therapy session for my wrist (oh yes, my wrist is still being dumb and now I get to go in once a week for therapy. Cross your fingers that it will get better so I don't have to get another shot, or worse have surgery!). But anyway, when I came home, I walked in the door to find this cute boy with his awesome helmet. He had a mouth full of what I think was crackers, he started doing what I have termed as his happy scream (this yell/growl thing he does when he's excited) and shaking his fists because he was so excited to se me. It was the cutest thing. It made me so happy and I wish I had it on film. It seriously made my day. Love the helmet. Good find dad :)

On another note, Calum has become a little Houdini. He now can open our sliding glass door and our screen door and venture out onto the balcony all by himself. And of course the lock on the door is broken and instead of fixing it they just stuck a metal pole in to lock it, but that doesn't stop Calum. He thinks that is his light saber and loves to pull that out and swing it around and hit things with it. So of course I have had to hide that and now I end up blocking the door with anything I can find so he doesn't escape.

In addition to escaping he has also learned how to disappear! This is one such occasion. He thinks he's pretty awesome climbing up on dads tools box :) Naughty.

He is also a great balancer. It is kind of hard to see but he is sitting on a teeny building block. He sat like this for a while and it was cracking me up. 

Other eventful things this week, we finally installed our forward facing car seat. Calum loves it. On our first ride he just smiled the whole time and he'd laugh every time I would turn around and look at him. Calum took a step last night. Haha. He was standing up all by himself and took one step and grabbed onto the couch. We were so proud. haha. He has also started clapping a lot. For no real reason he'll just start clapping. He loves it. I even heard him in his bed this morning just clapping away and lovin it. He's such a fun boy and I can't wait to see what tricks he pulls out of his hat next week!