This is Lindsey and her fish that she caught on our family camping trip. She wanted to cook it for dinner, but said that she didn't want to eat it. She took a small bite that she spit out, but the boys enjoyed her catch.

Girls, Girls, Girls

So if you discount Zach, who is in a league of his own my boys are pretty easy. Sure we've had a few moments like Hyrum trying to get a little girl to kiss him while he runs and hides. Caleb checking out the cute girl on the other baseball team with the pink helmet. No real drama. If you can talk baseball, trains, pirates, star wars and bionicles until your blue in the face your good. Lindsey Ann on the other hand should be renamed Lindsey Drama Ann. That girl has more drama than all the daytime soap operas put together. So I was trying to pick out her clothes for school. I wanted her to wear a Malloch(their school) shirt of her brothers because it was spirit day and the shirt is unisex, (if you care to know when I went to buy the school shirts they didn't have Lindsey's size) so I pulled out the shirt. Ya know what that girl said to me? She said," that shirt will make me look fat." What do you say to that? That girl doesn't have an ounce of fat on her. I, being the good mom that I am took a deep breath and pulled her in for a hug and said, "Oh, Honey you won't look fat, your beautiful." She piped back with "Look mom" she had a point. The shirt was way too wide for her little frame. So we tied it in a fashionable knot on the side and with her big bows in her pigtails she looked cute and didn't have anymore complaints. How can a six year old girl think she looks fat? I still am dumbfounded. A few days before that we were alone driving to ballet. She had that ballerina look going on, with her hair in a bun bangs wispy and black leotard with pink tights. I looked back at her to see her flirting with the teenage boy in the car next to us. She was making kissey lips at him. I turn around and try to stop my heart that is racing. As the light turns green I floor it to get her away from this boy. I also did a year check to make sure that I hadn't lost mind. Once I found my voice and confirmed that this girl was my 6 year old daughter. She said "I have a new boyfriend, he is a teenager, I blew him kisses, and he is SOOOOOOOOO cute". I had to chuckle and reminded her that she should save her kisses because they are special. I also asked her about Cade from class that she has been crushing on since kindergarten. She piped back "it's ok because Cade is my ex-boyfriend and he is my boyfriend now ". Heaven help me! Am I really dealing with this now? We talked about what it means to have a boyfriend. It went in one ear and out the other she said" but mom he's SOOOOOO cute I love him. Thankfully we were now at ballet. She isn't even a teenager yet and I am already concerned about buoying up her self esteem so she won't have an eating disorder, trying to keep her away from older boys and all the day to day ups and downs. The truth-tellin is this: Zach is a pain, but Lindsey will give me more gray hair and I am so thankful that I only have two girls.

First day of school

Here is an update on the children. Zac is 9 and in the 4th grade. He had a girl come up to him the first week of school and say that this other girl had a crush on him. His reply was "what are you talking about". Good luck to any girl that has a crush on him. Caleb is 7 and in the 2nd grade. He has a great class and lots of friends. He is counting down until baseball officially starts. Lindsey is 6 and is in 1st grade. She is in ballet and soccer. I love this picture of her because it is filled with attitude just like her. Hyrum is 3 and will be 4 on the 9th. He is going to preschool 2 days a week. He has caught a couple of funny phrases like, "Mom that is soooo awesome!!" He usually is talking about a toy when he says that. He has also started the "sweeeeet". It just sounds so funny from a little kid. Juliette is 9 months. She has broken the 15 pound mark finally. All of her food goes to height and nothing for weight. She is starting to walk. I wanted a late bloomer, she is late for our kids, but I was hoping that she wouldn't walk until she was at least 2. I am wanting to postpone having to run after her. I guess it is inevitable just like the sassy mouth all of our kids have. Overall they are a good looking group. The truth-tellin is this: Looks can be deceiving!