Another Day, More Butt Jokes and Christmas Decorating

Ahhh...the lovely words of a 5 year old. The English language apparently changes when kids turn 5 and there's a mandatory pre-fix of "butt" added to most words. Harrison thinks he is the funniest guy around and I'll admit I have to fight back laughter when he breaks out with a "bootyhead" unexpectedly. As fascinated as he seems to be with his "hiner" (mix of hinder and heine..thanks to Missy and Grant) he doesn't seem to be too interested in wiping it when he poops! We're trying to convince him that 5 year olds wipe their own butts, but so far he's skeptical.

Yesterday we finally finished up the Christmas decorating. Harrison and Alex enjoyed helping me and we even put lights outside for the first time in 5 or 6 years. They look very festive and colorful. Fletch hung outside with us while we were working on them. He decided to run away, which he hasn't done in a long time given his old age, and I just had to let him go. A few years ago I would have been in tears and chased after him, but with a baby inside sleeping and two little ones outside with me I didn't have a choice but to let him go. So down the street to the park he went. I guess he just wanted a ride down the slide because a few minutes later he came trotting down the sidewalk and walked right into the house. Guess the pursuit is more what he was looking for???

Alex made Lulu (my mom's) day yesterday when he said her name after looking at a picture of her. He has been asking "what's this" and "who's this" every 5 minutes for a few weeks and he finally repeated my answer! "Lulu" came out loud and clear!

Ian is sleeping really well. He had a few nights of 8 pm-5:30 this week which was great! He's SO close! He's very smiley and such a pleasant baby. I'll post pics once I figure out this whole blog thing.

I hope to use this as a way to keep everyone up to date on the kids. It took 3 kids but at least I've got my act together now! Well...sort of....