Today totally reminded me that I am older than I think. We had a stake coed softball tournament. It was a lot of fun and everyone had a great time. I don't think that I am alone in saying, my brain wanted to do so many things that my body said, "Oh my heck. Are you kidding?" Now I know that I can still do somethings, I really don't think I need to do it again for a while. I am really grateful that Brian would stay home with the boys so that I could have my fun!

So it seems that I am a "nature hater" whatever that is. Thursday morning a bird slammed into the living room window. I thought it had just been stunned and flown away. Oh no... we got the bird who flies into windows and breaks a leg. The boys attended to the chirping bird all day. Every time anyone went out the door the dang thing started squawking. I told the boys, "Do you know what it is saying? It's saying put me out of my misery." This made me the bad mom. I explained the circle of life, even offering to watch the Lion King with them. No go. They gave it water and apricots to eat. Friday morning I walked outside to set the water, "squaaaaawwwkkkk" as soon as I step out the door. This bird is a survivor! I took Hayden to the dentist and when we came back, the Johnson's cat was carrying away the bird. The circle of life. What can I tell ya!

Today was Hayden's second dentist appointment to have a filling done. He did soooo good last week. On the way over he asked for a Mario toy to hold, then he asked for his blanket. These are his comfort items. I didn't realize at all that he was nervous to go. When we got there I helped him get in the chair and then went back to the waiting room. I didn't want to be the nervous mom who hangs around and watches everything. It didn't take too long until the assistant came and got me. Hayden wouldn't open his mouth for anything. This was a problem since the dentist had already drilled a hole in his tooth. It took some coaxing but he opened his mouth again and the dentist quickly filled it and was done. It's not pretty but it will work. He was a brave little boy! I felt really bad that he had to have anything done in the first place! Thank goodness for a good patient dentist!

It has been a long time since I have been challenged. Blogging is a great new hill to climb. I can't wait to learn about everything there is to do. I feel like the pressure to scrapbook our entire lives has lessened. Thanks to Amy who told me about the book you can create from a blog. That is my motivation! I have the best family and I can't wait for them to enjoy their history when they have kids.