The Magic Eraser has failed me!

Apparently the Magic Eraser, which removes just about everything from walls, does not remove blue gel pen. It has always worked for me before, sometimes with a little extra elbow grease. My darling two year old got a hold of a gel pen and left a nice scribble on the wall and then down the hall. One day I found the pen in his room and thought "Oh, I am glad that I found this before he scribbled on something." Turned out I was already too late. Well, no matter how hard I scrubbed that pen would not come out. It did get lighter, but it is definitely still there. (Note to self: Throw away all gel pens.) I did manage to remove lots of finger prints and other junk from the wall left there by little hands, that is a plus. And, I have wanted to add some new art work to the walls. So, next time you come to my house you will have to check it out, it is right when you come in, you can't miss it.

6 Months

I can hardly believe it has been six months since Adam was born. Six months! Where did the time go? Oh, I know. It went to feeding, dressing, bathing, redressing, and playing with three very active and sweet boys. And in between the time I spent caring for my children it went to making sure my house is not a pig sty. And whatever time was left after that went to my very small part time nursing job. I have found time to read some books in there, I do have to do something to keep sane. I guess part of the reason I am shocked that it has been six months is because I thought that by now I would be back to some sense of normalcy. But, I am not. With three kids my house is not as clean as I would like it to be, I am not as organized as I would like to be, I don't have the time for myself of for my husband that I would like. We go, go, go all day and at the end I think, "What did I do all day?" I guess this is my new normal. I will never be as organized or on top of things as I used to be. My three little guys are worth it though. They make me happy every day. Adam is the sweetest baby. He is very content. He doesn't cry very much. As long as he is somewhere where he can see the action he is happy. He had his first taste of food on Sunday. He enjoyed a yummy dinner of rice cereal. He seemed to like it.

My family was all at our house for Conference weekend. My parents, my brother Aaron and his family, and my brother Kyle (who lives with us). Aaron's baby, Sammy, is so cute. He is not even three months yet and he is as big as Adam. Adam is at the bottom of the charts and Sammy is at the top. They are total opposites. We had a fun weekend.

My sister-in-law Erika gave birth to the 17th Wardle grandchild on Saturday. She had a boy, they named him Elias Bradley Wardle, he was 8 lbs 1 oz. He is so cute. He looks just like my brother-in-law Jason.