Jedi mind tricks!

I am pretty sure that most kids don't start being mischievous this young....unless you are an Ames' boy!

This is Liam teaching Cullen "The ways of the Force".

This is Cullen practicing on his own for the first time!
And this is where he becomes a Jedi Master of disaster! Welcome to the family, Cullen.

The Sky is Falling!

...or the table is leaking. That is what Aiden told me Sunday morning. I went down stairs to find the new case of drinks for lunch......punctured!!! Liam had gotten a steak knife and went to town on the box. .

Out of 24 drinks, only 7 survived!

And yes the table was leaking....all over. Red and blue and purple and orange everywhere!

Welcome to the family!

Just when we thought things were calming down.... This is a can that Brant put old OIL in and left under the sink....was that a good idea???

The picture does not show it well, but the whole kitchen floor was covered in old oil. Cullen was totally swimming in it! He smelt like bacon for two days....yuck, and the pj's....garbage!

No one will admit to this one......

It was a cake!

The Little Daredevils

Most of the stories are after the fact. I was able to prevent a disaster this evening. Since Keli is in the hospital with Cullen, I am playing Mr. Mom. As I was getting dinner warmed, thanks to a great and thoughtful mother-in-law for saving me, Liam went in the garage and was playing on my skateboard. I heard him come back in and he started to head up stairs with Aiden, but did not see them. I knew something was wrong when I heard Aiden tell Liam from the top of the stairs, "Sit on your bum, and I push you." I quickly grabbed the camera and took this picture. We would have had another kid in the hospital.

My little nut...literally!

So this is just one of many crazy Sunday's that we had this last month. Liam decided to put a nut from his play tool bench on his finger! (at 7:00 am) Well it is smaller than the finger, so that quickly became a problem. To top off the problem, Brant had taken my car to High Council because it had snowed a lot the night before. And he does not take his phone to his meetings, for obvious reasons. So I had no husband and no car, and a screaming little boy! I was sure he was going to lose a finger! So in panic I called our good friend Andrew Sproul (who is also in our Bishopric) and had him drive to the Stake Center and pull Brant out of his meetings to come home. I had all the kids dressed and ready to go the hospital as soon as he got home. Luckily, Daddy saved the day. He was able to soak it in cold water long enough to pry it off his finger. What a relief! I tend to over panic sometimes, but really he could have lost a finger :)

Just a spoon full of sugar....

They broke into the pantry and got the brown sugar.....good thing I had just mopped the floor! Cake that I forgot to "Lock up"!

Couldn't wait for mommy to make lunch!

These are just a few of the disasters the last couple of weeks. There is one incident missing. The boys got to a couple of cake mixes and opened them all over the floor in my office. The best part of it was Brant was so fed up with the messes that he made them get bowls and fill them up and eat the cake mix with spoons. They were not happy about this. And they had to be BIG bites! I don't think they will be eating cake (or cake mix) for a while! Unfortunately the pictures did not turn out or you could have witnessed their faces for yourself.