notice to the toothfairy

We have a tooth ready for pickup. Josiah's number two.

Josiah thinks he needs 100 dollars and 100 pennies. I'm not sure the tooth fairy can handle that kind of cash. Anyone want to pitch in? :O)

He likes it! He really likes it!

"You are about to be crushed by a giant corn!"

Yes, my son liked the movie. He thought it was silly. What movie, you ask, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The above quote is Josiah's favorite one of the movie. In was the fortune from a giant fortune cookie that landed upon the great wall of China. It was super cute. I am excited to find a fun movie that Josiah actually enjoyed, without freaking out, exiting the room, etc, that is not titled Cars.

Presenting, the letter D!

My 'Daya is very fond of the letter D. She loves to stomp and tromp and roar like the Dinosaur.
Her Dollies are her favorite, I've lost track of how many she has. Dancing is what happens when you hear the 'sic. Doggies they go ruff. And her Daddy is the bestest D ever.

naming the dinos

It seems that Adam forgot to name all the dinosaur species. Today, Wes named the two that stomp and tromp through our home:

Dayadon
Siahsaurus

New Rule

I enacted a new rule today:

Toys left on the kitchen floor shall be subject to immediate (no requests to pick toys up or else) toy time out. With exception to large, half completed, floor puzzles since the kitchen is the only hard surface on which this type of puzzle can be completed (and we have many of them).

So far the new rule has had the following results:

While Adaya was playing with her favorite baby doll in the kitchen, I reminded her that if she leaves her baby doll lying on the kitchen floor, it would have to go in time out. Adaya preceded to pick up her doll and place her on the stairs, on the first step down, the time out step.

Josiah, upon finding out about the rule, got some of Adaya's toys, placed them on the kitchen floor, and left them there. He wanted to find out if the rule was really true or if Mommy was just joking. He obviously wasn't going to take the chance, that I might be serious, with his own toys.

a mystery

Josiah tells me that there is a mystery at his school. Kids keep finding broken pencils on the playground. Josiah told his friend, Luke, to meet him at the yellow slide and they would work on solving the case. But they had indoor recess. Now they have to wait till Tuesday...

Adaya words

My current fav:
t-wreck

In 2010, I will...

Continue to get healthier... goals - 100 situps w/o a rest, 40 push ups w/o stopping, loose 1.25 lbs a month, reach the top end of my ideal weight range.
Spend more time with God... by creating a dedicated place for study, reading, prayer and meditation and... goal - use it daily.
Improve my photo skills... goal - finish the next three units of my photo course.
Design a school in Kenya... goal - by the end of January have a new design to discuss with the president and CEO of Visible Grace, by the end of February have January meeting details worked out.

Create more scrapbooks for my children and family... goal - one album every two months.

Continue to throw things out... goal - to remove all piles from my home.
Turn my bedroom into a space of peace and escape...
Play with my children more...
Read more...
Love more...

Evolution of a name

At one she called him "I-ah"
By one.5 it had become "Yi-Yuh"
Shortly after 2, since this past Monday, it has been "Siah"

3 inches of unexpected snow

At four I suggested to my husband that he get himself on the bus and head for home. He decided to do so. He spent four hours waiting for a bus. He is still on the bus, it is 10:30. People in this city can't deal with the snow. it's a mess out there.

top two Adaya phrases

"Me too."
"Read this."

Really?

I was looking for photos for Josiah's school project and came across a family photo from the park, July '08. I was a bit blown away by it. Who is that woman? The second photo is more recent, October '09. I am a different person. I hit a new low on Saturday too. You too can make positive lifestyle changes.

Looking for photos of me w/the kiddos

Does anyone have any decent digital images of me with my kids (from Oct '08-Oct '09? I'm working on their album and so far I have three images of myself in it (two from Christmas treeing last year and one of me, my parents, and brothers from Scotty's wedding). It's kind of sad. Anyone out there have some or even one? Ashby? Ketahs? Krista? Scotty? Anyone?

