A Little Bit of This and That from June

So this is a quick picture update.....

I made a diaper bag for my sister-in-law Julie combining two patterns and measuring a pocket from another and came up with this

Hip Mama Diaper Bag

Pretty Bird Quick Trip Diaper Bag (thanks cynthia b)

A few other projects too....

We took Warren to fishing to the Spanish Fork Reservoir  for Free Fishing Day.  Everyone around us caught fish.  Warren had fun throwing rocks in the water and playing in the rocky beach they have there.  Kyle took me fishing here on one of first dates so it was fun to remember that and combine a new first time with Warren with a walk down memory lane.

We visited the Zoo with cousin Paden and got the cutest little picture of these boys.  They had a great time together.

A family picture out in front, I guess this could be a 22 week pregnancy photo too.

 We had a Johnson Family Reunion.  We need to upload more photos of this from the other camera.  Warren loved the tent and playing with his cousins, eating chips from the bag off the table and ground, and most of all being with Grandpa.  Oh and of course he dragged froggy almost everywhere around camp, both got a good washin' after.

October 17th A Day to Look Forward too!

Warren is excited to have a little brother. He talks to him and gives him kisses every day. He shakes his head back and forth and says, "Baby, Baby," in a tender little voice. He'll then lift up his shirt and pat his tummy and say the same thing. Today he saw a picture of the ultra sound and ran to Kyle in the other room to show him the picture of the baby. He was so excited. We are very happy too. We are grateful for Warren and the laughter and joy that he brings into our lives and for this precious little boy on the way too.

Softball 2011

I was able to find a men's softball team for Kyle to play on during BYU's Spring Semester.  I overheard a friend in our ward mention that he was playing and so I called him to see if Kyle would be able to play on their team.  We have usually had a ward team but weren't able to get one this year.  The team had a spot for him.  The team was also able to pick up another schedule too so double the games.  Last week there were 4 games, 3 of them were played in the rain.

The team is really quite unique that he plays on.  Half are deaf.  One of his teammates along with being deaf is blind in one eye.  It has been a wonderful learning experience of how to signal, call out, for fly balls and just to communicate in general.  This has been Kyle's favorite season of playing softball.

The teams record in the regular season is best put this way 0 wins and the losses whose counting.  The win column is filled with the reasons why I like intramurals, friendships, fun, and being active.

Tournament play began tonight.  Warren and I went a were able to watch, I guess I should say catch small glimpses, of the game.  Warren, of course, likes to explore, thinks that he deserves a turn to bat, likes to hang the bats on the net on the backstop, play with the balls and gloves, look for the airplanes in the sky, and hug his dad while he is waiting to bat.

If they won tonight they would play a second game.  They WON the first game by forfeit!  Warren and I arrived after they had began the second game.  We had a nice walk over to the fields seeing all the buses, motorcycles, vans, bikes, and finding the "W" on a few signs for Warren.  We are so glad that we went.  I was able to see the team play really well today.  The players bats were hot and they were also blessed a couple of times where the defenders appeared to have holes in their gloves.  Kyle had 3 really great hits that we were able to see.  A double was hit to left field near the left foul line, a double to center, and one to go down in history... a HOMERUN to left center, it almost made it to the parking lot (good thing it didn't or it would have been a double) it was a beautiful hit!!!  He still can't believe he hit it that far.  Their run in the tournament will continue, yeah for more time to develop friendships, more fun on the fields, and more time being active. 

Easter

On Saturday we had fun having practice Easter egg hunts with Warren at our house.  Kyle did a great job of training him, while I was cooking.  Later that night we dyed eggs together.  I am sure glad that there were 2 of us to help Warren.

We had a fun time together.  Sunday we enjoyed spending time with Kyle's family for an Easter dinner.  

Most of all at this time we are grateful to the Savior.  President Monson read some words written by Emily Harris in his closing address of the April 2011 conference that I'll share with you.

The linen which once held Him is empty.

It lies there,

Fresh and white and clean.

The door stands opened.

The stone is rolled away,

And I can almost hear the angels singing His praises.

Linen cannot hold Him.

Stone cannot hold Him.

The words echo through the empty limestone chamber,

“He is not here.”

The linen which once held Him is now empty.

It lies there,

Fresh and white and clean

And oh, hallelujah, it is empty. ¹

Full talk click here.

