Beds

 The girls' bunk beds and Brennon's bed.  It's nice to have two rooms situated.  I love the girls' bedding.  The same style, just different colors.  I wish I would have painted the room before we got the bed up, but I was too tired after the front room.  Maybe another time.

Ward Temple Trip

July 15-16, 2011

 The Relief Society was in charge of a huge family project, taking a family day-trip to the Temple.  It started for Randy and me on Friday, July 15.  We drove up to Billings, Montana, dropped the kids off with some friends and went to a session together.  This hasn't happened in years.  We've been to the temple, but mostly have to switch off watching the kids while the other goes to a session.  It was nice to look over at my sweety at different parts of the session.  I sure love that man!

 The weather was beautiful when we got out.  I love to see the Temple!  We later found out that our friends took 6 kids under the age of 10 to Denny's.  The waitress felt so bad for them, she didn't even charge them for the 6 kid shakes they ordered.  How thoughtful!

 The next morning we got the kids all dressed up hoping for a quick family picture at the temple.  However, when we arrived, the kids classes were in full swing.  The President, Beth, got everything set up as far as scheduling and flyers and logistics.  The 1st counselor, Ale, was in charge of the kids classes.  Many women came up strictly to babysit the kids while the adults went to a session together.  When asking the kids later if they liked going to the Temple, Shelby replied, "Mommy, I got to touch the Temple."  This made my heart melt.

 We've been to the Billings Temple many times, but I'd never been to the back.  I love this view almost as much as I love the front!

 The 2nd counselor, me, was in charge of feeding the temple goers.  The Youth left the church at 3:00 AM to make it for Baptisms for the Dead.  They ended up doing aver 120 names in all.  The families left at around 5:45AM to make it to the 10:30AM session.  Since I was in charge of feeding more than 135 people, we went to the session at night so I could take the morning to get the food.  Above you'll see 36 feet of Subway sandwhiches that we had to shove into our Trailblazer along with our family of seven and the other food we'd brought or purchased.  It was comical how we ended up making it.  We also had 20 gallons of water and lemonade, 15 dozen cookies (homemade and individually wrapped by yours truly), 150 bags of chips, and apples and banana's to feed an army.  It was PERFECT!

Someone commented on Randy's stylish gloves.  I said, "Hey, at least they match his tie!"  The kids each got a 5x7 of them standing in front of the Temple.  It was an amazing experience that I'm glad we were apart of.  The kids are often found singing, "I love to see the Temple.  I'm going there someday."  I hope they make the commitment now to be sealed to their families for all Eternity.  It's worth it!

Needles

One of the strongest memories I have of my little sister, Brooke is one of the trials that I'm glad I don't have to go through in this life.  Hopefully!  I remember I was playing with Caden, pregnant with Keilie, when I got a call from Brooke.  She was in the hospital and wondered if I'd come to see her.  I got in the car right away and headed to her bed side.  The night before, and many days before that, Brooke had been loosing weight and had to constantly go to the bathroom.  My parents had finally had enough of her nightly 8-times, so they took her up to Urgent Care where they were told that her blood sugars were through the roof and that she needed to head immediately to the hospital.  After many pokes, blood draws, and testing they found out that Brooke had Type 1 Diabetes.  She was 13 at the time.  Her pancreas was pretty much dead.  I got there just in time to see a nurse walk it to show Brooke (and my parents) how to check her blood.  Did she scream in agony at the very thought?  Nope.  Was she hysterical thinking about the lifetime of needles that she'd have to endure?  Nope.  Did she hang her head and ask, Why?  Nope.  My brave little sister stuck out her finger with very little fear and taught me a lesson.  Heavenly Father doesn't give us more than we can handle.  Sometimes it may see that way, but it's because of our short term perception.  It's how we come out of those trials that makes us who we are.  Have Faith, Heavenly Father is molding us into what He wants us to become.

