Category: Life

(Do you love the goggles on his head while he sleeps? Funny boy!) So I forgot about this phase where dreams are reality in their little minds, and poor Truman cannot differentiate between the two of them. Luckily for us, we have not had too many wake up screaming in the night, nightmares; but it has been interesting to listen to Trumans comments over the past few days. He has said a couple of things, that I know he believes that are obviously dreams, here are my favorites.
1–We were driving in our car early one morning, when Truman said, Hurray, there is not a big hole in the car, daddy fixed it! Yeah for daddy.
2–Truman woke up and had eaten breakfast before Tucker had awoken. When Tucker came up the stairs, he said, “Tucker’s alive! He fell in hole, and then in a mud, and then in a tree, but now he is alive! Hurray!”
The other thing that cracks me up is somehow we have gotten in a silly game/pattern of pretending to be asleep. I don’t know how it started, but it is a funny game. The whole family is involved, and quite frequently the boys will rush down to bed at night, lay down, and say…”Honk, Shoe, Honk, Shoe” Pretending to be asleep. When an adult enters the room, we joke saying, “Oh good, the boys are asleep, we don’t need to read stories” And then the boys begin giggling…
These boys keep us smiling.

So Wednesday Night we had our first trip to the E.R. for Stitches, and now my sweet Tucker has some stiches on his head.
I was not home when it happened, and in fact, not being so made me so much more grateful for my sweet hubba. I cannot believe how incredibly calm and collected he was, and how well he handled it. (This is coming from me who freaks out easily when it comes to the little boys in my life).
So how did it happen? I guess Tucker ran downstairs to hide, when it was time for bed. He decided our little “jump-o-line’ (like a very small square trampoline with a bar for holding onto when you jump), would be the perfect place to hide under. He lifted it up, climbed under, then it slipped and smacked him on the head.
Head wounds bleed a lot. And apparently it did. Toph did a video conference with his mom, who thought the wound looked deep and might need stitches (thanks mom, what did we do before technology?) Then he called me, and headed to the E.R. (having been there a few times, we know that it takes about 30 minutes plus to get checked in, and into the ER), so I tried to tie up what I was doing, and headed to the E.R.
I arrived there to see 2 smiling bouncing boys in there jammies. Besides the hot pink bandage that was tied circled around Tuckers head, I wouldn’t have know there was even a problem. He was laughing and smiling, and telling me all about the fish that were in the tank. Toph had already pre-registered him, and Truey and Tucker were just happily skipping around.
We eventually made it back, where Tucker was given some shots to numb the area. That was the worst part. Tucker is terrified of shots….he screamed so loud and painfully that both Toph and I teared up. But after the shots were done, while he was getting sewn up, he chatted away with the nurses and doctors, and quite enjoyed himself. Since that point, he has told everyone about his stitches, and tells them “It is just a short story”…
All in all, when ever anything happens, it makes you grateful to have healthy, happy boys. I am also grateful we have made it over 5 years with active, bouncy boys and this is the first time we have had to go the E.R. for stitches. Hopefully it will be 5 more before we have to go back again.

I love this site. The illustrations are darling, and I LOVE the creativity it encourages:
Take a look at our Fam–
Tucker:



Truman:

Me: (I’m not too wild! 🙂 )

(Toph hasn’t made one for himself yet…but hopefully will soon, right hubba?)

On Saturday we headed to Logan-town to watch conference and celebrate Rhonda’s Birthday!
The car ride is long enough to get there that we have to bring things to entertain the boys, I love that Truman came out ready for the ride

And while traveling, Tucker entertained himself by swinging some beads around his head. After a few minutes of this, he asked the question, “Why am I not flying?”

One of my favorite places in Logan is Gossner Cheese, because of Squeeky Cheese! We stopped there, had some free samples, and of course picked us up a good supply of cheese, including squeeky cheese. Yum.

Of course the boys loved it too! What’s not to love about a food that squeeks when you eat it?

An important Phillips Family Conference Tradition is Omelets on Sunday Morning, here are some cooks (Somehow I didn’t get any actual pictures of the omelets, maybe next year!):
Em and Dad

Matt and Dad Cooking ’em up:

Toph:

Mom and Ava:

Playing Cousins (and aunt Cat):


Dallin:

Matchy Matchy Cat and Tuck:

Pirate Candy Math Owen:

The boys spend a majority of the weekend on the tramp…jumping there little heads off–

I love Conference Time–I love hearing Counsel from our Leaders, it is especially wonderful once you become a parent. It is harder to listen, granted, but they also provide wonderful insight into parenting! Already looking forward to the Ensign!

So, I am not a big fan of April Fools, but the boys and I decided it would be fun to ‘surprise’ dad with fun April Fools dinner that we saw in the Family Fun Magazine (I got a subscription for an awesome Christmas present from my awesome brother-in-law, Thanks Again, Brian!)…
So we told Toph we were having strawberry pie for dinner, which is partly true–we were having pie…

Shepherds Pie.
The boys enjoyed playing a trick on Toph, and Truman even got a little tricked himself–Even though he helped me and Tuck make it, he was a little sad when he realized we weren’t having pie. I guess it’s hard to understand everything when you’re three years old. 🙂

Truman got a new swing for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Phillips, and Truman wanted it up….after a trip to the hardware store, Toph was ready to hang it, little did I know how he was going to do that….Look at this:





And done…

Yeah, I am the luckiest woman alive….now I know where my children get there ‘part monkey’ genetics from….
Once it was hung, we had to try it out…
Truman of course was first, it was his birthday present after all…


Tucker couldn’t wait to get on it, but soon was swinging so high, and off he went,


Then Truman jumped on again….


To help with the learning process with the swing, it is like 2 inches from the ground, perfect for the little legs to get on, and closer to the ground when they fall! Can you tell by the huge smiles on their faces that they love it? Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa Phillips, Truman and Tucker will have HOURS of fun on the swing!

Toph took the boys to the Phillips Last weekend to participate in the Phillips Family Easter Celebrations, here are some of the wonderful pics he and my sis-in-law Em took.
Hanging out with the cousins




Dying the Easter Eggs
Trubee


Tuck Man


Everyone

Cutie Madalyn

Riding in the car up to throw the eggs down the hill


Have you seen a bigger smile?


Throwing the Eggs down the hill
(please note, I STILL don’t understand this tradition of throwing eggs, but the boys love it! )

Walking down the Hill



Easter Egg Hunt
Waiting to begin


Team Work

Truman

Tuck

Silly Tuck by his tree

The spoils

Grandma

Grandpa

Uncle Patrick and Paul

Madalyn–look at that sweet face…

Patrick

Trumans Last Birthday Party
Opening Presents

He got a new orange ball!

A new lightening shirt (that he wants to wear all the time! Ka-Chow!!)

Ava sleeping….

Bubbles

And another tradition…the hot dog roast…

And what is a holiday without traditions? Now this years traditions have been recorded.