Friday, October 24, 2008
Miss Communication
A few days ago I got a phone call from a friend in the ward reminding me of a Halloween playgroup party. It was to start in just over an hour from the call so I raced around the house to get myself and the girls ready. Olivia had just received her Super Girl Halloween costume and was very excited to don her new apparel. I had not talked to Ryan through all this and so I called him on the way to the church for the party. I explained that we were going to stop at the grocery store because the invitation said to bring "soup or salad". Olivia, who has keen listening skills, says from the back of the van, "No, Mom, SUPER GIRL!!!" (Read it out loud if you don't get it.)
Friday, October 17, 2008
The new generation
I volunteered in Tyler's class today and his teacher asked if I would label some folders to hold the children's writing. I then had to organize a stack of the stories that the students had written to put in the folders. I came across a story that Tyler had written, and with great motherly pride, I decided to read it. It said this: "Wii went to the doke. My granpa and dad wer ther. My dad almost caut a flundr. Wii had fun." Translation: "We went to the dock. My grandpa and dad were there. My dad almost caught a flounder. We had fun." The funniest part was to see how he spelled "wii". This is a totally new generation.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Carter's baptism
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Psychedelic
Carter loves colors so when I saw a multi-colored tie-dyed shirt in a catalog, I knew I had to get it for his birthday. He loved it so much that he took the shirt he was wearing off during his birthday party and put his new shirt on. I was glad that he liked it so much.
Today he wore it to school. When he left this morning it was cold outside so he was wearing a half zip sweater over his new shirt. He has the habit of wearing his jacket all day at school so when he returned home this afternoon I asked him if he had taken his jacket off today so he could show his class the colored shirt. He said, "Yes, and they stared at me for ten minutes." Wow, that is one powerful swirl.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Eight is great!

Carter had his birthday today. He is eight years old. He invited me to eat lunch with him at school and asked that I bring Arby's. It was fun to be with him in his class element. He is a great kid with a wonderful imagination.
I took him for pictures at JCPenney this afternoon. When we were leaving to come home he told me that he thought we were planning a surprise birthday party for him and he was sure that the house was full of friends. Although that would have been a great decoy, the only surprise he received was to come home and see that there was no surprise party.
He got a guitar for his birthday. The reaction was fantastic from him and Tyler. He also got Indiana Jones Lego for the Wii, a few new shirts, some books, and a clock radio with a CD player. He was one lucky boy.
I look forward to another adventure-filled year with him.
We love our Carter!!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The count is on
Olivia and I went to the store this afternoon. We were on a tight schedule as we needed to be home before the boys got off the school bus. As we got to the van I told Olivia to get in and get buckled. (This is usually an assignment which somebody has to help her fulfill but I ask every time hoping that she will do it herself.) When I came back from the cart return, I climbed into the driver's seat and asked if she was buckled. She said she was and much to my surprise, she was!!! I said, "Good job, Olivia. I knew I could count on you." She sat there for a minute and then said, " But I didn't hear you, Mom." I replied, "You didn't hear me what?" She said, "Count."
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Adam and Eve
Carter received scriptures for his upcoming eighth birthday. Tonight he was looking through them with a highlighter pencil and was marking a verse. I asked him what he was highlighting. He told me he was in Doctrine and Covenants 138 and told me the verse which talked about the noble and great ones being present. I asked him what he thought about it and he said that he thought it meant that Heavenly Father knew how his plan was supposed to run and he called his first prophet. "He called Adam as the first prophet," he explained. I told him he was right and I started to explain that he had called all of the other prophets too. Of course, he did not listen to me but kept going with his thought, " and so that would make Eve the Relief Society President of that time." He has great deductive thinking!!!!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
And so we begin...

I am blogging to keep a record of the things that my children say that amaze me. Tonight we were watching the movie, "The Other Side of Heaven" about John Groberg's mission. There is a scene where one of the men brings his son to Elder Groberg and tells him to make his son well again. He had fallen out of a mango tree and hit his head and the father wasn't sure whether he was unconcious or dead but he wanted a miracle. Elder Groberg said that he couldn't do it. Tyler looked at me and said, "Yes, he can!! He can do it because Jesus did it and missionaries can do it and anybody who has the priesthood power can do it. Right?" It is moments like this that make me realize that we are not parenting alone.
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