Dance

I have many memories with my sister, Ashlee.  We are just 27 months apart, so we did everything together.  However, I do have many sweet memories with my other two sisters, Danielle and Brooke.  With the gap inbetween Ashlee and Danielle, because of the passing of my baby sister, Keilie, it was a little harder to relate to them.  With the 8 and 9 year age difference, it made it harder, but not impossible.  One memory I have of Danielle is a story that I've told my kids a few times.  I want them to learn from her experience and I want them to be just as strong.  It was the holiday season in Utah.  We made our way down to the Festival of Trees for a dance performance of Danielle's.  She'd practiced for months, got all dolled up, and was super excited.  However, once we got there, we found out that none of the other little girls showed up.  Danielle had two choices, she could either decided not to dance, or she could get up on that stage in front of hundreds of people and perform.  She chose that latter.  Now, because I was 8 when she was born, I always had a special spot for her in my heart.  She was my baby!  But, when she got up there and danced her heart out to these strangers, I felt a deep sense of pride for my little sister.  No matter the obsticle, no matter how scary, she got up there and did what she loved to do.  Sometimes life might have hard choices.  Sometimes life is hard!  But, if we do what makes us happy, life may seem perfect, if only for that moment!

Prepared

I LOVE feeling prepared.  I get things organized weeks and sometimes months in advance so I never have to feel stressed.  It's kind of along the same lines as my need to be on time, if not early!  Anxiety trigger anyone?  So, when I went shopping this morning and saw that they have the school supplies and lists for each school out, I took the hour to get FOUR kids their stuff for school.  $134 later and we're all set with supplies.  The kids even got complimented on their too-big backpacks as they sported them out of the store.  However, with this need to be prepared, also comes the backlash- kids begging to do EVERYTHING with their new stuff.  I've already had a request to wear the backpacks to the bathroom, have a paint session with the new watercolors, and have even found the top of one of the crayon boxes shredded by toddler teeth.  Now I'm thinking, which would be worse?... Waiting till the last possible minute or hearing the complaints for another 28 days!  I'm thinking I just need to get over my need for preparedness and live in whine-less bliss!

Names

We've been trying to teach both Shelby and Brennon more about names.  First, Middle, and Last.  Shelby has since learned that her full name is Shelby Jacquelyn Dirks.  It was kind of hard trying to get her to realize that she had another name and that it was the same name as Grandma Dirks.  She kept telling us that she didn't want another name.  She likes Shelby Dirks.  I was trying to impress on her what an honor it was to be given someone elses name.  She said, "Then since it's the same name as Grandma Dirks, I think I want to be called Shelby Grandma Dirks."

Baby Feet

While on our way down to Utah for Brooke and Dustin Kearle's wedding I stopped in Rock Springs and got the kids some mini Sprite's to drink on the last leg of the trip.  I opened each of them one and started on the drive telling them that I was going to take them away when we got onto the freeway.  Shelby then said, "Mommy, I'm not a baby.  Look how big my feet are."  If that was the case, Ty wouldn't have been a baby when he was born.  He came out with skis!

1 Inch

So, we moved into this home July 2009.  August 2009 our basement flooded for the first time.  Our sump pump went out while Randy was in Minnesota for training.  Imagine a 7 month pregnant woman calling around to 24 hour plumbers at 5:00 AM.  Not a pretty picture.  Fast forward to almost exactly a year later and you'll see another basement flooding.  This time 4 months after the basement was finished.  $2500 later, we again have the best pad money can buy installed.  So, we now have 2 sump pumps and have laid carpet and pad twice.  Within 1 year!  So, you can imagine our dismay to walk downstairs this week and feel wet carpet near our utility closet.  We found that someone had kicked the pipe running from our water softener to our floor drain just 1 inch.  This was enough to move the pipe opening from the center of the drain to the side, allowing some of the water to flow freely onto our cement floor, right under our pad.  Because of the awesome barrier, the one that keeps liquid from running through it, it didn't allow air circulation, trapping the water underneath.  So, as Randy's ripping up more and more carpet and pad while I'm fetching our huge fan, I'm almost in tears.  That would be 3 "floods" in under 2 years of living in this house.  I'm sick to death of water in our basement!!!  Good to know that our sump pumps are still going strong!  Also nice not to have to buy pad this time.  Carpet stretchers are making their money at the Dirks' home!!

Dirty Walls

We got a new bed frame (Thanks again, Emily) and set it up for Brennon.  He's been using Shelby's trundle, so it's nice to have his "own" bed.  As I was putting the trundle under the day bed, setting up the new frame, and making the new bed, I noticed some dark spots on the wall near the head of the bed.  Upon closer inspection I found that the dark spots were buggars.  Yep, he's been picking his nose at night and wiping them on the wall.  I'd had a friend move into a new home who had to wipe down the little boy's room because the previous owner hadn't done it.  YUCK!  Now I'm doing it in my own home.  Brennon's all boy!

