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| I don't know why he is holding that paper. |
26 February 2011
25 February 2011
Sayings XXXV
All the sickies were starting to recover and Titus asked, "Mom, will you check the time under my tongue?"
Pigs in a Blanket
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| Abbey looks skeptical over pigs in a blanket for dinner. |
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| I guess she changed her mind. |
24 February 2011
Decisions, Decisions
We recently went through a terrible sickness. Everyone was lying on the couch sick, with diarrhea, fevers and vomiting , well, everyone but Gideon.
Mom was busily caring for her brood and Gideon walked up to her and said, "Mom, can I have a drink of water from one of these cups?"
"No Gideon, if you drink after your brothers, you will get sick."
Gideon looked at the living room full of sick boys snuggling under blankets, eating popsicles, and playing computer games. Then he looked down at the cup in his hand...
Six hours later, Gideon was throwing up with the rest of them.
Mom was busily caring for her brood and Gideon walked up to her and said, "Mom, can I have a drink of water from one of these cups?"
"No Gideon, if you drink after your brothers, you will get sick."
Gideon looked at the living room full of sick boys snuggling under blankets, eating popsicles, and playing computer games. Then he looked down at the cup in his hand...
Six hours later, Gideon was throwing up with the rest of them.
23 February 2011
Sayings XXXIV
I don't remember who said these things. We've laughed about them for years.
Samuel or Josiah: "I have a splending headache"
Josiah or Silas: "I'm freezing hot" (he thought "freezing cold" meant very cold, so freezing hot must mean very hot)
Josiah ( I think): "Dad, you have a giant nipple on your neck."
Samuel or Josiah: "I have a splending headache"
Josiah or Silas: "I'm freezing hot" (he thought "freezing cold" meant very cold, so freezing hot must mean very hot)
Josiah ( I think): "Dad, you have a giant nipple on your neck."
22 February 2011
20 February 2011
19 February 2011
Sayings XXXVI
Josiah recently had tonsilloliths (tonsil stones). Robin had a great time removing it. This evening, Luke said he didn't want to get close to Robin's mouth, because "you get tonsilloliths from breathing hot air."
Robin: "Where did you get that idea, Luke?"
Luke: "The internet said so."
Robin: "Where did you get that idea, Luke?"
Luke: "The internet said so."
17 February 2011
stories from long ago
Kelly and I were reminded of a story yesterday. I was about 8, she was maybe 6. My parents owned a manual Chrysler minivan. We were parked in a parking lot and my parents were talking to an old friend, a postman. The postman's truck was parked behind our van and he was leaning against it catching up with my parents.
Kelly was told she could turn on the car to listen to the radio, so she turned the key. The car, without the clutch and brake on, lurched forward then back, slamming into the postmans truck behind us. It narrowly missed pinning the postman between our van and his truck. He had jumped out of the way just in time.
I don't remember any major damage to the vehicles, but I remember thinking of how serious it could have been.
Also when I was maybe fourish I almost choked Kelly to death. It was an old VW bug with manual windows and door locks. The windows were hard to unroll and the door locks were just as hard to unlock.
I had somehow rolled the window up with her head outside the car and her body inside the car. Everytime I tried to unroll it, it wouldn't unroll and I just kept rolling it up tighter and tighter on her neck. Fortunately at the time, Kelly was a fairly loud person, and could yell at just the right pitch to get my mom to come running. The car doors were locked (of course since Kelly and I had been playing in it) I couldn't get them unlocked to let my mom in to help. I went back and forth a few times trying to unroll the window (meaning rolling Kelly's neck up tighter) and trying to unlock the door when finally my mom was able to get in and unroll the window. Kelly didn't choke too badly that day but she did end up with a skinny neck.
Memories... lots of things are coming to mind. ; )
Kelly can do just about anything she sets her mind to. And if she doesn't want to do it, and you make her she can make you wish you hadn't. Someday ask me about the time my mom told her to clean up her own on purpose throw up....
ok back to the memory - My sister is athletic as an adult. She can do more pullups than most men, runs marathons, dances, spins, but as a 5th graders she was chubby and ackward. I loved to ice skate and it must have been my birthday or something and I had convinced my parents to take us ice skating.
