Life with 3 Boys.

What do these two have in common?

R2D2

Here it is. After 6 cake mixes, 8 pounds of powdered sugar, 16 oz of marshmellows, 13 eggs, 1 pound of butter, 1 pint of heavy cream, 3 cups of oil, some blue dye and sliver sprinkles here is R2D2 recreated as a cake. Joshua was really excited about it and it was a lot of fun to make.

 The birthday boy!

We had pizza for dinner.

The Luke-a-nator.

Aunt Becky and Lebanachi figarochika.

Jonathan.

Candace is always thinking of creative gifts. She decided to make binoculars for Joshua!

Watch the carnage unfold.

Occasionally we work with Joshua on learning his letters and sounds. He usually wants to participate and has a great attention span for an almost four-year-old. Two days ago while doing this; however, he was not so into it. (Probably because I was interrupting his game of "Lion, The King" where he dresses up as Simba and fights "Scarf ie.Scar") After a few minutes he insisted that he could not remember any of the letters anymore because Candace had given him a piece of candy with coffee in it. A few things:

1. Candace was at school at the time.

2. Coffee causes amnesia?

3. At least he is learning about the Word of Wisdom.

A pretty creative excuse, I think. Fortunately for him I was laughing so hard that the lesson on his letters ended early. 

Travelling alone as an adult with four kids 6 and under is not as easy as it looks ...

Although Luke does look very sweet while sleeping.

Thank goodness for portable DVD players, entertaining flight attendants and understanding passengers.

Levi may or may not have ran down the center aisle of the airplane without any pants on.
We must have been memorable passengers because as we exited the plane, a flight attendant came up to me and named all the kids with 100 % accuracy. (I don't even remember telling him any of their names, I hope that doesn't mean he heard me yelling their names during the flight.) One innocent bystander at the Dulles airport remarked, "Wow, that woman has her hands full." To which his neighbor replied, "Yes, but she's herding them well." Glad to know I at least looked like I knew what I was doing. Good thing those two hadn't seen Levi approximately 2 minutes earlier when they had me skip 100 people in the security line because he was screaming so loudly.

Cute boys at their Grandma Jones'. We had a great time. Grandma was always ready to hand out the suckers. And for those who know how much Levi loves anything spherical, I didn't realize just how addicted he was until I saw that in almost every single picture from our 2 week vacation to Virginia he is holding a ball. Crazy boy.

This picture and the next several following are a sampling from my camera of the photographing skills of one 6-year-old, Candace. Let's just say that Grandma Jones can't complain that no one notices or appreciates her decorating.

I just had to include this one of my beautiful sister, Stephanie. This is also an example of Candace's work. 

The Air and Space Museum by the Dulles Airport.

 Pierce and Joshua patiently waiting for the elevator.

Luke not so patiently waiting.

And then there were the two-year-olds. What can we say? They are two. This is what happened when I tried to get Autumn and Levi to look at the camera.

Dedicated Grandpa.

Cute cousins watching out the control tower.

And the two year olds again...

Warning: This post is for only the most dedicated Taylor Family Fans.