Mamarotzi

I LOVE to take pictures.  I love to take as many as I can.  I know I have absolutely no skill when it comes to angles, lighting, and color, but I LOVE to take them anyway.  I've got a million pictures of ordinary things like yawning, sleeping, eating, smiling, laughing, snuggling, playing, goofing-off, and the such, tucked away on many, many disks, but I just can't help it.  I LOVE pictures.  Memories.  Life.  So, when Randy asked to take my camera with him to Scout Camp, I almost had a melt down.  At the time, I didn't know how hard it was going to be!  Here are a few things that have happened since I haven't had the extension to my right hand...

1. Painting my front room.  I started painting a wall with the intent of showing the contrast between the darker first color and the lighter end color.  It didn't dawn on me that I wouldn't get that chance until I was done with the wall and went looking for my camera.  No before and after.  I hate that!

2.  A couple of days ago, Caden and Keilie showed me a "nest" of spider eggs in our window well.  I immediately got the spray, since there were thousands upon thousands.  Monday night I was walking in from taking out the trash and saw a large spider by our front door.  I again got out the spray and killed it.  This reminded me of the eggs so I went to make sure they were all dead.  That was when I found the biggest spider I've ever seen.  It was bigger than my whole thumb.  No exaggeration.  I called my neighbor and had him come and catch it for me so I could send it in to be tested.  He even said it was the biggest spider he'd ever seen.  Again, no camera to show you how incredibly huge and scary that sucker was.  Yikes.

3.  We are a binkie family.  There have been countless stories of binkies!  So, it should have been no surprise that when I went in to get Ty from his nap, he had two binkies in his mouth at once.  Total picture moment!  Alas, no camera.

4.  I have had my ears pierced 2 times.  Both times they have gotten so infected, no matter what the posts are made of, that I've taken them out and let them heal over.  I love dangling earrings.  I think they just look so cute.  Randy has also stated that he likes them too.  He's never pressed me to get my ears pierced, but we've talked about it enough that I took the plunge for the third time.  When looking at them on their display, they all look so minuscule.  I chose the ones that I thought would be perfect for my ears.  Um... they're a lot bigger than I would have liked.  Six weeks and I can change them out.  Diamonds would be nice:)  Again, I would have liked to have the camera!

5.  My girls' new bed.  I bought the girls a bunk bed to conserve space and open possibilities for the boys' rooms.  From instruction one to putting the mattresses in, I did it all by myself.  I felt like I'd run a marathon by the time the sheets were put on, but it's worth it.  One room down, two to go!

6.  I knew this when he left, but my little sister, Brooke is getting married on Friday.  He reminded me that I'm not the only one that has a camera, that I could get pictures from another family member.  I know.  But, I still hate knowing that I'll be in the presence of family and not have my own camera to take pictures of everything.  I'm an addict!

Do you remember a time when there was film?  When you had to be choosy about the pictures that you took?  When you only took one picture of the same scene so you didn't waste your money?  How did we survive?  Along with my lacking photography skills, my scrapbooking skills also leave much to be desired.  So, my millions of photos will stay on those disks.  Until new technology comes out, of course!

Taking Advantage

Randy left Monday at 4:30 AM for Scout Camp this week.  Little did we know that he wouldn't get any kind of cell service, so I haven't been able to talk to him at all.  This makes for a very lonely week!  However, I took advantage of his absence and painted my front room.  Nothing extravagant, just the lighter cream that we did in our kitchen, but I love it.  I don't have the strength, or courage to do the ceilings.  When I asked Randy if I could paint it he said he didn't care because we could pay a professional to fix it if I messed it up.  Gee... thanks for the vote of confidence, honey!

Innocence Is Bliss

It has been getting pretty warm lately, so the kids have been taking the hose out to the trampoline more and more.  Those are some of my most favorite summer memories as a kid.  I love jumping with water on the tramp.  Mostly because you can't tell that I've just peed my pants.  Just kidding.  Sort of.  Anyway, the other day everyone had come in but Shelby.  I was doing stuff around the house and realized that she'd been out there for quite a while.  I went to make sure all was well and found my sweet girl jumping BUCK NAKED, flailing hose in hand, without a care in the world.  That privacy fence was much needed on that day!  What a sweet little nakies!  The joys of innocence.

