New Rule

For me: I will not get on the computer in the morning until I have brushed my kids teeth.

Comment Moderation

Well, I really hate filling out those little word verification boxes, and I always feel a little nervous leaving a comment that has to be checked by the author, but I had some one leave a link to a porn site on my blog in some Asian language. I didn't know about it because I don't open links unless I am sure of what they are, but I do not want people who read my blog being redirected to something so horrible and degrading. So I put on comment moderation. I really like getting comments and making "friends" through the blog world, so please continue to leave comments. I will not delete comments from friends and family and other good people. I just do not want bad spam coming through things I publish.

Congratulations Johnny!!

After a year and a half of daily scriptures study, Johnny has finished reading the entire Book of Mormon at 8 years old.

Recent Pictures

 

Rachel the amazing 3 year old  engineer. She loves building with blocks.

 

Anya helping to make dinner.

 

Adam's paper trap. He said that if some one started walking down the stairs they would slip and crash and he would catch them.

 

Saturday Morning Family Time :()

 

Love those baby smiles!!!

More Funny Things

So kids are always saying and doing funny or cute things, and this is where I like to keep track of them.  I have racked my tired brain this morning so I could write down one thing from each kid this week.

1. Ruth picked out these cutsie pastel puppy valentines cards for her 6th grade class. She seemed very excited about them in the store. But when She began to fill them out, Ruth was definitely distressed. She looked down at her neatly sorted cards and her class list and very forlornly and said, "Mom!!! I can NOT give any of these cards to the boys in my class!" John very definitely agreed.
2. So after last week, we made this week a computer game free week. Kate said, "That is okay, Mom because we just took the time that we normally play computer games and watched lots of great TV shows!" (That is somewhat true, but they also read more books and played outside more.)
3. Okay, so little boys are weird. The nine year old boys in our primary class are always pointing finger guns and making shooting noises. My sons are no different. After school every day for about a half hour Johnny karate kicks the air, the couches, his sisters, Adam, the piano, whatever until I tell him to get Kell and go outside to play. On the same note, Adam throws his body around like a bomb and makes exploding noises as he crashes to the floor.
4. Aunt Rebecca took photos of the 4 little kids on Tuesday. She asked Adam what his favorite thing to do was and he replied, "Clean my room with my brother, Johnny." (I wonder what they are doing down there?)
5. At every meal Rachel sits down, groans and says, "Oh, I hate that kind of food." But it is every meal no matter what we are eating. I should maybe try Rachel's diet?
6. Anya loves, loves, loves pacifiers and it has recently taken a turn for the worst. Instead of just having a pacifier in her mouth, Anya is not happy unless she has one pacifier in her mouth, and one pacifier in her hand.
7. I've noticed that when Joseph starts to get upset he starts spitting. When I washed his face yesterday, he looked me directly in the eye and spat.  I guess he doesn't like getting his face washed :).

Rip

Yesterday during church, Kate laid down on the pew and went to sleep. I took her hair and tickled it under her nose, and Ruth took her hair and tickled inside her ear. Kate batted us a way in a good humored way. I turned around to attend to some of the littler kids. Kate then scooted over to me, cuddled up and said, "Mom, why can't I rip?"

"Rip?" I asked confused.

Kate said, "Yeah, you know rip-- R-I-P-- Rest in Peace."

So I laughed aloud in church.

Day Off

There was no school yesterday. Hurray!! We love no school days. I wanted to do something fun with the kids. Life has been hard for them. I thought it would be worth a little bit of money spent to let them do something.

We woke up just after 8am, skipped breakfast and went straight to video game playing. I wasted an hour finding people on facebook, while Ruth, Kate, Johnny, Adam, and Rachel played Nintendo Game Cube Super Smash Brothers. (They had borrowed this Wednesday from their Grandma.) I did some laundry, fed, changed, and played with the little ones. Then I did my weekly hands and knees wash of the kitchen floor. By then, it was noon time, so I did some more laundry and put a frozen pizza in the oven for lunch. Ruth, Kate, Johnny, and Adam were still playing Super Smash Brothers.

We had planned to meet Aunt Emily and cousins at McDonald's playplace for sundays. I told everyone to come get a peice of pizza while I changed and fed the baby, showered and combed hair. A few pieces of pizza got eaten. But still they played on. At 1pm when I was ready to go I shut off the nintendo game cube. Everyone started complaining that the game was almost over. I said they had been playing for 5 hours straight. They seemed a bit surprised but said, "Cool!" They did get into the car, though. We had fun at McDonald's. I gabbed with Jay and Emily while the kids ran and played for a little over an hour.

We went to the grocery store next to get a few things to make dinner for another family. As soon as we were home, they headed back for the nintendo. I played a game on the computer, read and did an art project with Rachel and Anya. I am sure I fed the baby too. The kids played on. When I needed to get dinner put together I kicked the kids off of the nintendo once again. I put Ruth and Kate to work and told Johnny that he had to read for an hour. Well, guess what Johnny read???? The manual for the Super Smash Brothers game!!!!!! And of course when Dad came home, it was Super Smash Brothers again. I believe my children played that game for a total of 9 hours yesterday. And can you guess what they did first thing this Saturday morning?