In case you are wondering where Jonah is, that's the second part of this epiphany. He's watching a movie.
17 December 2008
aha!
I have discovered the secret to being able to cook dinner with three kids in the house:
In case you are wondering where Jonah is, that's the second part of this epiphany. He's watching a movie.
In case you are wondering where Jonah is, that's the second part of this epiphany. He's watching a movie.
this end up?
Zeke got some new pants and after we put them on we noticed they had a couple stickers on them:
(Joel really wanted the title of this post to be "junk in the trunk.")
(Joel really wanted the title of this post to be "junk in the trunk.")
teeth (tooths?) 4 and 5
This post could be alternately titled "why i'm glad i didn't go to safeway."
With a little "help" from her brother, Annie has now lost 5 teeth. She lost her first upper tooth a couple weeks ago while she was at Safeway with Joel and Jonah. Joel, apparently perusing his deli meat choices, was not watching when Jonah punched her in the mouth and knocked the tooth out. He turned around to blood, screams of "I swallowed my tooth!" and "It was just an accident!" She came home and wrote a note to the tooth fairy explaining why she didn't have a tooth under her pillow, pointing all responsibility at her brother. The tooth fairy took pity upon her and left three gold coins.
She lost her 5th tooth (another upper one) the next night while doing somersaults in the living room with her brother. Unfortunately, the tooth fairy ran out of gold coins and had to leave a dollar bill and a promise that she would exchange it for coins the following night after banking hours ended. Not really grasping the idea that three gold dollar coins is actually worth more monetarily than a one dollar bill, she ran into our room screeching "I got a whole dollar!" with visions of a new Webkinz dancing in her eyes.
Soon to come...a video of Annie singing All I Want for Christmas in all her lisping glory.
With a little "help" from her brother, Annie has now lost 5 teeth. She lost her first upper tooth a couple weeks ago while she was at Safeway with Joel and Jonah. Joel, apparently perusing his deli meat choices, was not watching when Jonah punched her in the mouth and knocked the tooth out. He turned around to blood, screams of "I swallowed my tooth!" and "It was just an accident!" She came home and wrote a note to the tooth fairy explaining why she didn't have a tooth under her pillow, pointing all responsibility at her brother. The tooth fairy took pity upon her and left three gold coins.
She lost her 5th tooth (another upper one) the next night while doing somersaults in the living room with her brother. Unfortunately, the tooth fairy ran out of gold coins and had to leave a dollar bill and a promise that she would exchange it for coins the following night after banking hours ended. Not really grasping the idea that three gold dollar coins is actually worth more monetarily than a one dollar bill, she ran into our room screeching "I got a whole dollar!" with visions of a new Webkinz dancing in her eyes.
Soon to come...a video of Annie singing All I Want for Christmas in all her lisping glory.
01 December 2008
how to explain advent
Just in case one dinner conversation with Jonah is not enough for one night...
We were reading our Advent devotional at dinner tonight (which may be just slightly over the kids heads). Joel was doing his best to explain what he was reading when the words "injustice" and "crime" came up. (It had something to do with peace on earth. Really. It all did make sense eventually.) Joel asked the kids if they understood what a crime was and when it was clear they did not he told them that it was like breaking the rules and not doing things that are nice to other people or their things. Jonah chimed in with his list of crimes:
"Like stealing balls. Or stealing dogs. Kicking. Hitting. Fighting. Or like pushing people over."
After we got that all sorted out we talked about how we can be nice and show love to each other. Annie said she would share her toys with Jonah, let him sleep in her bed and help him. This was Jonah's run-on sentence of nice things he would do:
"Give frogs to Annie and snakes. Write a letter. Play with her and do somersaults on the couch and love Annie and give her hugs and jump on her bed."
Only 23 more Advent devotions to go. Stay tuned.
We were reading our Advent devotional at dinner tonight (which may be just slightly over the kids heads). Joel was doing his best to explain what he was reading when the words "injustice" and "crime" came up. (It had something to do with peace on earth. Really. It all did make sense eventually.) Joel asked the kids if they understood what a crime was and when it was clear they did not he told them that it was like breaking the rules and not doing things that are nice to other people or their things. Jonah chimed in with his list of crimes:
"Like stealing balls. Or stealing dogs. Kicking. Hitting. Fighting. Or like pushing people over."
After we got that all sorted out we talked about how we can be nice and show love to each other. Annie said she would share her toys with Jonah, let him sleep in her bed and help him. This was Jonah's run-on sentence of nice things he would do:
"Give frogs to Annie and snakes. Write a letter. Play with her and do somersaults on the couch and love Annie and give her hugs and jump on her bed."
Only 23 more Advent devotions to go. Stay tuned.
guessing games
This is how our dinner conversation went tonight.
Jonah:
"Mommy guess!"
Elizabeth:
"Guess what?"
Jonah:
"Just guess!"
Elizabeth:
"OK. Turkey? Mashed potatoes? Carrots? Bacon?"
Jonah:
"Nope."
Joel:
"Can you give us a clue?"
Jonah:
"Just guess!"
Elizabeth:
"Trees? Sidewalks? Cookies?"
Jonah:
"No."
Joel:
"What size is it?"
Jonah:
"It's a little bit big and a little bit small."
Annie:
"A pineapple?"
Jonah:
"No guys! I'm trying to tell you something! It's like so small."
That was pretty much the end of the conversation. We never did figure out what we were supposed to be guessing.
Jonah:
"Mommy guess!"
Elizabeth:
"Guess what?"
Jonah:
"Just guess!"
Elizabeth:
"OK. Turkey? Mashed potatoes? Carrots? Bacon?"
Jonah:
"Nope."
Joel:
"Can you give us a clue?"
Jonah:
"Just guess!"
