Oh, my kids!

I love my kids. Here are some fun facts about them from the last few days:

Cody went to his first dance. Since he is 12, he goes to Mutual every Wednesday night where he usually just hangs out with the other boys his age and does projects or works on Scouts stuff or whatever they do. This last Wednesday, his leaders surprised them all with a combined activity with the girls from church. They went to a local school where a disco ball was hung, learned some dances, and then had the dance. I am so glad that he absolutely hated it! Is that horrible of me to think that? If so, oh well. I'm not ready for him to start liking girls! He said the worst part was holding the girl's hand and the best part was when it was time to go. There is a girl in our church who has a crush on him. She kept asking him to dance, but he kept turning her down. Good boy, Cody.

Brett is turning 6 on Valentine's Day. 6!! It seems so long ago and yet not that long since he was born. Since its his first year in school, he really wants to bring cupcakes into class. He was so worried about the color of the frosting and the cupcake liners. He wanted each boy or girl to have the correct gender-related cupcake (pink or purple frosting with princess liners for the girls, blue or green frosting with the airplane liners for the boys). I brought up the question of how many girls are in his class. He thought 5. I think not. So I asked Brett since it was his birthday, why don't we just make Brett cupcakes? He liked that idea. So we are making red frosting cupcakes in the airplane liners with a candy heart on top. That should make everybody happy, especially since red is a color that boys can like too, he tells me. We are having his birthday party tomorrow. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins will be over. I am making an Oreo cake and we will have lots of food (pizza as our main course). Monday, Jabon and I are going to take him to Chick-Fil-A for lunch.

Ashton is turning into such a kidder! Almost to the point of frustration. Especially when I am trying to change his diaper or get him dressed and he keeps turning away from me and laughing. His favorite song is "We Will Rock You" by Queen. The CD is in the truck, so every time we are in the truck its: "Mom, We Will, We Will!" That's all the words he knows. It's really cute hearing him sing along to it. He will listen to it over and over again. Thank goodness the grocery store is not that far away so I can handle it! He is coming along in his talking. Jabon said he held a whole conversation with the check-out lady at a store they went to, completely surprising him.