Casper Parade Day 2011

Casper has a Parade Day that is super huge around here.  Everything, including the Library, closes down.  I arrived at 6:30 AM to put my chairs at the beginning of the route.  It was a good thing, there were already other's setting up there as well.  We got a perfect place next to a tree that provided blessed shade the whole time.  I'll wake up early every year to put my chairs in a perfect place again!

 Someone did get up in my face about saving seats.  She didn't think it was fair that I had come early and placed my chairs.  I just told her that she was upset that she didn't think of it first.  If you're willing to be up early, you're going to get super seats.  Only the best for my family and friends!

 I got asked if we were a daycare.  She saw all of the kids and assumed.  "Nope, they're all mine."  She surprised me by saying she'd always loved large families.  We usually get the lame, "Do you know how that works?"  Um... Like we haven't heard that a million times.  Come on, we're not the Duggars!

 Randy was able to come with us as well.  I love days that he has light work outside of the home.  He rolled his ankle that morning, so it was nice to have him there and resting.  Otherwise, he might have been tempted to do something else.  Like clean and stain the fence!

 I am so, so, so happy that Shelby's hair is growing.  It was so much fun doing it in a fun style.  When I had 5 of the 6 sections done she said, "I think I'll just have piggies next time, mommy."  At least she lets me do it!

 Brennon does NOT like loud sounds.  He will not go close to the RZR or even Randy's car.  He will NOT let you try and coax him for a ride.  He was not happy with the blaring sirens.  He even broke down and cried when a loud motorcycle came ripping up the route.  Poor things!

 We were lucky to have Jonathan and Kimberly join us again this year.  She almost didn't make it past all of the closed roads.  I'm so glad she did.  I tried to get a picture of the two of them like last year, but do you think they would look at the camera?  Nope.  This is the better of 6!

 Ty was seriously good while we were watching.  As long as he had candy, he was set.  Look at that blue mouth:)

These two made out like bandits.  They got bags full of candy, pencils, cushies, and coasters.  Last year we got three pieces of candy to share between 8 kids.  We were at the end.  Hence my early rising to get a better seat.  This year was SO different.  The front of the parade is the way to go.  More candy, earlier departure.  All-in-all, best parade day ever!

Martin's Cove

July 11, 2011

 My parent's stake came up to Martin's Cove for a week-long trek.  I couldn't pass up the opportunity to see them, since it's only a 50 minute drive.  We don't get to see them often enough, so it was a treat!

 My kids - minus Caden (summer bridges program)- with Grandpa and Grandma Burrell.  Everyone was saying how fun it was for us to come see them.  We got to have lunch with them before they took off.  You'd think my kids hadn't eaten in weeks.  We at right before we left and then polished off my parent's food when they got there.  I hope my parent's don't die of starvation on the plains!

Sorry for my photography skills!  Anyway, if anyone asked Shelby what her name was, or anything really, she'd tell them her name was Shelby and that she was going to have a Rapunzel birthday.  I'd reply, "In January."  Then, Brennon would volunteer that his name was Brennon and that he was going to have a Scooby Doo birthday.  I'd then reply, "In February."  My kids love birthday's as much as I used to:)  I can't wait to hear how the trek went.  We've had some rain!  Yikes!!

Pathfinder Reservoir

July 3-4, 2011

When we got home of Sunday, we took a nap and headed out to Pathfinder Reservoir for some more camping fun.  We had received our new lantern in the mail while we were gone and had to take it out for an initiation.  I don't think we could have chosen a better place.  Once again we went driving around hoping to find a place.  I think our choice was perfect! 

 We got our tent set up, got our new swimming stuff on, and went out for some water fun.  Randy made sure to get all of our floating stuff.  The kids had a BLAST!

 It's so much easier to take pictures of kids that stay on the beach.  I got about 30 of the babies, and maybe one or two of Caden and Keilie.  They stayed out as far as they could on their rafts.  Don't Brennon and Ty look so cute!!!

 Me with the man of my dreams.

 The trees made a natural protectant for our kids.  They loved going out as far as they could and then floating with the current back to us.  They got out there at least 7 times before dinner.

 Sunset was beautiful.  It was nice to be a lot warmer this night:)

 Our camp set up.  RZR, Ty's bedroom (a.k.a the Trailblazer), our shelter and our tent.  FUN!

