Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Chore Day

This was from about a month ago. .  I'm seriously behind with my updates!
 
I've been having the kids help me clean the house - they each have a couple chores to do each week.  Caleb has to make sure there are two rolls of toilet paper in each bathroom and Sarah has to clean the sink in the bathroom. 
 
After they were done with their normal chores, they both decided to help me finish cleaning . . . wasn't that nice?!?  They both did a great job & I was thankful for the help!


No More Crib!

Look at his big boy bed!  Isn't it exciting! 
No more crib. . . no more keeping him in bed until I decide to get up. . . sigh.
 
He was so excited about his new bed we had to celebrate with a hot chocolate . . .  
 

From the mouth of my kids. . .

As Caleb and I were patiently waiting for Sarah's dance class to end last night we were discussing what to do when we go home.  Caleb got so excited and said "I know Mom, we can watch the Cardinals!!!"  To which I sadly responded "The Cardinals lost, buddy.  We have to wait another 5 months to see them again."  Then he proceeded to tell the other Mom waiting that the Cardinals lost.
 
Now for Sarah's lovely comment. . . . I just finished fixing my hair in a new style (and for me this is quite a huge accomplishment).  I went into the kitchen to show Brandon and Sarah to see what they thought.  Brandon, such a smart man, said it looks great!  My beautiful, nice daughter, what did she say??  "It looks like you woke up with bed head and didn't want to do anything about it, so you put your hair in a pony tail."  And so it begins. .  .


This morning Caleb informed me that he kept his gum under his pillow all night so the tooth fairy would know where he put it!  (Sadly, I ran out of time to check to see if the gum was still in the wrapper or not. . . )

On the way into town this morning Caleb informed me that "Daddy is a good van driver and a good boat paddler."  Not sure what he was thinking, but he did mention them as we were driving past a lake. . . I wonder if he was worried I would drive off the road???

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

My View of Halloween

This isn't my exact view of Halloween, but I do like the truth in it!!!
 
 
 

Sarah's Halloween Summary

Kids truly have a different view of the world!  Here is a paper Sarah created after Halloween.
 

It reads: "Mmmm! Yummy! I drew a picture of my candy bag with candy in it. Wow! That was delishous! I got a lot of candy! Raise your hand if you want to hlep me eat all of my candy P.S. My favrit candy is The snickers."
 
My favorite part of the picture. .  that she wanted to share her candy! 

Sarah's Time LIne

I'm not sure if they were talking about life issues in school or why exactly Sarah was thinking about the rest of her life, but this is what she came up with. . .
 
Here is her time line:
Age 3: Walking
Age 10: High School
Age 18: Car Riding
Age 30: Have a Baby
 
Sigh. . . oh how wonderful to have your whole life in front of you!!!

The Animal Game

Caleb wanted to play the animal game this morning on the way to Grandpa's house.  Here were my clues:
              • It's big
              • It's pink
              • It has brown poop
Wow. . . what great clues!!  I guessed a flamingo - wrong!  I guess an ostrich - wrong!  Finally, I got it right . . . a pig!
 
In my defense, the poop clue threw me way off!!!