It's always fun when Mom is gone!

Yesterday I was able to travel to the St. Louis temple with some ladies from our ward. We left bright and early -- actually it wasn't bright at all but it was very early! We were able to do two sessions and then dinner afterward! I had never done two sessions before back to back like that and I really liked it. I wasn't quite as tired the second time around! Half the fun was the drive with all the girls; it was so nice to get out and be with other women for a while!

Because I left before everybody was awake, I had everything all ready to go for Brad. Now I have to say that Brad does a great job getting our kids ready to go places but our kids think he is totally incompetent. They usually get out of bed around 7:30 and get dressed only after I tell them to several times. I think I should leave more often because all three were out of bed and dressed by 7am!! They were so afraid that Brad would mess things up that they decided to actually be responsible! I had arranged for Ali to watch Jorja and Logan during the day and they were so excited to leave! Sometime during the day they were fighting over who could go potty first and they took too long deciding. Jorja pulled her pants down and peed all over Logan. He has taught her to pee standing up and I have to say she has gotten pretty good at it. Anyway, it was a mess and they both needed some clothes to change into. Jorja was able to borrow from Lindsay, who is her age. Logan insisted that he had to wear some 5-year-old boy clothes. The thing is, Ali doesn't have any 5-year-old boys! He ended up picking out some Daisy Duke shorts that were just hilarious on him. He has such twiggy legs. Too funny. But it gets better! I was cleaning up today and found the shorts tied to Logan's bouncing ball (the kind with a handle that you sit on and bounce all over the place). Brad started laughing and said that the "belt" -- which was more like a ribbon -- came undone and so he tied it back up. Then when he was done bouncing he realized he had tied his shorts to the ball and started to cry because he couldn't untie the knot and was stuck to the ball. Brad told him to just take off the shorts and the problem was solved! Brad was just glad he didn't have to see Logan in Daisy Dukes any more.

I had made some cookies the day before because I was just craving them. Whenever I make cookies I only cook up half the dough and the rest I put into balls and freeze them. Those are for Brad. So at dinner last night Brad said that they could have a cookie after their dinner was done. Logan wanted a cookie ball instead but Brad said no. He became really mad and and told Brad that he was "the worst babysitter ever and when Mom gets home I'm going to tell her to never have you babysit us again." Brad had a lot of fun with that but his teasing didn't really make Logan laugh. Instead, he said, "Dad, if I ever see a shooting star, I'm going to wish on it that you're not my dad anymore. I'll get a new dad and he'll be nicer to me."

That kid just makes us laugh.