Sep. 28, 2009 - Caleb strikes again!

This weekend, we had Abby's birthday party.  As part of her party we had a lady come to do facials and skin care/make-up lessons for the girls.  Emma participated a little bit, just with what was appropriate for her age.  One of the things they did was brush powder on their face.  After Em put some powder on, she ran over to me to show me her face.  Caleb chased after her frantic saying, "EMMA don't run, the make-up might fall off your face!!!"

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Sep. 17, 2009 - 13!!!

We are now the parents of a teenager.  Yes, today is Abby's 13th birthday.  Where has the time gone????

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Jun. 4, 2009 - My funny boy

Caleb just called out to me, "Mom, I have a weally bad headache."  I replied, "I'm sorry, Buddy.  Would you like something for that?"  Which got the response, "Yeah, like a banana."

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May. 1, 2009 - Brothers

We watched a family movie last night.  Caleb and Noah sat in a chair together.  They are good buddies.  All of a sudden, Caleb announced, "I'm scared."  And, without missing a beat, Noah replied, "It okay, Baba.  I got you."  And hugged his big brother around the neck. 

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Apr. 23, 2009 - Abby in Spain

This is Abby at a castle they visited in Segovia, Spain while on a missions trip in March.  I don't know how to make it bigger, but Abby is standing on the left in a brown jacket looking out at the view.

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Apr. 21, 2009 - Caleb strikes again

Tonight, Emma said, "Once in the middle of the day, I saw half of the moon out."

Daddy asked, "Where was the other half?"

Caleb pipes up, "In New Jersey."

 

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The girls were recounting a story about a time Caleb had stood on our dirt hill and 'preached' to them.  In the middle of their story, Caleb says, "I got really dizzy spinning around and around and around with my words."  Meaning, he was talking in circles. ;)

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Mar. 30, 2009 - An interview about Mom

This is an interview I did with the three big kids about their Mom- me:

1. What is something mom always says to you?
A: Pick up after yourself!
E: Go clean your room.
C:  I love you.

2. What makes mom happy?
A: When we pick up after ourselves.  When we don’t fight.
E:  When you obey and when you say she looks pretty.
C:  Doing what things are right.

3. What makes mom sad?
A: When we all fight and no one listens to her.
E: When you don’t obey and you don’t say she looks pretty.
C: Disobeying her.

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
A: When she makes up silly songs about us.
E:  There’s lots of ways – when she gets our names mixed up.
C: Doing some things that are funny.

5. What was your mom like as a child?
A: I don’t know.  I bet she was like me – except she was quiet.
E:  I have no idea.  She had long hair.
C: Like…um…a little girl.

6. How old is your mom?
A: 35
E: 32!!  Wait, she’s not 32!  I thought you were 35.
C: Whispers “I don’t know.”  “I think you’re 55.”

7. How tall is your mom?
A: 5’10”
E: A giant, she’s a giant.  She’s about like 5 ft and a half.
C: Whispers “I don’t know.”  “50 feet?”

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
A: Clean! (giggles)  Talk to her friends.
E: I have no idea…laugh…spend time with Daddy.
C: Um…play with your kids.

9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?
A: I don’t know, I’m not around!
E: I don’t know, but you better not be playing the Wii.
C: clean, do hard stuff.  And, I’m very sad that you have to do that.

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
A: On t.v. as a judge for a home decorating show.
E:  Getting our names mixed up – probably singing or something.  Singing with Daddy, cause she can’t get famous all by herself, then she’ll get really lonely.
C: singing

11. What is your mom really good at?
A: being a mom and everything that comes with that
E: singing and taking care of us
C: taking care of the kids

12. What is your mom not very good at?
A: disciplining us – she’s too soft
E: I don’t know.  She’s good at a lot of things.  Um…I don’t know.
C: I don’t know.

13. What does your mom do for a job?
A: She’s a teacher at home.
E: She helps Daddy and she stays at home and cleans and makes us clean, too, which I don’t like.  And, she takes care of us.  She has many jobs with Daddy.
C: Work for the kids, and work for Daddy sometimes.

14. What is your mom’s favorite food?
A: I don’t know – um - Chinese
E: Casserole or something, maybe?  Some kind of pizza dish.
C: any food I will cook for you when I grow up

15.What makes you proud of your mom?
A: First of all, if it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be here.  So, I kind of have to be proud of her for listening to God and marrying the right person.  And, she types really fast.  And, Daddy is always talking about how she’s the most godly woman he’s ever met and she’s so pure and stuff.
E: everything
C: everything

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
A: Nani (Lilo’s older sister)
E: Dora the Explorer
C: a famous singer

17. What do you and your mom do together?
A: clean
E: fold laundry
C: read books

18. How are you and your mom the same?
A: we’re both tall
E: we have the same nose
C: we both love each other

19. How are you and your mom different?
A: I’m young and she’s old?
E: We don’t have the same eyes.  She likes different things than I do.
C: we don’t do the same stuff sometimes

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
A: Because she tells me all the time.
E: Because she tells me.
C: ‘Cause I just know

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
A: I don’t know – everything.
E: That he helped her give birth to children.
C: Whispers “I don’t know”

22. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?

A: Grandpa and Grandma’s house, Iowa and Aunt April’s house
E: home
C: everywhere you want to go

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Dec. 17, 2008 - I love my kids!

