Snow White and the Seven Stud Muffins

one of those mornings

2012-02-05T09:13:00.000-08:00

Matt and I were laying in bed this morning and heard a crash followed by crying. We yelled to the kids "how bad is it?" "Not bad. Were ok." pause...... "OH NO! We aren't ok!! There's a lot of blood!!!"

They grabbed some towels and I checked out the wound. A nice gash on Titus's forehead. He and Abbey had collided and he took a cup to the forehead. So at 8 this morning I was running over to the EMT's next door for butterfly bandaids which I usually keep on hand but the kids stuck them all over the refrigerator.

Following that fiasco we had 6 separate large messes and I just realized we missed Sunday school. We have guests coming over for lunch so maybe we can spend the time not getting hurt or messing anything up. Possibly?

The good news is our cat with an abcess tooth (disgusting) is looking better this morning.

going to bed

2012-02-03T19:17:00.000-08:00

I climbed into bed tonight and found two sluggers under my covers. (Those are bats for those who don't do Little League.) The oddest thing is, Abbey was the last one to be carrying them around and she napped in my bed...

Death

2012-01-16T15:45:00.001-08:00

Titus, "Mom, when you die can we hang you on the wall?"

how you know you are obsessed with ron paul

2012-01-01T08:17:00.000-08:00

our two year old can pick ron paul out of a lineup.

samuel changed my ringtone to "i'm ron paul and i approve this message."

robin opened the laptop and abbie said, "nooooo, not ron paaaaaaauuuuulllll"

sayings

2011-12-31T17:15:00.000-08:00

abbie calls nipples nickels.

we told silas that today was the last day of 2011 and he said, "whew! i'm so tired of odd numbered years"

Miracle on 34th Street

2011-12-25T20:35:00.000-08:00

Actually there aren't 34 streets in Lagrange, but we have our own Christmas miracle. We are buying a house in Lagrange!

who?

2011-12-03T20:16:00.001-08:00

First sign you don't spend enough with your kids?Mom, "titus, i think its time for you to have some special time with dad."Titus, "with who?"

sayings

2011-12-03T16:32:00.001-08:00

said by silas as he was popping bubble wrap, "i'm letting new air into the world!"

Boys and Girls are different

2011-11-29T07:11:00.001-08:00

We watched half of The Sound of Music last night. Abbey was enraptured by it and sang with Maria during every song. Luke just kept asking where the Nazis were.

tables turned

2011-11-27T19:36:00.001-08:00

We work on the buddy system. Elijah's buddy is abbie. Tonight when elijah finished putting on her pajamas she reached into the dresser drawer, grabbed elijah's pajamas and told him, "foot in."

2011-11-17T16:41:00.001-08:00

Silas wants to be a farmer doctor aka veterinarian when he grows up. Josiah left the bathroom and let Silas know that "there is a wasp on the bathroom floor that needs medical attention."

After dinner Sam got up to leave the table and said, "oh yeah! I just remembered I'm not supposed to wipe my dirty hands on the wall."

titus' breakfast

2011-11-13T05:07:00.001-08:00

we let titus make his own breakfast this morning...peanut butter turkey mayo sandwich. yum

inside energy

2011-11-12T17:03:00.001-08:00

some of the boys were being wild so mom told them to go attend "elijah boot camp" outside. luke, not wanting to go out in the cold, approached mom and said, "i've got energy that is inside."

butter villain

2011-11-11T10:00:00.001-08:00

titus said in his dramatic super-hero voice while clearing the table, "stick of butter! i don't like you, stick of butter!"

listerine

2011-11-10T20:09:00.001-08:00

josiah was heartily puking tonight. as he was finishing and trying to get all of the nasties out of his mouth, dad offered him some listerine. he tried it and said, "now i'm going to puke out fire."

sooo cold outside...