Trip to Vegas

When I was talking with my parents one night they informed me that they were going to Vegas to spend time with my brother down there.  I invited myself and Warren so Kyle could work on school.  The great thing was that school was ending and Kyle said that he would be able to come too.  A mini family vacation.... This turned into a middle child family reunion.

We arrived Thursday evening, where we stayed at my brother John's house.

Friday, we went to the hotel where my other brother, Sam, and his family had stayed and we played at the pool.  Warren started to like the water it was great!  He had a fun time playing with his cousins.  Kyle stayed back at the house and worked on his application to work as an ESL teacher at Snow College.

Saturday, we went to watch my brother in the triathlon.  When we arrived at Lake Mead we saw him pedaling towards us and then we saw him run across the finish line.  It was fun to watch.  I have always been on the participating side of events and found it rewarding to see all of those who were competing finish and think of all the hard work and training that they put in prior to the event.  We then headed down towards the lake to play.

Later on that day Julie, Sam's wife brought a fun Easter craft for the kids to do.  Decorating foam eggs and paper wreaths with chicks, eggs, bunnies, etc...

Sunday, went to church and then after that and lunch we headed back to Utah.  We really enjoyed our trip and our looking forward to our family reunion this summer.  We are excited to meet our newest little nephew that will be coming soon.

April 11th

We celebrated our 3rd anniversary married over a three week time period.  On the 11th, for FHE we talked about the temple and looked through our pictures of our wedding day.  We found out my parents were going down to Las Vegas so we decided to go too, I'll write more on that later.  On the 29th we went and did sealings at the temple and on the 30th Kyle surprised me with 12 dozen roses and then we went to dinner.  Thanks to Stephanie (Kyle's sister) and the Hansen's (we won their awesome baby sitting services from a ward auction) who watched Warren.  He had a wonderful time both days.  Thanks to our wonderful mother who gave us a gift card to Applebee's for Christmas too.

New Orleans

We went to New Orleans a few weeks ago for a TESOL conference that Kyle was going to.  Warren and I came along for the ride. Warren loved his plane ride... the light buttons, the air conditioning, opening and shutting the window, the hearts on the back of the chairs, putting the tray tables up and down, the treats, trying some soda "Sick!" but a second later "More!", climbing on mom and dad etc.  Mom and Dad were busy on the entertaining side of things and no deep naps for us.  The passengers who sat next to us were really kind to him and some who were near entertained him with a smile or two.

On our first day, while Kyle went to the conference Warren and I went to the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, here are a few photos of us there.

Warren enjoyed seeing the fish and the large sharks that they have in the entrance.  I would have to say his favorite part of the trip was going down the slide and climbing up the net.

 Later when Kyle came home we went for a walk around New Orleans and ate at Dragos they are known for their oysters but we decided not to try them.  The food that we ate was really good.  We had some delicious fresh fruit, A Shrimp Po' Boy, and Shrimp Pasta.

Above Warren is putting pepper on his saltine crackers, yum.

Dragos is located in the Hilton and this is what Warren and Kyle found on our way back to our hotel so we pretended to play for a little bit.

 
The next day of the conference, St. Patrick's Day, Warren and I went to the Louisiana Children's Museum.  We had SO much fun!  I loved playing with him and watching him discover.  He loved pretending to be a fireman and driving the truck, playing in the bubble blowing/making area, climbing the stairs, playing in the toddler area, and so much more.  Some day we'll need to go to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum in Salt Lake.  I only have two pictures from there because we were having so much fun together.

When Kyle came home from the conference we went to Mother's Restaurant, one that our taxi driver recommended that we should go too.  After we ate we went to go find the St. Patrick's Day Parade.  Which took us to the French Quarter.  That was a fun experience.  St. Patty's Day, attire everywhere.  Teaching elementary school I thought I saw kids decked all out in green... Wow, this took the cake it was so fun to see so many people adults included go ALL out.  

We decided not to stay to watch the parade because by the time it got to us it would have been late and so we decided to take a nice walk on the River Walk.  It was beautiful.  We loved watching the boats go by. 

When we got to our hotel we watched March Madness, BYU vs. Wofford a great way to end a great day.

Before we drove off to Alabama, Warren and I took one last walk on the River Walk and found a Jester that Warren really liked that Kyle and he discovered the first day we were there.  I forgot to mention that while we were in New Orleans he saw a train and each time we would go out he would asked to go see the choo-choo. He also wanted to find all the stairs.  We had a great time!

