Has Anyone Seen Sweet Daniel?

Where did my sweet teddy-of-a-Daniel go? He is exercising his will against mine and I fear I am losing the battle!! His terrible twos have struck with a vengance. He is extremelly defiant. Daniel has no fear of telling his Mommy "NO", even though he quickly feels the wrath of Mom. I finally rinsed his mouth out with soap after he bit Noah at the store. He seemed to understand that form of discipline better than any other so far. Time outs don't phase him. Takig toys away doesn't bother him enough to stop the acts long term. We just found out that he does hit in nursery. I don't know why we weren't informed of that before. (FYI to all nursery leaders- let the mom's know what their child is doing when Mommy isn't around!!) every time I go grocery shopping with all 3 kids, the older generation always says, "Boy, you have your arms full." There are days when I repeat that phrase to myslef as well!!


Jodi has discovered her little tongue. She loves to stick it out whenever she can. It is the cutest little tongue!! She is now only 17 pounds- only the 30% range for her age, but she is 28 inches tall- in the 70% range. She is a dainty little girl that is getting quick as lightning and getting into all sorts of trouble. Nothing is safe from her reach. Everything goes into her little mouth. But, oh, what a cutie!

Noah is learning so fast. He is piscking up on "pre-school" stuff quickly and is keeping me on my toes. I am having fun teaching him the things about the alphabet and he is learning and wanting to learn so much. I have to remind myself to keep teaching him and to not let "life" get in the way. How people can home school their children is amazing to me. Noah loves Animaniacs and the Rugrats. He is bored becasue we took away all of his buckets of toys, combined the toys, made 4 seperate buckets, and allow only one bucket out in one day. I may go back to the other way in a few days. I was tired of the mess and it would take so long for him to clean it up- Daniel is no help in that category yet. But, he really did "play" with those toys through out the day.

My life has gotten crazier. I have been asked to be the Primary music chorister for our ward. Until they fnd a replacement I am still the ward organist and am still the ward music chairperson. If things get to hectic I am totally delegating responsibilities!!! Until then, life is crazy! Dustin has 2 more weeks of school and 2 major tests BEFORE finals!! He has a very mean Biology prof. So that't the news from the Frier clan for awhile!!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all- a little late. The Frier's had a good time celebrating. The kids spent time with their favorite friends playing with squirt guns, jumping on a trampoline, egg hunting in an orange grove, eating BBQd hot dogs. They had so much fun and were well tired out when we got home. So tired, we didn't have time to decorate eggs. it's a good thing I bought plastic ones. i filled them with their favorite snacks and they thought it was great. Noah and Daniel each got 2 hot wheels and a giant dinosaur coloring book. It was nice and simple and worked great.

Noah and Daniel have their share of times when they play so great together, but when they fight- boy do they fight! Noah is learning more about the alphabet. he is learning all about the sounds the letters make and is still learning how to write them. I am trying to do as many fun activities through out the week as I can. We just finished with the letter "B". We went to the bank, bought jelly beans, played some balloon games, got free after- Easter helium balloons, made bubble paintings, learned a ballon song, etc. Now we are going to start the letter "C". The fun things is Daniel is learning right by Noah and is picking up on the alphabet quickly.


Daniel started to say meal prayers and always wants to say the prayer. It's fun to see the boys fight over who will say the prayer. I have thought about reading the Children's Scripure stories with Noah earlier in the day. He keeps complaining of nightmares. We just got done reading about Alma and Amulek and how the Lamanites threw the people into the fire. Noah ahad a dream that night that Daniel was thrown into a fire. He was really upset about it. he loves to hear the scripture stories, though.

I swore we would never go to the Easter Pageant again. We had to go this year. We used it as a teaching tool for Noah. He wouldn't believe us that Jesus Christ lives. The Pageant helped him see that He does. It was fun seeing it through the eyes of our children.



Jodi is growing like a weed. She has her 9 month check up this week. The doctor will see a little girl who crawls fast, who stands and walks along furniture, who loves to bounce, who has 3 new teeth coming in. Jodi is so sweet and loveable. Everyone at church just thinks she is the cutest. Her little Easter dress was a big hit- thank you Grandma!!!

I am finding time to practice my flute, practice the piano for the organ, and prepare to teach Primary music on Sunday, and set up musical numbers for Sacrament meeting and other meetings, and have time to keep my house looking somewhat clean. No wonder I am so tired at night!

More Pictures

Here are more pictures of the kids. Noah and Daniel were dancing with each other wearing headbands from when I hemmed Dustin's pants. The others, are well, just plain cute!!!