Bummy Cream

Non-greasy, lubricant eliminates painful chafing and rubbing immediately by lubricating your skin
Provides the comfortable barrier you need on extended rides and soothes and softens previously irritated skin
Can also be used as a conditioner for synthetic or leather chamois
Easily washes out with soap and water

Funny that this product doesn't have the following use in the product's description: Soothes a rear end after big poop. That is what Jack uses it for. After a particular big poop Jack often wants "bummy cream" put on so that his bum won't hurt. This happens at least once per week. He bends over and Bridget or I squeeze out some Chamois Butt'r on a tissue and wipe his rear end down. We have to be careful not to use too much or he feels too slimy which is unacceptable.

Anyway...we have odd children.

Updates

Here again are some one liners regarding us.

Jack really really likes his soccer class.

Ryan still has not played with all of the toys he got from his birthday party.

Bridget even took back some of the stuff Ryan got from the birthday party to exchange it for clothes.

Colin has been sick the last couple of days.

This means that Bridget suffers the most since the little dude doesn't sleep well.

I am going mountain biking for the first time is 7 months, but with a cyclocross bike instead of a mountain bike.

We had a Valentine's Day family dinner tonight, complete with candles and everything.

The boys ate their food fast because they were told they couldn't blow out the candles until they were done.

We saw a movie at the theater that really deserved to go straight to the ABC Family channel, Confessions of a Shopaholic--Uhgh.

I am currently eating a bowl of Honey Graham Oh's cereal.

I finally signed up for the Ironman 70.3 in Boise that takes place this June.

I don't really want to do it though.

I have noticed that Ryan notices pretty girls.

Jack still likes everything to do with Lightning McQueen--seriously, e v e r y t h i n g.

Bridget joined 24 hour fitness and loves all the classes she can do there.

Jack occasionally likes to take a swing at his brother, usually nailing him in the face.

We signed Ryan up for Tee Ball this Spring.

I am sleepy.

Goodnight.

Reading

We have a bedtime routine here. It usually goes down like this:

Get pajamas on.
Brush teeth and go to the bathroom.
Read Scriptures.
Say Prayers.
Read a book of Ryan's choosing and one of Jack's choosing.

Tonight we were ahead of schedule. So I told the boys that if they climbed into bed I would read them another book. I wasn't sure what I was going to read them, but there are certain books that I quite like to read to them. For some reason I like the books that allow me to make goofy voices or that allow me to act out characters.

For instance, probably my all-time favorite book that I have read to them is this book.

Old Granny and the Bean Thief, by Cynthia DeFelice.

I love that book because I get to make a voice like what I imagine some old granny in the wild west would have made. I like it also because the boys really like the story. They laugh and makes me smile. Plus, any book that has a talking cow pie in it is bound to be awesome.

But tonight we didn't have that book in the house from the library, so I searched for something else that we hadn't read. Since shortly after Ryan's birth we have had this book:


I think I tried to read this to Ryan a couple of years ago, but he had little interest in it. Tonight they were pretty into it. I read the first chapter to them. Or at least I did in between lots of questions regarding the story, what character was talking, and asking to see the pictures. The illustrations are pretty cool. Here is one from near the beginning of the book. I am sure I am committing a copyright violation here, but oh well. I do it in an effort to recommend this book so hopefully no one minds too much.























Hopefully we can continue to read it together. I really enjoy it. Reading together is a great thing for our family. It is part of our family habits and traditions at this point. It is a special time in our family, before they get older and don't care, or they can read to themselves as easily as we can read to them.

Ryan's Pump It Up Birthday Party

Ryan got to have his birthday party at a place called Pump It Up. They have a great set up for kid-type parties there. You start off in one room filled with inflatable play structures and then after a period of time move to a second room with different inflatable play structures. Then finally we moved to a third room with tables and a Birthday Chair from which Ryan got to open presents.

There were over 20 kids there today. Crazy. The cost is the same whether there are 5 kids or 25 kids, so Ryan invited everyone he likes from both school and church. We were there for a total of 2 hours and I think all of the kids had loads of fun. There were minimal injuries and very little blood spilled.

Here are some pictures:

This is only about half or so of the kids that were there.























A happy dude,

Zoe and Jack sliding down.


Supposedly, the rule was only two down the slide at a time. In the picture are Ryan with Amelia holding on to him, Tyler on the left with Zoe close behind, I think a boy named Nolan is at the bottom, and Gregory, Zack and two others are up top.

Zack on the bottom left, Gregory in the center and Ryan and Amelia on the right.

Ryan and Amelia at the end of their slide.

Zoe and Jack on the cars, and in the orange shirt is Robert from the ward...and lot of others on the way up the slide.

One of Ryan's best friends is Reed, who is the boy just finishing the slide on the left side. Ryan is just starting to go back up the slide again.

Most of the kids who attended are below. On the bottom pad starting from the left are Jack, cousin Sabrina, Ryan, Gregory, Brinton, Ava, Cole, Max, Peng, and Andrew. Sitting on the upper pad, starting from the left are Amelia, Nolan, Zoe, Sawyer, Brady, Evan, Reed (the last three laying on each other), Tyler (in the blue shirt), Robert (orange shirt), Zack, and Braden. And yes I do know the names of my all kids' friends, I am that kind of parent.

Ryan is 6!

(Tomorrow, Feb. 4th)


























Geesh, time flies! But then, in some ways it seems like Ryan has been with us for a very long time. Ryan is a great son and just about the best big brother we could have wished for. He definitely isn't perfect, which is good because that would be boring and probably creepy as well. Ryan is doing so well in school. He really takes pride in his school work and has really spent a great deal of time learning to read. He seems to be very driven when it comes to school related things. He is doing great socially too. He has friends that call to invite him over and also likes to have his friends over. And one of his favorite things to do is to play soccer.




