A Peek at the Poulsens

To be sung to the tune of “Gaston” from the popular children’s movie Beauty and the Beast :                                                                             So  

Natalie Jane 4yrs 22mos doesn't like walking for long periods of time (read: gets "tired" after 8 steps) loves playing games on electronic devices generous - wants to give her toys away to friends loves having FUN - very busy, likes to have planned activities and adventures gets bored easily very helpful highly observant - doesn't miss a beat loves bandaids, regardless of if she actually has an owie materialistic - loves getting new things and gets pouty when she doesn't get to buy something wakes up in the middle of the night and comes in "just to be with you, mommy" Stockton Luke 3yrs 20mos joins in if others around him are laughing spends a lot of time looking out the front window loves playing chase with his brother and sister has to have his clothes off when he's pooping still loves opening/closing doors easily entertained hates restrictions loves big slides sweet boy - loves being cozy and looking you in the eye nose...

I'm texting my friend Lauren Borgolthaus right now and it occurred to me that if she had a blog she should call it SmorgasBORG. Ha. Another busy weekend is almost done (although tomorrow is Memorial Day, and I've got a big ol' NAP planned since naps are my favorite and it might actually be plausible tomorrow). I LOVE when Austin is home from work. It's always such a treat! our meadow of a backyard when we delay mowing Friday was productive but stressful. Stockton was up all night Thursday with an ear infection so I had to take him to the doctor Friday morning (which thank goodness we got in, now he's totally fine) and that sort of messed with my grand plans for the day. I did some other stuff, played with the kids, mowed the horribly long lawn, and made dinner for a family in our ward. I didn't leave enough time for the dinner though and had to head off to work, so Austin had to take the dinner to the family with the kids in the car while I took his ca...

One time my mom accused my dad of "kitchen sinking" her and I misinterpreted it for years as "setting one up for failure" until recently Austin was like, "um, do you know what that means for real?" and we googled it and clarified that it was bringing up a bunch of old random grievances all at the same time during an argument. Now we (and you!) know. The title of this post is "kitchen sink" not because I had an argument with my husband but because my kitchen sink was out of commission for a few days and I hated it. Do you realize how many times a day you use your kitchen sink? Dishes, water to drink and cook and clean with, grinding food in the disposal, washing hands, dumping out unwanted liquid....it's in near constant use! Saturday night the sink randomly wouldn't drain and then got worse on Sunday. I texted our awesome landlord, Larry, this picture that afternoon and he suggested plunging it and told us he'd stop by Monday morni...