Elizabeth:
"Trees? Sidewalks? Cookies?"
Jonah:
"No."
Joel:
"What size is it?"
Jonah:
"It's a little bit big and a little bit small."
Annie:
"A pineapple?"
Jonah:
"No guys! I'm trying to tell you something! It's like so small."
That was pretty much the end of the conversation. We never did figure out what we were supposed to be guessing.
20 November 2008
this is how zeke rolls
Zeke rolled over 4 times tonight - and he's only 3 weeks old! His big brother did everything early, culminating in walking at 9 months so we were hoping this one would take things a bit slower. Well, I guess we can still hold out hope that he'll be a little more even tempered.
18 November 2008
dance fever
Joel took Annie and Jonah to Annie's school dance last Friday night. Evidently, Annie spent the whole time dancing with her friends and chasing boys. Jonah wouldn't leave Joel's side and they danced the entire time. Meanwhile, Zeke and I had a very peaceful evening at home.
17 November 2008
08 November 2008
dinner...
in a pumpkin.
We've had friends bringing us meals all week and this one was pretty cool. Not to mention really yummy. Beef stew cooked inside a pumpkin.
We've had friends bringing us meals all week and this one was pretty cool. Not to mention really yummy. Beef stew cooked inside a pumpkin.
04 November 2008
random pics
From the past week...
Saying goodbye to Grammy & Grampy.
We really need a bigger bed!
Just chillin'.
Story time.
Sleepy time.
Saying goodbye to Grammy & Grampy.
We really need a bigger bed!
Just chillin'.
Story time.
Sleepy time.
31 October 2008
halloween
Taking a little rest during the Halloween parade at Annie's school.
Annie was going to be a princess and Jonah was going to be Darth Vader until they got their matching pajamas. It's definitely more fun to trick-or-treat when you can glow in the dark!
Getting ready to hit the neighborhood.
Scary skeleton counting his candy.
Trying to decide what candy to keep and what candy to leave out for the Sugar Sprite.
30 October 2008
19 October 2008
at the wurst fest
Which, incidentally, is the best name for a festival. Ever.
Annie scooting up the rock wall.
17 October 2008
and now for some random pictures...
Because it takes me months to upload pictures off my camera.
At the zoo with Dylan.
First day of 1st grade. It was a bad morning. Something about her shoelaces not looking pretty enough after being tied.
A week later. You can see we've switched to non-lacing shoes.
Blackberry picking.
14 October 2008
and the winner is...
Barack Obama. According to the kids at least. Evidently, those kids are usually pretty accurate.
Scholastic released the results of their kids election poll and Obama received 57% to McCain's 39%. Of course, you can't leave out those write-in votes for Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers! The interesting thing about the poll is that it has been correct in every election since 1964.
Can you hear the cheers emanating from the IslandFourSoonToBeFive household? Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama!
Annie has been learning about the election in school this week and she's excited to go to the polls with us when we vote. We found a Electoral College map that we're going to print out so she can color the states red or blue as the results come in. We'll even work on those math skills as we add up to 270. It could be a late night.
i can't wait!
I am SO going to make this for Thanksgiving this year! I mean, honestly, turkey and bacon. What could be better? And while I'm at it, I think I'll make this for Joel. Annie and I will probably eat an entire pumpkin pie by ourselves. That's assuming I have any room left after stuffing myself full of that turkey, my grandma's wild rice dressing (I might have to add some bacon or sausage to that this year) and garlic mashed potatoes. Oh, I really can't wait.
In the meantime, Jonah and I need to go make banana bread.
06 October 2008
my surprise weekend away
Michelle.
Andrea.
Dairy Queen.
Sequim.
No kids.
Sleeping in to 10:00.
Oak Table (French toast and bacon!).
Big leather recliner.
Watching the Michigan game.
Shopping.
Sitting around reading magazines in the big leather recliner.
Candy.
Going to a movie.
No kids.
More shopping.
More magazines.
Watching Tina Fey on SNL (while sitting in the big leather recliner).
Sleeping in to 9:00.
No kids.
Andrea.
Dairy Queen.
Sequim.
No kids.
Sleeping in to 10:00.
Oak Table (French toast and bacon!).
Big leather recliner.
Watching the Michigan game.
Shopping.
Sitting around reading magazines in the big leather recliner.
Candy.
Going to a movie.
No kids.
More shopping.
More magazines.
Watching Tina Fey on SNL (while sitting in the big leather recliner).
Sleeping in to 9:00.
No kids.
03 October 2008
moment of panic
Jonah is our computer hacker. Or, a cracker as Joel calls him. It's seriously scary. When he was 6 months old we caught him pulling letters off of Joel's work laptop. Joel had to type without the "m" key for two weeks. Then there was the time he managed to push a random serious of buttons on the Mac which turned the monitor into a high contrast negative (imagine your screen looking like an old photo negative - remember those?). It took Joel two days to figure out what he did and how to fix it. The worst damage was to my fairly new MacBook which took a blow to the screen with a sippy cup and has never been the same (we now have to look at everything through a sort of purpley-greenish haze). He has broken two keyboards and somehow managed to break the recharging port for a laptop so it can no longer charge (or therefore work). You'd think we would have learned our lesson by now.
I just left the computer for less than a minute and came back to see that he was about to sign up me and ALL my Facebook friends for some sort of game called World Domination. It seems I have rallied 500 infantry soldiers to my side and am now posed to start my conquest. Luckily, we caught him right before he hit the "conquer world" button. We hope.
I just left the computer for less than a minute and came back to see that he was about to sign up me and ALL my Facebook friends for some sort of game called World Domination. It seems I have rallied 500 infantry soldiers to my side and am now posed to start my conquest. Luckily, we caught him right before he hit the "conquer world" button. We hope.
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