eating dirt is a delicacy...especialy with a nibble of chalk

We spent all day soaking up the sun...







...playing hopscotch...




...we even borrowed next door dog.

Who is the boss???

Claire wears the pants in most relationships. She is quite bossy and usually gets her way. We had some quick guests the other night and before they left in the morning Claire insisted that Tim play beauty parlor and watch Cinderella. I can't believe he went along. He did however put his foot down when it came to dress ups. She couldn't get him to put on a tutu. You are a good sport Timmy.

Randomness...

I found this note in Brad's Backpack and had to share. He wrote it to his Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Burningham




Translation:
I love you
I the...(? not sure he gets distracted easily)
This is lots of fun
I love everybody
I have a lots of stuff in my brain



This last weekend we went to SLC to hang out with our families. We left early Saturday morning so the boys could go golfing. We must have brought Cache Valley's climate with us because Sandy got 6 inches of snow. I was hoping to bust out my flip flops since everyone else has been raving about the balmy weather in SLC. Oh well. While the boys were gone I took the kids to Chili's with Myrna, Kamie and Tori. Brad said he was having a great "bacation" so far. I think it is cute that he calls a trip to SLC a vacation.



In the afternoon we went to Desert Star Playhouse in Murray to see the Twilight Spoof. We laughed a lot...mostly at each other. After the play we ended up at my parents house for dinner and desert. We laughed there too.



On Sunday we spent the day with Randy's family. I let Brad have the camera and he documented every second of the day. I have hundreds of pictures. Everyone is lucky I didn't post the extreme close ups he took. I have a picture of someone's nostril. I don't know who it was but I hope they didn't get injured by having a camera rammed up their nose. Randy's mom made a Texas sheet cake and an oatmeal cake then Kamie brought ice cream and homemade chocolate sauce. I had desert 4 times on Sunday and it was worth every calorie.

Monday morning we went and saw Dr Shakula for Brad's yearly exam. Everything looked great. He is still in the 100% for height and only 60% for weight. Height vs. weight only the 5%. He is still a bean pole. He was mortified to have to pee in a cup. He got potty shy. I don't get it...he pees all over the yard, all over the toilet seat, piddles on the bathroom floor, and when we are camping the whole forest is his urinal. He couldn't squeeze out one little drop.




This weeks weather has been so mild. We are finally catching up with Salt Lake forecasts. The snow is almost all gone. With the snow melting comes the mud. Our kids are in heaven. It is so nice to have something to entertain them. You can only play Candy-land so many times during one winter. It gives me camping fever.

I used to have a reason to celebrate March

March offers several occations to celebrate

- St Patrick’s Day
- Dr Seuss’s Birthday
- National Red Cross Month
- Barbie’s Birthday
- Daylight Savings
- Ides of March
- Johnny Appleseed Day
- Big Bird’s Birthday
- First Day of spring
- Passover
- And occasionally Easter

I also learned that many great things were invented in march…

- Parachutes
- rubber bands
- Uranus was discovered
- first pancake was made
- coca cola was invented
- girl scouts founded

Now when march rolls around I start to cringe...

Moustache March was a new holiday introduced to me when I joined the Fischer family…
Every march the Fischer boys try to recruit new candidates for this special event. My deepest sympathies go out to all the wives who’s husbands have fallen for this faulty holiday.
I know there are some women out there who are attracted to

Pedophile Pete


Hebe-Jeebie Jack


Perverted Pedro


Creepy Calvin


Disturbing Dave


Maybe the boys just feel a little pressure from Hollywood. I mean there are a lot of hot stashes strutting the red carpet...

Ew


Eww


Ewww


I hope we still have some friends come April.

Party

It is amazing what you will do for your children.


Brad had his neighborhood friend party last Saturday. Wow it is a good thing I only have 2 kids. Brad is noisy enough on his own.

The kids were actually really good and Brad had a lot of fun. My favorite part was making them play balloon twister. I was laughing so hard it was hard to call out the next move. Those kids are flexible. The next best part was when it was all over.



We celebrated his birthday with some family on Sunday. We had a huge group spend the weekend with us. It was fun. Saturday was Kamie's birthday so we went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. I am surprised we didn't get kicked out of the restaurant. We were rather obnoxious while we waited. Glad that Kamie is finally 21.

My Birthday Boy!!!

Yesterday marked the first day of Brad’s Birthday week. We commemorate his 5th year of life and welcome his 6th!!! I LOVE this little man.





His breakfast request was blue pancakes. Not blueberry but “just blue ones”. He made me light the candle twice because he had so much fun blowing it out the first time.




Nanny and Pappa sent Brad a talking Optimus Prime birthday card. He was floored that Optimus Prime wished him a happy Birthday. He walked around all morning with the card plastered to his ear.



One of the traditions Randy grew up with was a birthday lunch. His mom and dad would check him out of school and he got to pick the restaurant. I think this tradition is definitely worth carrying on. We asked Brad where he wanted to go (expecting McDiscusting, or some other dirty play land place) but he piped up with “I want to go to Chili’s!!!” This boy is definitely his mother’s child. What class.

During lunch we asked him what his favorite part of being five was and he said. “My birthday”. Then we tried rewording it and asked what the best part of the last year of your life was and he said…”Turning six!”.
One thing I love about kids is their ability to live in the moment. If they are angry or sad about something it is obsolete the next day.






And this is just because… Enjoy…

I can’t ever get enough of this boys smile. Try to look at him without smiling.

You can’t.














This boy has a serious addiction to life. He is a joy to be around. If you have never been around him you are missing out.

We love you Bradley.