Our Figures, By Adam

The other day, I groaned while changing my pants. Adam asked, "What's wrong, Mom?" I said, "Nothing, I am just too fat." Adam replied," Yeah, you have a wat bum, but you have a yinny tummy. But Dad has a really wat tummy, and a wat bum too."

Just Reward

Adam wrestles anyone in range whenever the family is in the living room together. He wrestles people when the home teacher comes, during family home evening, family prayer, and family scripture study. Last night during family home evening, Ruth was laying on the floor with her bottom in the air. Adam plowed his head into Ruth's bottom just as she passed gas. Ruth said, "Bulls Eye," and Adam jumped up immediately. We all laughed and laughed. (Expect John of course, who can't stand people who laugh at passing gas.) Maybe now Adam won't wrestle us so much , but I doubt it.

When Adam will stop coughing

Adam was really pretty sick last week. At one pint he was coughing very hard and I said, "Adam, stop coughing." Adam replied, "I will when I 'm better, mom."

Dinner Conversation

Dad: How did you like the episode of Samurai 7?

Johnny: I liked it. It was Kachiro who deflected the ships cannon with just his sword. That is so cool. Isn't it-- because the cannon is so big and the sword is so small. That must have been hard.

Dad: Well that's because it's not true. (Pause) But it is pretend and pretend things are fun. Like super heroes are fun.

Mom: Super heroes are real-- Spiderman is real.

Adam: Yeah, Spiderman is real and Scooby Doo is real too.

Johnny: I think that the Lord of the Rings is real.

Mom: Yeah, and Star Wars too.

Kate: In that case, the thing I want to do most of all is train to become a jedi.

Mom: Well, you will have to do a lot of traveling then.

Ruth: Yeah, you will be more than 40 years old when you get started, because those planets are 40 light years away. You will have to travel faster than the speed of light.

Kate: That is okay when it is the thing you want to do the most.

Dad: Well, Kate I will only give you permission to become a jedi if you promise me one thing.

Kate: What is it?

Dad: Promise me that you will never become a sith lord and not turn to the Dark side and take over the universe.

Kate: It's a deal.

Recent Pictures and Events

Here are a few photos from the last month:

Kate turns 9 on August 25, 2008. She dislikes cake, so we all had delicious banana splits.

This is our cat, Boy, sleeping on John. John loves Boy, and even John is amazed that he likes an animal.

Adam has become a huge fan of Spiderman. As soon as the Spiderman costume hit the stores, I bought him a new one. Adam gave the old ripped one to Rachel. Now they are both ripped and Adam has asked for a new Spiderman costume and a cartoon Spiderman dvd for his birthday.

Anya learned to crawl on the first day of school. Now we have another child to keep out of the books, dishes, toilets, etc...But we like that she can follow us and go where she want to now.

Procrastination Actually

I am not actually typing a blog because I have something cute or fun or nice to say. What I am actually doing is procrastinating mowing the lawn. (I will get to it--eventually--mowing the lawn that is.) Luckily, Anya did something very cute this morning, and it is worthy of script. Anya grumped a lot during her diaper change this morning. She doesn't like having her bottom lifted up very high. She twists and turns and tries to get away. She often ends up in a bit of a head stand with me holding her by her feet, trying to wipe up her bottom. When we got through the diaper drama, I sat her up and started to take off her pajamas. She did not like that this morning. She had warm pajamas on and it was a bit cold. So Anya loudly said, "Roarrrrrrrr." (Something she has been experimenting with lately.) Adam and Rachel had been watching this whole thing-- like a little audience in a row. As soon as Anya roared, Adam and Rachel burst out laughing. Anya looked at them rather seriously for a moment and then roared again. Adam and Rachel burst out laughing again, and so Anya laughed too. I think she realized that she could be funny. Then Adam roared a good lion roar at Anya, and Anya burst out laughing her cute baby cackle, only with as much gusto as Adam and Rachel's laughter. It was a lovely end to a nasty diaper change, and now I have to go and mow the lawn boo hoo.

Halloween Masks

Ruth wanted to look at the Halloween masks in Target yesterday, so we did. When we got there, Rachel picked up a scary mask and said,  "put it on, and I say , rarrr." I was surprised and said, "You want me to put this on you, so you can say, 'Rarrr.'" "Yah," Rachel said. So I put the mask on her and she ran up to another toddler girl saying, "rarrrrr, rarrrrrr..." The little girl ducked around the corner to her mother and said, "It is scary here." Rachel seemed quite satisfied with herself and took the mask off. I laughed, but rushed us away so the other girl's mother could not say anything to us.