Wee Whimsical Wilson Wife Writes

Twice a year we have church on TV (or online streaming) so we can listen to our church leaders.  It's a worldwide conference, so people from over 150 countries tune in.  It's a special occasion which John and I look forward to.  There is a long-held tradition among many members of our church to eat cinnamon rolls on this day.  Pretty much if you don't have cinnamon rolls, it's not conference.  Okay, that's not true, but when I think back to my youth I remember Regina and her cinnamon roll love which she would deliver before General Conference on Sunday. Some of you are already familiar with the marvelous Pioneer Woman's cinnamon rolls .  They are to die for and I have been looking forward to making them for so long!  I finally got it together this morning and was not disappoined.  Mmmm!  Since we don't drink coffee I omit it from the icing but believe me they are heavenly.  If you are bored you can just read the recipe, they're that ...

Luke will be 2 in a few months, so he's at that age when he's learning so many new things and growing and changing that he's constantly surprising and fun to watch.  He's also fiesty and obstinate as he develops individuality and seperateness from his brothers.  At the same time he's adorable and personable with his blondey blonde hair and blue eyes.  He says the sweetest things like tada! and alwighk! (alright) and stupik! and I hake that.  Most of his cute phrases are learned from Spencer in Spencerese. Beginning Thursday, he's been fighting with Spencer.  Where they used to play separately they are collaborating and sharing, however, more and more often they are coming to impasse's where they both end up screaming gridlocked together grasping either end of some toy.  It's beautiful and exasperating within mere moments of each other.  They play and talk together and this morning in church when they bonked heads they took turn kissing each other...

 Today is Pizza Friday!  Here are the boys enjoying the homemade cheesy goodness in the backyard. Boys, I love you more than pizza! (and that's a lot)

We had a fantastic time with family this weekend, celebrating Easter with Grandma and Grandpa Wilson.  There was swimming, an Easter egg hunt of course, delicious food and a surprise 60th birthday party for Grandpa.  The boys loved swimming, eating candy, and playing with their cousins.  They were seriously packing the candy away the whole day.  It was a miracle any made it home with them.  There may have been some parental intervention on that point.  I was literally saying to my kids, "I'm glad you found all that candy lying around, go put it in your basket instead of shoving it all in your mouth."  It was a first for me to see kids with a handful of dum dum suckers all in their mouths at once.  To their credit, they looked like miniature balloon bouquets, not fluffly bunny contests.  The cousins were nice, and kept handing Luke chocolate eggs.  At one point Luke left a Dum Dum sucker on the floor.  Someone stepped in it, and then...

We just got back from my brother's wedding in Salt Lake.  It was a wonderful experience to be with family for the weekend, and to see the lovely couple get married.  There is something magical about little brothers being able to grow up and find someone to love them.  Elias was cracking jokes the whole time as usual, and he and his new wife looked beautiful and elegant all dressed up. The kids had a great time in Utah and were good in the car, at bedtime, plus they were healthy in general and not teething, so I love and appreciate them all the more.  They were big fans of the ice cream catered at the reception, and loved exploring new places and playing with grandparents.  My Grandpa Doty spent hours throwing a ball around with the boys and keeping the peace during set up and picture times which was an amazing and beautiful thing and made it possible for John and I to help and not to stress too much about keeping the boys clean, alive, and from destroying tabl...

A few years ago I read  The Lost Prince, by Francis Hodgson Burnett and I absolutely loved it. Unfortunately I couldn't find it again until today! I kept looking for The Little Prince. And it's not to be confused with the steamy romance with the same name. Not that I know it's steamy. Or romantic. But based on misguided Google searches for our little friend by Francis Hodgson Burnett I'd say it is. It is a children's book, essentially the little boy's version of The Secret Garden or The Little Princess. Many adults are impatient with it I've noticed in reading reviews, but for many it's a treasure. It might be best suited for the 8-10 year old boy crowd or any other simple fairy tale lovers.

C-3PO (photo: wikipedia) Thomas and Spencer absolutely love Luke's nap time because now when their little brother goes to lay down for a snooze they get to break out the "Little Legos" uninterrupted.  They've been enjoying the new toys since Christmas and I suspect a feeling of responsibility and maturaty that comes from enjoying their secret naptime pasttime away from Luke. I'm actually not really trying to protect Luke from the small pieces as much as I'm trying to teach Thomas and Spencer about choking hazards before the new baby arrives.  Luke would just break their creations and get in the way but he probably wouldn't eat Legos. Or perhaps he would, since a couple weeks ago he swallowed some earbuds. So yesterday Thomas got some new Lego Star Wars from his aunt.  He's completely obsessed and took his Legos in his cupholder in the car on the way to church and carried them around as much as possible afterward.  But the most awesome part of...