Kids say the Darndest things

Kate: "Jonas, get your tongue offa me!"

I have told Jonas that the reason he needs a nap is because when he doesn't get one he turns into a monster. The other day when I told him it was time to go lay down he said, "No, I wanna be a monster." Like it was a choice. He could choose one or the other, take a nap or be a monster. Um, monster of course, it's way more fun!

Mor Fonix

Kate made a picture for her primary teacher today. She labeled it:

God and Gezus

Hukd on Fonix Wurked fur Me

Kate is really into writing and art lately. John and I love how she spells everything.

The missing cat poster she made when Kitty was gone. Now that Kitty is home we can appreciate its cuteness.

When I came home from work yesterday, Kate had put her menu choices for the next day on my recipe holder.

Brekfusst: Kates Ideu
It is a picture of Egg in the Hole Toast and Peaches, but she crossed out the peaches because she couldn't get the jar open.

Luns: Penut Budr and Jele

Dinr: This is a picture of Pizza

Sleep Peeing

Well, Jonas is almost night potty trained. Last night, while John was still up, Jonas woke up and went to the bathroom. John was impressed that he got up all on his own, but then he heard the hollow sound of pee not hitting the water in the toilet and then the slam of the under-sink cabinet door. After Jonas shuffled back to bed, John got up and looked in the bathroom. Yup, the kid had peed under the sink.

All this begs the question, where else has this kid been peeing in the middle of the night?

Payson, AZ

We took a little day trip to Payson to go fishing.

Jonas did not catch this fish. He pestered the guy fishing next to us, so the guy let him hold the fish he caught

We didn't catch any fish, but we did catch a bunch of rather large crawdads, crayfish, mudbugs, or whatever you want to call them. So much more fun than fishing for fish.


Jonas loved it! He insisted on being the one to pick them up off the ground after we pulled them out of the water and then put them in the cooler. He's crazy, brave, or just doesn't get that those little pincher hurt like hell.

We brought them home and made a yummy Southern Dinner. Boiled Crayfish, Savannah Red Rice and Fried Okra.

The little buggers were surprisingly tasty and the kids loved the whole process, tormenting them in the sink while they awaited their demise, helping dad toss them in the pot, and playing with the claws after they ate the tails. Morbid, but fun.

Happy 1st Ben!

Ben's birthday was last week. I still think of him as a bitty baby.

I Belong to the Church of Jesus Christ

Kate sang one of her favorite primary songs for us tonight. Here are a couple of our favorite lines:

"I'll follow Him in vain." and "His truth I will propane!"

(It should be "I'll follow him in FAITH." and "His truth I will PROCLAIM!")

Walkin' Walker

So, sorry this video is sideways. I didn't think about it when I took it and now I am not sure how to flip it.



Yup, folks, he's walking. I think he is walking earlier than either of the other 2. He is going to be a handful as you can see in the following picture.

"Um, Mom, if you haven't noticed, I'm stuck! Put the camera down and get me off of here!"

Ben Jammin' is Jamming.

First Day of Kindy-Garden

Here she is on her first day of real school all decked out in her Yoo-Nee-Form. (Bleck!)

In the car with her friend. Little Miss Independent didn't even need me to take her the first day. Which is probably a good thing because I would have stood outside the door all morning watching and crying.

Here is a LINK to the post about her first day of pre-school. It is amazing how fast she is growing up. (little tear, sniff, sniff)

It is definitely weird getting used to her being gone all day. Jonas is the one who misses her the most I think, though he has taken to tormenting Ben now.

Kate loves school, but she is just like her dad.

First day of school, she was so excited. She got up bright and early. She was cheery.

Second day, "Kate, time to get up and get ready for school." She looks at me with groggy face and then closes her eyes. "Kate!" She drags herself out of bed.

Third day, "Kate, time to get up and get ready for school." This time she didn't even look at me. She just groaned and rolled over. I could barely get her to move at all. I had to throw her in the shower, just to get her awake enough to eat her breakfast.

Oh Yeah, I Was Going to Post These

I was cleaning off the camera in preparation for the 1st day of school tomorrow and found a bunch of things I was going to post, but was too lazy or busy to at the time.

Kate's Swim Lessons

Every time she jumped into the pool she flopped

This is the bounteous harvest from our 6 tomato plants. We got about 4-5 tomatoes, all this size and smaller. We probably would have gotten a few more, but Atticus developed a penchant for green tomatoes.

That's all I am going to post tonight because I am tired. More later. Maybe tomorrow, maybe next month. Who knows?

Cricket Killer Part Deux

I thought I should share this here for those of you who aren't on facebook and because this is a little more permanent so I justify my blogging by calling it journaling.

This is what Kate said to me last night.

Kate: "Mom, be sure to wash your white pants."

Me: "The clean ones I was planning on wearing tomorrow? Why?"

Kate: "Because I used them to kill a cricket. I tried using the bat, but I didn't think I got it, so I used your pants to make sure."

Cricket Killer

We are being invaded by crickets. I kid you not, I kill at least a dozen a day, or usually night since the creepy little turds are nocturnal. This is what Jonas has to say about it.

Smelly

Jonas must have thought Ben's stinky diaper was just too much to take. When I picked Baby Ben up to change that diaper, his head smelled like Bath and Body Works in the Fall. Jonas apparently had tried to freshen him up a bit with spiced pumpkin air freshener.

Happy Little Find

I was digging in our desk to find some DVD-R's and found this happy little disk. Though I didn't find the DVD-R's, the search was successful.







I have the full on bloated pregnant face going. Jonas was born about 2 weeks after these pictures were taken.

The pics were taken by http://www.simplyouphoto.com/

Mowgli Baby

Ben is mobile. I don't think you can call his method of locomotion crawling. Monkey walking is more accurate.

Free First Friday Fiasco

The first Friday evening of every month is free at the Phoenix Children's Museum. What fun?! Okay, not really.

The event starts at 6 pm and goes until 10 pm. We arrived at 7:30 and stood in a line that extended across the front lawn of the building, out the gate and down the street. And guess what, this was just the line to get a number to wait to be called in. We were #376. At the time they were calling #s 70-80.

They did have a DJ and a Magic show for a while. There were these tunnel things for the kids to play in. So we waited.

and waited

and waited

and waited


and waited


and waited.

Finally at about 9:00 they let us in. We crowded in, avoided rude little children and parent's elbows, and fought our way through the exhibits.

Chef Kate


A whole room full of . . . what do you call these things? Toys where you put a ball in and it rolls through and does a bunch of cool stuff. Whatever they are called, I have some cool ideas for toys John should build.

Vacuum tubes - The kids could put colored scarves in and watch them shoot through the tubes. They could switch levers to change the route of the scarves took.


Fort room

And finally "The Climber"

3 stories of crazy climbing maze for kids to loose their fitness challenged parents in.



In the end, I guess it all worked out well. Because we were the last ones to get in, there were a lot of people leaving. By about 9:45 we didn't have to fight little ill mannered monster children so much. The kids had a fantastic time and I guess that is what matters.