One last story(the short version)... The room that we had had 2 doubles.  I walked into the room and saw all of the fluffy down pillows on the bed and the down comforter and was so excited! I wanted to have one of the beds all to myself and enjoy sinking into a deep slumber.  But....the hotel that we were staying in had a crib but the wheel was broken and was not available... Because Kyle had the conference and we wanted him to be well rested..... Warren and I shared the "big bed" as he called it, I was worried that he would fall off the bed because he rolls everywhere while he is sleeping.  I was grateful that Kyle took Warren out the first morning that we were there so I could catch up on some missed sleep.  It wasn't the best sleep but it was fun to be by our favorite little man.  Warren was very possessive of our bed.  One day Kyle was sitting on it and in his own little way "Dad, no!" I think he tried to push him or patted the bed that Kyle had slept on meaning Dad you sit here.  Later when we went to my brother's house he wanted to sleep in the "big bed" and not the pack and play.

Trip to Alabama

My sister-in-law Jen posted some great pictures and about our trip to Alabama she gave me permission to use her post.  I thought she did a great job of capturing the moment so here it is...

Ila (Gordon's Sister), Kyle, and Warren came and visited us for the weekend. We had a wonderful time with them. Gordon picked them up from New Orleans on Friday. Friday night we took them to the neighborhood pool. It was the first time back at the pool this season and the water was freezing. The boys didn't seem to notice and had a blast making water balloons and playing in the water.

Saturday we went to Pensacola and enjoyed the gorgeous emerald blue water and the perfect sugar sand beach. It took us a while to even get to the beach since MANY others had the same idea. Traffic in Pensacola was terrible.


This was Warren's first time at the beach and Kyle's 3rd time. We enjoyed the waves, the sand, and just being together. For dinner we ate at our favorite restaurant called Flounders. Kyle and Ila enjoyed trying the seafood dishes while on their trip. Flounders has a great variety of delicious seafood. I wasn't a seafood lover until I went to Flounders and tried their Mahi Mahi. It is so delicious. After Flounders, we walked around the pier and enjoyed some ice cream while watching the BYU game.

Sunday we enjoyed a lovely day at church together. I was able to attend RS with Ila. I hadn't attended RS in years since being called into primary and nursery. Later that evening we enjoyed a walk together around the neighborhood. They also enjoyed picking out some of their favorite Mardi Gras throws from our stash.Monday we went to Biloxi and went to the beach there. We were quickly reminded that the beach is NOT the place to go while in Biloxi. Pensacola is so much nicer because the water is turquoise and the sand is clean where Biloxi the water is murky brown and the sand is littered with trash. We decided to go have a picnic at a park there. This was much more enjoyable. Gordon then took Kyle, Ila, and Warren on to the New Orleans airport.

We were all so sad to see them go. We had so much fun visiting with them. Warren and Bryson played so well together. Warren is a very good talker and is almost 2. I loved when he reminded Bryson to "share" his toys with him. One time he wanted my cell phone to play with and he said "Jen share." It was so cute.

Thanks Jen for the post:)

PG League

We took 2nd place in the tournament this year.  It was our own little version of March Madness, which we can call Fantastic, Fabulous, Fun February.  My highlight of the year was having races after the game with the cute little girl in the pink pjs in the background:)

Thankful For...

Today I am thankful for my visiting teachers and Stephanie. Today when Warren was supposed to be napping and me enjoying my visiting teachers, he was playing in his bed... "He'll go to sleep soon..." Right as they were going to share a message he started to cry so I thought I better go check on him. I went into the room and see little tears running down his face, brown hands and legs, no diaper on, a small square of the wall with little brown hand prints, and brown smeared splotches on his blankets and pack and play. "We probably we won't be having a message today," I say as I come out of his room holding him away from me. Bless their hearts they offered to help by bathing Warren, while I started cleaning the walls and getting his things ready to wash. Broke the new visiting teachers in pretty well:)

Stephanie was so kind to let us borrow their pack and play while the one that Warren uses airs out from being washed down. Jocelyn helped me wipe it down too. It was really fun to clean with her. Stephanie also was so kind to let us come and wash Warren's bedding and hang out with their family tonight. Thank you, Thank you!

Oh the joys of unplanned events and the blessings of family and friends.

And one more thank you to my mother-in-law whose helping hands showed me how to can chicken which we used to make chicken salad for some sandwiches.  The meat is so tender and absolutely delicious!  Thank you!

