Happy 5th Birthday Samuel! (Oct 2011)

I had a little birthday party for Samuel back in October last year. I didn't know about the rule of number of guest with number of years... Therefore, there were 7 kiddoes plus Samuel and Benjamin. However, it wasn't too bad, with the help of one of the parents who stayed and my mother-in-law, we made it work.

Few months ago we had read one of Curious George's books (the pizza party); since then, he knew he wanted to do a pizza party.

 All the kids enjoyed their creation and gladly ate it! Some tried making different shapes but at the end, all that matter was the toppings.

Later came the "little cake", since we made it Star Wars theme, the cake was too. the figurines were only $5.00 at the local grocery store's bakery. So we were lucky everything ended up cheap. Even the party favors were on sale for 0.25 cents at target! So were the Star Wars gummies.

 Samuel got Star Wars legos, a baseball mitt and ball, Nerf football, puzzles, a Star Wars giant book and a different kind of book. It is called the "answered prayer", which tells the story of the BYU vs UT game in 2006, when Samuel was verily a month old. He absolutely enjoyed it! Also, I had been doing some felt quite books (still not done), and thought of making him some star wars finger puppets. It took me a while since I couldn't do it while they were awake (since it was a surprise). But I finished them and was glad with my work. I only made 7, and thought that was more than enough. He liked them (thankfully) and had fun with Benjamin playing with them.

They all had a great time, and two hours went by so fast with this bunch. We are excited for our 5-year-old going on 12. He is so logical, loves to rationalize and analyze everything. Self taught himself how to read, loves numbers, countries and now he is fascinated with China, and has stopped wanting to learn Spanish because he rather learns Chinese.
He also, is such a noble and thoughtful little guy. Always careful with baby Daniel, and making sure he is a good helper. He also is so spiritual, always reminding us if we lose something or cant decided something to pray about it. He loves the scriptures, and his favorite now is Samuel the Lamanite from the book of Mormon. Loves sports, especially basketball and football. Cant have enough Jimmer Fredette either. (teach them young...) We are blessed to have this little giant with us, we love you Samuel!

Happy 3rd Birthday Benjamin! (sept 2011)

We had our big family trip mid September 2011 and Benjamin's birthday was right towards the end of it. Therefore, the week before the trip, I made some cupcakes while playgroup with the other moms and kids from our Church to sing to him. He enjoyed it and so did his friends.

The last day of our trip was Saturday September 17th, which was his actual birthday. That day we were in Provo, UT for a football game. Right before the game we went to the "cougareat" and sang to him and gave him some yummy guava cake (from bamboo hut). He was getting a little confused on the age he was turning but he got it. He even shared cake with Samuel.

He got few gifts. The one he was the most excited about was a little Book of Mormon so he could had "scriptures" to take to Church. It made me feel "fuzzy" inside.  He was excited to get candy, a cougar car, squirts toys, and a cool medium size bouncy ball which lit up when hit. We were so excited to be together as a family when this 3rd annual event happened. We are so blessed to have such an energetic and full of joy kid, who reminds us hourly of the joy of life and of the little moments. He is always doing something goofy to make us laugh. I adore this kid, because even though, he lives by the minute (not seeing the consequences of his actions), he is always so happy and cheers me up frequently.

Jevne, party of 6!

I think I am ready to blog more often again.
We had the surprised to find out we are expecting again! We, (really me) were thinking on a spring baby, since our 3 kids were september and october babies, plus to make the "environment" more enjoyable for my mom to come (selfish, convinient). Therefore, we were not to try yet. But life happens, and it is definetly at our pace or how we want. Heavenly Father knows best, so... why not a Christmas or New Year baby?
I have no clue of exact due date, since I havent gone to the OBGYN yet, but soon we will.
I have to admitt that even though, I already have 3 boys, 3 pregnancies, 3 births; the thought of being pregnant again seems as whimsical as the first time (except with a lot of memories and background on the matter). Motherhood is such a special "state", strong feelings full of the energy and emotion that only hormones or my 3-year-old Benjamin can cause.
I have so many little unfinished projects, so many in process to start.. But this just adds a spice to all. Even though, I am not looking forward the all-day-vomitting for the next 3 months; I am looking forward see my belly grow because life is growing inside of me, and see my three little boys enjoy it with me.
Funny comments of the week:
(During breakfast, nobody talking..) Benjamin: "Mom, I dont want baby (18-month-old Daniel) anymore, I want a dog!"
Samuel: "wow, more kids! What are we going to do with 4 kids and only one highchair?"
(we asked what they wanted if a girl or boy) Samuel: "I want a boy, so we can play evenly!"  Benjamin: "I want both, a girl and a boy!"