Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Tyranosaurus


Luke drew this picture. He is the one who also wrote Bella's name. I asked him who was in the picture (the pink n purple drawing) and he responded a little confused that it was a tyrannosaurus. I later realized it was obviously a T-Rex by the fact that it has two fingers and three toes, so funny. The other person in this picture is me with baby Royce in my tummy. Cracks me up!

Bella drew this. The big image is Ariel and the smaller one is her. Later she added baby Royce in Orange. She also drew a B on Ariel's stomach which I was impressed by cause I just taught her to write those today.We were playing Go-Fish and Royce insisted on holding the cards. (He is obviously thinking very hard about his next move)



We were out on Memorial Day and just happened to drive by this Memorial cemetery and took the opportunity to show it to the kids and explain the meaning behind the day. It was a nice experience.

(This is my favorite tree in our yard, its our butterfly tree, last year when we moved in there were dozens of butterflys swarming it daily, its so pretty)

These pictures crack me up because this is seriously what we wear on a daily basis and I have no shame about it. There is no use getting dressed nice when you know you are just going to go out and get dirty. Its kinda liberating


These are some squash grown in our garden. We picked them this morning and below is what we had for breakfast. There is something really cool about eating a meal grown in your own garden.
(onions with squash fresh spinach and steak seasoning. Fresh and yummy)
I am just so happy that I actually grew something. That may seem silly but seriously the first year James and I were married he bought me a flower plant and it died within a week because I didn't realize I needed to put it in the sun. I always thought I just didnt have a green thumb but apparently these things can be learned. I still have a long way to go, but am enjoying learning.

Funny Bella

So Bella has been on the steroids now for five days. Her hives are looking better but she is still itching and has sores that don't seem to be healing, we made an appointment with the dermatologist so hopefully the poor thing can get a little relief. She has been waking up several times at night just crying and screaming cause it itches. The steroids have made her a little loopy she has just been all over the place and doing all kinds of random stuff as well as having a unusually large appetite. We had a couple funny moments yesterday.

We were driving in the car.

Bella calming says "Mom I'm wet".
Sara "Why are you wet Bella".
Bella unconcerned says "Um, I think I peed"?
Sara "You peed in your pants"?
Bella " Yeah".
It was way to funny of a conversation for me to be upset. She has been potty trained for 5 months now and is usually very upset and uncomfortable when she has an accident.

We got home and were getting out of the van. I noticed Bella had made a unnecessarily massive mess in the back seat with a snack we had given her.
I said "Hey Bella did you make this mess"?
Bella calmly responded "Yeah Mom sometimes people spill".
I said smiling "Oh okay".
She responded unconcerned "Yeah sometimes it happens".

Sunday, May 29, 2011

He gets it

We were having our morning devotional a couple days ago. I was reading the children the bible story about Jesus's trial before his crucifixion. After I got done reading I asked the kids if it was right or wrong for those people to kill Jesus. (of course I was looking for the simple "its wrong to kill people answer") but Luke's response shocked me. He said "It was okay for them to kill Jesus". A little confused I asked him why he thought that. He responded with more insight than I thought his four years could provide. He said "Jesus had to die for our sins so it's okay". James and I looked at each other a little stunned, not sure how to respond to that. Then James went on to explain in deeper detail how it was right and wrong. It amazed me that at his young age he get it, maybe not completely but he understands what are savior did for us and that it was necessarily. I read a good quote the other day. "Kids are like snow bank while they are young they are just collecting information like snow until someday it can melt and sink in". Michelle Duggar
How true!