Mischief, Head Wounds, and the Vienna Boy’s Choir

 

I am behind on the blog so here is my short and sweet catch-up version on the daily humorous occurrences of the Smith Family!

MISCHIEF:

I caught Landon doing this on November 2nd:

Please ignore the mess… Landon was so proud of himself for getting up on the table, grabbing the phone AND getting his Daddy’s Army patch. What a stinker!

HEAD WOUNDS:

Ryan took Landon out to play on Halloween Day and didn’t believe that Landon needed to hold someone’s hand to make it safely down the stairs.

After Landon fell down two stairs and got this on his forehead, Ryan believes me!

Coloring.  

Singing AND playing the piano at the same time. He turned the Primary Songbook pages every once in a while to find a new song to practice. (Don’t ask me why he enjoys wrapping cords around his neck. Maybe it’s the new style.)

VIENNA BOY’S CHOIR:

When I heard on the radio that the Vienna Boy’s Choir was coming to Salt Lake only on November 3rd, I checked out ticket prices ASAP (yay for student discounts!) and then called Ryan. He wasn’t too keen on the idea but he knew that I have wanted to hear them live for a loooooong time.

So he took me!During intermission at Abravanel Hall with the Salt Lake Temple and blown glass artwork in the background.

Lookin’ good!

We were sitting on the second tier very close to the stage. I wish we got a picture of the boys but no photography during the performance was permitted. The choir sung everything from the Beatles, to Baptist spirituals, to Vienna composers. They sung beautifully and even made us laugh from time to time when one boy yawned while he was singing three times. We had a wonderful time. Thanks Ry, for taking me to this concert!

Bathroom Door Hostage

 

November 12th, I gave a music recital for my Provo students. The recital went very well and I was and am pleased with their practicing and performances.

After the last guest had left, I began to clean up. I finished vacuuming and noticed the house was suspiciously quiet. That’s when I realized that the bathroom light was on but the door was closed.

I turned the knob and one of my worst fears was confirmed: Landon had locked himself in the bathroom. The reason this has always made me nervous is that Landon can’t turn the knob to get the door open again.

I pulled the bobby pin out of my hair and tried to pick the lock to no avail. I called my mom and she suggested a crochet hook. I couldn’t get that to work either. I got down on my hands and knees to attempt to see what Landon was doing in the bathroom and hoping he wasn’t getting into the bin that held the chemicals under the sink. As soon as I looked underneath the crack of the door, I saw little chubby legs with a plunger next them. Then he proceeded to put the plunger into the toilet. I heard lots of water spilling onto the floor and then heard the sink turn on and off.

I stuck a candy bar under the door to get his attention and told him I would give it to him if he would turn the bathroom door knob. He tried but couldn’t quite turn it. So I ended up calling University Police and they sent someone from Wymount Housing out to open the door.

Ten minutes after I called, they came to open the door and Landon started crying right before the guy opened the door. When I went into the bathroom, Landon had gotten into some medicine that burns when you put it on and his lips were bright red and he stuck his tongue out a lot so I think he ate some as well.

This child has taken me on so many adventures these last 21 months that I am slightly timid about his teenage years. Thanks, Landon, for helping me to have an exciting life!

Pumpkins, Cougars, and Peter Pan

The Tuesday before Halloween, we carved pumpkins with Michael, the man from Korea that Ryan is tutoring in English. Michael works for Hyundai and is on a special tour of the US right now and has been in Provo from September and will be here until December. He is very kind and took us out to dinner. So this day, I made dinner and we carved pumpkins together.

 

The final results…

I made this Landon look-alike :)

Michael carved the Korean flag on the back of his American flag pumpkin.

Ryan’s Superman Pumpkin. 

The Thursday before Halloween, BYU put on a party for the children of students. Ryan had class, but Landon and I went and played lots of games, petted a snake at the Reptile Presentation, and bounced in the bounce house. 

Someone said, “Look, the pumpkin looks like he’s pregnant with a pumpkin…”

     Landon LOVED Cosmo and every time he looked at him, Landon laid his head on my shoulder.

 This year was Landon’s second Halloween, but it was the first that he really enjoyed! He loved trick-or-treating in our ward. In the beginning, he would trade a piece of candy he already had for the one he would take from the bowl someone was passing out. Later he realized he didn’t have to give one to take one. But I think his mentality is a good lesson; when we take, we need to give back!

“Where’s Captain Hook, the scallywag…”

  “Oh, there he is…wait, who is this Peter Pan impersonator?? Take a picture of this, mom!”

“I stole a sucker from Captain Hook!”

“I’m glad you’re here Santa, I wanted to get started on those presents early this year. I want a Rice Krispie Treat….Thanks, you’re good!”

Happy Halloween from the Smiths!

Thanks for reading!

Emily

Tea Rose Home Giveaway!

Today, Sachiko from Tea Rose Home is hosting her 73rd Link Party. She writes a beautiful blog and come up with so many amazing products that I usually read her posts with my jaw dropped.

A Link Party is when I upload a link of something I created onto her blog. Then she has a giveaway for those who have entered.

I decided to upload this creation.

As I have mentioned before, I got the idea from the farmer's market here in Provo but they were selling the hats for too much. I had all of the yarn I needed already, so I decided to make my own.

I have made them in all different colors with different variations. They look adorable on!

Thanks, Sachiko, for allowing each of us to show off our creations!

Emily

Family Pictures

Our friend in the ward, Nicole, took our family pictures this past week. She was able to capture The Boss's happy-go-lucky personality and got some great shots of Ryan the Lion and me even though we shivered through the whole thing! She was so easy going when The Boss was screaming and running rampant through the garden.

Thank you, Nicole, for taking such lovely pictures and making us look extremely good :)

Check them out on Nicole's blog here.

Thanks for reading!

Emily