2011-11-08T05:19:00.000-08:00

6:00 AM and still dark outside. 20 degrees and still some snow on the ground. Sam walks outside, comes back in and complains, "its soo cold outside when you are in your underwear."

during sam's test

2011-11-04T13:26:00.000-07:00

sam, "dad, is the study of soil called bootany or pediology?"

elijah, "sam, it's pronounced bootanology"

dad, "it's pronounced botany"

robin, "hey, that's cheating. you're taking a test."

2011-10-31T16:32:00.001-07:00

Heard in the living room tonight.

"Superman! Quit pulling off Buzz Lightyear's wings!"

abbie strikes back

2011-10-31T13:44:00.000-07:00

matt and robin were in the middle of a fast and furious training session with abbie. we were trying to get her to obey when luke says to come here (for a diaper change, or something). we would instruct luke to give abbie the instruction, then abbie would scream, "no!" we would then administer some discipline to abbie and repeat the process. after several training sessions, we tried one more time. we said, "luke tell her to come here." luke said, "abbie, come here." and abbie pointed her finger at lukey and yelled "boom."

sayings

2011-10-30T13:35:00.000-07:00

matt: "robin, i don't just love you for your money."

sayings

2011-10-29T07:56:00.001-07:00

samuel in his underwear: "dad, can i turn up the heater? it says 65 and it is really cold in here."

SNOW!!!!

2011-10-26T07:20:00.000-07:00

Last night we got our first snow of the season. The grass is a white carpet and all the bushes and trees have a thick dusty coating.

I took Abbey to the window and told her, "I have something to show you."

As I pulled back the curtains, her eyes got wide and she gasped with delight. "A pumpkin!!!" She said excitedly.

We have had pumpkins out for at least two months.

Art Time

2011-10-18T11:03:00.000-07:00

Ok Gideon. Time to color.

Gideon, "Mom what should I make?"

Mom, "You could try a pumpkin."

Gideon, "I don't know how to draw squares. I am going to draw a square. I've never drawn a square. I'm going to draw a square."

A square it is then!

bible story review II

2011-10-15T09:45:00.001-07:00

robin: "where did abram's father come from?"

elijah: "meso pot o mania"

bible story review

2011-10-15T09:29:00.000-07:00

mom: "gideon, what was the first man made?"

gideon: "noah"

mom: "very close, it was adam. what was the name of the garden?"

gideon: "the garden of the lord."

mom: "very close. titus, what is the name of the garden?"

titus: "the garden of evil"

we are such successful parents :)

Updates

2011-10-13T21:01:00.000-07:00

Matt is very aware of any new thing installed on our computer. Yesterday he came home to see a Bejeweled 3 icon on our task bar.

"What is this?!!" he questioned.

Gideon, who is 3, calmly explained, "I installed an update, dad."

dad, "hm."

Bible Study

2011-10-12T19:44:00.000-07:00

Matt and I have a Bible study at our house every Wednesday night. The boys and I hustle around getting the house clean, making snacks, coffee, and pulling it all together in time for Awana and our Bible Study guests arriving.

Tonight I had the boys folding the last load of laundry right before Bible study started. Our friends arrived and brought an apple pie and whipped cream yum! We had a wonderful evening of study, conversation, laughing, eating, and smelling Abbey who was having really stinky gas all night.

When I left to pick up the boys from Awana I went into my room to get a sweatshirt. On the floor in front of my bedroom door, RIGHT BETWEEN MY BIBLE STUDY GUESTS! was a pile of my underwear that never got put away!

Lovely and going on my list of embarrassing moments. But my guests are very kind and thought it was funny.

Ear Marbles

2011-10-11T20:42:00.000-07:00

Today Joe said, "Mom it feels like there is a ball in my ear. When I shake my head it rolls around."

Mom, "Well did you put something in them?"

Joe, "unpopped popcorn. But the doctor took those out." (story from several years ago).

Mom, "Well let me see."

A flashlight inspection clearly showed a giant wad of earwax. I tried irrigating with no success. So I tried the big no-no which has worked so well on many other occasions. Tweezers. They worked. I was able to just grab the end of the wax blob without touching the ear. A giant blob from each. And a lecture about don't put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow for good measure.

