BORN TO BE WILD!

i don't remember who sings that song but i know it's in a recent movie, i think, and it describes my evan boy quite perfectly. oh how i love him but he's so dang wild!! he CAN NOT sit still or stand still - he's gotta kick the back of my seat as i drive, and lay on me as i sleep, and sit on me as i eat, jump on my back while i stand and lifts the back of my dress at church.... need i go on.
i should have titled this post "surviving evan". sometimes i just sit and think of all the destruction he has done - this week: i had a framed photo of lauren i'd been keeping in a drawer for a long time and finally pulled it out and put it in a special place on monday....mid tuesday...he had broken that photo into bits and pieces. i was watering yesterday and saw hidden in the bushes an angel statue i had in the yard - he had broken the wings and threw it to hide the evidence. he poured oil into the fountain outside and ruined the pump. he spray painted the house, garage, and ian's motorcycle - major busted! he got a hold of my garden clippers and cut the hose off, cut the swings in half, and chopped at plants. last week he pulled down his pants, as we were getting in the car to go to school, got on his bed, and pee'd against the wall. i made him wipe all the walls where he has written with crayon, marker, pencil, chalk, and paint. he scaled the kitchen shelves and broke my favorite cake stand and huge bowl. he ate a whole box of girl scout cookies in 30 minutes and hid the evidence. he threw a rock at the window in the garage and shattered it all over. he put chop sticks in his ears when he was 2 and i was on the potty, and started swirling around the room, running into the wall and getting one of them shoved down his ear - he almost went deaf! he came to me one evening and said he couldn't hear...i found very tiny craft bells in each of his ears...with a good pair of tweezers ian got them out. he steals all our gum and candy and i'll find the wrappers at the end of his sheets when i change them! he's already had 6 cavities! a lovely experience at the dentist. but he does warm my heart and melt in my arms. he obviously thrives on attention! he found me half naked in bed and yelled out "make her naked" and attempted to take off all my clothes. he calls ian on his cell phone every day. he's the closest thing i have to a baby in the house and i'm gonna soak him up for as long as he'll let me and savor this season with him no matter how he tries my every last drop of patience! for all the hard days we may encounter with him i so love to lay next to him in his bed as he hugs my neck and kisses my face all over. we'll end with "i love you higher than the highest mountain, or greener than the greenest grass or bigger than the biggest flower that ever grew. his strong "will" will allow him to not ever give up and endure in his life. a mommy can only hope.

i've come to the conclusion that yesterdays "scrappin'" is today's "bloggin'". which may explain why i'm so bad at posting. i never scrapped. i like blogging more than i ever liked scrapping but i'm finding i just don't have the time to do it often. oh whatever. i've seen some major blogs and realized that it's also a very popular mormon thing - these gals are serious about this. while i'm on the subject i have to mention how much i love my friends blog - hope you don't mind alicia!
www.thesimplelife-alicia.blogspot.com. alicia was a little girl whose family i lived with on my mission and now she's a grown woman with her own family!!! what!! i love her creative blog and i love going thru her favorites - such fun and creative people out there!

as i sit here i'm eating my most FAVORITE late night indulgence... trader joes "belgian chocolate pudding" found in a 16 oz container where the dairy products are - it's the bomb! only 290 calories in 1/2 cup - so far i've inhaled half of it tonight. whatever. you gotta try it.

i still can't figure out how to post photos from the computer which explains why this is a boring blog! i will try again.

an "aaaahhhhh" to spring again! time to get out in the dirt and garden. there are new things growing this year in the yard that i thought had died 2 years ago. i'm adding some structure to the yard this year and getting ready to plant a vegetable garden. gardening is an art. it's therapeutic. there is creativity and new found beauty to enjoy. it's always a work in progress and ever changing. it can also be expensive but well worth the investment. instead of spending the money on therapy i just spend it on the yard. i get so much more in return!
well it's past midnight and i'm off to bed. song of the day: "the unforgettable fire" by u2 in celebration of st. patrick's day - i love the "war" album. have a suzy moment!