Just a Week

My family came down to see Julie's commencement, though she doesn't graduate until June.  She's looking for jobs and things for theater and/or film makeup.  I still think her major is one of the coolest, but probably because she can kind of live the dream of being in the movies... or at least your work being in the movies.  I think the one-on-one interaction and the behind-the-scenes setting is perfect for her personality.  Everything she does matters in the final product.  She worked on a lot of Studio C's season 4 sketches because she had an internship with them this last semester.  (If you haven't seen them... hilarious!  BYUtv's Studio C is a comedy sketch group.)

It was nice to have everyone here.  They always do so much for me!  It's like a little holiday.  Thanks for the time, everyone!  It was a blast, and I miss you!

So I guess we must be pretty polite at our house because one of the first frequently used phrases Sean learned was "Thank you."  Only, he doesn't always use it at the right time.  When you hand things to him, he'll say it about half the time, which I think is pretty good considering we never specifically taught him.  But the cutest part is that when he hands something to you, he'll say "Thank you" as if saying "Take it."  Just recently we realized that his "Thank you" when handing something over sounded different.  Matt figured out he was saying "Here you go."  It's pretty adorable!

Last night, Matt told Maddie a story with Princess Madison Ann and Sean the Bomb.  In the story there was a giant rabbit that was eating all the carrots in the kingdom.  Matt set up Maddie's flashlight on the shelf so he could make a bunny shadow with his fingers each time he talked about the giant rabbit "boom, boom, boom" hopping around.  Well, after he was done, Maddie decided she needed to tell us a story.  She went on for about 10 minutes before we told her she had to wrap it up.  Every few minutes, she would suddenly go "boom, boom, boom" while making a bunny shadow with her fingers.  I'm not sure how it fit in her story, but she was so proud of her giant bunny shadow.  

Matt starts his class tomorrow.  It's been nice to have a 'normal' schedule for a few days.  The kids have acted like it's a holiday each time he comes home.  And who doesn't love hearing "Daddy!" and watching two smiling toddlers run at you?  Or going on a Maddie hunt because she likes to hide from him when he comes home.  I'm not sure anything else is better than that.  :)

SPRING!!!

Which, honestly has been going on since about February with very brief moments of cold.

Well, Sean is walking!  Has been since just after his birthday.  He is trying to climb on everything!  It is cute to watch him copy everything that Maddie does.  She's not always excited about that.  Sean also has this funny trend where he will do something challenging over and over again.  It's cute to see him so proud of himself when he masters something... like sitting and standing from a kid-sized chair.

Madison is growing so big!  They both are!  She is getting pretty clever and will solve a lot of problems by herself.  She can tell amazing stories and is making up songs and dances.  I think her storytelling comes from Matt who will tell her elaborate stories at bedtime about the Princess Madison Anne and the Prince Seanie, and their arch nemesis Radison Nann.

My favorite thing the last few weeks has been hearing the kids "talk" together.  Occasionally that will result in peals of giggles and laughter.

Well, Spring brings about Spring Cleaning.  I've been making a "Drives me crazy" list, which is pretty much a to-do list of things I haven't gotten done yet.  Cleaned out the shed, prepping the garden, and working on organizing a bunch of things.  Can't do a ton at a time, but making progress, and that's what's important!

Matt's finals will be over on Wed, and then he'll get a couple of days before he's right back at it.  2 semesters left!!  He's so amazing!  I'm looking forward to those couple of days between semesters!  The kids are, too.  You should see the kids when he gets home!  There's just not enough Dad to go around, they both want 100% of his attention.  :)

Julie has been a BIG help lately.  I'm so glad that she is here!  She walks this week, but she's graduating in June.  Excited for her!