I Felt the Love

Tonight I went to a meeting for the Young Scholars program in our school. I got home excited to see my family and excited to talk with Wayne as I haven't seen him much today. I talked with S. about the program and then Wayne and I talked. I glanced over at the TV and realized that a show that I very much enjoy was just finishing and I hadn't recorded it! At first I was bummed, but then I thought, "Oh well, it's just a TV show."

I went downstairs and as I'm talking with the girls, I found out that they (or one of them - I'm not sure which) recorded it for me without me even mentioning it.

Please keep in mind that I normally watch this show alone, so they are not invested in it at all.

They taped it just for me because they knew I liked it. Awww... I think that they showed their love for me in an act of kindness that would not benefit them at all. I love my kiddos. :)

Christmas time 2009

I haven't blogged since the middle of December, so this is a picture catch up post.

S. with her cello, Wayne


J.


K., J. and S.


Wayne works outside a considerable amount. Wayne's parents bought him this mask so he can be warmer. They did tell him not to wear it inside a bank though!


J. putting his feet behind his head. How's that for flexibility?

The morning we had our Christmas (as opposed to Christmas morning, which we spent at my parents' house).

The quilt that I made for J. It finally is finished and is now on his bed.

Mom and Claire

Sledding K., Jocelyn and S.

Sledding on a later date. J., S., Jocelyn and K.

The second pic is J., Wendy and Jocelyn.


Sandy taught K. how to make pumpkin roll. They had a great time making it and I had a great time eating it!

My mom bought a gingerbread house for my kids to decorate. The awesome thing is this one came assembled! That means they could immediately decorate.

One night Dad made a fire and he and S. sat and watched it for a while. I thought it was very sweet.

Megan and S.

Dad smiling!

A sweet Claire face and a funny Claire face.

Chris, Sandy, Claire, Dad, Mom and Grandma and Grandpa

S. Wayne, me, Dad, Mom, K., J. and Grandma and Grandpa.

One morning while at my Mom and Dad's house, we woke up to find beautiful designs on the car. To me it looks like the Tree of Life. Beautiful!

Achievement Days Fashion Show

Our Achievement Day's leader is Awesome! She works so hard to do great activities.

They spent a bunch of time on not only modesty, but how to make current fashions modest.

Each girl wrote a synopsis for each outfit and they sounded so well written. In addition, they wrote a brief talk about different topics and then read them to the parents and family that was in attendance. They did a great job with those as well.

Here are a few pictures.

J. waiting before it started.

K. in her casual outfit.

S. in her casual outfit.


K. in her dressy outfit.


S. in her dressy outfit.

S. and J. Decorating Cupcakes

On April 19th after church, S. and J. wanted to decorate cupcakes with lots of different colored frosting. I made some cupcakes and they picked the color of the frosting.

They had such a good time.

Really?...Ummmm.......gross.

I need to preface my remarks by saying that I was exhausted for a bunch of the day yesterday. When I am tired, I am less coherent.

On Sunday S. was showing me her loose tooth. I didn't think it was very loose and I thought it would take at least 2 weeks to come out.

Yesterday morning S. mentioned that her mouth hurt where her loose tooth was. I told her that she could have tylenol if she wanted. In the meantime, we dropped K. off at the bus stop and came home. Within 5-10 minutes, S. told me she didn't need tylenol.

When I finally understood what she was saying (I told you I was tired and less coherent!), I asked "Why?" to which she replied, "Because my tooth fell out!" Boy was I surprised!!

I dutifully took the tooth and put it in a ziploc bag and put it on the kitchen shelf.

As we were running behind yesterday, I was dashing around trying to get things done. Everything was finally accomplished and off they went to school.

After they were on the bus and I was home, I did a bit of cleaning. I knew I needed to put her tooth in a safe place so she could show Wayne and then put it under her pillow last night. Well...I couldn't find it! I looked on the counters, on the island, in the living room, and I even thought that in my stupor I may have thrown it away, so I looked in the garbage (not too far down though!). Nope, not there either.

Hmmmm...I didn't know where else to look so I temporarily gave up.

Fast forward to the S. coming home. - S. told me that I had put her sandwich in the ziploc with her tooth!

I felt horrible and with a cringe asked, "Did you eat the sandwich?" (Now, I totally would not have blamed her if she didn't and I know many people who wouldn't have.) She said that she ate most of it.

While I felt happy that she had not gone hungry, I felt bad that I had put her sandwich in with her tooth.

Thankfully today I am feeling much more rested. :)

Dining at Chuck-E-Cheese

During winter break, we had a small get together at Chuck-E-Cheese. We had lots of fun. We set up a buddy system. K. and Jocelyn hung out together (and they had others along too sometimes).

S. was fantastic and was J.'s buddy. They stayed together and had a great time. I am so glad that my kids get a long!


Here J. is in the tube that you have to climb up to get into.

Snowman/Snowwoman?

On the 19th, S. and J. went outside to make a snowman. They did a great job.



Later when discussing the snowperson, they had a conversation that went something like this:

S. - Mom, do you know what the snowman's name is?

Mom - No. What did you name it?

S. - Susan. It's a girl.

J. No, it's not. It's a boy.

So...whether it's a boy or a girl, I'm just happy that they had fun (and didn't make it obvious which gender they wanted it!).