We're all making funny faces.  We had such an incredible weekend.  Randy had to wake up at 4:30 AM to drive home and help the Scouts put out flags.  He made it back to us at around 8:00AM.  He took Ty with him, so I was able to sleep in until around 7.  WONDERFUL!!!  Camping is so much fun!

Sheridan KOA

July 2-3, 2011

 After freezing our butts off at Sibley Lake, we decided to head back home.  We didn't know where else to go.  We had to pass through Sheridan, Wyoming, and decided to check out the KOA.  They ended up having a 2-room Kabin for us to rent.  It was AWESOME!  You walk in the front door to a double bed.  You walk through the next door to a room with 2 sets of bunk beds.  There was fighting over who got the top!  Perfect!

 We took advantage of the K-mart in Sheridan to buy ourselves some swimming stuff.  We couldn't wait to cool off from the 90 degree weather.  It sure is different being off of that mountain.  We went from one extreme to the other.

 Randy took this opportunity to teach Keilie how to swim.  She did awesome.  She still isn't efficient, but she's doing great.

 Caden had a blast doing belly flops and cannon balls.  He's a great swimmer already.  This was pure fun for him!

 After our swim party, we decided to head out and explore Sheridan.  Randy worked in this city a lot when he worked for GlaxoSmithKline, so he already knew the city well.  He's said to me before that Sheridan would be an awesome place to live.  I tend to agree after the little tour.  We stopped at Buffalo Bill's Inn.  Still looks good after all these years.  It's now a restaurant.  Nice!

 I love this picture.  Look at Shelby's scowl!  She's always such a happy little thing, but she was in a mood on this day.  Man, she was such a little beast.  I love her anyway!

This picture is out of order, but I had to post it anyway.  My beauties all ready for the pool.  I would love a front porch swing.  The kids had such a good time on it.  I also sat on it and read while the babies were supposed to be sleeping.  It doesn't matter that they went to bed super late the night before, sharing a room with all 5 was an adventure that didn't end until after 10!  We'll be doing the 2-room Kabins from KOA a lot more!

Sibley Lake, Big Horn Mountains

July 1-2, 2011

 We have wanted to explore the Big Horn mountains that border both Wyoming and Montana for a long time.  We finally made it a priority and went over the Independence Day Weekend.  We should have researched the weather a little bit more before we left:)  We'll get to that later.  We rose in elevation more than 3000 feet.  Look at that view!!!  And we're not even to the top.

 We were too late to make any reservations, so we drove around hoping to find something that was slotted "open" for last-minuters like us.  We found the last one.  50 yards above this beautiful lake. 

The things that make me whole!

Tyson wanted to be super independent.  I just thought it was so cute to see him pull his little arms up and hike up the mountain.  He refused to look at me.  Big surprise!

I'm always on lookout for the perfect sibling picture.  I love how they look so small next to the beautiful tree.

Talk about the beautiful outdoors.  We'll definitely come back here again.

Ty either wanted to walk all by himself or ride on daddy's shoulders.  CUTE!!

Randy took Caden and Keilie fishing while I was trying to put the babies to bed.  Randy said that they cast out at the same time and caught a fish at about the same time.  They reeled them in, and took them off the line together.  They've tried fishing a couple times this year, however, this is the first time that they've caught anything.  Magical!

The above picture is Shelby playing with her flashlight when she was supposed to be sleeping.  After 45 minutes of "sleeping" we brought her out to play with us.  It just made me laugh.

Notice my "Rudolph" nose.  This might give you a hint of how cold it was.  It made it down to 40 degrees!  We froze our behinds off!!!!!

Don't they look so much alike?!

We decided to leave the mountain the next morning.  We could have had a different spot that wasn't so rocky, but after the two hours of sleep I got the night before- along with hypothermia- the only thing that sounded inviting was a real bed.  Turns out, Ty's bed was the most comfortable in our whole camp!  We all had 3 sweaters, 3 pairs of socks, and all slept in our shoes and coats.  Next time, we'll have a tent heater and 5 of everything.  Who knows, we may not be warm enough even then.  Can you say camper?!

Animal Rescuers

My kids are masters at catching stuff. Catch 5 baby bunnies. Check. Catch a Bull Snake. Check. Catch this poor bird. Check. Next thing you know, they'll lasso an antelope and go for a ride! I think they like to think of themselves as Animal Rescuers. Although, the animals probably die of fright when my kids are done with them!

