Little Brother did the dishes... a few times.
We took sisterly pictures. 
He said family prayer all by himself. We asked him if he wanted to say the prayer. (Usually he says no, but a few times he has said yes and we would help him). So, tonight he said yes. Allen started helping him, but Hayden just went on and said the prayer all by himself. It went like this:
"Heavenly Father,
Thanks for this day,
Thanks for the food,
Thanks for Dad (we pray for Dad while he's at work),
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
We were just so proud of our little man. I got all choked up.
Another cool thing is that I think we're on our way to potty training. We've made some progress this week. Which includes (TMI) 2 "huge big poops" (as Mooch would say) in the toilet. I'm just lucky I caught him in time before he went in his diaper, otherwise it wouldn't have happened. And I have to bribe him with otterpops, or else he won't go anywhere near the toilet. Maybe there IS hope that he'll be out of diapers by the end of the year.
Here's a little game from my old roommate, Darcy.
Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.
This was part of our entertainment last night. It was funny watching Allen play dolls with Moochismo. :) Some of you who know Allen might get a kick out of this...
(this is now @ 9 1/2 months)
(This was at 2 1/2 months!)
(This picture cracks me up. He's like a mini pirate Chris Farley!)
Moochy found all my cookie cutters. They were all gifts from my mom while I was in college. She used to send me packages for every holiday (including Valentine's Day & Halloween). I guess that's one of the benefits of being the first to go off to school. :)
Anyway, I decided it would be fun to make cookies with Mooch. We had so much fun. Moochy even helped put in the ingredients and mix the batter.
Today we took Moochy to the movies for the first time. We went to see Wall-E. I was dissapointed that I didn't bring the camera, so I don't have any pictures to share. We loved the movie, but Mooch wasn't too into it. We thought he would love it because he's always wanting to watch the trailers on our computers. He was excited at the very beginning, but that faded quickly. I'm not sure if it was that he was tired (no nap, not a good thing) or just that the movie wasn't action packed enough for him. He probably would have done better with a movie about talking animals in bright colors. He was so restless the entire time, and I felt bad for the people around us *trying* to enjoy the movie. I guess it will be a while before we take him to the theater again.