Pictures of the ear wax blob coming to a blog near you.

aghhhhh!

2011-10-11T20:36:00.000-07:00

Sam was playing outside and brought in his dug up treasure to show me. It was a DECOMPOSING MOLE!!! AGGHHHHH! GET THAT THING OUT OF THE HOUSE AND WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He was holding the jaw, palate, teeth and two legs.

When Matt came home he was still bragging about his find.

This was one of the grosser things they've brought in.

oh matt

2011-10-09T15:26:00.000-07:00

Today I was folding clothes on my bed and I teased Matt, "Matt will you put away your laundry or is that outside of your skill set?"

His response, "if it doesn't have an electrical plug I don't know what to do with it."

sayings

2011-10-08T10:19:00.000-07:00

luke was telling josiah how to get a window down to the bottom of the computer screen: "just hit miminize"

justice

2011-10-07T19:45:00.000-07:00

to those to whom matt hid a used diaper in your house: justice has been served. (i was collaterally damaged)

Matt woke up the other morning and found a dirty diaper under my pillow. "HAHA" he said, "you slept on a dirty diaper last night." then he straightened his pillow, and "HAHA" on him there was one under his too.

Elijah remembered what his dad did and decided to pay him back.

Awana Crazy Hair Night

2011-10-07T11:48:00.000-07:00

Lincoln Logs

2011-10-06T11:46:00.000-07:00

I think we must have missed our nap

2011-10-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

Gideon fell asleep at the table watching Matt do his math homework.

Some kind of kids

2011-10-05T08:24:00.000-07:00

Gideon walked in complaining, "Mom some kind of kids got all my things."

Great Job Joe!

2011-10-04T11:37:00.000-07:00

Joe chopped a bunch of apples off our neighbor's tree and we made applesauce. YUM!

Abbey's first real haircut

2011-10-03T11:32:00.000-07:00

hmm don't think she likes it

oh good! she does!

Matt Matt Matt

2011-10-01T15:37:00.000-07:00

Matt is a meat and potatoes kind of guy (with no emphasis on the potatoes).

The boys and I picked carrots out of the garden. When we finished I washed one and handed it to Matt and asked, "Do you want a carrot?"

He asked, "What is it?"

What ARE our options here mom?

2011-09-30T10:16:00.000-07:00

Abbey has a biting problem. Gideon is her usual target.

Today she bit him because she wanted him to get off her blankie.

Gideon through his tears asked me, "Can we give her to somebody else?"

sayings

2011-09-30T05:59:00.000-07:00

while the big brothers were with mom at kick-boxing, Josiah was teaching the little brothers how high-society works. he lifted his pinkey up while he took a drink and he said, "this is how the fancy people drink. joe didn't realize that he had made a mess until gideon replied very seriously, "and fancy people spill their drink like that too."

Garden Delights

2011-09-29T10:40:00.000-07:00

I made a vegetable stew this morning in my crockpot. Later I realized that all but one of the vegetables were from our garden. Tomatoes, corn, peas, green beans, carrots, and green peppers. I put potatoes in also which picked at the potato farm down the road, so those only half count. : ) I hope its good!

Elijah got a general elk tag and plans to go hunting. I think some chunky elk meat in our veggie stew would be yummmmy!

sayings

2011-09-24T18:53:00.000-07:00

one of the kids asked me what a doodad is on the side of my laptop and i said it was a thumprint scanner. now gideon, who must have misheard, is constantly calling it a pumpkin scanner.

Homeschooling

2011-09-21T14:37:00.000-07:00

Pro's and cons for homeschooling. Pro - Your kid can work at his own pace. Con - You might have to buy more hundred dollar books before the year is out.

Getting dressed

2011-09-21T09:44:00.000-07:00

Silas walked up the stairs for night church and I saw that his shirt was inside out. It was collared complete with the collar turned down backwards. Cheryl Miles was walking up next to me and we chuckled about it, they she noticed that Matt's T-shirt was also inside out and we had an even bigger laugh.

