Jim (Papaw to the boys) picked up a nylon stringed accoustic guitar while vacationing in Australia to learn/practice while in Afghanistan. He has a nice guitar at home in Texas and promised to give his Aussie guitar to Seth when he was done with it. Seth knew about the promise but had no idea when the gift would come.

Monday, a large package arrived addressed to "Seth J. Logo". (I knew it was coming but didn't tell) He opened it with the help of his two very excited brothers and literally jumped for joy when he realized it was the promised guitar from his Papaw!

He immediately noticed the frets don't have stickers on them like his little Act One does, he also noticed headstock was different. That's when I pointed out that the strings were nylon, not steel! He sat down and started strumming to see if he could "hear the difference".

He could... the guitar was majorly out of tune! (probably from the transit) LOL! He had Tristen pull his guitar out so he could tune it properly (he hasn't developed the "ear" for that yet). Once it was in tune, Seth sat down and did his guitar practice for the day on his new guitar! I asked him what his favorite thing about it was and he said, "These letters, are they Australian?" pointing at the letters JLG on the back. When I explained they were his Papaw's initials he said, "Oh, yeah, that's my favorite part!" *awe*

Seth asked Garrett, "Since I have a new bigger guitar, do you want my old one so you can learn too?" Garrett accepted with a huge grin, then they all started strumming their guitars... Tristen, little teacher that he is, showed Garrett the proper way to do E and G, Garrett was ecstatic!



I guess Hayden felt left out because before I knew it, he had busted out his little toy guitar he got at Christmas! It was great, we all had so much fun!

Thank you Papaw, so much for the guitar and again to you and Nana, thanks for the lessons, I haven't seen Seth so excited about going since the very first lesson (before he learned that it required homework... practicing)! What a blessing this is to me! With all of my heart, thank you both!

During the past ten years I've done my part in going to the dentist every 6 months as well as taking the boys. I've tried my best to get out of there without having to schedule a follow-up to fill a cavity or have any other abnormal work done. Today is that day! Good things really do come to those who wait! All four boys and I had perfect check-ups! Now that's something to blog about!

Our stash of goodies...
(this is blurry but good nontheless) Showing off their pearly whites!

How great it is to be a stay-at-home, full-time parent who gets to enjoy moments like these!

As I was at the computer just messing around, Hayden came to me with a roll of paper towels and said "let's play Momma". I wasn't sure what game he wanted to play with a roll of paper towels so I just followed his lead. I had so much fun just saying "I see you" throught the roll to him as we took turns with it. He was just so adorable, I had to grab my camera.

After the paper towel game, we started chasing each other around the house playing tickle monster, that's the best exercise a Mom can get, let me tell you! Tickle monster turned into hide-and-go-seek and I had a hard time not giggling when it was my turn to hide because when Hayden counts, at the end instead of saying, "ready or not, here I come!" he says, "Not ready, I'm coming!" It's so adorable! I just love being at home with this kid, I know it's 2 years away, but I'm really going to miss him when he starts pre-school!

This was my favorite hiding spot he found -inside one of the cubbies on our coffee table, he was all curled up in there, I must've walked past him at least a dozen times before he called out, "I right here, Momma!"

Then when he got out I started chasing him to "get him" and he climbed up on Garrett's Castle bunk bed and sat on the far rim and laughed as he said "you can't reach me now, Momma!"

I don't know if it's just me, but I love how he still calls me "Momma"