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Fun Run, Spring Cupcakes, General Conference and more... March 28 - April 4th

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I love how evolved AJ's stick figures have become. Really creative!! His writing is improving all the time. Below he drew a Dr.Suess animal called a crocodile tailed, bear footed, shark!!  AJ has always had an enormous imagination that just recently has been drawn on paper.  He has talked about his "bearlionhyenna" for over a year now, although I haven't seen a picture of him yet.  He usually just tells us what this animal eats, where it lives and how it defends itsself, even though no one is stronger then it. On Sundays before church we help AJ keep the Sabbath Day holy by playing games, reading, watching church movies, Living Scriptures, and Veggie Tales, or getting on the computer to interact with LDS.org/friend. This Sunday he did some coloring online and we printed it out.  We got the idea to make a poster for his cousin Stephen who just got called on a mission.  Here is the final product. Our ward was just divided.  We have a new bishop and after conferenc

New Kitchen, Piggy Tails and Spring Cookies~ March 21-27th

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I love this picture! When I was a kid I also loved the Sunday comics. It makes me smile to see AJ reading them. He loves to read books too and I enjoy going to the library with him.  He sits in the aisles and grabs books about dinosaurs to start with and if he likes the pictures he'll put the book in his little basket for us to read together at home.  He also likes books about any animals or sea creatures and then whatever I pick out for him.  He also likes to look through and read the Friend and our daily Scripture Power we get at breakfast.  I read to him while he eats like my mom used to.  Audrey loves to open and close any door! I found this "kitchen" at a used kids store and thought it would be perfect for my little door opener.  Here are a few pics of her and AJ playing with the new kitchen. This is Audrey's hiding place.  When I need to change her diaper, or she has something like the tv remote that she is not supposed to have, she runs and hides behind t