It's been awhile since I've posted kid quotes, so I've got quite the reserve. Most of these I'm just pulling from facebook.
Me: Morgan, you're losing your voice.
Morgan, I know, and I don't know how to get it back, and it's so frustrating!
Owen: if you lose your voice, you'll turn into an animal.
Morgan is fighting doing chores. So he said, "Mommy, you make me do sissy stuff."
Fishy crackers have Lydia confused. Anytime she sees a real gold fish she calls it a cracker.
Owen's physics lesson of the day: mommy, did you know that if you put water in milk, and then you put it in juice, it will turn to ice cubes?
Owen: mommy, I was just making fun of that door, because doors are naked! Can you believe that doors are naked?
Owen: you're the prettiest mommy in the world!
Me: thank you! But you still have to sit in time out.
Every kid has that one bad guy that always show up in their dreams to haunt them. Well, for Owen the boogy man is Mr. Grinch. Here is Owen's explanation of one of his dreams.
"One time I had a dream about when I was a little kid like 3 years old like 2 years old about Mr. grinch when mr. Grinch stole me away from my parents. And then he took me away and then a poked his eyes out and then I was 3 and then I was 4 and then I was 5 and then I was 6 and then I was a grown up and I found Mr. Grinch and I sliced his eyeballs open and he died and then he was dead and then I turned back into a baby and I played with mr. Grinch and he was dead. And then he turned into a little mr. Grinch and then he came back alive and then he turned into a yo-yo and I swinged him into things like BAM, BAM, BAM! And then i sliced him open with a knife and then and cut his eyeballs out and then I broke my head open and then I cut his head off and then I took his brain out and then I put his brain inside my head and then closed my head up."
Owen, "Did you know that if we spank our butts and we are naked and we don't have our underwear on and we are naked and we don't have our socks on we are barefoot?"
Owen, "Daddy, do you remember when we lived forever with nana sugar when you were married to nana sugar?"
Monday, January 14, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
Fiftieth Passage
G is for Gee-briel.
Since we started school I have been struggling to teach Owen his letters. 4 months of practicing them 4 days a week. And it has been frustratingly slow! He seems to have a hard time caring, which makes him not put forth any effort at all, I think. He's not a stupid kid, by any means, so this inability to remember a letter has been very trying. For me. Like I said, he doesn't seem to care. :)
At the begininning of the school year, it went something like this.
Me: A. This is A. Say A.
Owen. A.
Me: Good. This is B. Say B.
Owen: B.
Me: Good. And what is this one? (pointing back at the A.)
Owen: I don't know.
Me: A. It's A. Say A.
Owen: A.
Me: And this is B.
Owen: B.
Me: This is C. Say C.
Owen: C.
Me: What's this other one?
Owen: I don't know.
Me: A. Remember that, because I'm going to ask you again. A.
Owen: A.
Me: And this one?
Owen: I don't know.
Me: B.
Owen: B.
Me: And the first one?
Owen: B.
Me: No! No, this is A. This other one is B.
And so on. But 4 months later he almost can recognize all the letters. G has been a problem though. It seems he put a mental block up with that letter. No matter how many times we practiced it, no matter how many lines he wrote of G, no matter how many associations I made, Owen couldn't remember G for more than two seconds.
I told him G is for Gabriel. That's his middle name, so I thought that would help. It didn't. I told him G was for gross. He remembered U every time after his little book told him U was for underwear. He still says that sometimes, and cracks up laughing. He also cracked up laughing when I told him G was for gross, but he couldn't remember what G was.
Yesterday I started calling him Gee-briel. I told him I would call him Gee-briel until he could remember G. He wasn't very pleased with that at all. But I did it anyway. And today, when we were going through the flashcards, he remembered G! He got it right the first time through! YAYAYAY!
I hope it's forever. A month ago Owen had the letter H down. Now he only gets it right 25% of the time. *sigh*.
I still have to teach him the sounds of all the letters. Maybe by the end of the school year he will have learned nothing more than the alphabet, but I'm telling you, it will be a major accomplishment! Especially if I'm not in an asylum by then.
Since we started school I have been struggling to teach Owen his letters. 4 months of practicing them 4 days a week. And it has been frustratingly slow! He seems to have a hard time caring, which makes him not put forth any effort at all, I think. He's not a stupid kid, by any means, so this inability to remember a letter has been very trying. For me. Like I said, he doesn't seem to care. :)
At the begininning of the school year, it went something like this.
Me: A. This is A. Say A.
Owen. A.
Me: Good. This is B. Say B.
Owen: B.
Me: Good. And what is this one? (pointing back at the A.)
Owen: I don't know.
Me: A. It's A. Say A.
Owen: A.
Me: And this is B.
Owen: B.
Me: This is C. Say C.
Owen: C.
Me: What's this other one?
Owen: I don't know.
Me: A. Remember that, because I'm going to ask you again. A.
Owen: A.
Me: And this one?
Owen: I don't know.
Me: B.
Owen: B.
Me: And the first one?
Owen: B.
Me: No! No, this is A. This other one is B.
And so on. But 4 months later he almost can recognize all the letters. G has been a problem though. It seems he put a mental block up with that letter. No matter how many times we practiced it, no matter how many lines he wrote of G, no matter how many associations I made, Owen couldn't remember G for more than two seconds.