Fred and Caleb Show

Go to Minkers.com and watch the video. Our friend Phil made it. :O)

PS. Phil, Josiah wants to know when you're going to make another one.

Adaya's 2 yr well check

What a brave little girl I have! First they spray her nose (each nostril) with the N1H1 vaccine. Then they stick her 3 times. Not a single tear!

I'm a bit surprised by the growth charts. I didn't realize she was in the 75th percentile range for height. She seems short to me. I mean she's still wearing 18 month clothing. Who knew? She is still hovering in the 10th for weight. Growing at a constant rate.

Also of note would be the length to weight chart. She is below the 3rd percentile. Meaning, she's a skinny little thing for her height at this age.

Alas, now she is cranky. Best get her a snack or something.

dream

So I had a dream last night that I need to tell you about.

Wes and I were putting Josiah to bed. His execution was scheduled for the next day. I commented that maybe he wanted to stay up all night and read. Wes gave me a look. We were trying to keep life light and normal. I was a bit on edge but I kept thinking that surely my seven year old would be given a pardon. Surely his paper work would cross Obama's desk and he would let my seven year old have a lifetime to do whatever a little boy dreams of. So I didn't seem too worried. (No, I don't know why he was being executed. Yes, in the dream he was seven, but in real life he'll be six on monday.)

Next scene, I'm in a large room and restless. Other people live in this large building. People I know have left stuff laying around. There is a tv. I pick up the remote. An older gentlemen walks in, he's maybe about 70. He asks if I've found my egg. There are plastic eggs everywhere. Humm, Easter. Wes brings me the yellow one that was under a piano bench he was sitting at. It has a smaller egg in it and a piece of paper. I can see this through the still closed egg. I sit down on a table? Wes still has the egg. He opens it for me and pulls out a whole sheet of paper from the little egg. He is reading it over my shoulder. I glance over it and see at the bottom that our friends have reserved the annex for us and left us dinner so we can have a special evening together. Wes is throwing his fists into the air victoriously. I go back to the top of the letter and notice the only part of the letter he has read. There is a bold boxed section. It states that I have been given a stay of execution for the next year. At this point I was the one being executed. I weep. I bawl. I sob. Wes holds me tight as the tears fall and fall.

I wake up.

Interesting dream I think. Execution. Easter. We have all been given a stay of execution from our Saviour.

10 years ago...

...I wrote dozens and dozens of thank you notes. Um, I just found ten of them in a box. Undelivered. I thought I'd done so well. They most have been packed in the move and gotten lost. We bought our first house just four or five months into our lives of married bliss. One of them is even the one I wrote for my maid of honor. Smooth, Angie.

If a picture is worth 1000 words...

then I threw out 1,100,000 words today.

Yes, 1100 prints. You know, from before the digital revolution.

Save the date!

Sunday, October 11th

Instead of having two crazy days of birthday parties this year, we are having one. Yes, two parties, one day. I think it will be saner that way. They will overlap at food and cake.

If you are so inclined to attend the 6th and 2nd birthday parties of my adorable children, then you are invited.

Adaya will be celebrating her 2nd birthday at 11am. It will be a play date consisting of ponies, finger food (fruit, veggies, crackers, cheese), and cake (more finger food for the youngsters). Party will conclude around 1:15 (also known as nap time which is unlikely to happen due to company).

Josiah will be celebrating his 6th birthday at 12:30pm. It will begin with previously mentioned food and cake. It will then proceed with all things Lego. Beginning with Duplo, and after the young ones have parted, continuing with major choking hazards. There will be a lego building challenge (MOC - my own creation), lego awards, lego games, and abundant free build time.

Be there or be square (without studs).

And so it begins, again...

This weekend my daughter said a very simple word. Yet it is a word that requires much of a parent. It will probably continue to be a much used word for the next several years. Today it was her most used word.

Why?
Why?
Why?