Bears

One summer as we were on our way up to our cabin, our parents were talking about how a black bear had been seen digging through garbages from cabins near our own.  We were told to watch out for them and not to leave our garbage cans out.  In the minds of 12-year old Stephanie and 10-year old Ashlee, we knew for certain we were going to see that bear!  We actually went out exploring the grounds around the cabin hoping to find him.  Three or four days into our vacation, we weren't so sure we would see it anymore, so we decided to simply go out for a walk.  We had made it down the stairs and come around the cabin when we heard a sound coming from a ledge above our heads.  We both looked up at the same time and saw a black back moving through the trees barely visible above the bushes.  It was the bear!!!  We turned on a dime, pushing each other to get ahead and be first to get in that cabin.  We were scared out of our pants.  Our parents had taken the younger girls out for a little hike to get some of their jitters out, so we were all alone.  We locked all of the doors --the mind does crazy things when fear is pumping through your veins.  Lock the doors so a bear can't open them?!-- and went to watch out the window.  We were clinging to each other, crying our eyes out, convinced that we were going to be that bear's next meal.  From the corner of our vision, we saw movement and screamed our lungs out.  Now the black back was in our vision, coming straight for our cabin.  Was it big?  Yes.  Was it black?  Yes.  Was it a huge bear?  No.  It was a cow!  The relief was immense.  The memory is priceless!

Hammock

Randy got some seriously nice hammocks when he was down in Brazil for his LDS Mission (1996-1998.)  We love them.  We pulled them out when we lived in Nibley, UT and used them on our covered patio.  One held our whole family.  Granted it was only us with Caden and baby Keilie, but, yes, they are that strong!  We try to get them out every time we go camping.  Even if we're simply going up to Casper Mountain to do s'mores, we love to get them out!!  This last camping trip, however, we didn't get them out due to flimsy trees, or no trees at all.  It made me remember another time, long ago, in a different state, different mountains, different hammock...

Growing up our family had a cabin in Causey, UT.  We LOVED the cabin.  There was always something fun to do.  We never tired of exploring, unless we saw a bear.  That's another story:)  Ash and I had found a hammock at a neighbor's cabin and after checking around, found that they weren't "home."  We decided to help ourselves to their hammock.  I mean, come on, if they didn't want to share it, why leave it out?  Right?!  No?  We shouldn't have!!  We both got on and immediately decided that it was fun to kind of swing.  Big mistake!  It broke, sending us careening to the sloped ground below, butts first.  The actual connection with rocks was more than painful!  We got up, brushed ourselves off, looked around to make sure no one had seen, and took of for home faster than one would think possible with fractured tail bones (or so it felt like.)  Needless to say, I don't think I'll ever help myself to someone's hammock unless I know they're from Brazil and taken care of as Randy's are!  Now I hope Randy understands why I was always so hesitant to get in with him, no matter how much he promised they were strong enough.  Those memories are hard to forget:)

Master Binkie Finder

This weekend we had a BLAST on a mini-vacation that took us camping in the Big Horn mountains (freezing our behinds off,) to kamping in a kabin at a fun KOA, to camping again at the nearby Pathfinder Reservoir.  It was SO much fun!  I've got about 200 pictures to sort through, but my computer isn't letting me get them off of my camera right now.  I need to wait for Randy to help me with that.  For now, I'll just tell a quick story.

Shelby has always been the master binkie finder!  We could always count on her to have one hidden or find one faster than the other kids.  On our way off of the freezing mountain, we stopped off at a trail head for some RZR fun and lunch.  Randy had Caden on a ride, leaving me with the other kids.  Keilie and Shelby were exploring, when Shelby came back from the nearby meadow and said, "I found Tyson's binkie."  Sure enough, it was his.  The crazy thing about the whole thing is that the binkie was CLEAR!  She'd found a clear binkie in a meadow that Ty had been playing in.  Clear!  As for binkies, she's done with those for good.  The bad news?  She started sucking her thumb.  At four!  Heaven help us with this one!

Toddler Wars

"Ty, give Mommy the toothpaste."

 "Ty, I mean it!"

 "Ty, I'm going to count to 3."

How can you get upset with this face?  Sweet Victory!