Everyone's gonna love today

My day today has been kinda random. I didn't go into work, yet again for horrific reasons I rather not discuss. My boss wanted to know if I was pregnant. Bah. That's a weird thing to ask right? Ya I thought so. For the record I am not pregnant. After that weird morning I watched some much needed television. Then I started my Pinterest binge. Being home all day gets me really excited about moving into our new place in Provo. I just want a space that is all mine with all of my things. My taste and style. No more creepy Jesus pictures and blankets that are too small. Oh and can I just say how stoked I am to have a microwave?! Super.

During my Pinterest party I found a cute outfit. I thought hey I have those articles of clothing. So here is the Pinterest outfit:

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and here is my imitation:

                                    

After I got cute for the day I ran to CVS to get razors. I finally caved after using the same one for probably 3 months. Yes I know that is totally gross. Judge me all you want. I also bought a new journal. I have a tradition. I dedicate each of my journals to a person. The last one was dedicated to Rhett. I just so happened to fill it last night. The night before our 1 year mark. I can't wait for the many to come. He put me through a whirlwind but I couldn't love him more.

So I got this really cute journal and I thought of the perfect person to dedicate it to. I am dedicating this journal to my future child. Little Liv. Yes I know that it is creepy. BUT I do have a good reason. I love hearing stories of my parents when they were newlyweds, and I always wished I had a book of their memories and advice to turn to. So I decided that this first year of marriage can be dedicated to my future daughter. (banking on the fact that I am not cursed with all boys!) I am already so excited to fill its pages. I put in tickets from different places we've been too and wrote a little about them. It's so fun! Here is a pic of the cute journal.

After I wrote int he journal I watched Made of Honor. It was kinda naughty at some parts but pretty cute and funny. I give it a B-. It has Patrick Dempsy so ya.


Currently I am waiting for my love to return from work so we can go celebrate our anniversary. What a fun day! Happy Anniversary Rhettly. I love you more than peaches!

Pat Says

Patrick and Gavin pretend to hate when I sing songs about what we're doing and about them. Secretly I know they love it. I was singing a song about Patrick while we were doing a puzzle. I said he's so full of romance. For some reason he thought this meant that his pants were full of romance?? He starts cracking up. And then like 10 minutes later he goes that was funny when you said my pants are full of romance. Then he tells me, "YOUR PANTS ARE FULL OF ROMANCE!" I think it's funny to me for different reasons than it is funny to him.

Well lucky me since I started this singing what we're doing tradition, Gavin decides to pitch in. He starts singing to me, "eat your underwear" to the tune of hot cross buns. Pat says, "I've done that. They taste pretty good." I say, "You ate my undies?!" He says he has eaten his too. I asked him what they taste like and he says very nonchalant, "tastes like salty candy. Salty candy."


A few days later I was looking at a book of famous pictures from LIFE magazine. Pat climbs up next to me and sees a picture of soldiers telling people to leave their homes. He asks me, "Is this what's happening in Syria?" Me, not expecting him to ask that, give him a look like huh? he then says, "the Syrian government is killing their own people." Then he went back to looking at his book.

I think my favorite thing is he has no idea how hilarious he is. He is one smart cookie.

Pat Says

Gavin and Patrick wanted to have a nerf gun war. Normal young boy activity. Lucky for them many years of babysitting Justin and Dylan helped me go pro in that arena.

Now Gavin has to make everything into a competition because otherwise it is not fun. Patrick however just wants to run around and be crazy. No winners, no losers. Gavin was trying to convince him that having lives is the best way to play. Patrick proposed that instead of 10 lives we each only have 1. Gavin says, "that would be no fun because then it's one shot and you're dead".

Patrick very seriously says, "Gavin. You know how hard it is to be in the army?? One shot and you're dead." Then he stands up and walks away.

You go Patrick.

This week on Pat Says

So my little buddy Patrick (I like to call him Pat) just keeps getting funnier each day. I am going to make routine blogposts called "Pat Says", for anyone who is interested--they will be about Patrick and the wonderful things he says.

On Friday, Patrick and Gavin were super wired. They are making a new sticker chart (they get a certain amount of stickers for good behavior). Gavin was very serious about it, but Patrick was going nuts. He was running through the house and HE FOUND A CANDY! Now mind you that candy in this house is a mint. YUM!

Now that he had his candy, of course he had to make up a song about his candy. He's running through the house, ruining Gavin's concentration and marker statue creation thing. I was just about peeing myself and then this came out to the tune of "Oh Susanna"--"what would I do with a chicken pie? I would eat it of course!"

Now Gavin is older and OBVIOUSLY much wiser than Patrick, so he has to point out that singing about chicken pies in a song about candy doesn't really make sense. My heart started breaking, and I suddenly had flashbacks to telling Jacob that "here my are" is incorrect grammar and that he needs to say "here I am"...and my mom immediately saying DON'T TELL HIM THAT! I can't wait to be a mom and teach my kids to let their siblings sound retarded.

Well anyway, back to the story...Patrick stops humming. Looks Gavin straight in the face and says "turkey pies and chicken tarts." He says this like candy and chicken are brothers and Gavin must be crazy. I mean I think he was joking...ya I am pretty sure.

