New type of "time out"

We have found a new place for Zack's time out... the carnival. We took Zack to American Fork Steel Days to ride the carnival rides thinking that he would have a good time. As you can see in the video he didn't like it at all. After the first ride we were wondering what we were going to do with all the tickets that we bought because Zack was not going on any more rides. We got him to go in the carousel with Chelsea and Madelynn and then he was OK. After the carousel he was brave enough to ride on the trucks by himself. So now if we tell Zack to do something and he doesn't we threaten to take him to the carnival.

Yesterday the Maddux family went on a hike to Doughnut Falls. At the trail head Zack got to chase the ground squirrels around but he never caught one. Zack was a great hiker and hiked most of the two mile round trip. When we got to the falls all he wanted to do was splash in the water. Maddy was the lucky one and got to ride in the backpack the whole way.

Summer Camping

We took the kids camping a few weeks ago. Zack loved to be outside all the time where he could play in the dirt and ride his bike. The mosquitoes loved him and by the end of our first day he was scratching his head like crazy.


Here are some pictures of Zack camping from two years ago.


And of course some pictures of Maddy too.

Pooh or Poo?

"Chelsea," Chrissom yelled.
"What?" I responded in a really annoyed voice. I was trying to get some laundry in the dryer and I could hear that Chrissom had Zack in the bathroom. The last thing I wanted to do was clean up some poo.
"Zack has some pooh in his underwear, you better come and see," he said coming to get me. I could see that he was trying hard to not laugh. Then I made the connection. Zack has a little Pooh bear that I had just washed and he pulled out of the dryer. He'd put it down his pants and ran to Chrissom holding it in his crotch kind of dancing around and saying, "Pooh, pooh," Chrissom saw Zack dancing and thought he was saying "poo, poo." He rushed him into the bathroom, pulled down his pants and plopped him on the toilet still not making the connection. Zack said, "Pooh in my pants," and pointed to the the Pooh bear only then did Chrissom get that the joke was on him. Chrissom and I laughed really hard about this. We know that Zack is fun loving and likes to tease, but this is a whole new level to his sense of humor.

Farewell to Elmo Underwear

We'd like to pay our respects the the Elmo underwear who are resting peacefully in the sanitary napkin disposal box in the handicap stall of the Lady's restroom in the American Fork Costco. They met their end when involved in a terrible accident between Zack and some really stinky, slimy, yucky poo. We will miss the Elmo underwear and wish to pay respects to the dangerous job they had. They did a valiant job of covering Zack's unmentionables and taking the brunt of his "accidents." Farewell Elmo underwear we hope that you are happy in your new home.

Hot Dogs

Zack just brought me a bag with an empty hot dog wrapper in it. Being quick of mind is a must with Zack so I quickly figured out that he'd put them on the barbeque. When I asked Zack if that was what he'd done, he said "yess" the way he does with that little lisp he has. I went to check and sure enough there were all the hot dogs on the grill. At least he hadn't turned it on. Later when Chrissom asked him about what he'd done Zack said he'd put them on "daddy's barbeque."

Spider Man

For some reason, Zack thinks that spiders are called "Spider Mans." This morning I was trying to get him inside and I asked what he was doing. He was sitting on the grate of the window well looking down. He said, "Spider man." I went and looked down and sure enough there was a spider. He wanted to know what it was doing down there sitting on a plastic toy plate that he'd dropped down there at some other time.