Monday Memories (Tuesday Edition)

It may be Tuesday around these parts,

but I wanted to get in a Monday memory post before another week has come and gone!

1. We have a forward crawler folks!

I think he knew how all along, but he wanted to wait until his 11 month mark to really take off.

(Cruz with his bud, Leo, at a picnic Friday evening)

2. Health is so easy to take for granted isn't it?

At the beginning of last week I got struck suddenly with what seemed like a breast infection.

Thanks to Nick and his help, as well a Priesthood Blessing, I was able to recover quickly -

but I sure was reminded just how fragile good health is.

3. Nick is officially done with classes!

I want to jump up and down and celebrate like crazy.

However, Nick has told me to hold off on all parties just yet as he still has a few papers to write (including his thesis) before he is officially a "Master of Research."

4. The other day I was having one of those days.

It had been a long day - and my patience was wearing thin.

Paisley had asked me to do something for one of her babies and I was struggling to get it to work.

I must have murmed something about how difficult it was under my breath, because I then heard a sweet little voice say:

"Its OK mommy, you're doing a really, really great job!"

5. Last Saturday I was really looking forward to a Beach Day.

However, the Spanish weather had different plans for us. When we woke up it was overcast and rainy - and therefore, so was my mood.  Nick went into the office to get work done, and I was tempted to just let the kids entertain themselves while I drowned my woes in a bowl of cookie dough.

But then I thought: "If we can't go to the beach, why not bring the beach to us?"

So we did:

And the best part was, the sand (flour and cooking oil) was actually edible for this little fella...

And just to one-up the beaches of Barcelona,

we threw in some colored noodles for more excitement...

Things got pretty crazy around here...

Here's to the Bahr Beach!