Rebecca's birthday wishes

I am very behind on the blog thing. We went to Ut so I have a ton to put on here, but today is Rebecca's 4th birthday. I will post all about her birthday later when it is all said and done, but I didn't want to forget the sweetness that has led up it.

For week, like any kid, she has been looking forward to her birthday because she will be 4 and then she will be 5. We keep trying to help her understand that it takes a whole year to get to 5 but she's convinced that once she turns 4 she will soon be 5.

For birthdays in our family we seldom have kid parties instead we just do a family activity that the birthday person gets to pick. When I asked Rebecca what she wanted to do for her birthday she simply said that she wanted to go to the park in our neighborhood and have watermellon (watermellon is what she asks for anytime we ask her what she wats to eat. She has been asking for it all winter and has not had any so this will be quite the treat for her today). Karl and I felt kind of bad because we usually do something a little more out of the ordinary, but that's what she wants so we will keep it simple. We are going to take her to a bigger park on the other side of Lexington. Her other request that came with the park was not so simple to comply to. She said that she wanted it sunny so she could have fun playing outside and wear a sun dress. I told her that sometimes we just don't get the things we want. It's been so gray here lately. When I checked the weather yesterday afteroon the weather for today had changed from chance of rain to a fully sunny day beyween 65 and 70 degrees. So fun for her! I hope she has a good day.

Last is her cake. She wants something different evertime I ask, M&M cake, Polly Pocket cake, Carrot cake, watermellon cake, I'm still not sure what she'll end up with. We'll see....

25 Random Things About Karl

1. I care a lot about what other people think.
2. I'm hungry right now.
3. This morning I went to Sadieville to get raw milk and farm fresh eggs.
4. I'm more courageous than I believe I am.
5. I will submit to a lot of abuse before I push back.
6. When I decide to push back, it's with both barrels.
7. I try to warn someone before they cross the line and I begin to push back.
8. I believe the saying 'Honesty is the best policy' is most profound when applied reflexively.
9. I helped Carson make a bannana car for the pinewood derby. I'll be racing it today without him because he's with family in Utah.
10. My sister is getting married next week. I'd like to be there.
11. I'm obsessive compulsive about the number of spaces between periods and the following character.
12. I'm an auditory learner.
13. I have a hard time not eavesdropping.
14. I hate composing text messages. I like to get text messages.
15. I want to enlarge microscopic images of the nervous system and hang them in beautiful frames around my dental practice someday.
16. I have a profound belief in God my Heavenly Father, in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost. I try to ensure this belief influences every decision I make.
17. I believe that not deciding is a decision.
18. A good friend of mine froze to death three weeks ago because of a decision influenced by alchohol. The more I see of alchohol and its effects the more I HATE it. I do not use the word hate lightly.
19. I would have liked to meet CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien in the pub where they discussed story ideas.
20. I fancy myself an author.
21. I seldom notice landmarks when I'm driving.
22. I will not change lanes really quickly to avoid missing an exit. I'd much rather turn around in a mile or so.
23. I believe that selfishness is the root of evil.
24. I believe that to be truly good one must be selfless.
25. I like to look for common threads in different philosphical systems.
26. I can't restrain myself from writing more.
27. I believe that concepts of great power reside in paradoxes.
28. I believe that the language we use with ourselvs and with others has more impact than we understand.
29. I believe there's a fundamental difference between unselfishness and selflessness. I owe this idea to CS Lewis (Screwtape Letters).
30. I'm attracted by other cultures and languages.
31. I hate to stub my toes, so I almost always wear shoes.
32. I'm interested in pain and how it influences a person's behavior.
33. Chronic pain makes me sad. Unexpected sharp pain makes me angry.
34. Occasionally I am very funny on purpose.
35. Addiction appalls me. It makes me want to help, but my experience in helping others with it has been entirely discouraging.
36. One day God revealed to me that it is more important to do good in my sphere of influence than it is to have a large sphere of influence. I count this as one of the happiest experiences of my life.
37. I fall into the dual trap of blaming or crediting myself for others' failures or successes.
38. I believe that fear and faith are mutually exclusive. I owe this idea to Moroni, a Book of Mormon prophet, and to Joseph Smith who translated the Book of Mormon.

Innocence

The other day I was on the phone with my sister and Carson was listening in on my end of the conversation. I can't remember what I was even talking about, but all of a sudden he said, "Oh, I thought you were going to say the F word." I stopped in shock and thought about it as my sister said, "he thought you were going to say the F word???" Then I realized that he meant freak'n which isn't real great either, but I went on to tell her what word he meant. He then said, " Well, what does Aunt Amy think the F word is, Fireman!"

