Sleeping Arrangements

So, we bought this house, with separate rooms for our kids. We think we are thoughtful parents, giving them each their space and a place all their own. Shane has bunk beds and Sarah has a full. They sleep together almost everynight...sometimes on the same bunk (sharing a twin). Explain to me, why, they are both asleep in a sleeping bag on Shane's FLOOR?

Funny things that children say...

Sarah was taking a shower tonight and she had a finger in each ear, plugging them. She asked me if I could see water in her eyes. Then she told me she was trapping water in her head, and shaking her head from side to side to clean inside her head. I told her it doesn't really work that way, and she said "In Tom and Jerry, when Jerry is inside Tom's head, you can see him standing behind his eyes." Well, how could I argue with that. We've all seen T & J and know that the things that happen to them are real. Duh, Mommy!

Shane's rendition of Clementine..."Oh my darlin', oh my darlin' and her dog named Valentine..."

Another funny one from Shane. We were watching tv and Steve and I said something about a commercial that had passed. Now, having grown up with tivo, Shane is obsessed with going back to see things. (At Christmas this was extremely annoying because he had us rush in after EVERY toy commercial so that we could see what he wanted from SANTA.) Sorry, I digressed...Anyways, Shane wanted us to go back so he told Steve to "fast backward" (fast-foward works, why not fast backward?) Gotta love their little minds. If you ever stop to think about it, the English language is quite confusing. There are all these rules, and then so many words that don't fit the rules. I mean, why do we park on drive ways?

"It was God, Mommy."

This morning, while trying to get me and both kids ready for church, I decided that I would let Shane take a bath while I showered. So I told him to get naked and that I was starting his water. Now usually, he strips and is in before the water gets warm, but not today. I am thinking he went in the dining room and got distracted by the hamster.


Anyway, I started my shower,and he still hadn't come. So, I knocked on the wall, hoping to get his attention. Still no Shane. I knocked again.


Shane came in the bathroom and said "It was God, Mommy."

ME: "What was God?"

Shane: "He was knocking. I checked the front door and nobody was there. So it was God."

ME: "Shane, Mommy knocked so that you would come back to take your bath."



A little while later, while taking his bath, I heard him mumble under his breath. "One was from Mommy and the other was God."


My little sweetheart. I am so glad that he already has a heart for God. In an unanswerable situation, his 2nd choice was God. Children really do have amazing faith. They have so much to teach us.

Our new HAMSTER

Last November, Sarah had a fund raiser at school. One of the prizes they could earn was a toy hamster that you could turn on and it would roll around in a little pink ball. Sarah won that prize and decided that she wanted a REAL hamster. Since then, Sarah has been waiting for one. We made her wait because we wanted to make sure it wasn't a whim and that she really wanted one. She has been saving her money and last Tuesday, on her birthday, we finally went to Petsmart and picked one out!! It worked out well because we didn't have school due to the ICE.

Here is Sarah, VERY EXCITED, about to pick out her hamster.


Once we got home, we put our new friend in its fancy cage.

Sarah named her "Princess". She is really sweet tempered, slow moving, and enjoys being held. Great qualities when being handled by 4 and 7 year old kids.

Here is a close up shot that Sarah took.

Updates as of Feb 1st--Princess loves to sleep in her little pink bed. She has just figured out how to climb to the top of her cage and use the purple wheel. She is so small, she has trouble hoisting her body into the spoke to get out of the wheel, but she is persistant and can now do it independently. She also uses her "potty" which makes cleaning the cage easy!! (for Sarah)

BIRTHDAYS

January is a very busy month for our family. Shane (16th) , Sarah (27th) and Steve (31st) all have their birthdays. This year, Shane had a STAR WARS party and Sarah had a GLAMOUR GILR party -- where we did hair and painted fancy nails. Steve celebrated his birthday eating brownies with chocolate icing!!



Shane is wearing his Anakin Skywalker costume and the Darth Vader pinata as a mask :)



7 already!!

"@&*!%#*" words

We all know that there are some words that we really don't want our kids to say. Not that they are "bad", they just don't sound nice. For instance, in our family we try not to say hate, so if repeating someone else, we say the "h" word. Stupid is not allowed either, so sometimes we use the "s" word.

Now FART is another word that just sounds ugly. Toot, seems much more pleasant. So I told Shane that I really didn't want him to say it because it didn't sound nice. Of course, telling Shane not to say something, just makes him say it ALL THE TIME. I could deal with that, BUT...after asking me in public "Mommy can I say the "f" word?" I had to just beg him to please say Fart. Fart was better than others thinking that we use THE "f" word.

Funny Batman Boy

Shane loves to dress up in costumes, he has Spider Man and Batman from previous Halloweens. Last week, he couldn't find his batman costume, so here is how he improvised...cape, mask, and belt.



Thank goodness he had on underwear. If not, I would have still taken a picture, but wouldn't have posted it. :)