I told him G is for Gabriel. That's his middle name, so I thought that would help. It didn't. I told him G was for gross. He remembered U every time after his little book told him U was for underwear. He still says that sometimes, and cracks up laughing. He also cracked up laughing when I told him G was for gross, but he couldn't remember what G was.
Yesterday I started calling him Gee-briel. I told him I would call him Gee-briel until he could remember G. He wasn't very pleased with that at all. But I did it anyway. And today, when we were going through the flashcards, he remembered G! He got it right the first time through! YAYAYAY!
I hope it's forever. A month ago Owen had the letter H down. Now he only gets it right 25% of the time. *sigh*.
I still have to teach him the sounds of all the letters. Maybe by the end of the school year he will have learned nothing more than the alphabet, but I'm telling you, it will be a major accomplishment! Especially if I'm not in an asylum by then.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Forty-ninth Passage
Snow day! The day after Christmas was great for playing in the snow. So David took the day off work, and since we had a family gathering at my parent's house later that day anyway, we just went earlier, and took advantage of their big lawn, and ATV's for some extra fun snow play.
A snowman was made. (Or, at least, started.) This is one photogenic kid.
David worked on a snow cave. He started with a coat and gloves and scarf, but that didn't last long...
And the sledding. This is how we've done it for years, but this is the first time I've done it with my kids. Morgan jumped right on and had a great time. If he fell off, he was quick to get back on.
David and I took a couple rides too. Still fun.
William and Owen were, surprise surprise, very resistant to the idea of sledding. But we kind of forced them to do it anyway. It didn't take William long to realize it was actually really fun.
Here's William and Emmy.
And a little video of Morgan and William. This was William's first ride. He actually wasn't too scared until after this one. He fell off, and even though it didn't hurt or anything, he was not keen on getting back on. But he did, and he had fun.
Playing in the snow is fun. I like it. But I pretty much just like it once or twice a year, then I am ready to be done playing in the snow. And yet it remains, and deepens...
A snowman was made. (Or, at least, started.) This is one photogenic kid.
Cousins playing and snowball fights.
The trampoline was still a hit.
Lydia was very bundled, but still wasn't a big fan of being out in the cold.
Owen in the completed snow cave.
And the sledding. This is how we've done it for years, but this is the first time I've done it with my kids. Morgan jumped right on and had a great time. If he fell off, he was quick to get back on.
William and Owen were, surprise surprise, very resistant to the idea of sledding. But we kind of forced them to do it anyway. It didn't take William long to realize it was actually really fun.
Here's William and Emmy.
Post-it #71
New Years Eve was a fun day for us. My family came over during the day and hung out, since none of them worked.
My sister got this fun picture of the cousins watching a movie together.
That evening the real party started. David's parents and grandmother joined us for a night of fun games, way too many snack foods, and great conversation. A great way to ring in the new year.
My sister got this fun picture of the cousins watching a movie together.
She also got this picture of Lydia, which is adorable.
Post-it #70
Lydia loves helping in the kitchen. She pushes a chair around from counter, to stove, to counter, to sink, following me wherever I happen to be working. She's always eager to help stir or put in ingredients, or steal a nibble of whatever I'm using to cook something. So, I got her an apron and chef's hat for Christmas, as well as some little utensils and play food. I think she's adorable.
Post-it #69
Morgan lost his first tooth!
He already has his replacement. I'm happy to report that the back tooth is slowly making it's way forward. His other tooth is extremely loose, so it looks like the toothfairy will be making a return visit. She left a message last time, that Morgan's pillow on the top bunk of the triple decker bunk bed is very hard to access stealthily.
He already has his replacement. I'm happy to report that the back tooth is slowly making it's way forward. His other tooth is extremely loose, so it looks like the toothfairy will be making a return visit. She left a message last time, that Morgan's pillow on the top bunk of the triple decker bunk bed is very hard to access stealthily.
Forty-eighth Passage
Christmas could make for a really long post, or for three semi-long posts. Instead of detailing everything, I'll just post some pictures of different Christmas celebrations. These kids are so very spoiled, what with their multiple families and doting grandparents.
Here are pictures from the first Christmas/presents opening deal. Morgan and Lydia opened their gifts Christmas Eve from Nana Sugar and Papa, and Great Nana.
New pajamas Nana Sugar made. She made some for all the children.
Christmas take two. This is Christmas morning when the boys first got up and were checking out their stockings.
Third Christmas. This was Christmas day at the Poston's. William and Owen got to open presents, and we also exchanged gifts with adults.
And on the day after Christmas, we had a get-together with my family. I made a book for my brother Jason, with everything from his mission blog.
I didn't get as many pictures here. Yay for Christmas and family!
Here are pictures from the first Christmas/presents opening deal. Morgan and Lydia opened their gifts Christmas Eve from Nana Sugar and Papa, and Great Nana.
Hahaha!
Doesn't he look a little like a wild animal making it clear that these are MINE, don't you even think about taking them!!
And some post-present opening mess and chaos.
He looks so sad here, but I really don't think he could have been!
Great Nana.
Grandma needs help from the babies to open her presents.
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