{Birds, Bees & Super long Gestations}

As we were going upstairs together this afternoon, Olivia informed me that she is already a mom. My mind immediately went to the line about Eve being the Mother of all Living before she had had a baby. I thought perhaps something along those lines had been shared in Primary recently. However, she continued with, "...see it takes a long time for babies to be made...they are already growing in my tummy, it just takes a really long time."  Huh, I replied. Where did you hear that? "I learned it on the Internet!"

{Interference}

On Saturday, our friends and neighbors invited Will & Olivia over for a play date. When Michelle was getting ready to walk W & O home, she realized her youngest boy, Andrew had a messy diaper. Despite him wanting to go with her, she brought him to his dad, Rocky for a diaper change.  Rocky was a little bugged because he was trying to watch the 49ers game and Andrew was crying about his mom leaving him. Rocky hurried and changed Andrew's diaper and raced to catch up with Michelle. He handed over Andrew abruptly to a surprised Michelle, exchanged words, and ran back home to finish the game.

Olivia looked up at Michelle and said, "Looks like you married the wrong husband!"

Update: I was told this story by Rocky at church on Sunday - you would have to know Rocky to fully appreciate the story - but he is very mild-mannered - very nice. He admits that he was annoyed and may have been abrupt in his delivery of Andrew. I asked, "Don't you have a DVR so you can pause the game." He revealed that he is too cheap to get one. I told him in jest, "You should. It will save your marriage."

Update 2: I was relaying this story to Phil and Olivia was nearby. I asked her what did Michelle say? "She just laughed and said, I think I did!"

Rocky apparently shared the story in Bishopric Meeting and it's been spreading like wildfire.

{Sing, Sing a Song}

Olivia, my little singer/songwriter was busy making up a new song this morning. She asked me, "Mommy, I'm goin to give you two words that rhyme with France and you tell me which one I should use."

"OK," I said.

" 'stick a hungry squirrel down your pants' OR 'romance'".

What!? I opted for romance, but as the song went on, they both made the cut.

{Nicknames}

One of the families we are closest to in CA are the Nielsons. Phil and I go out with Mindy & Tyler regularly on the weekends. Olivia & Lily are great friends and Will and Ava are good friends. We love spending time together and we have even traveled together.

For awhile now, Tyler has called Olivia "O-Town" whenever he sees her. Recently, she has started calling him "T-Bone". Today at church, Tyler said to Olivia, "O-Town's in the house!" To which she quickly replied, "T-Bone's in the steak!"

{Age is just a number}

Recently, while in the car, I called a salon near our house to make a Will a long-overdue appointment to get his haircut.

I asked the girl who answered the phone if they had time to do a haircut for a 7-year-old boy, she said yes, I told her what time we could be there and hung up.

A few minutes later, I realized Will was trying to get my attention and said, "Uh, Mom, maybe you're not my real mom, or maybe you just don't know that much about me, but I'm not 7 years old. I'm 6. Remember!?"

The irony is always teasing Will & Olivia that I want all birthdays to cease so that they can stay their current ages forever and truly I hate how quickly they are growing up. Before I know it they will be leaving home for college, going on missions, getting married and starting their own families!

{Coincidentally, I was talking to Grandma Kat later the same day and she too referred to Will as being 7 years old.  He was equally exasperated with her lack of Will knowledge.}

{Design Star}

Will has been a never-ending source of funny material on our trip to OC.

Today, while at the beach...

The dads dug a large hole in the sand for the kids to play in. It kept them happy all day. At one point, my brother Ryan came over tonreport that he was impressed by Will's leadership skills. Will was doling out jobs to the other kids and when he noticed Ryan was observing him replied, "We're just adding some 'homey' touches."

{Gum Cop}

Today we had family pictures with all my siblings and their families. At one point, Will came up to my sister Melissa and said, "I just want you to know that the children got into your gum and they all have some. They tried to give me a piece and I did not take it because I didn't want to get in trouble and I told them I was going to tell you what they were up to."