It has been an awesome day

Today started out great.  We got up and went to the temple to do some sealings.  Got home.  Ran a few errands.  Took Ty to the PO to get his Valentine (that got lost) from Great Grandma Spencer and to sign him up for soccer.  As we pulled away from the curb this is what happened.





It felt like we hit a big hole in the middle of the road, but when i turned around there was no hole.  I thought we just had a flat tire and was shocked to find this when I got out of my car.

They had to stop and divert traffic.  Two cops came.  They were both flabbergasted.  They had never seen anything like that before.   I heard them talking.  One said, "Should I write an accident report."  The second one replied, "NO!  She didn't hit anyone or anything.  What are you going to write up about?!"  I was glad for the opinion of the second cop.  duh.

One of my first thoughts was that I was glad we were only going 5 mph instead of faster when this happened.  That could have been awful!

I first called Nate.  He, of course, didn't have his phone and didn't answer at home.  I then called Jeff.  He came and towed us away.  He had to get dirty today (gasp!).   It pays to have friends in the towing business.

Our Ty the guy has been looking forward to his birthday since..........probably September.  When we would tell him how far away it was he would stick his bottom lip out so far and say how it wasn't fair that most of his friends were already FIVE.



Fun things about Tydon at age 5

* He has a real sweet tooth.  He loves anything sweet and lots of times I will find the chair pushed over to the cupboard where he has dug for something good to eat.  I wonder when he will realize that is what gives him away.  His aunt Caitlin made him a spiderman cake for his birthday.  He was so excited about his cake and kept asking about it. 

* He tries really hard to do what is right.......or he wants us to think that he is doing what is right.  Every time I hear a loud crash or something out of the ordinary he immediately yells, "sorry" or "That was not me.  It was so-and-so"  He hates to be in trouble and all I have to do is point and he runs to the bathroom (our time-out room) crying. 

* He is so solid.  51 lbs of solidness.



* He loves to play with his friends.  His favorites are Summit, River and Tanner.  He frequently prays for them in his prayers that they will be safe so they can play with him (same with his cousins).

*  He still LOOOOOVES super heroes.  Including spiderman.  I keep thinking that he will grow out of it, but it is still going strong.  I do believe he realizes that spiderman is not real and he doesn't try to jump off things and shoot web anymore, but can play for hours with his action figures while dressed as spiderman (or iron man).

 *His favorite number is 13.  He always wants 13 of something, 13 bites, 13 toys, etc.  When it is time to clean up I tell him to go and pick up 20 things.  He says, "How about 13?"  I reply with, "13 things, 2 times."  I wonder when he will realize that "13 things, two times" is actually more than 20.


(please notice the spiderman badge..we were getting some things for his party and he had to have it.  He wore it for his entire birthday party with friends through his birthday.  He sometimes still pulls it out and puts it on.) 

*He really seeks for positive attention.  He loves praise and compliments.  He is a people pleaser and seeks to please. 

*His favorite color is now red.  Used to be blue and green.  He changes like the seasons!



*He thinks that every game we watch, BYU is playing.  If there is a blue team, that is BYU, if there is a white team than that is the one that is BYU and that is who he wants to win. 

*He can't WAIT to play soccer.  He has been practicing and is sure he will score lots of goals.  I am sure he will too.  He is very coordinated and can throw and hit and dribble a ball with little effort.  He is a natural.

*He doesn't know how to be quiet.  His quiet voice is still loud!

We love our Ty the guy/destroyer/Tydon.  He brings such a joy to our home and a smile to my face.  He gives great hugs and I love being his mom!