At church Ryan is a pretty good kid. He pays attention and has learned many important things that should help him to stay on the straight and narrow. He is just such a great kid.


Here is a little movie Ryan made a couple of months ago for Clyde,...just so you know...

Because My Family Doesn't Read My Other Blog

...I am putting two links up to two recent posts from my RCMT blog later in this post.

Not that I am complaining about the fact that my relations for the most part don't frequent that blog. It is more for friends and fellow cyclists and this one of more for the family. This is also why when you click on my name to see my profile this family blog is not listed. I see no reason why the general public needs to see the cheesy things that we do here in this house. I don't go out of my way to tell people about this blog. If someone finds there way here, so be it, I don't mind. On the flip side I don't expect my family and extended family to care about my bike addiction or the subject matter over at RCMT. I usually just hope that they don't roll their eyes when I mention the word "bike" in a conversation.

Anyway...first off here is a post about El Gaucho, the finest restaurant I have ever been too. CLICK HERE There is some other disgusting stuff on that post too...but I tried to keep it fairly vague.

Then shortly after that post we started eating Spam around here for the first time in years. Spam rocks. CLICK HERE for the Spam post. Ryan asks for Spam now almost daily.

I tend to be a little more free with my descriptions and subject matter in RCMT blog, but nevertheless, both posts apply to goings-on in our family. But to the two people that may actually read both blogs, I apologize for boring you with old posts.

What's going on here

Here is a shotgun blast of one-liners with some of the goings on here:

Jack is a Sunbeam now.

Colin likes his Jonny-jumper chair that hangs clamps on the top of any doorway and he gets some serious bouncing going.


Ryan is doing so well in school and his reading is just amazing--especially when compared to the beginning of the school year.

Bridget is the Primary secretary, and would love to be released.

There are those who chose to open their own solo practice and those who have to--I am the latter.

Bridget is becoming an increasingly good cook, with the last two dishes she has made being among my all-time favorites.

Colin is still on Prevacid for his acid reflux.

Considering we have an infant with acid reflux that doesn't sleep especially well, we, and especially Bridget, are remarkably sane.

Jack would like to have his birthday party very soon, as within the next few days.

Ryan is going to have his 6th birthday party in a couple of weeks at an indoor jungle-gym composed of mostly lots of inflatable slides and play areas.

Jack's birthday is at the end of July--not in a few days.

I have been riding my singlespeed road bike the 13 miles to work and back most days to try and get back in shape and lose my winter/holiday weight gain.

My singlespeed road bike has a 42 chainring up front and a 16 tooth cog on the rear wheel and when coming back home up our hills this gearing has been known to cause me to almost cry from the pain.

Ok, so maybe the singlespeed does not quite hurt to the point of crying, but definitely similar to having someone kidney punch me while I am riding up some of our hills because I refuse to get and walk--it really does hurt, but it hurts less each week.

Mice are harder to come by for Clyde, but he still manages to bring one to the back door occasionally.

Bridget is currently reading a very worthwhile but very depressing book, "Life and Death in Shanghai" by Nien Chang.

Bridget has been running around 12 to 13 miles per week as a part of a running program aimed at participating in a half-marathon in May.

Ryan is a very social child, with friends from school and church often requesting play-dates with him.

Both Jack and Ryan are very interested in Colin and making him feel welcome in our family, sometimes this is shown by waking him up by their roughhousing when he is napping.

Colin is much easier to care for than he was even a month ago, but still, please let this be our last newborn....please.

I will hopefully be up and taking clients next month and should have a website up around the same time.

I am still planning on working at the bike shop while things get going with my "firm".


More stories later, but considering what is going on the world, things are pretty OK here.

Colin at 4 months

Another Jack Story

Tonight I put Jack to bed. Because he took a nap he got to stay up a bit later than Ryan did. Jack snacked on some pretzels and had a miniature Milky Way candy bar during his bonus time. I went off to his room with him and tucked him in. He started to complaining that he was "sooo hungry." I reminded him about how much stuff he had just eaten. He insisted that he was hungry. I told him no each time and then finally said that he had complained enough and that he could wait until breakfast. Ryan was already asleep and I didn't want Jack to keep talking and thereby waking him up.

After a few seconds, Jack said something close to the following:

"Jesus wouldn't like that"

I didn't quite get where he was going, so I asked him what he meant.

"If Jesus were alive here he wouldn't like you saying that."

"Saying what?"

"If Jesus were alive he wouldn't like you saying 'no' when I said I was hungry and saying I had to wait until breakfast."

"Ooohh."

He paused and then rolled toward me as I was beside him and his bed as he said, "but that's OK Daddy. I still love you."

"I love you too, Jack."

Geesh. Good thing I have Jack on my side.

December Snow Sledding Video

Well, we had a couple of weeks around Christmas time that were rather snowy and cold. We tried to make the best of it by making snowmen and sledding. This was the first time that Jack was able to do any real sledding. We started small by going down the little hill in the front yard. Once he was comfortable with that we went out to a nearby street and went down that. The street run was a bit longer and higher speed. Then the went to park the next day with Bridget and some friends. In the first video you can hear another boy from church, Zach, yelling because he was scared. Jack was fine with it. Ryan, of course had no issues doing whatever. He loved it.


Here is a run with Ryan and his friend, Tyler:


Then a day or two later we went to another park with a steeper hill. I wish the hill had been both steeper and longer, but...we still have a blast.




Good times, Good times...