Rumor is we've got Talent

(to the tune of O Susanna)

Oh she comes from Arizona
Its a place that's hot and dry.
When I met her at BYU
She really caught my eye.

Chorus:
We're the Blumers
We're crazy as can be.
We like to play together
and we live on 10-60

Oh he comes from California
with a guitar on his knee.
Now he lives in Provo
with some rowdy kids and me.

These 3 are the Blumer kids
They like to sing and play.
There's Paige, Ashby and Levi
and there's one more on the way!

Brian was the star of the show - doing solos between verses on the nose flute, Jaw Harp, and Harmonica with no hands. The kids did a great job dancing around and looking cute. It turned out pretty well for coming up with it a few hours before.

Baby Blumer #4

Sometimes I wondered if there really was a baby in there. I haven't felt nearly as sick as past pregnancies. It was nice to actually see the real thing up on the t.v. screen. Guess its for real.

Paige's nightmare

At 5:00 this morning Paige started screaming.
I ran into her room to help calm her down.
"Did you have a nightmare?"
"Yes."
And through her sobs she told me, "Levi was putting a bunch of little bouncy balls down the sink!"

Well, if that doesn't warrant waking up the whole family, than I don't know what is. :)

Valentine Surprises

We sent the kids on a treasure hunt to uncover their Valentine surprises.
My mom would always send us on treasure hunts with really hard and clever clues. Well, my kids aren't quite at that stage yet, so we had a picture hunt. We took close-up pictures of different places around the house and the kids had to figure out what it was.

They started in their room and headed for this spot.



The inside of the toy kitchen.
Inside revealed some Hershey kisses and the next picture clue.




This is one of Levi's favorite hiding spots, behind the brown chair in the piano room.
There Levi found a fun pop-up peek-a-boo toy, and the next clue.



The bookshelf in Levi's room.
More Hershey kisses and the next clue.



The hallway closet.
Ashby's present - a dog Pillow Pet.



The paper drawers in the craft closet.
More Hershey kisses and another picture.



The linen closet.
Paige's present - a ladybug pillow pet.

Ahhhh...Pillow Pets. The kids have been drooling over them since the first time they laid eyes on them. It was hard to justify, but I just knew how excited they would be. So we bought them, and tried not to think about it again.

After a good while of playing with the new toys, Brian gave the kids one more picture clue that had been hiding in his pocket...



This was the hardest picture for them to decipher. Paige especially looked all around the room, and even when I stood right next to her, she still couldn't get it.
Eventually she saw that it was my shirt and after I rubbed my belly a few times she said, "Are you pregnant?" What? I didn't even know she knew that word. I laughed so hard and she got all embarrassed. But once we told her and Ashby more about it, they were so super excited. And the first thing Paige said was, "And I will be such a big helper." Hooray!

[note: my belly is not really that pregnant, but Brian made me stick it out for the picture].

So, now you all know our big Valentine surprise!
Due sometime at the end of the summer. Ultrasound next week, so we'll keep you posted.

Happy Valentine's Day. I hope it was filled with lots of happy surprises as well!!