Crazy kids

So here is Catherine and her flexible cat that she decided to give to her grandmother. She wrapped it in a box, it looked so funny to me like it was strapped in a casket. Things like this remind me that my kids are still little. Catherine is so capable of so many things, sometimes I forget that she just turned 8.




Jacob says cute and funny things everyday. He has gotten on this kick of randomly saying, "I will never stop loving you." Of course that may be ten minutes after he has said something equally awful. The other day I frightened him and he said, "You scared the HECK out of me." I said, "Good I don't like little boys with heck in them." To which he replied, "I've still got heck in me." Then he flashed that little smile which assured me he was right!




Aaron is developing a quick wit. The other day we were talking about new words we have learned. Joe said he learned the word 'Drollery' which he defined as an amusing event or series of events. Aaron replied, "so you and Bob are drollery."


So now you are wondering what this picture has to do with Aaron. No it is not a Where is Waldo. This is the complete contents of Aaron's room, which had to be removed after a birthday party for one of his friends. The kids got the great idea of seeing who could eat the most pizza. That night, Aaron's floor lost. BIG TIME. We had to remove the bunk bed to clean the carpet and while we were at it we cleared the whole room and the boys and girls switched room is preparation for Cora moving in with Catherine. To top it off this was Easter Sunday. Luckily the IGA was open until noon that day, so we could rent the carpet cleaner!

How successful are your Family Home Evernings? We had a Family Home Evening on loving and serving our family members. I read the following quote from John H Groberg. "We come to this earth charged with a mission: to learn to love ans serve one another. To best help us accomplish this, God has placed us in families, for he knows that is where we can best learn to overcome selfishness and pride and to sacrifice for others and to make happiness and helpfulness and humility and love the very essence of our character." After the lesson, Jacob really wanted to go to the racquetball courts the throw around a bouncy ball that he discovered when we were cleaning the basement. We all piled in the van. The older two murmured a little at the choice of activity. I said we are sacrificing to do something that is really important for Jacob. There was a pause, a moment of thought and then Catherine said, "Hey mom, next time we decide to sacrifice, can the family sacrifice for me." Aaron pipes up, "No me, sacrifice for me." Ahhh, yet another equally successful Family Home Evening lesson.