The funniest part came during the service when Matt started giggling and pointed out Si's inside out shirt and I got to say "so is yours!" and he looked at it and I was right. HaHa!

Miss Kissedy

2011-09-19T09:38:00.000-07:00

That is Abbey's nickname.

We went to Matt's 20!! year reunion. By far he was the most handsome, youngest, smartest, responsible, kindest man there. The following day there was a picnic where families were invited.

Abbey was in a friendly mood and decided to make friends with some girls. They were maybe ages 4 and 5 and in the grass playing a patty cake type game. I was maybe 50 ft from her but I could hear her clear as a bell walk up to those girls and ask, "Do you want to box?"

Also she bites.

Luke

2011-09-13T08:37:00.001-07:00

Luke had drunk a glass of water and came to me with this gem, "Mom, I think the water went down the wrong lane."

Typical "Injuries"

2011-09-08T16:54:00.000-07:00

Gideon : "Mom, I'm hurt." (crying, groaning, hugging mom)

Mom: "Where do you hurt?"

Gid: "(sniff) I don't know."

Mom: "ok."

Gid: "I need an ice pack."

Mom: "What would you put it on?"

Gid: "Where it hurts."

Mom: "Well where does it hurt?"

Gid: "I don't know." (Crying is over and he is confused at why I don't understand.)

Mom: "no ice pack, go lay down"

Gid lays down. One minute later: "I'm ok now."

oh sam 2

2011-09-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

Sam just asked me where he might find a quiet place in the house so he could do his artwork in peace.

Bahahahaha!!!!!!!!

oh Sam

2011-09-05T20:09:00.000-07:00

Sam was reading the back of our Tillamook Chedder Cheese and we had this conversation:

Sam,"Mom! There isn't any rennet in this cheese."

Mom, "What is rennet?"

Sam, "Part of a cows stomach lining."

Mom, "oh. Where did you hear about rennet?"

Sam, "Little House in the Big Woods. Rennet can get hard and crusty if the calf doesn't eat anything other than it's mother's milk. At least that is what I think."

Sam, "I wonder how they make cheese without any rennet."

(He just yelled at me for spelling rennet wrong and pointed out a problem with my punctuation.)

Also Gideon on how to make pot pie.

You get a chicken and it pops. "Chicken pop pie!"

For the Hornoks and the Zanders: Silly Dreams

2011-08-29T10:34:00.000-07:00

Joe had some bad stomach cramps last night. As I sat with him and listened to him writhe and groan in pain I thought it reminded me of labor. The cramps went away and I went back to sleep.

I dreamed my friends the Hornoks decided to have an unassisted home birth. They went camping and Rylee was having her baby in the woods. Her husband was delivering the baby. Her contractions eased up and I told Nathan I thought labor had stopped. The Zanders showed up and Nathan handed Heather Zander a syringe with pitocin in it and Heather gave Rylee a shot in the armpit. I woke up before Rylee had the baby.

However, Rylee had the baby in real life 2 weeks ago so I wasn't left hanging. I do think Heather needs to learn where to give a shot though.

Joe feels much better this morning.

Abbey and her babies

2011-08-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

Girls with 7 brothers that have dolls don't know what to do with them.

When Abbey got a new doll last week she socked it in the face on her way to the candy that came with it.

I've been really encouraged with her mothering lately as she has been carrying her dolls around.

I was cleaning the bathroom this morning and I asked her if she would like to give her babies a bath. She got really excited and picked them up and walked toward the bathtub. She stopped at the toilet, lifted the lid and proceeded to try and "bath" a baby in the toilet. Aggghhh!

Maybe the girl thing with come with time?

Sayings XXXXV

2011-08-29T10:20:00.000-07:00

Luke pointed to our cat that just had a kitten and asked, "Is that a boy or a girl cat?"

sayings: this little piggie

2011-08-27T11:09:00.000-07:00

i overheard gideon doing "this little piggie" with abbie sister. this is what i heard:

this little toe went to the market
this little toe ate roastbeef and birds
this little toe ate monkeys
this little toe ate flowers
and this little monkey went wee wee wee all the way home.

