Funny Big Girl

Not to be outdone by her 13 year-old second cousin that created a Bananagrams grid using the word "antidisestablishmentarianism," my 15 year-old created this grid. (She had to turn a couple of 'u's sideways to have enough 'c's.)

She did have a little pile of leftover letters, so she doesn't get full points for using all her letters. Oh, and as for the crazy background that it is on, she chose that rug, too.

Funny Little Girl

My six year-old posted a clock on the door of her room and said that no one can enter when the long hand is between the two lines on each side of the six.



Her birthday is about half a year away, but she sure talks about it a lot! She decided to make her own birthday card, but on her first attempt the letters wouldn't all fit on the page, so this time, she had me write "Happy Birthday" and then she decorated it.

It's nice to have a kid who knows how to plan ahead!

The Internet

The internet is very useful for solving those questions that were nearly impossible to answer before we had ready access to unlimited trivia. For example, Chris and I did a fist bump type hand shake and he said, "Sorry the Wonder Twin powers aren't working."
I said, "That's because you have to use your hand with the ring on it."
So, he switched hands and I said, "Form of an eagle."
He said, "Shape of an ice cube."
I said, "It's 'form of.'"
But he was sure one of them said, "Form of..." and the other said, "Shape of..."
I sure thought they both said, "Form of..."
So, he looked it up on YouTube and found a clip and sure enough he was right, though it was the girl that always went first and she said, "Shape of..." since she always got to be some kind of animal and her brother said, "Form of..." since he always had to be some sort of water, which I always thought was a little weak, but they seemed to win their battles anyway.

Too bad the internet doesn't have the answers that we really need.
My sister was looking for ideas for her daughter's birthday and not letting her daughter see, but after she walked away, her daughter googled, "What is my Mom's secret?" Good thing she doesn't know about the History menu, or she might have figured it out.

I can search for houses, but I can't really know what it's like to live in a particular neighborhood by searching the internet.

At least I can check my bank balance and keep in touch with family and friends and friends I haven't met, yet.
So, I would surely miss it, if electricity was not available for a season.
If only it could tell me the end of the road on a particular course of action...
"...'Cuz if you don't like the end of the road, you better back-up, you know you better back-up fast..." (Carol Lynn Pearson, "My Turn On Earth")

Book Quote

"But just so you know that we are, each one of us...held together by the invisible threads of our histories. ...But these strings are all the good and all the bad that our families ever experienced. And when the world tries to pull you loose - and it will - there may be some stretch. But someone like you, with so much love holding her together, will never fall apart." -The Friday Night Knitting Club, p. 229, by Kate Jacobs

I don't love the profanity in this book, but so far I am liking the story and the characters and the way it is told and of course the parts about knitting! Only slightly more than halfway through, so we'll see how it goes.

Halloween

I wish I had gotten a few more pictures of Ravenna's costume. She was the victim of a 'cereal' killer.


Christian decided he wanted to be a goatherd and just hold the baby goat all night.


Spencer as the Grim Reaper


Geneva as a Goth Cheerleader


Dexter as a Vampire, complete with red eyes, (only in the photo of course, I didn't really make him wear red contacts)


Trevor as a Baby Goat Gruff

Not before, just After

Well, I thought I had a picture of our old gate on this computer, but I guess it's on a different one.

So, here is a picture of the new gate, from inside the backyard:


The gate has been stained and so here is a new 'after' picture taken from the front yard:
I blurred our last name on the sign, since this is a public blog, and I do want to keep some privacy for my childrens' sake.

A Birthday

My Dexter son turned 4 years old! We had his party at my parents' house on General Conference weekend. When we were loading the car to come home, we put all the balloons on top of the luggage in the back of the Yukon. He turned around and looked at them and said, "Wow, how did you get such much balloons in the car?!"