Coupons

I guess my introduction to couponing happened one day while I was in Smith's and I saw a lady with computer printout with a shopping list and asked her about it. She gave me the website for Savvy Shopper Deals. We decided that for an enrichment activity we would invite Amy "The Savvy Shopper" to tell us how we could save on our monthly grocery bill (2008). This is huge when you are a newly married couple, going to school, working little, paying rent etc. Even later with more kids and more payments it will still be a big thing to save a little here and there on your grocery bill. It does take time but I would say it is worth it. I didn't get into full blown couponing at that time I was teaching, working on IEPs etc. and mostly justI used the Savvy Shopper website to find where the best deals were around town and clipped the coupons from my parents newspaper. Warren was born in May 2009 and in August/September a representative from the Boys & Girls Club came by selling a Sunday/Thursday subscription for $25 for the year SWEET! One of the best deals out there (During Christmas they did a promotion for $20, that is for The Daily Herald) We ended up with 2 subscriptions one under my name and the other under Kyle's name) Then the paper from my parents (they usually suggest having one copy per person in your household. (We now have 6 you can get more stuff.)I guess full blown we have been couponing for 16 months. Do I use all the coupons I get never. How do I feel about that, just fine. I'll admit it there are a lot of coupons out there that are for stuff that I'll never buy. There however, many coupons that I can and will use that make a difference. For example this week after rewards I got 4 bottles of Johnson's baby lotion/wash, 1 package Huggies diapers, 4 Sucrets Lozanges, 4 Mentos for a little over $2.00 with $18.00 to be used at Rite Aid on my next purchases. Pretty Sweet. I was able to stock up for future baby showers, my Mom likes the Sucrets, Mentos were free, and who doesn't need diapers on hand. ($10.00 of coupons from the newspaper used nearly paying my subscription. I had a $2.50 coupon from Huggies from the mail, and used a $10 gift certificate I received from Rite Aid and 2 of their online coupons one for Huggies and $4.00 off a $20.00 purchase.) On my way home I stopped at a different Rite Aid and bought 1 Johnson's shampoo, 6 more Sucrets, 2 Playtex tampons, 1 Desitin. ($12.00 of coupons from the paper) I used my $16 rewards from my last purchase total out of pocket (opp) a little over $2.00 with $20 in rewards to spend at Rite Aid the next time I go. (subscription paid for) I think I might get another package of diapers on the way home from a basketball. I never knew that Rite Aid would become one of my favorite stores to shop at. (baby items, hair care, personal care, dental, even some food items, paper products, office supplies, medicine, cleaning, etc.)

One of my friends posted this on her blog so this is what she wrote about COUPONING 101...(Bolded additions are my little thoughts)

1. Subscribe to a newspaper. I know lots of people who don't want to pay for a newspaper and so get their coupons online. This is fine, but you won't be able to get the full benefits of coupons if you don't have a newspaper coming to your house. The best coupons are usually in the newspaper. And stores are more likely to coupon match with a newspaper coupon versus a printed coupon.

2. Think about getting multiple copies of the newspaper I currently get 2 copies of the Sunday paper every week. When we were in Provo, I received 3. The more copies you have the more you can save. I suggest looking for the cheapest Sunday newspaper in your area which offers coupons and seeing what deals they have for buying multiple copies each week. Often there are deals for becoming a new subscriber. For instance, in our area, you can get the newspaper for $1 a week when you're a new customer. So, I signed up under my name and Troy's name :) We get TWO Sunday newspapers each week for $8 a month. If you're worried about another monthly fee, let me tell you this: you will always, ALWAYS, make back the money paid out for newspaper and this usually happens in one shopping trip. I easily save the $8 many times over with my coupon shopping deals in a month. I promise you, it's worth the price.The benefit of having more than one copy of each coupon is that when the item goes on sale, you can REALLY stock up. For instance, say you can buy your favorite cereal this week on sale. The cereal is on sale for $1.00 a box, but you have a $1.00 of two box coupon which means you're getting two boxes at $0.50 a box. Amazing! Look at you saving money :) Now if you have multiple copies of the newspaper, you'll have TWO or THREE copies of that coupon and so you'll be getting FOUR or SIX boxes of that cereal you love at the ridiculous price of $0.50 a box. Even MORE amazing!! Multiple copies of each coupon help you stock your shelves and stock them good. Right now, two copies are doing us just fine. I might consider going down to one copy in the future. But you just have to weigh the cost benefit for your individual family and see what you think. Maybe you want to start with one copy and then as you go you can add. The savings is exponential with multiple copies.

