Danny just learned what the word "hollow" means and he was explaining it to Rachel.
Not recognizing the word, Rachel replied, "Oh, I don't speak spanish".
I laughed and told her that word is English.
She said "I don't speak English, I speak our language."
Friday, February 29, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Tagged-Bob's it
Bobby,
You need to answer all the questions that I answered in my "tagged" post.
I love you!
You need to answer all the questions that I answered in my "tagged" post.
I love you!
Kid Parties
Rachel has been having a party pretty much every day for the last couple of weeks. Her parties consist of getting out all of the toys and stuffed animals that she can and covering her floor around her bed with them. Then she gets out our portable dvd player and watches a movie or brings her coloring book and colors a picture. And there you go, the ultimate party. Sometimes she invites her brothers and sometimes she's completely content to party by herself.
P.S. Rachel's bed is a crib mattress on the floor of her brothers' room. She has a girly room with pink walls and and ponies all over, but last October, she decided she was afraid to sleep in her room by herself. So we let her sleep with her brothers on the floor of their room thinking that it would pass after halloween was over. But she still wants nothing to do with sleeping in the pink room. After a month or two of sleeping on the floor, we realized there is no end in site, so I got out the crib mattress that isn't being used and she now sleeps on that.
P.S. Rachel's bed is a crib mattress on the floor of her brothers' room. She has a girly room with pink walls and and ponies all over, but last October, she decided she was afraid to sleep in her room by herself. So we let her sleep with her brothers on the floor of their room thinking that it would pass after halloween was over. But she still wants nothing to do with sleeping in the pink room. After a month or two of sleeping on the floor, we realized there is no end in site, so I got out the crib mattress that isn't being used and she now sleeps on that.
Go Team!
We went to a college basketball game with the kids last weekend. We had a great time even though Bob felt a little conflicted about cheering for a team other than the Cougars!
Doesn't Rachel look enthused?!
Doesn't Rachel look enthused?!
Tagged
1. What time did you get up this morning? I woke up at 6:50 am when Rachel came and got in bed with me. And then finally had to get out of bed at 7:15 because Aaron was calling for me. My 2 1/2 yr old still hasn't realized he can come out of his room in the morning without my permission.
2. What do you usually have for breakfast? Oatmeal. My kids love it more than any sugary cereal, so I might as well have some too. And then I've been on a healthy kick lately so I add wheat germ and flax seed to it.
3. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Gershwin's greatest hits. My kids love "Strike up the Band".
4. What kind of car do you drive? Toyota Sienna
5. Favorite sandwich? Chicken Pesto from Atlanta Bread Company
6. Favorite item of clothing? My new jeans my mom bought me when she came. They fit well and she bought the same ones for herself.
8. What color is your bathroom? Yellowish goldish?
9. Where would you retire? CA or Midway, UT
10. Most memorable birthday? They're all great.
11. Favorite sport to watch? College Football (go Cougs!)
12. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night--Used to be a morning person before kids!
13. What is your shoe size? 8 1/2
14. Pets? 2 Beta fish. The best pets in the world. They won't die. You only have to feed them twice a week. You don't have to get someone to take care of them if you leave for the weekend. And one of them even survived 5+ minutes on our kitchen floor before we discovered she'd tried to escape.
15. What did you want to be when you were little? Mostly the usual. My brother Casey had the interesting ambitions. He wanted to be a Milk Man or a belly button.
16. What are you today? Mommy! (and part time web designer)
17. What is your favorite candy? Jelly bellies and those candy corn pumpkins they have at halloween.
18. Your favorite flower? Tullips
19. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Valentines Day. My husband is taking me to Phantom of the Opera.
20. What are you listening to right now? My kids playing the Wii they got for Christmas from my parents.
21. What is the last thing you ate? French toast for breakfast.
22. Do you wish on stars? Just shooting stars.
23. What faith are you? I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The best decision I have ever made.
24. Who was the last person you spoke with on the phone? My husband. He still does a few projects for his old employer, so he's at work on this Saturday morning, but just for a few hours.
25. Hair Color? brownish blond?
26. Name of your favorite school teacher? My Biology 100 teacher at BYU--now I'm blanking on his name, but I can see his face. He was always talking about the "dews of heaven". Wend-I'm sure you can remind me what his name was.
27. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate.
28. When was the last time you cried? When I went to a horrible doctor who told me my back problems are hopeless and I should never run again.
29. What is under your bed? Food storage.
30. What did you do last night? It was an exciting Friday night at our house. I had some website work I had to finish up, so I sat at the computer for a few hours while my husband was in the next room playing 5 rounds of Tiger Woods golf on the wii!
