A 'boogie'

Last Sunday Emmalee had a boogie during sacrament meeting. She didn't have a kleenex so she wiped it somewhere. Don't know where, but it ended up on the back of Jerek's white shirt. Didn't notice it until we were home getting ready for lunch. I said, "Jerek, what is that spot on the back of your shirt? It looks like a . . . . oh, it is. . .It's a big booger! Did you have that on your shirt all day? How embarrassing!!!" (Of course, laughing hysterically.) Today in sacrament Emmalee asked for a kleenex this time. I didn't have one. Oops. Guess Jerek will have to help her out again.

A little Kung Fu

We got Kung Fu Panda for Christmas and love it! The kids pretend to do Kung Fu and bow to the master (Jerek) and do what he tells them to do. (You can see why we love it.) I got a basement picked up (twice) for the dojo, the floor mopped and some dusting, and cleaned rooms. Here's some pics of the kids bowing to the master and making a furious face. BTW, Blake is known as 'monkey' (go figure) and Emmalee is 'tigress'. I told the kids our family could be the furious 5 for halloween. Loved it! Here's his furious face. He just can't help but smile. :) Bowing to the master.

   

 Now that is a furious face! 

And the stance, but you can't see her feet.

   

 Bowing

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If you haven't seen this movie, I highly recommend you showing it to your small children. Teach them to bow and respect 'the master'. And to do whatever 'the master' says. :) And make sure they know that you are the kung fu master. And even kung fu students do work around the house. That is how they grow strong. (You can actually call your house the dojo. It works! For a little while at least. Isn't that worth it?)

Blake's 'accident'

So this morning getting ready for 9am church was fun. Jerek goes at 7:15 so it's just me and getting the kids up, dressed, and fed. Blake does NOT get up well in the morning when he has to be waken. I woke him up and started getting him dressed (like at 8:15). I put his shirt on and took off his pants and told him to run to the bathroom. Well, I guess I wasn't paying attention very well. Blake was not quite awake and when I pushed him up onto his feet, they didn't catch him. Instead he went face first into the corner of his bed post. Whoops! Cut up his lip pretty bad and his gums. Of course tears and blood were flowing. Had to change clothes. He didn't want to eat his breakfast because it hurt too bad. So we took a bowl of oatmeal to church. All this (plus more) and we still made it to church on time! Over all it was a pretty good day. And now it's time for bed.

Such a sad boy with a hurt lip.

closer up. . .

He still loves me!

It's about time.

We had so much fun this holiday season! We got so much snow!! Here's our Christmas in a nutshell. 

 Christmas morning  

What's from Santa?

 

 Space monster remote controlled (already broken)

   

 Care bears!

   

 Sledding behind truck

 

 Sledding down hill 

 

 Snowman with neighbors

 

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Ode to our Grandma

(to the tune of 'When Grandpa comes')

It's always fun when Grandma comes, when Grandma comes, HOORAH!
She always does the kindest things and in the kindest ways.
She cooks, & cleans, & buys us things & even babysits!
It's always fun and great for mom when Grandma comes!!

We love you Grandma!! We miss you already!

Christmas Bear

We are trying out a new tradition this year. I really wanted the kids to get into the Christmas spirit. So we have the Christmas Bear. If you get the bear, it means that a service has been given to you, and now it is your turn to pass it on. It's the spirit of giving without spending money. The gift of yourself, which is, the BEST gift you can give. We just started, but it is looking good so far. Even Blake who is 3 1/2 is finding ways to give of himself. I'll have to let you know how it turns out. To be continued. . . .

Picture Progression

The process of taking pictures with 3 little children.

  Of course, the baby isn't looking. 

Um, well at least the baby is.

 

Oh, so close. . . We have a crawl away! 

Ah, Perfect!

Making our Thanksgiving treat

So here we are doing our Thanksgiving treat. (Recipe below) It was so easy, the kids did the whole things themselves. It was a cute success.

This is the best kind of craft cause it's edible! Here's how you do it. Pilgrim Hat Cookies 1c. vanilla frosting yellow food coloring 32 miniature peanut butter cups 1 pkg fudge-striped cookies 32 pieces orange mini Chiclets gum In a small shallow bowl, combine frosting and food coloring. Remove paper liners from peanut butter cups. Holding the bottom of a peanut butter cup, dip top of cup in yellow frosting. Position over center hole of a cookie, forming the hatband and crown. Add a buckle of Chiclets gum. Repeat with remaining cups and cookies.