Birthday presents from Uncle Don - have patience it takes a few minutes to load

2011-08-21T13:03:00.000-07:00

Abbey did punch her baby doll in the face on the video. She was much more into the candy.

stocks

2011-08-18T19:55:00.000-07:00

samuel boyd just bought 5 shares of GE for $76.

growing up in a big family

2011-08-11T17:00:00.000-07:00

We usually buy these monster brown bags of salt at Sam's club. I think they are 25lbs or so. We use those to fill up our smaller salt shakers.

We were running low and I went to Albertsons or somewhere and bought some salt.

This morning I was filling up the shaker with the salt from Albertson's and Luke exclaimed, "WHAT IS THAT THING?"

He had never seen the cylindrical Morton's container before. Weird.

One day he will realize most families also do not buy 2 gallon containers of mayo, drums of cooking oil, 50lb bags of flour, gallon jars of relish, and 5 gallon tubs of honey. : )

sayings xoxo

2011-08-11T07:20:00.000-07:00

Luke came to me this morning hobbling.

"mom, my toe. I have a cankernail."

Abbey is talking more every day.

Yesterday Ben was watching a youtube video and she said clear as a bell, "Wow that's a big movie."

Hunters

2011-08-09T11:53:00.000-07:00

Elijah Sam Joe and I just passed a hunter safety course. We are now inexperienced licensed hunters. Please use extreme caution while in the field.

We went to do some target practice today. Each boy had great muzzle control and gun safety techniques. We hit some skeets!!! and made some bullseyes.

Great job. BTW, there will be no hunting unless someone experienced (obviously not me) takes them out. : )

However, I will volunteer to gut and package the meat.

Children

2011-08-09T06:45:00.000-07:00

i saw an article today about the benefits of children.

The 10 hidden benefits of having children.

I love my children. They are fun. They make life good. They are cute and cuddly and write on my pretty couch with sharpie. I really don't care that much about my couch. I love my children.

They are a benefit. They are wonderful.

Thank you God for my children.

Sayings xixixix

2011-08-09T06:12:00.000-07:00

I was reading the news online this morning and Joe was across the room reading headlines

"WHOA!" he said, "Rodents have taken over London? Do the cops carry bug spray?"

The headline was "Rioters have taken over London." but from across the room it looked like rodents. : )

Sayings

2011-08-08T08:32:00.000-07:00

After a day of watching superhero videos, Gideon asked me, "Dad, can Christmas-Man fly?"

Where kittens come from.

2011-08-07T11:48:00.000-07:00

Luke was explaining to his friend that we have a new baby kitten.

He told the girl, "We have a new baby kitten and its from a cat."

Big PROBLEM

2011-08-06T11:48:00.000-07:00

Matt and I sent all the kids outside so we could have some quiet. After about 10 minutes Sam knocks on the door. I open it and he says, "Mom we have a BIG problem." Usually the gravity of that statement means either someone is into a chemical or a pipe is gushing water or the roof has blown off the garage.

I prepared myself.

"What's the problem?" i asked.

"GOATHEADS! They are everywhere." He opens his arms and shows me a bunch of weeds.

Whew! False alarm.

mom jeans?

2011-08-04T15:36:00.000-07:00

I was wearing my normal walmart jeans and a green short sleeve v neck tshirt. I thought I looked fine. I decided to change clothes as someone had barfed near me multiple times that morning and there could have been splatter and I was going to a class that night.

I put on a different pair of jeans that my sister gave me. (had to sew shut the zipper as it didn't work and I certainly don't know how to put on a new zipper). I put on a blue striped walmart long sleeved button up shirt that had been at the bottom of my drawer since winter. The classroom is airconditioned and I freeze in there. I rolled up the sleeves and thought to put on my trusty crocs. This was no fashion show. I changed my mind at the last minute on the crocs and decided to go with flip flops although my teacher said they were inappropriate for "field day". I figured, its not field day I'm still ok.

