Clayton the wild child

At times Clayton turns into this little wild child, terrorizing everyone and anything in our home. The cats go into hiding, mom gets a heavy migraine and dad goes comatose. It is as if someone injected our sweet little boy with a straight shot of concentrated caffeine or sugar. The funny thing is that he becomes a wild child when he is really tired. When I am really tired I just want to drop dead or at least sleep standing. It begs the question, why does being really tired turn these beautiful children into little monsters?



I am sure that whoever came up with Gremlin film had young children. The whole story line most likely came from experience that the screen writer had with their own children. He or she probably noted how after a certain time of night a child changes from a cute little Gizmo like creature to a whole batch of monsters that can over run your home. It is an experience that any parent can relate to. The film is classified as a horror film for a reason.

So remember if you have a Gizmo, don’t feed them after midnight, and if you have a child make sure they get enough sleep!

I still don’t understand how they keep going when they get so tired…

Wild, wild west

This follows a little more with the life in Bountiful thing that I have been blogging. When I say Bountiful I mean our life where we currently live. These posts always have a plethora of photos of our friends who mostly live in the town homes. When we move to a house we often talk about the things we will miss, like the great neighbors and the number of kids Clayton has to play with. At times it looks like a couple of kindergarten classes hanging out on the green in front of our home. And the great thing is that all the kids are really great kids with really wonderful parents. People who are just really good people. People who you feel totally comfortable knowing your child is associating with looking up to and learning from.

Just in case you didn't know, Clayton hangs with a pretty rough group of kids (I know I am contradicting here, but stick with me). These kids are all from the quad where we live. In case you didn't know we live in town homes that are grouped in four buildings (Thus we call it the quad). Between the buildings there is a nice grassy area where all kids gather to play. Look at these kids getting ready for world war III...



Ya there are some tough cookies in that group. They have more steel and ammo than well anyone I can think of.

Kayla is a real sharp shooter, reminds me a bit of Clint Eastwood.



She's got her sites on you!



Weston is a dual light saber welding Jedi. Watch out for the Jedi mind control!



Samuel is the one who caries a big stick but speaks softly. Trust me you don't want to make this kid unhappy!



Joah swings that ball and chain with a real rage. One tough little dude.



Let's just say that Buddy is trigger happy. I mean he is happy here but not in the way you think.....



Daniel is the real swordsman of the group. He is a regular knight in shining armor. At a moments notice he can pull out all the stops and start using the way of the samurai!



Of course Clayton hasn't taken the hard edge the older kids have.... Yet



Nor has his buddies Max and Bell.... Yet





Of course the group still needs an archer and maybe a demolitions expert and who knows what else? OK, I am taking the joke too far. These kids are just so cute!