Four!

My baby is four years old! Four! He's still a crazy little guy who constantly keeps us on our toes, but he's also so fun and sweet. 

For his birthday Conrad wanted apple puff pancakes for breakfast and a digger cake. For his gifts he requested a hammock, a Christmas tree, and a peach tree! Not sure what kind of kid wants a peach tree for their birthday, but we feel like we must be doing something right haha. 

Every day while I'm working on school with the older kids, Conrad is busy with his "train school." He builds a unique track each day and just plays and plays. When he gets bored with that he'll "read" books. Once he gets bored with books, who knows what he'll be up to. Fort building, jumping on the trampoline, finding a snack, or running his own science experiments are all possibilities. 

Conrad loves to dress up. He refuses to give up on this Robin costume despite the fact it's getting so small. 

A new obsession is "ga-lect-ri-ful guitars" (aka electric guitars). Eliza made him one from cardboard, and he loves to play it for anyone that will listen. Too bad he only knows one song. Thankfully though, he recently installed a volume switch on his galectriful guitar so now he can play it more quietly. 

Video Transcript: (Hazel) "He just got back from London" 

(Conrad) "Yeah, I just got back from Wondon" 

(Hazel) "And while he was in London be became super famous"

(Conrad - SCREAMING) "Da-na-na-na-nah! Da-na-na-na-nah!" 

(Mommy) "Wow Conrad that's great. I love your outfit." 

(Hazel) "Yeah, are you cool in London?" 

(Conrad) "Yeah!" 

Eliza taught him a dance too... 

Video Transcript: (Eliza) "Conrad, do your hit your bum dance" 

(Mom) "Conrad, where'd you learn that dance? Come back" 

(Conrad) "E-wiz-a" 

(Mom) "Eliza taught it to you?" 

(Conrad) "Uh-huh" 

(Eliza) "No I didn't!

One day we were eating breakfast when Conrad looked at me and asked, "When are we having a sleepover again with Daddy's OLD Grwandpa?" It took me a few minutes to figure out he was talking about his great-grandpa Craig. Luckily great-grandpa thought it was hilarious to be called OLD Grwandpa! 

Video Transcript: (Hazel) "Conrad, who's this?"

(Conrad) "Daddy's old grandpa!"

(Hazel) Yeah?

Next up is a story that will be told and retold in our family for many years. We were up at the Farrell's Mema's house in Bountiful to trade back kids and celebrate Rose's birthday. After lunch, the adults were chatting outside while the kids played in Mema's amazing basement. When we called the kids for cake, I noticed Conrad had a huge scrape on his chin, temple, and ear. But he seemed fine and wouldn't tell us what happened. Well, driving home we finally got the full story: 

Video Transcript: (Aunt Jamie on FaceTime), "Ready for the story." 

(Mom) "Tell them what happened." 

(Conrad) "I was walking on the Shred-a-Mater. I turned it on and tried to walk and tried to walk all by myself and I got shredded and I got hitted by the wall." 

(Jamie) Wow! 

(Mom) "You can see where he got shredded." 

(Lenora) "He was on the treadmill." 

That kid!!! He not only did he figure out how to turn on the treadmill himself, but also tried to run without holding on, "got shredded," and didn't even come to me crying. We were dying when he first told us the story and we heard him call it the "Shred-a-Mater." A cleaver (and accurate) description! 

 Thanks Conrad for making sure there's never a dull moment around here! 

With all your wild adventures and crazy moments, you have the sweetest heart. Just the other night I was driving near the temple with Orson and Conrad. It was dusk, and Orson asked why the temple was so bright in the gathering darkness. I was explaining how they use lights to illuminate the temple when Conrad interrupted and asked, "Mom, is Jesus in the temple?" "Yes" I answered. "Mom, that's why it's so bright! Jesus is in there!" Out of the mouth of babes. 

We love you Conrad! Keep shining your wild, crazy, and powerful light!