I walked out of the room and Elijah, Sam and Joe's jaws dropped. Josiah said, "WHOA!" I stopped. Problem?

Elijah, "Your dressed! THANK YOU!"
Joe, "You look awesome!"
Sam, "Very nice mom, where are you going?"

mom, "um yes I got redressed, hunter safety with you."

They all tried to explain how I finally had their fashion approval.

Apparently I stumbled upon the approved dress code.

The trick? Kelly's jeans with a broken zipper, a 3 year old cotton Walmart shirt, and dollar store flipflops.

The oddities of Lagrange

2011-07-27T11:59:00.000-07:00

The last two days I have heard what sounded like a dying goose coming from across the road. Yesterday I decide to go see if something needed to be put out of its misery. I climbed the low rise across the street and saw 2 donkeys in the field across from my house. yes donkeys in Lagrange.

This morning before breakfast the boys and I drove over to see them. One of the donkeys was in its fence and was the friendliest animal you ever saw. It RAN up to the boys to get loves. It snuggled with Silas, nibbled his shirt and let everybody pet and scratch him. When we left he cried like a baby. The guy next door said the donkey was sad because the other donkey got out of the fence.

Okay. so there is a donkey wandering Lagrange. I'm not that surprised. Lagrange is an interesting place. The guy told me to give him a hollar if I saw it. I certainly will.

Silas told me he saw the donkey walking down the railroad track road yesterday evening. Apparently he didn't think to mention a donkey on the loose. : )

Also, Ben caught 3 fish last night and we ate them for breakfast this morning. brown trout. yum. and zucchini bread with whole wheat and zucchini from our garden. delicious.

give me five

2011-07-26T20:00:00.001-07:00

ben hornok was playing "give me five" with abbie. then he did the "up high" and "down low." when he got to the "down low" abbie looked at it for a second and then used her foot.

The kitten and abbey

2011-07-25T11:25:00.000-07:00

I thought Abbey was playing in the backyard with Titus and Gideon. When I realized she wasn't there, or in her bedroom I began to worry. The boys and I fanned out and began looking for her.

We found her in my closet sitting in the box with the cat. I didn't see the kitten right away and panicked that she had sat on it. Everything was fine. Momma cat was nursing her baby right there with Abbey plopped there next to her. Momma cat wasn't bothered at all that Abbey was there.

Now to keep Abbey away from the temptation. : )

the kitten

2011-07-24T12:23:00.000-07:00

bulgy bear had a kitten. we are wondering if there are any more on the way. we came in from a picnic in our yard and we couldn't find bulgy bear or the kitten. a quick search of the house yielded abblet the omlet (who was supposed to be napping) walking around with a 4 hour old kitten and bulgy bear the cat following Abbey.

Conked Out!

2011-07-23T12:33:00.000-07:00

I think Abbey just walked to her bed and collapsed. : )

Plants XXXIV

2011-07-22T19:41:00.000-07:00

One choke cherry bush that I make jelly out of.

Sam's Plum Tree that he planted.

Plum trees

More plum trees

We are getting plums

more plants

2011-07-22T06:32:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure what this is. Can anyone tell me? Could it be an immature pumpkin?

So much fun

2011-07-19T21:13:00.000-07:00

The boys did this ALL afternoon. They loved it. I guess I don't have to spend 30 bucks a person on a water park. All you need is a shovel, a hose, some sleds, and 5 boys. : )

The best part was none of them could drown in it or be kidnapped and I watched from a safe dry distance on my chair with my book and my coffee. Aaahhh. It was a great day.

2011-07-19T13:18:00.000-07:00

Melons, cucumbers, pumpkins

Bee friendly flowers from Matt's brother

Cabbage, broccoli or cauliflower - I have two plants and don't know which seeds worked.

I ate my first ripe cherry tomato today and I see lots of green tomatoes on the vine.