3. Find a FREE online coupon service. A coupon service matches the coupons with the grocery sales for you. This way your brain doesn't have to explode doing all of that matching yourself. The coupon service will also tell you just how good of a deal you're getting. Each item is usually given a rating depending on how much you are saving (how much % off.) This has helped me IMMENSELY with getting to know what's a good deal and what's not. That was something that was really hard for me when we first got married. I never knew if the price was good enough for me to start stocking up on something. Now, after looking at coupon service sites for a couple years, I'm pretty good at knowing when the items I buy are on a rocking sale and I should probably buy the whole shelf. (And sometimes I really do :)There are plenty of sites that will charge you to offer this service. However, if you're willing to sacrifice a little and work with a less pretty website, you can find just as many people who offer the same information for FREE. Free is always better.While we were in Provo I used Savvy Shopper Deals via the Daily Herald (Utah county newspaper). Amy is the one who runs it. She came to an enrichment in my ward and got me hooked. You can go there and watch some video tutorials that will be helpful to get you started. The best is the "shopping wizard" which is a super user friendly shopping list that you use to make your own personalized shopping list to keep you organized before going to the store. This site was great for P-town, and I still use it sometimes for national stores like Target and Walgreens, but for your every day grocery stores, I needed something else. Thus I foundGrocery Smarts. It's the same idea and it's also free. The list is more ghetto than Savvy Shopper Deals, but that's okay, I'll take free :) It's also available in many states. I use this weekly to get me some awesome deals. Because I don't like the way this site prints your shopping list, I have created an excel file which I use each week. It's not very fancy at all. I just have sections with the stores I go to often. Then I look up each store individually on Grocery Smarts and copy and paste the items I want to buy into the excel list. Having all the stores and items on one page helps me be more organized, which is the next tip... (There are a lot of blogs out there which will tell you the deals I like to look at them too because sometimes they will figure out how to make your shopping transactions. I like the Savvy Shopper site because it can organize your shopping list for you for all the stores)

4. Get organized. Whether it be with a binder or a filing system for your coupons Savvy Shopper Deals shows you one way to organize is to use a binder with baseball card sheets to hold your coupons. (Melea from a blog Freebies2Deals shows some organizing techniques here)

5. Be Patient. You can do it! Sounds cheesy, I know, but it's important to understand something before you get into couponing. It is frustrating at first, it really is. Being organized is key, but even if you're really organized, it takes some getting used to. I remember being so frustrated at the store with Jackson crying and thinking about crying too as I stared at coupons and cereal boxes and got a headache. Then, not too much later, things started to click in my head. I became more organized and learned a few tricks and I walked into the store and I bought ten boxes of cereal for $0.68. Yes, $0.68!!!!!! It was the most thrilling thing ever. Not every week is like that, but I still get excited about my deals and can't wait to tell Troy how much money I saved. So, I promise, you can do it. Just be patient.Amy, from the Daily Herald, told us at our enrichment you should plan on 2 months to get all your coupons on file from when you start getting the newspaper. (This is because coupons rotate. Most companies always have a coupon out for a certain product. When it expires, a new coupon for the same product will usually come out the next Sunday.) And four months for your shelves to be stocked. After those four months, you will be able to stop buying things that you need, and just buy things that are on sale. And this is how you will be able to cut your grocery budget down BIG TIME. It takes a few months to have your shelves stocked with spaghetti sauce and pasta so that you'll have enough to keep you covered until those items go on sale with a coupon again. Does that makes sense? Then you just rotate through your food as you buy new stuff. It's an excellent form of food storage. I definitely don't have a year's supply of everything, but for a few things I do. Coupons helped me do it!Also on the subject of being patient. I've found to get the very best deals, you have to go to multiple stores. It's a pain, but it's how you get what's on sale. Saving $1.50 on milk each week adds up. So will all the savings from everything else. If going to more than one store is overwhelming for you, start by shopping at Walmart or Target where they will price match from other grocery stores. Just be sure to take those ads in with you so they can see them. If you have the ad, they are usually more than happy to give you the sale price.

