Zander's Picky Palate

Zander started eating solid foods about a month ago. We started a little late (he was 8 months old), but figured it was no big deal. Well, we've tried all of the cereals, and a bunch of the vegetables, and here's what he will agree to eat:

1. Barley cereal
2. Gerber graduate puffs
3. Any piece of dirt, lint, or paper off the floor
4. The salt off the pretzels Bronson spilled all over the kitchen floor
5. The red M&M he found on the floor tonight (again, I suspect, courtesy of Bronson)

He looks like he enjoyed the M&M, doesn't he?

Dog Groomers are the Best!

So, yesterday we broke down and took the dogs to the dog groomer. It's one of those little things that makes life so much easier, but is difficult justifying paying for when you have at least 3 kids who could bathe the dogs. But, Pippin and Daisy are both shedding like mad, and every time I picked up my crawling baby, he was covered in dog hair. So we decided perhaps it was time for the professionals. Ninety dollars later (ouch!), they're both gorgeous. I swear Pippin (above) lost about ten pounds of fur.
And Daisy with hair bows was hysterical. She scratched them out as soon as possible, much to the disappointment of Annika and Marissa.

For those of you who don't know, Daisy is actually Melissa's dog. So Melissa, these extra Daisy pictures are for you.

Sunday Best

I took this picture because Marissa was having such a good hair day. Sadly, you can't see her hair. But Zander looks good in his tie. And of course, they're all adorable.

Mike Told the Kids No Dresses

The kids recently found this picture of Marissa when she was 6 months old. So they did this to Zander:

Personally, I think a better comparison to Marissa is her 9 month picture:

But that's just me.

Happy Birthday, Connor!

Today was Connor's 7th birthday. He woke up and yelled, "Happy Birthday" to himself. Then he came in the kitchen and gave me a big hug, hugged Zander, and then hugged Annika who defensively threw herself back away from him because she thought he was trying to wrestle with her, and looked shocked when she realized it was just a hug!
After stake conference we went over to Richard and Maralee's for his birthday party. We had steak and favorite potatoes at Connor's request. All of his cousins who live in the state came, and Connor had a great time.
This is his Indiana Jones cake. I used to make elaborate cakes for my kids' birthdays, but then they figured out that ordering a cake from Target means they get more toys. Smart kids.
Connor blew out all of his candles, and then had ice cream. He told his Uncle Matt (Mike's brother) that he wanted all of the kinds of ice cream (there were 4) and ended up with so much ice cream he didn't have room for cake. Not that he cared. Like I said, the cake is just a vehicle for toys.

When we got home he told me it had been a good birthday, which is really all you can ask for.