Tomatoes

Peppers

Brussel Sprouts

2 carrot rows (need a little weeding and thinning)

Beets

A wheat expirament

More bee friendly flowers from Matt's brother

And more

Peas

Beans

Corn

Sunflowers - the bees love them

Bald patch - either we didn't get the corn seeds right or we accidentally hoed them up

Better photo of the beans

Mint - my mom always grew it and I like the way it smells

Chives

Peas!

2011-07-19T12:08:00.000-07:00

Sam is enjoying himself right here by the way. : )

Matt

2011-07-15T18:50:00.000-07:00

Robin+: "Matt, will you make popcorn? Yours is always better than mine."

Matt: "Do you know why?"

Robin: "extra butter?"

Matt: "Its not black when I'm done."

Sayings ??X?CMXCL

2011-07-13T15:26:00.000-07:00

Robin: It sure is nice when people collect something. That way, we can always have something to buy them.

Silas: Mom, you have a collection.

Robin: I do???

Silas: Yeah, Kids!

Abbey's vocabulary

2011-07-12T16:49:00.000-07:00

Abbey can say two sentences and a bunch of words, most of it I can't understand.

"Pooped in" and she points to her diaper.

Last week she said, "Toe hurt me." She lifted her toe and held it out to me.

Sayings LIX

2011-07-12T11:39:00.000-07:00

Gideon, "I have an owie in my foot."

Mom, "oh is it a splinter?"

Gideon, "no its a practice."

Mom, "hmm."

Mom, "A practice?"

Gideon, "yes a practice that I stepped on."

Mom, "oh a cactus!"

Sayings LIII

2011-07-11T06:01:00.000-07:00

Today Matt was picking out his tie and Gideon was watching. Gideon asked, "What flag are you going to wear today, Dad?"

Sayings XXXXXIII

2011-07-10T08:10:00.000-07:00

This morning Gideon said, "Mom will you sharpen my fingernails they are getting long."

Sayings XXXXXII

2011-07-09T07:41:00.000-07:00

I asked Gideon if he was ready for breakfast. He said yes but he wanted real food not a banana or an apple or an orange or anything like that. He told me cornbread was real food. : )

The Garden today - about 4 weeks later maybe

2011-07-08T10:11:00.000-07:00

These are Elijah's sunflowers

The Corn and Herbs/Volunteer Peas on the left

Green Beans

Peas

Flowers

This is I think, Columbine and Yarrow. Kid's choices. I don't know what they do.

Beets and Carrots

Brussel Sprouts

Peppers

Tomato

Flowers

More Tomatos

You can see a Pepper on this plant.

In the center is the plant I thought was a variety of lettuce, tried a bite and half poisoned myself.

More flowers, notice the red ones in the back they are ones the boys picked out.

The melon patch. Cucumbers, pumpkins, and watermelon.

A cucumber plant

a pumpkin plant

the whole thing

There are sunflower plants throughout the garden. Left over seeds were tilled in and grew. Nobody wants to see them die so we left them. Our plants (and weeds) are very happy. We used chicken manure and I guess plants like that. You can see we have weeded the corn and got it mulched. We had weeded the other sections but didn't have enough mulch and they grew back. We are about to get another load of grass mulch from the town and back to work weeding this weekend. : )

So far we have picked and eaten 2 pea pods. They were good.

Sayings XXXXXI

2011-07-08T07:41:00.002-07:00

I asked Titus how he slept. He said, "With my eyes shut."

Sayings XXXXX

2011-07-08T07:41:00.000-07:00

When our toddlers cry for a ridiculus reason, Matt and I say to them, "Its the end of the world. Cry like you mean it!"

Today Abbey was crying because Gideon had my lap and she didn't. Gideon said, "Abbey! Its not the end of your life!"

Sayings XXXXIX

2011-07-04T15:15:00.000-07:00

Dad was on a drive with just Titus, and Titus said, "Luke says we can't be in the front seat, because if we get in an accident the bean bag will come out."

The Garden 2 weeks ago

2011-06-18T12:24:00.000-07:00

Sayings XXXXIV: Winnie the Poo

2011-06-06T05:54:00.000-07:00

Big buddies are to help their little buddies to find clothes and get dressed. This morning we heard Gideon said to his buddy, "I want to wear my Honey the Poo shorts."

