My Baby is 7

When did that happen? I swear it was just yesterday that Wyatt was born, he was my only child born a week early all the others were late so he was a surprise. He has completed our family. He is quick witted and funny. He "gets' things most 7 year olds wouldn't. I tell "Wyatt stories" on a regular basis to my classes. Favorites and most recent include...

• when he told me "Mom my stripe hurts" what I ask - he them turns around and points to his butt-crack. Well I guess it does look like a stripe in a mirror.

• I am so glad Wyatt came to our family he regularly entertains us and he tries so hard to be good, even though he told me once that "he doesn't know how" (to be good that it). His 1st grade teacher loves him, she says she calls on him a lot because she wants to know what he has to say, but didn't realize how often until another girls asked why she always called on Wyatt.

• The other day I asked his primary teacher how Wyatt did, they had just switched classes, and he said "good, well maybe good isn't the right word. Oh no I thought, his teacher said that he was sitting next to Kami, (Wyatt has a crush on her although he will never admit it) anyway they weren't paying attention like they should and flirting like 6 -7 year olds will and they had gotten reprimanded a few times. The lesson was on keeping the commandments and the teacher had them all write a commandment they will try to keep this week. I was hoping he wrote "honor thy father and thy mother." Nope he wrote, "Stay away from Kami".

• Just today during sacrament meeting, he leans in and tells me "I wish this was only an hour, 30 minutes for this,(sacrament meeting) 20 for class and 10 minutes for that other thing (sharing time) then I can get home and play with my toys. I tend to agree with him on things :) I love this boy of mine.

I think he had a good b-day. it started Friday when he got home from school to find a new horse just for him, Anakin. Wyatt is our cowboy and loves to ride him. Then Saturday Grandma and Grandpa Goodman came out and brought him M&M's and $14, the grand kids get twice their age. He had a few friends over that night for a party, we rode horses, played with the puppies, jumped on the tramp, had a fire and BBQ hot dogs. Then Sunday, his real birthday, he opened more presents and had more cake. Who could ask for more.

Puppies

Our boxer Brindy (she is a brindle - I know I know we are creative with our names) and Dually (it was given to us and when ever some says "Dually come here" I think they are saying "Julie come here and I wonder why they are talking to me that way:) Anyways, they had puppies December 23rd. Five weeks later the puppies are fun. I think most puppies are cute (too bad they grow up) but boxer puppies might just be the cutest. I love having puppies; we spend more time as a family outside just watching them, holding them and playing with them. We of course gave them all names, Scampi (the runt), K ( has a white K on it's belly), Nick (has a white beard and they were born 2 days before Christmas), Dots (polk-a- dotted nose), Girly (you guessed it the only girl) and Luke (I don't know why). They growl at us when we go out, bark their little puppy bark like they are so big, chase Wyatt then whine when they can't find their way back. I love it and thank goodness we live in Arizona when the winters have weather like this so we can go outside and enjoy them. Too soon they will all be sold, but for now we are loving on our boxer family.

Half Empty or Half Full?

Ty and I were watching the football game Packers vs. Bears, we both wanted the Bears and they were losing. Ty said "watch they won't make the first down." I said "aren't you the pessimist?" He said "yep." I was a little surprised that he even knew what that meant so I asked him - he said it was one of his vocabulary words (so they are learning something in school.) Anyways I say "so if you see a cup only filled half way do you say it's half full or half empty." Ty's reply is classic, he said "IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU ARE DRINKING - Is it a smoothie or just milk?" How do you respond to that, so true so true.

What's Your Sign??

If you have read the paper in depth, you know that the astrological community has a determined that the stars have re-aligned and that the zodiac signs would also need to be re-aligned to match. People were in an up roar. Not the Chesley's, I am writing because this sparked a Wyatt memory. All the kids knew about their sign's animal first before they learned the name. Taylor was a bull (Taurus) Kyley and Loren rams (Aries) and Ty and I scorpions (Scorpios) so naturally as Wyatt grew he wanted to know his sign. He asked and I told him, an Aquarius, and he says what's that, I had to think a bit and I told him water. He was MAD, what the heck I'm water, that's not fair everyone else was something cool. Well probably a year later, we really don't discuss our zodiac signs often, we were talking about what everyone was and I was a little curious if Wyatt was still angry at being water. My fears were unfounded when as we discussed what was the best one Wyatt said "well you would all die without water, my sign is the best." You can't argue with that logic like that can you :)

Goodbye 2010 Hello 2011

We held our traditional bonfire, hot chocolate, let off fire works, burn Christmas trees New Year's Eve shin-dig. Taylor and Kyley invited friends my sisters Dyan and Karrie came with their families and our friends the Mclemores came over to send off 2010. I love this tradition, it is a given I didn't even talk to Karrie I just assumed she was going to come over its what we do. (I will be sad when she decides to stay close to home) I like that my kids are close by not out with all the drunks and the crazies. I like that it is easy, everyone just brings what ever, we had cookies, carrots, chips, dips no chains or whips but popcorn made the old fashion way with real butter. It was so fun - the funniest part was that everyone left by 11:30 to get home before all the crazies and Loren and I were in bed watching the ball drop on NY in TV and listening to all the legal fireworks go off around the neighborhood. We are getting old!


*Jeremy, Jack, Jake, Ty* *Annie and Kate* *Chloe, Taylor, Jayme, Abby*