A Week of Simon :)

Simon recieved an award at school on Friday April 1 for "being able to read everything". He is such a good reader. He was reading before he went to Kindergarten. I wish I could take credit, but he did it all by himself. He reads scriptures with us every night, and very rarely needs help pronouncing a word. He is a kind, gentle, sensitive, funny, boy, and we love him!

Sunday April 3: Birthday
This is Simon's cake, made to his specifications: cake split into part red, part blue, part white, and part "black", with ninja "Sensei Wu" on a golden circle in the middle. For those of you unaware of the latest Lego craze, welcome to the world of "Ninjago", full of ninja's, dragons, golden weapons, and bad guys.

Sunday:Conference
Simon was blessed to be born on Conference Weekend, so more often than not, a portion of his day is spent listening to/watching Conference. This year my heart was bursting to be surrounded by my children who were quietly listening to the speakers. Especially the time I looked around and saw all four of my able children "taking notes" at the same time. Each year they get a special notebook. We make a list of words and they make tally marks each time the hear a word. At the end of each talk, if any word has 10 marks, they get a couple of jelly beans. If they can tell me what the talk was about, then they get a bigger piece of candy. Scott and Max, and even Simon on occasion, received the bigger pieces of candy. I love the Spirit that Conference can bring into my home, and that this year I was actually able to feel it, and sense my children feeling it to!

Pizza Party at the Park for Simon's Birthday

On Saturday April 2, we had a birthday party for Simon in between conference sessions. We had a fun relay race, with pizza and cupcakes for 7 of Simon's friends.



Weston is his best friend at school. Apparently they talk about the game Angry Birds, cause this was one of the gifts Weston gave Simon: an Angry Birds chain, complete with birds, pigs, and slingshot :)