My boys have always had Pirate tendencies. Davis only said "Aye" for "Yes". He was 3 and still said, "Aye." It was too cute to put an end to, but I eventually taught him the more understandable "Yes."
When Noah was born, cute 2-1/2 year old Jag said,"Him a pirate. Him have only one eye." Yes, the baby was squinty and only opened one eye at a time. So him was a pirate for at least a month. Jag was disappointed when him started opening 2 eyes.
Today I realized that Pirate runs in the family. On 3 different occasions today Christian referred to me as a Pirate. When asked to clarify, he just said, "Aarrggg." I must have been growling quite a bit in frustration. So yeah, I was a Pirate for the day. Arg.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Just Eat
Me: "Noah eat your lunch."Noah: "No lunch. I make birthday cake."
Me: "Eat your birthday cake."
Noah: "No like cake."
Cleanliness Counts
Ada.
To say that Ada LOVES Jag may be putting it lightly.
Jag met Ada at baseball. Her sisters happen to be on the teams of both of his brothers. She is 4 and reminds me of our friend Emma Russell, she has a great voice and smile. Ada spied Jag and instantly decided that he would be hers forever, Jag is taking a bit longer to come to that conclusion. The first time she sat next to him, she sat as close to him as she could. He turned to her, she smiled, and he said.... "Your face is filthy. You have hot chocolate all over it. You should go and ask your mom to wash it." Dear Ada just tried to wipe her face clean with her hand. Her mom never has wipes.
They have grown to be buddies. Ada wants more from the relationship. Every time she shows up, she'll tell him, "Oh, I just need some hugs." Then she'll grab him and squeeze, he'll stand like a statue and let her love on him, then he'll just kind of give me a grin that says, "what's a guy to do?"
To say that Ada LOVES Jag may be putting it lightly.
Jag met Ada at baseball. Her sisters happen to be on the teams of both of his brothers. She is 4 and reminds me of our friend Emma Russell, she has a great voice and smile. Ada spied Jag and instantly decided that he would be hers forever, Jag is taking a bit longer to come to that conclusion. The first time she sat next to him, she sat as close to him as she could. He turned to her, she smiled, and he said.... "Your face is filthy. You have hot chocolate all over it. You should go and ask your mom to wash it." Dear Ada just tried to wipe her face clean with her hand. Her mom never has wipes.
They have grown to be buddies. Ada wants more from the relationship. Every time she shows up, she'll tell him, "Oh, I just need some hugs." Then she'll grab him and squeeze, he'll stand like a statue and let her love on him, then he'll just kind of give me a grin that says, "what's a guy to do?"
We just saw Ada. She sat as close to Jag as possible and he turned and once again said, "Your face is dirty again. You have orange all over it." She once again told him they didn't have wipes and then gave him a hug. The things she is going to have to put up with if she is going to win him over.
This is a blurry picture, but it shows how Ada is always looking at Jag.
This is a blurry picture, but it shows how Ada is always looking at Jag.Friday, April 24, 2009
Sand Devil
Sand Devil, our long lost lizard, has been spotted in the yard. His forked tail is the guarantee that it is him. Davis is determined to get him back. He is just waiting for the lizard to fall into his trap.
My Scouts
Christian is now old enough to be a cub scout. We had Pack Meeting last night. Although he has attended Pack Meetings for a year now, I'm Asst. Cub Master, this was the best one ever. Must have been the new uniform.
Noah likes to wear his "scout shirt" too.Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Bad Connections
I am not whining here. I am merely stating the facts about our sorry "connections" here in the desert.
Once on Sunday and then again today I could have used someone to call and dump 4 lovely little boys on. I had a dentist appointment (again) and had to take the angels with me...sorry, boys. [OK, I do have a neighbor that I call on a very rare occasion, but it is always a big inconvenience.
She puts her kids in their PJ by 5 and to bed by 7. She had an appointment and couldn't help out.] Darin and I have realized that it is really sad that we haven't made any real connections here. We haven't found friends that we can turn to when we need a hand, or to hang out with and have a BBQ. We've never lived somewhere like this, a place in which we never find our long, lost friends. Everywhere that we've lived, we have collected life-long friends, friends that we were sad to leave. Not here.
Maybe we are just getting to be too old for the crowd we are living around. People just don't know us. We spoke in church on Sunday and afterward I had comments like, "I didn't know that you homeschooled." "Your husband is a JAG?" You know the basics that you figure out after 5 minutes of talking to us. Actually even the Bishop didn't know that Darin had been gone since mid-February. I guess he just thinks I ditch Darin and run to church so that I can sit and wrestle 4 boys on the pew by myself.
Like I said when I introduced our family on Sunday, in my talk, no need to know more about us, we are just going to be moving in 2 months. (Maybe it's my attitude?:0)
In some ways, I am looking forward to moving.
Once on Sunday and then again today I could have used someone to call and dump 4 lovely little boys on. I had a dentist appointment (again) and had to take the angels with me...sorry, boys. [OK, I do have a neighbor that I call on a very rare occasion, but it is always a big inconvenience.
She puts her kids in their PJ by 5 and to bed by 7. She had an appointment and couldn't help out.] Darin and I have realized that it is really sad that we haven't made any real connections here. We haven't found friends that we can turn to when we need a hand, or to hang out with and have a BBQ. We've never lived somewhere like this, a place in which we never find our long, lost friends. Everywhere that we've lived, we have collected life-long friends, friends that we were sad to leave. Not here.
Maybe we are just getting to be too old for the crowd we are living around. People just don't know us. We spoke in church on Sunday and afterward I had comments like, "I didn't know that you homeschooled." "Your husband is a JAG?" You know the basics that you figure out after 5 minutes of talking to us. Actually even the Bishop didn't know that Darin had been gone since mid-February. I guess he just thinks I ditch Darin and run to church so that I can sit and wrestle 4 boys on the pew by myself.
Like I said when I introduced our family on Sunday, in my talk, no need to know more about us, we are just going to be moving in 2 months. (Maybe it's my attitude?:0)
In some ways, I am looking forward to moving.
Monday, April 20, 2009
A Fair County Fair
Look! Fair Hair!Jag wanted to touch everything! Noah wanted to touch nothing! He would get close to an animal and then say, "I no like pigs." "I no like sheep." When we got to the bunnies he finally said, "I like bunnies." I drove his stroller closer for a better look, nope "I no like this bunny." Then I decided it would be funny to torture him with the petting zoo...ha, ha funny mom. He screamed and hid from the little goat that ran everywhere. He was willing to stand next to the cute little pigs. We had a great time and the kids thought the fair was fabulous!
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