Kelly and ice skating was not a good mix. She did not want to go. Eventually someone must have told her to stop being a baby and go ice skate becauseey they had already paid for it. Out on the ice she went, being drug by my mother the whole time because she couldn't/wouldn't move a single foot by herself. She had made it almost half way around when she went down and my mother ice skated over her hand. End of birthday ice skating trip. Kelly won. The ice arena had to fill out an incident report.
Kelly was told she could turn on the car to listen to the radio, so she turned the key. The car, without the clutch and brake on, lurched forward then back, slamming into the postmans truck behind us. It narrowly missed pinning the postman between our van and his truck. He had jumped out of the way just in time.
I don't remember any major damage to the vehicles, but I remember thinking of how serious it could have been.
Also when I was maybe fourish I almost choked Kelly to death. It was an old VW bug with manual windows and door locks. The windows were hard to unroll and the door locks were just as hard to unlock.
I had somehow rolled the window up with her head outside the car and her body inside the car. Everytime I tried to unroll it, it wouldn't unroll and I just kept rolling it up tighter and tighter on her neck. Fortunately at the time, Kelly was a fairly loud person, and could yell at just the right pitch to get my mom to come running. The car doors were locked (of course since Kelly and I had been playing in it) I couldn't get them unlocked to let my mom in to help. I went back and forth a few times trying to unroll the window (meaning rolling Kelly's neck up tighter) and trying to unlock the door when finally my mom was able to get in and unroll the window. Kelly didn't choke too badly that day but she did end up with a skinny neck.
Memories... lots of things are coming to mind. ; )
Kelly can do just about anything she sets her mind to. And if she doesn't want to do it, and you make her she can make you wish you hadn't. Someday ask me about the time my mom told her to clean up her own on purpose throw up....
ok back to the memory - My sister is athletic as an adult. She can do more pullups than most men, runs marathons, dances, spins, but as a 5th graders she was chubby and ackward. I loved to ice skate and it must have been my birthday or something and I had convinced my parents to take us ice skating.
Kelly and ice skating was not a good mix. She did not want to go. Eventually someone must have told her to stop being a baby and go ice skate becauseey they had already paid for it. Out on the ice she went, being drug by my mother the whole time because she couldn't/wouldn't move a single foot by herself. She had made it almost half way around when she went down and my mother ice skated over her hand. End of birthday ice skating trip. Kelly won. The ice arena had to fill out an incident report.
Near Death? I nearly had a heartattack
I was running some errands today. I needed to go to the post office, make some copies, drop some stuff off, pick some stuff up etc. I brought Josiah, Silas, Luke and Sam with me to help me. One of the errands was picking up the elementary school soccer ball that had been kicked over the fence and then blown 2 blocks down to our house.
We finished all the errands but the copies. I pulled in near the tree in the picture, put the car in park and ran in to make the copies.
I had my copies made paid and then saw a friend. We chatted for a moment until Sam opened the door and whispered to me, "Mom, the car sort of came out of park." HeartATTACK!
I ran outside to find the van stopped about a foot in front of the propane tank you can see sticking out at the edge of the white building on the left hand side of the picture.
The inside story: One of the boys decided to try to make a goal between the front seats with the elementary soccer ball we had picked up. The ball hit the gear shifter knocked it into reverse and the van started going backward. Sam realized the car was in reverse jumped out of his seat, read the gear legend on the dashboard (he didn't know which pedal was the brake or how to put it in park), and threw it in park just before it hit anything.
My legs are still weak.
We finished all the errands but the copies. I pulled in near the tree in the picture, put the car in park and ran in to make the copies.
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| looking east |
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| looking west |
I ran outside to find the van stopped about a foot in front of the propane tank you can see sticking out at the edge of the white building on the left hand side of the picture.
The inside story: One of the boys decided to try to make a goal between the front seats with the elementary soccer ball we had picked up. The ball hit the gear shifter knocked it into reverse and the van started going backward. Sam realized the car was in reverse jumped out of his seat, read the gear legend on the dashboard (he didn't know which pedal was the brake or how to put it in park), and threw it in park just before it hit anything.
My legs are still weak.
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