It always makes me laugh to see my children mimic something we've done or said. Of course, it's not always funny when it's something I prefer they didn't do. But last night, we all got a good laugh when Tate mimicked our disciplinary style.
Ellie was eating dinner and kept tipping the bench on 2 legs. I asked her 2 times to stop and finally, on the 3rd time I took the bench away and told her she could finish her dinner standing up. Ellie(always tending to be dramatic) got very upset about this. She started crying and refused to eat her food. As she's standing there screaming, Tate walks over to her and starts counting and holding up his fingers! "One, twos, free....Ehyee, bop", translation: one, two, three....Ellie, stop. It was so cute to see him discipline his sister and be so serious about it. We all better stay in line or else!

White and Nerdy

Ayden showed off some of his dance moves to the music of Weird Al Yankovic's White and Nerdy. We think this should be Ayden's new theme song!!!

Dance Night

Monday night after FHE, the kids asked us to come to a dance program they had prepared. On the door to the play room was a sign saying "Welcome to the Ayden Ellie and Tate dance!" We were then told the dance featured Cheerlite Ellie, Awesome Tate and Spectacular Ayden! Man oh man, did they have some killer moves especially Ayden. We laughed so hard. Our kids are so cute!

 To be honest, Ayden and Ellie are much better dancers than myself!

Dying Eggs and Counting

Here is a video of Tate counting while the kids dye eggs.

Easter

Easter at the Shaw house was a pretty uneventful day. We enjoyed a day at church, naps, making dinner, having the sister missionaries over for dinner and early bed. The best part of this Easter was that we were together as a family! Last Easter, Spencer was here in Alabama and the rest of us were still in Utah.

Saturday we had a crazy big day, though. We did a small yard sale and Ayden had 2 baseball games, and we also had a primary activity for the ward. And that night we dyed Easter eggs. Tate LOVED it, he dunked egg and hand in all at once. He kept asking for more. And surprisingly, his eggs were some of the best looking ones. Sadly, none of my pictures from dying eggs turned out, the camera freaked out. 

This is Easter morning. These pictures didn't turn out great either, so this was the best one I could find! I love their morning faces.

Mr. Fix It

The started on Spencer's car went out and he decided he was going to figure out how to replace it himself. The part alone was expensive and we knew paying someone else was going to be very pricey. So he researched it online and figured out what he needed to do.

The toughest part about getting the starter out was actually getting to it. There wasn't a lot of room for finger maneuverability so it took some time getting the bolts off. Not to mention, the bolts were VERY hard to get off. So Spencer solicited some help from Ayden.

 Finally, after about 3 hours (total) Spencer had the new starter in place. He was so surprised that he learned how to do it. I wasn't. Spencer picks things up so quickly that I knew if he took the time to figure it out, he'd get it done! And I love that he even took the time to teach Ayden about it.
Ellie and Tate spent the whole day in the garage too, but it really wasn't in a helping capacity, more of a supportive role. Eating popsicles!

all 3 barefoot

I think this picture is round 3, maybe 4, of popsicles! And notice that all 3 are barefoot. I cannot keep shoes on those kids. I love that Spencer was able to fix the car and save our budget and I appreciate his hard work. I didn't appreciate all the grease, however. And it made me so thankful my husband is not a mechanic by profession!