After he calmed down a bit he comes up to me and says , "Did you know that Gavin and I used to own a back massage place (pauses) in our house? (Looks at the ground) Just for mommy and daddy. (Pauses and looks up and says in a secretish way) I don't think it'd be a good idea to go public."

Yes he's hilarious. Yes there will be more. Now go change your pants because I am pretty sure you just wet yourself.

stranger days

I thought I might update the public about what it is like to be a nanny for 2 boy geniuses.

Patrick (6) the other day on our walk to soccer was telling me alll about his favorite flower--gerber daisies-- (just so happens they are my favorite flower too!)

Well as it would turn out hydrangeas are also a very pretty flower (especially the blue ones) but their scent is not as strong as gerber daisies. There is a flower that has a better scent than both of them, but he can't remember the name. Luckily we passed by one of them on the way home so we could stop and smell it! He also asked me about this curious leaf we saw. He saw one like it before and figured they were probably a related species.

Oh and his favorite color is magenta....does this worry anyone else?

A few days after that he was showing me all of his MANY star wars ships, where their guns are, telling me about how powerful they are etc. He really likes this one ship...of course I can't remember the name...anyway, he really likes it because it's very maneuverable and when it fires, it's basically a cartwheel of bullets!


Gavin (9) told me yesterday that we should set up bank accounts for cows. No I am not even kidding you. He said that since we use their milk they should get money put in an account to pay them for their services. Without laughing (serious skill) I asked him what a cow would do with money. I got him there! He said well their owners would use the money for the cows to have better grains and living conditions. I didn't have the guts to tell him that cows eat their own poop and roll in it, and could probably care less if they have whole grains or recycled grains.

Smart kids. That's for sure.

3737 Legation....Washington DC

We finally made it to DC. We even figured out that we live in DC, not Maryland. Anyway, We both started work yesterday and it was a successful day on both ends.

Rhett did some boring stuff with some people in the senate building, while I played with a genius 6 and 9 year old all day.

These kids are unlike any other. Let me tell you! They are so incredibly smart. Probably because they are not allowed to watch tv, not even cartoon movies! All they do is read books and ask A LOT of questions. Not to mention they both have incredible memories.

So in spending the afternoon with them yesterday I decided that I want to keep a record of the things they say, because they are freaking hilarious.

Patrick is 6 and 3/4 and is missing his front 4 teeth, which makes him talk  little funny. Even more cute when he says things that blow your mind.

Gavin is 9. His brain freaks me out.

Here are some highlights from yesterday:

Event 1
Gavin wanted to show me his water powered car. (One thing you have to know is that this is the greenest family I have ever met)

He tells me that how it works is the water is separated into it's two key elements, oxygen and hydrogen, and then those gases are used to fuel the engine. (but of course!)

After Gavin explained this for a bit, Patrick says, "it's basically electrolysis"

I tried not to pee my pants.

Event 2
I was cooking the boys pasta for dinner. I was trying to find a pot that was the right size. They have these really heavy pots out on a shelf  against the wall. I didn't really want to use them because they weren't the right size. I found a perfect pot in one of the cabinets, but Patrick tells me that we don't use those pots, because they are not good for the environment. So I had to use a heavy one from the shelf...

I put the pot on the stove and then started adding water to it. Their sink is less than 2 steps away so I left the water running as I filled the pot cup by cup.  Patrick comes in and kindly says "Oh we don't waste water in this house"

Event 3
We were in Patrick's room looking at books about dinosaurs and lizards. He found a picture of a trilobite, and I had told them that I looked for trilobite fossils the day before. I told him that one species had 13 spines and the other had 9. He counted the spines on the one in his book and said oh this species must be related to the ones you found!

He then grabbed a toy dinosaur and showed me how to take it apart. After he took the head off, he says "now he's just pathetic!" as he dissembles it more and more he tells me that he's "practically useless at this point"

HE'S 6! It's seriously so weird.

Those were my favorite stories from yesterday. I can't wait for what's in store :)

no education is wasted

As I am getting closer and closer to being married and to finally starting my adult life, there are so many things I worry and wonder about. There are finances and omg how on earth am I going to decorate my apartment?! What kind of job will Rhett have? When will I start popping them out? Am I going to work? Is my education even worth finishing?!

STOP!

That question is most prevalent at this time and therefore most important to find an answer to. We have been discussing evolution in the biology class that I TA for. My students had to write a reflection and one person said that we are evolving all the time. Our purpose is evolution. I really like that. It reminds me of what has been going on over and over in my head, why should I even finish school if I am not going to grad school? why do I need to try when I never get to fulfill my career goals? I will tell you why.

I am destined to be a mother. Heavenly Father entrusted me before I came here to raise my babies in a way that they will return to him. And by golly they better be smart! Now we all know that I am smarter than Rhett, so though I will be at home wiping snot and changing pants....it is my job to teach them.

I will fulfill my career goals:

1. Teach others about what I learn- Kids duh!
2. Explore the ocean-make Rhett buy me a boat and scuba diving lessons :)
3. Becoming a famous geologist- I am pretty sure my kids will think I am the coolest ever as we travel and they know all about sediment type and faults and mountains...

So I must say, no education is wasted. Doesn't matter if you don't pursue a career because there is always going to be someway that your knowledge will come in handy. And if not in this life, then definitely the next.