We both just laughed. Later I thought of what blessing it is that he doesn't get too much garbage since I home school him. I know, kind of a cheesy out look on it, but how many 9 year olds do you know that don't know the F word.

CRAZY Kids

Rebecca in the tub. She has to have princess hair every time I shampoo her hair. It's the only way to keep her from screaming. Amazing how they can just not scream when you give them a good reason not to. Carson, just being a nerdy.
Lydea too.

Zacher. He is a crazy one. His favorite thing to do is dance on the table, as I believe I have mentioned before. He really knows how to use his body though. For over a month now he has been able to jump getting both feet off the floor, or table where ever he may be, and his new trick is spinning. It's a crack up. He loves to be the center of attention and it is nearly impossible to not have him the center of attetion. Yesterday we had some friends from chrch over and we could hardly talk because he is SO loud and crazy. He's fun to watch though.

In the video he is not spinning quite as fast as he usually does because he was interested in what I was doing with the camera. Sorry the lighting is terrible.

Food Art

It started at lunch on Monday. The kids made pictures with their frozen peas. They had a really good time. Then we were looking for an activity to do for Family Home Evening and we have a TON of smarties left over from Halloween. Lets just say Karl bought a little more than we needed and it's not a treat you really want all that often. So we unwrapped all the smarties and did some Smartie art with them. It was really fun. I had a hard time getting my camera to pick up the Smartie colors, but you can still see the pictures.

Carson used 206 peas for his guy. He counted them as he ate them.
I told them they could used as many peas as they wanted they just had to eat everything they used. Not so the case with the Smarties.

Ouch

Zacher is everywhere all the time. He climbs and runs and jumps. He can even get both feet off the ground when he jumps. He loves to throws things and what can I say, he's a crazy one. Well, the other day he was dancing on the which is a common thing for him and he went to get off and when he backed off the table there was no chair there. I'm not quite sure what he hit his eye on, but it looked like it hurt. Silly kid. He really needs to stay off things, but he was right back up there about an hour later.

25 ramdom things about Carson and Haylee

For Carson and Haylee's writing today they each wrote about 25 random things about themselves, and since I have mine on the blog they have to put theirs on the bolg. Haylee didn't want to stop at 25 so she actually has 30. She typed her's all up earlier, but it didn't save, so I typed it this time, but I tried to do it exactly like she had it.

CARSON

1. I like my hair short.
2. I like to draw.
3. I like to destroy things.
4. I LOVE to climb.
5. My favorite saying is, "Time to eat!"
6. I like to sing.
7. I like spelling.
8. I only like to write stories on certain things.
9. I'm very messy with cooking.
10.I like to wear sweatshirts.
11. When I was a baby I hated to go to sleep so I would kick or hit things.
12. I like the color red.
13. I do not like to comb my hair.
14. I wish manners were never invented.
15. I like to read, some of my favorites are: The Hobbit, The Magician's Nephew,and the Magic Tree House series.
16. I'm bad at listening though I can hear very well.
17.When I collect things they end up everywhere.
18.I LOVE to eat.
19.I like to run.
20.I like to be loud.
21. I like to make my bed.
22. I like to play electriman on the computer.
23. I have 7 blanketsn and 4 pillows including my cuddle pillow.
24. I like to take long rides in the car.
25. I wish I lived in N.D. still.

Haylee

1. I like to dance.
2. I have green eyes.
3. I like to read the Bible.
4. I like to study insects.
5. I love reading the Little House collection.
6. I like to build with blocks.
7. I like to wear dresses.
8. I like English and spelling.
9. I like to go to the park.
10. My favorite color is blue.
11. My favorite outfit is pretty much pink.
12. I like to ride my bike.
13. I love animals.
14. I like to go to primary.
15. I memorized the fourth article of faith.
16. My favorite food is tomato sandwiches.
17. I love apples.
18. My favorite animal is an elephorse. (She could pick her favorite between the two so she mixed them.)
19. I love my family.
20. There are 8 people in my family.
21. We have a family dog his name is Harry. He is a miniature Schnauzer.
22. I sleep on a mattress on the floor.
23. My favorite season is spring.
24. My favorite treat is tootsie suckers.
25. My birthday is July 28th.
26. I like creative things.
27. I have a webkinz named winne.
28. My favorite flower is a rose.
29. My favorite game is twister.
30. I love home grown strawberries.