The 3 big kids had their Christmas program at church tonight.  Abby helped lead worship with the kids church.  She did great., and is growing up before my eyes.  Emma sang and smiled and danced as an angel to 'O Holy Night' - beautiful!  Caleb was sitting with the preschool/kindergarten group.  They would sing and then sit on the front row until their turn came again.  Everytime he went up front, he waved at me.  Except for the time he gave me a thumbs up sign. ;)  One song they sang was "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas".  They held up pictures of a hippo and they were attached onto a stick.  He waved it back and forth, turned it around and rested it on his forehead, covered his face with it and peeked around it grinning.  Then he got poked in the eye with someone else's picture.  The next song he sang, his hand was covering his eye the whole time.  After that song, on his way to sit down, he noticed his dad.  So, he went over to Daddy and said, "Hey, Daddy, did you see my new Christmas sweater?"  Apparently, it was pretty cool and he wanted to be sure Daddy noticed! ;)  My friend said she got that one on tape, as she was sitting right next to Daddy.  ;) 

Noah has come down with something and had a fever when we got home.  Abby's school concert is tomorrow night.  She came to me when we got home and said, "Mommy, just so you know, I'm totally fine with you not coming to my concert tomorrow.  It's more important that Noah gets well, than you coming to hear a bunch of songs you've heard a million times."  Awww.  How sweet is that, and how blessed am I?

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Nov. 24, 2008 - That's my girl!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZdxJf9nwTA

Abby is the one in a skirt in this human video done by her class at school.

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Nov. 7, 2008 - I love that boy!!

Wednesday night, I picked Caleb up from his class and he ran up to me so excited. 

C-  "Mommy!  We learned about Caleb and Joshua tonight!  They were spies!"

Mommy - "That's so cool, Buddy."

C- "I like the name Caleb."

Mommy - "I'm glad.  So, we picked a good name for you, huh?"

C- "Yep!  When I grow up, I'm going to be a super spy dad."

(He's been saying lately that he's going to have a lot of kids - like 100. :winksmile:)

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Oct. 27, 2008 - Noah is learning a few new words...

I am always hoping he will pick up some more words.  He's 21 months old today, but his prematurity keeps his development 2 months behind that.  So, this morning when he said the words ear, foot, owie and pee, I was really excited!!  I guess there is one of those that could come back to haunt me, but for the moment, I'm happy!!!!!

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Oct. 27, 2008 - Caleb strikes again

Yesterday, Caleb got ahold of the Lysol spray.  He sprayed and sprayed our bathroom.  He was so very proud of himself.  He calls out to Abby, "Abby, do you smell that?  Isn't it refweshing?!"

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Sep. 25, 2008 - Soccer

Saturday, Daddy and Caleb went to Soccer.  Notice Caleb's nice purple soccer shirt?  Remember that, it's purple.  When they came home, Caleb was soooo excited about his medal.  He told me how hard he had played.  "I weally played hawd, Mommy!"  I asked if his team won and that was the reason he had a medal.  He replied, "YES, Mommy!  We won!  The kid kicked it in the goal!!"  Daddy then informed me it was the only goal of the game - and the kid was from the blue team.  Oh, how I love four year olds!  And, I don't think I laughed in his face. . .

 

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Sep. 18, 2008 - Our baby girl...

turned 12 yrs old yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sep. 16, 2008 - Ike hits the midwest!

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Sep. 16, 2008 - I love this age!!!

Caleb just came running inside:

C:  Mommy!  We have a big, bad emewgency!  Emma was wunning and she fell on the stweet and...

Me:  The street?!

C:  Oh!  The dwiveway.  I got mixed up.  (said all in one breath)  She was wunning on the dwiveway and she twipped and she got wed spots on her knees and hands!

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Sep. 3, 2008 - A couple of things . . .

Yesterday, Caleb, Noah and I were in Wal-Mart.  All of a sudden, Caleb pipes up with, "Mommy, why do we even need toys?  We should just use our imaginations all the time!"  Ahhh, that is music to my ears!

Today, Emma and Caleb have invented two 'worlds' of their own.  One is Finger World.  Their first two fingers walk around this litlte 'world' they created and are the 'people'.  The other world is Sea World.  No, not what you are thinking.  This is a world where we are all swimming people and their pets are sea horses that gallop and cats named Seaweed.  It has all been very entertaining and so sweet to see them play together and use their imaginations so well.

Today, I got a call to schedule a speech eval. for Caleb.  She was asking me questions and says, "Your homeschool?"  And, I thought she said, "You homeschool".  So, I said, "Yes."  Um, she meant what is our district we live it.   :doh: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Aug. 28, 2008 - Move over bacon - watch out for Emma!

Do you remember that old commercial for Sizzlelean - "Move over bacon, now there's something leaner"?  Well, I often borrow that phrase and say, "Move over bacon..."  Today, after saying that to Emma, she replied, "Move over pancakes!" 

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Aug. 22, 2008 - Caleb is quite a guy . . .

Caleb crawled in bed with me very early this morning, and slept in Daddy's spot.  I just assumed he was insecure b/c Daddy's gone for a few days.  When I told dh about it, he said, "Oh, he was protecting you because he's the 'man of the day' when I'm gone."  (Caleb says he's 'man of the day', instead of man of the house, whenever dh is away.)  So, later I hear Caleb telling Emma he climbed in bed with me to protect me b/c he is the man of the day.     Oh, be still my beating heart.  Isn't that the most precious boy?!?

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Aug. 22, 2008 - Emma's story of the day...

In Emma's language book today, she had to list 6 of the most beautiful things she has ever seen.  She got two down and then got stuck.  Want to know what the two were?

1. Mommy
2. Abby

After that she asked me and we brainstormed together.  She ended up adding

3. ballet
4. my friends
5. flowers
6. Noah's big blue eyes

Then she had to write a few sentences about the beautiful things, I am using her spelling ;) -

1.  Ballet is graceful.
2.  Mom is beautiful, so is Noah's big blew eas, and Abby and my frinds.
3.  Flowrs are the most beautiful plant I have ever seen.

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