Piano Partners

Mitchell is Josh's shadow. He adores him. Josh is so patient with him. He'll let him play Lego's with him, even though he breaks his creations. He'll play games with him even though Mitchell has his own set of rules. He'll even let him practice the piano with him, even though Mitchell likes to pound while he plays.

Treasures

I loved the handmade treasures my little boys made me for Mother's day!

Submarine

On Mother's Day, the primary children were asked to come onto the stage
for a special Mother's day musical number.
Matthew stood right next to the pulpit.
Front and center.
As he sang, he started smiling and slowly sank lower and lower and lower.
He continued singing while he then rose taller, taller and taller.
He continued the slow motion up and down for the duration of musical number.
When he came down he gave me a little elbow jab and said
"so, how'd you like my submarine?"

I love being the mother to boys that make me smile
every day.

Nick Names

We have a lot of nick names in our family.
I nick name the kids with ie's:
Joshie, Mattie, Mitchie, Bubbie (Caleb doesn't really work with ie attached)
I admittedly use fluffy nicknames like sweetie, buddy, winkie... you get the idea.
My hubby on the other hand is a nickname master.
He's given us all kind of crazy nick names.
Just to name a few:
Old timer Old Man
Shark Shark Bait Bait-er
Mo Lubbs Bubbs
one eyed bandit
"one" Moses Match Squishy
Specs Ear wigs
Poopsie Lirpa,

Bet you can't tell which names belong to Caleb!

Me, I'd never think to use a name like
"The one eyed bandit" for Caleb.
I'd worry that it wasn't nearly sweet enough.
But then again, I'd also never think to tell the boys bed time stories that always end with Caleb, the one eyed bandit, saving his brothers by sending all of the bad guys to the city dump.

Our boys love it, and you know what, I think Caleb does too.

Incidentally, Matthew's newest nick name for Caleb is "pillow" because he's so comfortable and squishy.
Now that's nick name that's right up my fluffy alley!

Two of you

"Mitchell came up to me the other day and stated,
"Look Mom! I can make two of you!"

Mitchell, I'll take two of YOU any day of the week!

I love you Mitchie Mo!

My New life

I've really enjoyed reading the Nie Nie dialogues blog over the past year or so. This video really touched me.

Hope of America

Last night Josh participated in the "Hope of America" program at BYU. It was an amazing performance! I felt so proud to be an American, and I felt so proud to be the mom to such an amazing young man.

*If you start at the bottom of the flag, Josh is the very first child in the second red stripe in the third section (on the right). The You-Tube video zooms right into his section a couple of times so you can see him in the left corner of the screen!

PIZZA MANIAC

Josh has been trying to earn money for night vision goggles. Yes, night vision goggles. I told him we wouldn't pay for them, but he could earn his own money for the cause. His latest effort was creating a magazine to sell called PIZZA MANIAC.
Here is a sneak peak for your reading pleasure.

PIZZA MANIAC
for all you pizza lovers out there.


It's time for you to know your pizza!
Pizza Maniac is here just for that!!
Simply as these questions:
Do you like Pizza?
Are you sick of being normal?
Do you like Magazines?
(Yes, Yes, Yes. )
Then you are right for Pizza Maniac!

Take the Quiz
1. Do you eat pizza often?
A. YEAH
B. No.
C. Medium

2. Do you talk about pizza a lot?
A. No.
B. Sometimes
C. Yes

3. Are you cool?
A. No.
B. Yes
C. I'm a nerd

4. Do you eat pizza fast?
A. Really Fast!
B. Nah uh.
C. A good speed

5. Do you eat butter filled socks?
A. No.
B. Yes
C. No but I eat pizza!!

Answers: A, C, B, A, C

Remember that us pizza guys are great, we eat big, we're cool big. We RULE!


Remember the Facts:
* Don't savor pizza, devour it!
* Pizza has cheese, meat and tomato so it's healthy!
* Develop that pizza coolness that makes the girls go wild!
* Pizza makes even dorks popular!
* Pizza- Bigger is better!
* Eat Pizza till the explosion

These will help you become a pizza maniac.

Pizza Story:
One day Bob the dork went to school and was shoved
face first into a toilet.
He came home wet.
He thought, "How can I become cool?"
Bob got an idea, he could eat pizza!
Bob is now the most popular kid at school.
And that, my friends, is the POWER OF PIZZA!

Magazine by Joshua Moody.

His magazine is on news stands now! We got a family discount and only paid a dollar! I think it was money well spent!

Magic Marbles

Aren't most little boys scientists in the making?

Dinosaur Digging

The great thing about digging is you almost always find something!

Battle ground

Over Spring break Josh spent hours creating domino battle fields for his toy soldiers. I expected a real battle to begin every time Mitchell toppled them, but Josh had the discipline of a true soldier!

Adorable

Sometimes Mitchell likes to put on make-up with me in the morning. (don't tell Dallan)

This morning he told me, "Mom, I'm going to be adorable." Then proceeded to put blush all over his face. When he peeked at himself in the mirror he said, "I have way too much pink on me. I don't want to be adorable anymore."

I love this little mug.

The adventures of Flat Stanley

Josh was given a school assignment to include Flat Stanley in his Spring break activities. He kept a journal of Stanley's adventures, and he took a few pictures of his escapades as well!

The Thinker

This morning I was talking to Mitchell about what we should do for a family outing.
He told me he wanted to go to the Statue of liberty.
I told him it was very far away.
"Okay," he said. "How about the land of the butterflies...?"

We ended up staying close to home, but had fun taking the boys to lunch, playing at "Jump On It" and visiting the library. Mitchell loves going to the library. He has an infatuation with the marble statue of "The Thinker" in the lobby. He calls him "Ba Bum" because well, you can see his b.u.m. As soon as we got to the library he ran down the hall with his arms outstretched yelling BA BUM BA BUM like it was his long lost friend!
Thanks to "the Thinker," we didn't have to go very far to make Mitchell's day!

An Easter celebration

I love Easter.
I love all that it represents.
I love the opportunity to celebrate the Savior.
For it is the gift of His life
that makes it possible for me to live forever
with this precious little family of mine.
I am forever thankful.

The Easter memories we made:
*Each day of the week we talked about what was happening that day in the Savior's last week.
* The boys woke us up at 6:00 AM on Saturday morning because they were so excited about their Easter baskets!
* We had an Easter egg hunt in our backyard. Mitchell was so excited that the Easter bunny left so many hidden surprises and kept asking us what his name was!
* The boys dyed Easter Eggs with their cousins. Matthew couldn't wait to taste one and gobbled one up as soon as it was dry! Mitchell was anxious for a nibble too, but couldn't understand why the egg inside didn't change color.
* We frosted and sprinkled Easter cookies with our Moody Family including Nana and Papa from Washington!
* We loved listening to general conference and learning from our inspired church leaders.
* We had lots of fun playing games Quirkle, Snorta and Blokus! (I did win Quirkle again just in case you were wondering...)