Out-of-Order!

Sorry everyone, looks like it might be a couple of weeks for the next post...our camera went into the shop this week. So, for all the grandparents, I'll try to dig up some fun old picts this week.

Here is a little something for all of you faithful Conference watcher. compliments of Clayton (of course):

Clayton is making up choreography for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I'm sure they appreciate the jesture.
Ahhh, Conference weekend. This is one of my favorite weekends and Clayton has made it even better! Dispite him turning off the computer several times, I love watching conference at home with the family. Apparently, Clayton is enjoying Conference too. Sorry the picture isn't clear. I was laughing too hard at the "moves" being put to hymns!

Poke Berries

1-800-222-1222... For any of you with children like Clayton, you will recognize this number as the Poison Control number- which we are now on first-name-baises with. Clayton has found some beautiful berries growing in our back yard and they appear to be a tastey treat.
Chris has ripped out every bush we could find...and, somehow, he still found another Berry Bush! This is day 2 of the long journey with Poke Berries. At least today we know what to do...DILUTE.

Chris jokes that he has probably been eating them so long that he now has a healthy immunity to them. They must be yummy because he can't seem to get enough of them!

Tagged

Tagged
I've been tagged by Tricia. The Rules: Answer the questions using only ONE WORD. Then tag four others. I'm going to tag anyone up for a T.A.G. today!
1. Where is your cell phone? questionable!

2. Your significant other? Christopher

3. Your hair? up

4. Your mother? generous

5. Your father? hard-working

6. Your favorite thing? family

7. Your dream last night? spiders

8 Your favorite drink? H2O

9. Your dream/goal? eternal

10. The room you’re in? TV

11. Your hobby? cleaning?

12. Your fear? H2O

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home

14. What you’re not? chef

15. Muffins? nope

16. One of your wish list items? sunglasses

17. Where you grew up? Indy

18. The last thing you did? dishes

19. What are you wearing? pjs

20. Favorite gadget? Roomba

21. Your pets? chihuahua

22. Your computer? using

23.Your mood? waiting

24. Missing someone? Chris

25.Your car? black

26. Something you’re not wearing? shoes

27. Favorite store? all

28. Like someone? yes

29. Your favorite color? blue

30. When is the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? dunno

Workin' Hard...Playin' Hard!

We had one great weekend with Lolli and Pop in OKC!!

We spent Saturday morning hanging out at the Zoo and taking Clayton's first Carousel ride on this stunning zebra (Lolli's favorite part was the Elvis music playing in the background ;)!

It is so fun taking Clayton to different places these days. He loves the animals but loves to watch all the other kids, even better.

While Chris was in class on Friday, we went to the Science Museum to play a bit. We ended up in an 'Explosion' show where Pop lost all of his arm hair in one hot-swoop (and a big boom-which Clayton loved to say afterwards)!!

Well, that was all the play...Now on to the Work..

Kay and Michael have helped us out TREMENDOUSLY since we moved to OKC. This weekend was no different!!






Clayton has decided that he wants to help too!! We wouldn't let him run around with a screwdriver in his mouth but some how he got my tweezers...and went right to work (he tends to mimic quite a bit now-a-days).
We found the missing screws!



"Fixing" the door kept him busy for about 30 minutes. I had to sacrafice my tweezers, but 30 minutes of self entertainment was well worth it!

Shoes

A small miracle has happened this week. Clayton has finally decided to wear shoes (most of the time). Granted, if they are velcro they have to be undone and if they are tied, they have to be untied...but I'll take whatever I can get. I am 'the mom with the dirty-footed-child' no longer!!!

Cherstin told us where to find these Squeaky shoes. They are our best friend and worst enemy all wrapped up in one little size 4 shoe. Clayton LOVES them (and they teach him to walk correctly, from the heal to toe), Lilli HATES them (she thinks he has stollen her toys and is hiding them in his shoe), AND most people SMILE when they see him coming. However, you can watch their countenance change after they realize that the squeak is not going away.

My original thought in buying the shoes was the result of losing Clayton in JCPenny's a couple weeks ago (and yes, freaked out- even considered putting him on a leash from then on). So hence the noisy shoes. This shoe is perfect: Noisy shoe for Noisy child!

Here is one more Squeaky-Fabulous-Video for all of the Clayton enthusiasts!!

Swing Your Partner Do-Si-Do

Today we spent the afternoon Do-Si-Doing at the church's Ho-Down!

-Chris and Clayton played with the 'fire' while I got a bit of a Square Dance lesson-

Clayton wasn't totally excited about dressing up (as you can see in this picture)... BUT

He really liked the fact that Chris and I were dressed up. He took a special liking to Chris's home-made belt buckel that reads "OU". I couldn't believe how many people asked him where he got it from. I thought that it was obviously that it was made out of tinfoil. He must be a pretty good artest.
The other obsession with dressing up was the hats. We spent the whole night trying to keep our hats on and Clayton out of the Square Dancer's way. He really wanted to dance with them.

We had a great time and even got to try a little dancing with the professionals that were hired to come teach us a little square dancing.




I totally missed MOST of his version of the square dance. But, this video gives you a sneak peak.... 1)Breaking it down AND Then 2) running away from Mom and Dad.