Blogging

I don't blog enough. Or journal enough. And when I look at other blogs I feel guilty and a little lazy. So a bit of an update:

1. Anna lost a tooth last week. Her first one. She left her wallet by her tooth underneath her pillow.
2. We saw Santa today and Eden was terrified. I said, "ho, ho, ho" and she said, "don't do that!" I had to reassure her that Santa was stuck in his seat and couldn't get out. When we went to our ward Christmas party tonight she said quite a few times, "Santa not here."
3. Andrew is playing Angels We Have Heard on High in church tomorrow. I'm nervous for him.
4. Elizabeth fell asleep at the ward Christmas party with her legs tucked up all the way underneath her.
5. I did the full splits in yoga today.
6. Andrew is obsessed with chemistry. And says things like, "if this element is put under immense pressure then such and such happens." And then he tells me compounds and asks me to decode them. I'm useless. Luckily I still have lots I can teach him...like to make sure your shirt isn't tucked into your underwear.
7. Jeff took a job in Utah and I've been a single mom since Halloween. I've been grumpy.
8. Eden took her diaper off yesterday and peed on my bed. And Anna spilled almost a whole bottle of fluoride rinse in the bathroom. So last night I cleaned and did laundry.
9. Elizabeth won the kip, cast, back hip circle contest at gymnastics and got a stuffed animal.
10. If you ask Eden where daddy is, she says, "in the computer."
11. When Eden asked if she could play with Mia today and I told her Mia was in Utah, she panicked.
12. Eden can sing most of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
13. Eden asks me loudly, while pointing at people, "what is that?"
14. I broke my brand new blender, chipped the tile on my counter top and sliced open my hand.

That is all I can think of. Someday I will post pictures.

Piano Recital

Andrew did awesome at his piano recital. He played A Warlike Dance by Kabalevsky. He is playing at Junior Festival in November as well as a Kevin Olson recital. Andrew has a new teacher this year and she means business. He has an hour lessons once a week and an hour theory class once a week with other kids. The next youngest kid is in the 7th grade. He really enjoys it. He tells me regularly how much he enjoys going to lessons.

Hair

Every once in a while I have hair success. I enjoy doing hair, especially when I am not under duress. Elizabeth wants to grow her hair to her butt. Eden, on the other hand, holds her hands on her head and says, "I don't want it."

I love this picture of the kids at the piano. My kids love singing Primary songs and Andrew can accompany perfectly on the piano.

Anna's Violin

Since Andrew has piano, and Elizabeth has gymnastics, I thought I would sign Anna up for violin lessons. She has tried piano and gymnastics and we are still trying to find something that she can be really good at. And I can't have another gymnast and I don't have patience to teach another pianist. I can see why people stop at 2 kids. Eden is going to have nothing.

Anna is doing great. She has had 2 lessons and is enjoying having something all to herself.

Fall Break

We've had over a week off of school. My kids are enjoying each other.