HO-MAWK

I know that I am always blogging about all the funny things my kids do and say, Sorry. It makes me smile, it might make you smile too..
Yesterday Cailtin was telling me that I needed to fix Ryan's hair in a HO-MAWK. :) I love it. It is still making me laugh. Faux-Hawk, or Mohawk. I am not sure which she was going for, but it came out HOMAWK. Hee Hee

Getting Rid of the Skunks....well trying too.....

So, we still have the skunks. Mark called animal control, which turned out to be the local police department. They wouldn't come out and take care of the skunks for us, but they offered Mark a free trap so that we could catch them ourselves. OOHHHHH GOODY! Is anyone else laughing hysterically at this point? So he picked up the trap and brought it home. He then realized we needed to bait it. With what? A quick search on the internet lead us to these options....

1.CHICKEN ENTRAILS

2.CRACKNELS

3.FISH

4.FRESH INSECT LARVAE

5.BREAD CRUST COATED IN PEANUT BUTTER

WHAT THE????????? I quickly voted for bread and peanut butter. The other stuff totally grossed me out! eeccckkk. Ryan, Cait and Mark set the trap. Placed it in the yard. Then Mark covered the trap with a large beach towel. The police told him that a skunk won't spray what it can't see. Gut instinct tells me that isn't right. But I am not an expert. SOOO now the waiting begins...........

Next morning all the bread and pb were gone, the trap had not sprung. HMMMM. I think we might have skunks come spring, because if we don't catch them soon, they will hibernate in the yard. (Atleast in Over The Hedge they hibernate).

I am not concerned we haven't caught the skunks. I am more concerned about what we will do when we DO catch the skunks. We will have to catch them one at a time. And release them one at a time. Which means we will be taking atleast 4 trips to 'the wild' to let them go. In what I ask? We don't have a truck, and neither Mark or I want a live skunk in our cars. HMMM. Any suggestions?

Liberty Days Performance

Josh had his first big band performance last week. The concert was centered around "being proud to be an American". Josh and another fellow trumpeter got to perform Taps in honor of all the veterans in the audience. It was such a great night!! Josh really loves his music. It was so fun to watch him perform. We are so proud of you Josh!!

The last few days of Ryan's of adventures.....

Oh Ryan. We love you soooo.

We just can't keep up with you!!!!

I thought Ryan was out in the backyard playing with the other kids. He wasn't. I found him in the playroom with a black sharpie (his favorite drawing tool).

BUSTED!

The blue walls are now decorated with Ryan's art - So are his cheeks, and his shirt and his belly etc. I quickly removed the marker and escorted him outside to play with the other kids. :)

Ryan was in the tub. I checked on him every 2 minutes while I cleaned the kitchen. Well, I checked on him again, the curtain was closed around the tub and when I pulled it back, this is what I found..... Ryan covered his eyes-figuring I wouldn't see the mess if I couldn't see him.

BUSTED!

These items were in the basket along with 2 full rolls of toilet paper that had disentegrated in the tub water. Yuck!

See no evil.

Here we see Ryan in Josh's room with the fish tank....yes, he has dumped the tank upside down all over Josh's desk. He had a great time playing with the little orange rocks. I did not have a great time cleaning it up. It took forever!

BUSTED! Ryan has also been spinning around on the kitchen table, getting into the peanut butter jar when I wasn't looking, hiding in my closet rearranging all the shoes. I took him with me to church to set up for a Relief Society Dinner. He unset the tables as I set them. AAAHHHH!!!Where does he get the energy? I need some of it!!!!

I think Ryan should have his own reality show, and a series of Ryan adventure books. He is awesome.

Don't can butter!!!!!!

Okay, so after research and informative emails from my awesome mom, I have found out that you can't and shouldn't can butter. Sorry! I am very sad about that!!

You Can Can

I am so excited! I just found a blog about random things that can be canned in jars, and guess what.....You Can Can Butter!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOO! I can't wait to try it!!!!!! youcancan.blogspot.com

The Hawk

I was getting Ryan dressed yesterday morning, and I told him next we would do his hair. He was excited to get his hair done, which is not normal at all. Usually he fights me, so I don't do his hair very often. When I got him up on the counter and sprayed his hair with water he said, "I want a Hawk." I thought about it for a minute before I realized he was asking me to style him with A MOHAWK. This kid gets funnier everyday.
Later in the day, he was talking about his eagle. What? Then I made the connection between his Hawk and his Eagle, How he made it at 2 is amazing! Ryan is a very smart little boy. Our conclusion is that his favorite show Diego is teaching him good stuff!!

Breakfast Ryan Style

Ryan is very crafty, and sneaky, and sweet, and adorable. So when I found Ryan the morning after halloween sitting by a pile of candy and 2 suckers hanging out of his mouth, how could I be mad? Too cute! (and sticky!)