Head Pick-up Hiccups

Last night Sariah informed me that she had hiccups and that when she laid her head on a chair and then hiccuped, the hiccup would pick up her head.

I'm always looking for an opportunity to be sarcastic or play a joke, so I ran with it.

I said excitedly to Joseph, "Oh no, she has the head pick-up hiccups. You better take her to the hospital."

Joseph, to Sariah, "Go get some socks. We gotta go!"

Sariah runs to her room.

Joseph said, "Oh! Never mind, we don' t have time for socks, we've got to get to the emergency room!"

They run to the door where the shoes are kept and Joseph can't stop himself from laughing so the joke is over.

But, the really funny part was that Sariah's hiccups were over too!

Birfday Boys

Our two youngest boys have birthdays close together. It was a days-long hectic t-shirt and cupcake making fiasco! We have way too much fun around here, I tell you.

Elijah chose the cover of his "Travels of Thelonious" book for his t-shirt. The phone rang while I was working on coloring Elijah's shirt. I left the room with Brigham sitting at the table. I had that little feeling that says, "Don't leave markers with two year old." I did it anyway and you can see Brigham's addition of green marker in the "O."

(happy about something he opened)

And panda cupcakes from the book "Hello, Cupcake." These were a hit at school.




Brigham got the cover of "Red Truck" on his shirt.



If you've never read "The Missing Piece" by Shel Silverstein,



you might not get Brigham's cupcakes. Even if you have, you might not get it, but Brigham lovingly called this whole scene his "birfday." All he really asked for was the ladybugs. The rest was just to keep me entertained. Again, most of the ideas came out of "Hello, Cupcake."






The kids made Brigham's wrapping paper, drawing all of his favorite vehicles from his Hot Wheels collection and from books.


Brigham got some new car j's.



My favorite memories from this birthday season were:

1) One night I went and laid in bed with Brigham for a few minutes and filled him in on what his birthday would mean (turning 3, cake, presents). It was such pleasure to see his face light up over and over again.

2) Watching Elijah open his presents and get everything he put on his list. He was so excited!

P.S. This is a cute little orchard oriole that visited our house for a few days. No relation to the birthdays, but he deserves a place on the blog. Miss that bird!