Who Doesn't Love a Sucker?

Leo has recently discovered the joys of lollipops. I love how the simple things in life bring him such joy!

Oh! Check out the link on the website Daddy does for Leo about their trip to the Southwest: http://www.myboyleo.com/

I have some Leo-speak to share. Some of all ya'll might not care about this, but I have to write it down somewhere, and since I SUCK at scrapbooking and journaling , it's going here:

I "YUZZZ" you! = I love you!

"I want to sit by on you." = I want to sit on your lap.

"FOP IT!" = Stop it!

"Fuzzy Juice" = Soda (I hate that he's discovered soda...)

"Bee Bird" = Sesame Street

"Woody" = Toy Story

"Sanks" = Thanks

"Come inna kitchen" = I'm hungry, feed me!

"Paw-bleh-bluh" = Popsicle

"Fee-ship" = Spaceship

"Gubs" = Playdough (???)

"Fop fopping it at me!" = Stop looking at me and leave me alone!

"DaddyMichael" or "MichaelDaddy" = Daddy

"Foochies" = Smoochies

"Fah-Bob" = Spongebob (*sigh*--with older sibs, it was inevitable)

"Seewee" = silly

"Cry-wing" = crying

Claudia's Last Day at Whittier Elementary

I love this picture! Claudia took my camera to school during the last week to take pics of all her friends, but of course I like this one best! Her last day at Whittier Elementary was June 5th, 2008. She's off to be a 7th grader at Hillside Junior High this Autumn.

With her good friend Taysia Jackson. They will be hanging out at Lagoon together alot this summer.

Proud mama, indifferent brother!


Proud papa, goofy brother...

The teacher, Mr. Johnson

The friends

Caleb's Last Day at Spectrum Academy

Caleb's last day of 8th grade was June 2, 2008.

Caleb with most of his class, L to R:

-Caitlin, Taylor, Stefan, Miss Lee, Caleb, Cameron, Carrie-

Watch out high school, here we come--yikes!

His good friends Alex & Kevin are not pictured.

Caleb with Miss Lee. She was the Assistant Teacher, Mrs. Poole (Athena) was not there the last day.

My very handsome son looking his most enthused in front of his class poster. His picture is in the lower R corner--true to form he refused to wear the grad gown, preferring instead to show off his "pull my finger" shirt (sigh). He will be attending City Academy in downtown Salt Lake City this Autumn as a Freshman. I hope he will show a little more enthusiasm!

Last Days at Murray Library

My last day as a librarian was May 24th, 2008.

My first day at Birth & Family Place as a facilitator/birth assistant/administrative assistant/midwifery student was May 27th, 2008.

The Dragon Persia & Baby Raja that hang over the story circle at Murray Library. They were created by an artist who is now in jail for killing her husband. After he was dead she tied a chain aroung him and dragged his body out of the house with her Jeep! Good story, eh?!

The lovely Raquel and I hung out Tuesday nights and did the Jammy Time storytime together; mostly we enjoyed catching up on each other's lives!

This is LeGrand, one of my most favorite humans on the planet, not to mention at the Library.

My Fabulous Co-workers from l-r: me, Teresa, Joe & Ellen (the head honcho, who has the enitre children's collection cataloged right in her brain!). They made the library a true pleasure.

I first met Marilyn in the Children's Dept., she is now the Young Adult librarian and an amazing woman.

Traci and baby Curtis. Traci works very part-time in the kids dept., and is our director's right hand. She LeGrand, and Danny (below) have been at the library since they were in high school!

Danny is a favorite with library patrons and moonlights as a rock star.

Doing my last storytime! Leo is right in front of the flannel board looking straight at the camera.

Poop in the Potty!

Daddy helped Leo call from Albuquerque, NM yesterday afternoon to tell me (quite unintelligibly!) that he pooped in the potty for the very first time--Yay Leo! As those of you that have potty-trained a kid knows (or those of you dreading it, like me), this is a BIG deal!

Leo was sooo cute on the phone; even though it was hard to understand him, he got his message across by enthusiasm alone. I gotta say, it won't break my heart if he comes home from this trip with daddy completely potty-trained. Are you reading this, Michael???

Trip to Lava

Taking the waters in Lava Hot Springs was not on top of Leo's list, but I sure enjoyed it (sorry about the swimsuit pic!). This was just a few days after Leo's birthday, and when asked how old he was, his answer was "I 25." There was a group of older women--probably in their 50's-- in the little private pool, and I asked him how old they were, he told all of them they were 25, too--he was their hero for the day!

Leo's Actual Birthday

This picture was taken two days after the birthday party, on the day he actually turned three. When Leo walked in to the living room and saw that all his latex balloons had "wilted" he said, "AWWW, my party is falling!"