Mom's new hair cuts and some of my shirts

2011-06-04T10:32:00.000-07:00

Heard in the Boyd House

2011-06-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

I think someone put a sandwich in the humidifier again.

--Robin

Pics of the boys

2011-06-03T06:37:00.000-07:00

Sayings XXXXVIII: Infinity

2011-05-30T11:50:00.000-07:00

Silas: I'm as big as the world
Ben Hornok: I'm infinity
Silas: I'm infinity plus one
Ben: I'm infinity squared
Silas: I'm infinity rectangled

Ben: Hey GiddyBug, how's my breath
Gideon: uh, not good.

Sayings XXXXVII: Mechanical Pencil

2011-05-22T07:32:00.000-07:00

Silas said his was broken so he needed to go get another robotical pencil.

sayings XXXXVI: breakfast with luke

2011-05-21T09:20:00.000-07:00

Dad: what is your favorite subject at school
Luke: does recess count?
Dad: no
Luke: then I choose lunch.

Luke: why did you marry mom?
Dad: I'm not going to tell you.
Luke: whyyyyy?
Dad: cuz you'll just say EEEWWW!
Luke: no I won't
Dad: yes you will
Luke: no I won't. just tell me.
Dad: ok, I married your mom cuz I love her and I want to kiss her.
Luke: EEEWWW!

She looked like such a sweet thing....

2011-05-20T07:48:00.000-07:00

We were pet sitting for our friend. His cat, Reepicheep, and our cat, Dufflepud, are mortal enemies.

One night we heard the low growls of an imminent cat fight. Matt went in to separate them. As he scooped up Reepicheep, she was in mid attack. Dufflepud was suddenly out of her reach but she decided that the hand in front of her would do.

CHOMP.

From the other room I heard an "ARRRGGGHHH" that sound much more man like than cat like.

"That didn't sound good, " I responded. There was no reply. I entered the living room and saw Matt tightly hold his thumb and grimacing.

She is now happily back at her house by herself with no children, other cats, or noise. Just Fezzik - who she likes - and her job: mouse catching.

side note - she and Fezzik are cute together. She attacks our friends toes while he sleeps and Fezzik gets up and protects the toes from the cat. She attacks Fezziks tail and legs for fun. When she is being naughty he runs and jumps toward her to stop her.

After this attack on Matt, Fezzik wouldn't let Reepicheep out of the corner. He stood in front of her everytime she tried to go anywhere. That lasted all the next day. : )

Must have been a nail biter

2011-05-19T07:31:00.000-07:00

Sam still loves to read. He read the Inkheart Trilogy in 3 days. The hard part is finding books for him with both safe moral content and an advanced reading level. Too bad they don't have "clear play" for books.

Horsey rides for all.

2011-05-18T11:48:00.000-07:00

Mrs. D with the boys

2011-05-17T05:54:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Downare was the women's dean at Frontier School of the Bible. She is now my neighbor and friend. She came over and played the piano the other day for the boys. They really enjoyed it.

Sayings XXXXV

2011-05-15T08:52:00.000-07:00

At the Awana Grand Prix:

Leader:"ok, kids, what do we do with tools?"

Child1: "Use them."

Leader:"Ok. What else?"

Child2: "Make something."

Leader:"Yes. What else?"

Gideon: "PUT THEM AWAY!"

Easter Egg Hunt After Party

2011-05-14T08:34:00.000-07:00

Each year after the Easter Egg Hunt, all the participants head to the library to listen to a story, have snacks, and hand out the prizes. They also reuse the plastic eggs year after year and that gives all of us an opportunity to unload the candy and return the eggs if we don't want to keep them. The pictures above and below are of our new library in the Lagrange Heritage Building.


They read a story about the perfect egg. After each page the librarian asked the children a question. Gideon answered each question as if it were specially directed to him. All of his answers made the rest of us roar with laughter. He was adorable.