So there you go-- Couponing 101. If you decide to do this, you will learn little tricks that help as you go. Here are a few of the ones I've learned that aren't listed above:

1- Going at the BEGINNING of the sale. Most grocery sales run from Wednesday to Tuesday. Going on Wednesday or Thursday is going to ensure that you have good selection. When I first started, I would sometimes go shopping on Tuesday night. Not a good idea. ESPECIALLY if you live in an area with a lot of couponers. You will be much more successful if you start early. (I usually can't make it on the days that they start the sales being a one car family, but find out when your store re-stocks their shelves and then you can get what you want, most of the time, if not there will be another sale.)

2- Get Rain checks. Sometimes rain checks are available right in your grocery line from the cashier. When the cashier asked if you found everything okay. Say no and tell them you'd like a rain check. Most rain checks last 30 days. Then you can come back then next week when the cereal isn't on sale and use your rain check to get the sale price, paired with your amazing coupon of course! :)(The Rite Aid in Provo is AWESOME, they'll call you when your rain check arrives at the store. Others you just need to come back and check and that works out too.)

3- If it's a really good sale and your store is completely out of what you want, you might consider going to another store location. I've done this and found which stores usually picked over, which stores are busy at certain times, and which stores are empty. It's helped me in the long run. Phew. I think that about covers it. I'm sorry for the long, long post. I just wanted to be thorough. If you have more questions, feel free to ask. (I wish I'd had a "coupon mentor" of sorts when I'd gotten started. As ridiculous as that sounds! Ha ha.) I'm happy to help because I feel like coupons have really made a difference in our family finances.

A tip I might ad is that sometimes you need a break. There will ALWAYS be another sale, ALWAYS!

Also don't be disappointed if you got something on sale one week and it goes on for less the next week, you have to tell yourself that you got it at the best deal for the week that you got it and still saved money!

"Wash Your Mouth Out with Soap"

Through coupons the past few months I was able to get a lot of trial size tide packets for free. These are great especially if you are like us and don't have a washing machine at your apartment. Instead of lugging a huge bottle of soap to the laundromat I take my cute little packets to wash(Though mom's and dad's is where we usually go). Another detergent that I like are tab style they are great for traveling light to do the wash too.

Last week after going to the wash some little boy decided that these cute little tabs were food and decided to test one out. We were so blessed to catch him in the act. He threw up on his own immediately, we called a pediatrician and told us to hydrate him and call her back in an hour to check and see if he was okay. Thankfully he was and hopefully he won't wash his mouth out with soap again. I'm not so sure I'm a fun of the little tabs anymore.

January

It's nearly the middle of February and no posts this year. January in review....

It started with the New Year spent at home playing games (Rummikub & Parcheesi)

We spent the night at my parent's when Uncle Sam came.

That night sleep was a challenging one

because Warren thought climbing out of the playpen (bed) was really quite fun.

I ended up climbing in to lie down right next to him

It worked for a few hours though my knees were bent into my chin

He woke around five and four

Went down to the kitchen to find Uncle Bub asleep on the floor

We got a drink

From the little ol'e sink

Went down to the room for a little more sleep

It worked for a tiny bit without making a peep

Around six or so we got up once more

Thank goodness for grandpa who came to the door

He took his little buddy down to the playroom and basement

While to the bedroom I happily went

Not wanting to disturb the king of the bed

I happily climbed in the playpen to rest my sleepy head

A few more hours of sleep were preciously spent

Until the cute little nieces voices went

As she came into the room she was wondering what I was doing in Warren's bed

I told her I needed a place to rest my little head

She smiled and laughed and thought that was fun

To see Aunt Ila in a bed made for someone that is one

Bless her heart she had been on Warren duty too.

Thank you Sierra you deserve new princess/basketball shoes

Kyle has been working on his project of course

And being Warren's favorite horse

A little more b-ball here and a little there

Clipping the coupons and shopping with them everywhere

Warren's starting to say a few phrases which is cute

He's becoming quite a tease and is a hoot

At the end of the month we went and house sat

And became substitute parents for 4 boys, 1 girl, a dog and a cat

Warren loved his new friends, the dog, and the kitty

That cat got a great workout running away from a boy who thought it was so pretty

I learned about some roles that will start in at least 3 or more years

The taxi driver, homework regulator, piano general, a new perspective for my eyes and ears

My sweet mother-in-law helped me bottle some chicken

We know it will be good and finger licken'

Bless her heart she finished it for us when we had to go

Poor little Warren was tuckered out falling asleep in a chair watching roll over and other songs you might know

Kyle enjoyed his commute everyday

And read stories each night to the princess as she drifted away

That about sums up our January

Oh what adventures that make our lives merry.