31. Favorite smell? The asphalt after it rains. My mom taught me to like that. My dad thinks it smells dirty.
32. What are you afraid of? My back hurting for the rest of my life
33. How many towns have you lived in? 6
34. Do you make friends easily? I think so
2. What do you usually have for breakfast? Oatmeal. My kids love it more than any sugary cereal, so I might as well have some too. And then I've been on a healthy kick lately so I add wheat germ and flax seed to it.
3. What is your favorite CD at the moment? Gershwin's greatest hits. My kids love "Strike up the Band".
4. What kind of car do you drive? Toyota Sienna
5. Favorite sandwich? Chicken Pesto from Atlanta Bread Company
6. Favorite item of clothing? My new jeans my mom bought me when she came. They fit well and she bought the same ones for herself.
8. What color is your bathroom? Yellowish goldish?
9. Where would you retire? CA or Midway, UT
10. Most memorable birthday? They're all great.
11. Favorite sport to watch? College Football (go Cougs!)
12. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night--Used to be a morning person before kids!
13. What is your shoe size? 8 1/2
14. Pets? 2 Beta fish. The best pets in the world. They won't die. You only have to feed them twice a week. You don't have to get someone to take care of them if you leave for the weekend. And one of them even survived 5+ minutes on our kitchen floor before we discovered she'd tried to escape.
15. What did you want to be when you were little? Mostly the usual. My brother Casey had the interesting ambitions. He wanted to be a Milk Man or a belly button.
16. What are you today? Mommy! (and part time web designer)
17. What is your favorite candy? Jelly bellies and those candy corn pumpkins they have at halloween.
18. Your favorite flower? Tullips
19. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? Valentines Day. My husband is taking me to Phantom of the Opera.
20. What are you listening to right now? My kids playing the Wii they got for Christmas from my parents.
21. What is the last thing you ate? French toast for breakfast.
22. Do you wish on stars? Just shooting stars.
23. What faith are you? I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The best decision I have ever made.
24. Who was the last person you spoke with on the phone? My husband. He still does a few projects for his old employer, so he's at work on this Saturday morning, but just for a few hours.
25. Hair Color? brownish blond?
26. Name of your favorite school teacher? My Biology 100 teacher at BYU--now I'm blanking on his name, but I can see his face. He was always talking about the "dews of heaven". Wend-I'm sure you can remind me what his name was.
27. Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate.
28. When was the last time you cried? When I went to a horrible doctor who told me my back problems are hopeless and I should never run again.
29. What is under your bed? Food storage.
30. What did you do last night? It was an exciting Friday night at our house. I had some website work I had to finish up, so I sat at the computer for a few hours while my husband was in the next room playing 5 rounds of Tiger Woods golf on the wii!
31. Favorite smell? The asphalt after it rains. My mom taught me to like that. My dad thinks it smells dirty.
32. What are you afraid of? My back hurting for the rest of my life
33. How many towns have you lived in? 6
34. Do you make friends easily? I think so
Rachel and the Ponies
Rachel and I went to "My Little Pony Live" yesterday. It was completely pink and girly. Rachel was in heaven.
Our funny kids
A few funny things our kids are doing lately:
Aaron has just started asking "why". He's not quite sure how to this powerful word yet, though. We can tell he doesn't quite get it because he doesn't use it at the right times in the conversation. He just shoots it out several times while we're talking about things. He also answers all our question with "Yeah, sure". "Aaron do you want some chicken nuggets?" I ask. "Yeah, sure."He's our little monkey. He climbs and jumps off anything he can think of. If you ask him if his name is George, he'll say, "Yeah, monkey".
Rachel loves to tell her dad and me that she has two surprises for us. And then she gives us a kiss and a hug. The favorite game for this sweet little girl, however, is "the bad guys". This started out after she watched the movie "Spirit" about wild horses and in it "the bad guys" try to catch and tame the free horses. Rachel loves to capture her little ponies in cages or tie them up with ropes. She has taught her little girlfriends the game and they play it when they get together and she frequently talks her brother and me into playing it with her also.
Danny is doing great in kindergarten. He's one of the smartest in his class. He frequently wins when they have letter and number flashcard competitions in his class. The other day he came home with his zipper stuck on his coat and asked for help with it. I asked him how he got it off at school and I realized he didn't. I asked him if he ever takes his coat off at school and he said no. I asked him why and he said that if he takes his coat off, then at the end of the day he has to take the time to go put it on before he gets in line to leave and he doesn't get to be in the front of the line. So he'd rather be hot than loose his advantage over the other coat-wearing kids in his class. We talked about it for a while and came to a compromise that at least he will unzip his coat while he's in class.
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