Birthday drive

This morning Darrin and I were eating breakfast with Baylie who was the only one awake yet. As we were eating she said "Mom, how far away is my birthday?" I counted up the months and said it's 4 months away. She said "Whoa, that is a long drive!" I started laughing and said "You can't really drive to your birthday." She then said "What direction do we go?" Darrin and I both just started laughing, and then said "We go towards Christmas!"

Let's play Us!!

Some of our friends invited the girls and I over for a play date with the Wii. I had heard rumors of how fun it is for quite some time, but this was our first experience. We had a blast. Jaya really got into the boxing and I discovered some things about myself.

#1 - I think that playing the Wii is real. ie., when boxing, I was literally dodging, jabbing, and punching. This was all done when playing the computer. When my friend joined in to box me, she was just moving the remote (not the rest of her body) and was beating me to a pulp. I tried to do as she did, with just flicking my wrist, but to no avail. I then insisted that she is cheating when she's not "really boxing", She's like "you want to really box?" (Wii style of course) I never should have taunted her, I was down in like 3 seconds!!

#2 - I have a hard time just watching Jaya play. I want to do it for her. I get all tense watching her, and you will often hear me saying "Go, go, get 'em, hurry!!!" What am I going to be like when it's real sports?

On Friday our friend invited us over as a family to play. As we were getting ready, Jaya kept telling Darrin she couldn't wait to go to Jodi's because they got to play the game "us". Darrin didn't understand, and said what game? She was like "You know, the game us!" Darrin still didn't get it, and was like "I don't know that game." Jaya's said "Yes you do, where you box...the game us!" It clicked he said "Oh, you mean the Wii?" She insisted, "It's called an Us, dad!"

I think I should copyright that before Playstation gets it.

Elf or Munchkin?

We were busy running around trying to get out of house, I should rephrase that: I was busy running around trying to get out of the house (my kids are NEVER in a hurry). As this story will prove to show. So I was packing up my purse, putting on shoes, talking a mile a minute, when Baylie comes up behind me, giggling. I turn around, about to tell her to find her shoes, when I see her like this...

I couldn't help but giggling too. I stopped all rush for the door to get the camera. I am trying to be better about catching these kind of moments, which happen all too often when I am too "busy" to enjoy them. Not this time, I am still laughing about this!

Weeding

A few days ago I set a goal to get my flowerbed weeded. The timing was perfect, and I actually had willing kids to help weed (even the neighbor boy joined in.) I set to work, I was weeding quite fast and was very pleased with my progress. I was pulling the weed vines off the fence (sorry I don't know there name) when I saw a hive, the instant I saw the hive and thought "Oh, there's a hive!" I saw the faint flicker of a black bug and all of a sudden my arm was searing with pain. I had been stung. I instantly got the kids away, and started for the house.
I knew there was something that you were supposed to do for stings (some mixture to put on it) so I needed to call my mom. I went to open the backdoor to discover it was locked. I knew there were no other doors open and I knew I had left it unlocked. In pain and anger I looked at the kids, demanding to know who locked the door? Wisely they all denied it. I knew it had to have been Jaya and called her on it, which her reply was "Mom, now we can go through the window!" (This was said very happily.}
We spent the entire weekend going through the window, because the backdoor kept getting locked. During the weekend I blamed Darrin, but now I knew the truth, and it was Jaya!!
So back to being locked out. As punishment (to Jaya) I sent Baylie through the window instead, I didn't want to give Jaya the satisfaction of getting what she wanted (am I too mean?), so with hurt throbbing arm I heaved Baylie through, and made it to the phone.
Well the kids followed me in the house, not out of sympathy or worry, but out of hunger. So I now had a whining crowd starving while I am just trying to fix my arm! After 3 string cheeses, Eden waking up, changing her diaper, and then getting her snack, I finally got a hold of my mom. I found out the mixture is: baking powder and water, I created a paste and put it on. At this point I wasn't sure I even needed it anymore, but it really did help.
As I was telling her the story, she had no sympathy either, just laughter as I related to her being locked out. She said I must write it down, that someday it will be funny, I have to admit it's getting funnier.
On the bright side, the door has not been locked again, without my constent, this whole week!

Kids say the darndest things...

Last year I kept track of the funny things that my kids said and did on pieces of paper, and then we would read them whenever we wanted to review our funny life. The girls loved it. As for this year, I am more determined to publish my blog (family journal) so I have to start this section.

Eden has learned to fold her arms for prayers and is doing really well. The other night during FHE she was walking around, with her arms folded, during the prayer. I hear Darrin start snickering and look up (after the prayer) to find Eden face down on the floor, still with her arms folded. She tried to get up but couldn't because she had no hands to push up on! - June 08

We were on the way to pick up Darrin for lunch, when I told the girls where we were going Jaya said "Are Dad's pals, I mean...Dad's buddies going to be okay that he is coming with us?" - June 08

Yesterday Jaya asked me the following..."Mom, if we have a boy baby next, can we name him Butterscotch?" - June 08