Saturday, December 8, 2007

A cute tale from Grandpa's view

I thought that this was so cute -- Written by Marv I think -- that I had to post it!
ENJOY
Goldilocks (??) and the Two Grandparents
A Tale of Kind Deeds

Once upon a time there was two kindly, gentle grandparents who lived deep in the Rock Forest of Boulder Lane. They had been called to work in the Temple so, one Wednesday Afternoon, they left their small home to perform their duties.

They had worked a full shift and were very tired. They could hardly wait to get back to their home and retire for the night.

AS they were nearing their humble abode, they traveled slowly down the Bumpy Road, and just as they were preparing to make the final turn onto the driveway, Grandma lurched forward in her seat and exclaimed, “Look at all of those Christmas lights!! Wait-- is that Our house that is all lit up?”

Grandpa wisely said, “Don’t look at me!! I didn’t do it—don’t blame me.”

They traveled further up the driveway and saw three brightly lighted reindeer feasting in the driveway. It seemed a little strange that they were eating gravel. Perhaps Santa had come a little early and forgotten three of his reindeer. Or, maybe they had just escaped from the North Pole.

Some lights were twinkling around the garage doors. The house and garage had lights all along the roof lines and the back door of the house. Grandma said, “Somebody has definitely been here.”

Grandpa wisely said, “Watch out!! They might be hiding in the bushes—just waiting to jump out and scare us.”

They parked their car in the garage and opened the door to the store room by the refrigerator. “Somebody has been riding my tricycle!” said Grandpa wisely.

Grandma said , “Somebody moved our picnic table

They carefully opened the rear door to their house and saw the Nerf pop gun laying on the computer boxes. “Somebody has been shooting the Nerf Pop Gun!” said Grandpa wisely.

Grandma said, “Somebody has been writing on the bulletin board and drawing pictures!”

They entered the kitchen. Grandpa shouted (wisely, of course), “Somebody has been eating my candy!!”

Grandma said, “This picture says they love us and is signed DMAKHJA. Who could that be? I don’t recognize that name.”

Finally Grandma said, “Look, Keeley’s name is also on that picture. It must have been Matt and his family.”

Grandpa and Grandma were so pleased with the nice thing that Dad, Mom, Aubrie, Keeley, Henry, Jesse and Andee had done that they snuggled all snug in their bed and slept with smiles on their faces all night long. Grandma said, “That is the nicest Christmas Present ever.”
Grandpa wisely said ,”Yes dear—it surely is.”
--The End--

Thursday, December 6, 2007

SURPRISE!

Last night we had so much fun!

Matt got off early and we drove to Mattawa. Matt's parents serve in the Temple on Wednesdays, so we knew that they wouldn't be there.

He he he he.

We put up their Christmas lights for them. The kids ( and myself - I can't deny it) were so excited. Aubrie said to me, "Can't we just stay and hide in the bushes so that we can see the looks on their faces when they get home?" We knew that they wouldn't be home until very late, so we couldn't do it. It is so much fun to serve someone when they don't know you're going to! Sharon called to thank us this morning for the surprise. What a great night!

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Some things are just funny

It seems like Jesse is in my blog a lot. Yesterday he topped the list of funnies again. He doesn't like to take the time to wash his hands after using the toilet. So he's devised this plan to help himself out. It goes something like this:
  • Have mom lift you onto the toilet.
  • Bend as far forward to make sure you don't have to touch yourself to get the flow going into the toilet.
  • Shake yourself dry so as not to touch anything again.
  • Have mom lift up your unders and pants for you.
  • Try to run out of the bathroom as quickly as possible, but when mom catches you, then
  • Ask mom to flush, when she politely declines ( this is the new part yesterday) you think to yourself if I don't use my hands to flush I won't have to wash...hmmm...I could use my teeth to flush...whoops... mom doesn't like that idea, I'll use my forehead instead...dang...I guess she won't let me do that either. Dang, I'm missing SUPER WHY, I guess I better hurry and wash 'cause she won't let me out of the bathroom until I do.

No kidding, I sat in the bathroom for several minutes laughing after he left. Silly boy. I'll have to see what happens today.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Just a few funnies

Keeley had her birthday on Saturday. She is now 7 and feels that she is so much more grown up. She is now making her bed in the morning, that is truly more grown up. I can't complain.

When cleaning up after cake I noticed it. A partial candle. Jesse got another one. My kids love to suck the frosting off of the bottom of the candles after they've been blown out. Jesse has taken this quick treat to the next level. Hmmm. He said it was good. Red wax, and it was not a thin candle. It was one of the chunky twisted things. Yuck.

Yesterday was laundry day. Isn't it interesting that no matter how much laundry you do during the week Monday's laundry piles always resemble Mt. Everest. While helping me get the laundry out of the dryer Henry said "Am en't I so helpful, mommy?" What a sweetheart! Yes, my boys love to help me all day long. And obviously I didn't praise him quickly enough.

Yeah! After a long week Andee finally slept through the night again. She got herself into a bad habit, but hopefully we're back on track. She is starting to get a fresh crop of new hair. Yippee!

Aubrie came home from school very excited yesterday. Her teacher marked her pre-spelling test 100%. After reviewing it, Aubrie realized that she had indeed spelled one of the words wrong. She brought it to the attention of her teacher, who praised her for being honest. She came home on cloud nine. Isn't it wonderful how good we feel when we do what's right.

Here was a conversation between Jesse and myself:
Jesse - "You're a dumb (kind of mumbled) mom."
Not sure I was hearing what he said I said, "What nubby?"
Jesse - "You're a good mommy. You're a special mommy, and I love you"

So funny, I'm not sure if he thought that I actually had heard him and didn't like what I heard, but he fixed it really fast. I am now aware what he said in the first statement, because the exact conversation was repeated twice last week. I guess that I need to pay attention to what is happening if it is repeated again. Although he is a big tease, and probably knew that it would get my attention really fast.