Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Lesson learned...

Lessons we had learned over the last Month...


*hiding something under your bed that you broke and then saying you don't know where it is, IS a lie! Its better to just own up to it and be forgiven, than hide it and get into trouble for the lie!

*leaving your scooter behind the van WILL end with the scooter being run over and possible damaged. Its better to make sure than the scooter is put back in the correct place on the side of the garage, that way we will have it to ride for a long time!

*rolling down the hill in the yard WILL result in dog poop being smashed onto your clothing and children running away from your screaming...POOOOOOP! Its better to clean up the dog poop on a daily basis.

*talking, and playing around in your chair during your sister's performance at school WILL result in you having to carry her school bag for her for three days. Its better to just sit quietly and enjoy the show!

*waiting all week to do an assignment that is due on Friday and then not getting it done in time, WILL result in getting an infraction from the teacher. Its better to do a little at a time during the course of the week to ease up the load and avoid the infraction!

*eating a WHOLE GIANT JALAPENO on a bet from your sister WILL result in burning ears, burning mouth and sore stomach from drinking 5 cups of milk to ease the burn! Its better to JUST SAY NO!

*Yelling at your brother and throwing his toy on the ground in a big fit WILL result in you apologizing and going to bed early! Its better to try and talk it out!

*staying up late to see Daddy when he gets in late from work WILL result in THREE HAPPY CHILDREN AND A VERY HAPPY DADDY!! Also, one very tired Mommy!

Life is full of fun and not so fun little lessons, and I am thankful for all that we have learned so far. I know that some of the lessons we will learn in the future may not be so easily learned and may take some very hard time to get through, but for NOW, we are enjoying this growing and learning time....Together, Happy, Sad, Good, Bad, Funny...TOGETHER!

Pumpkin guts!






Last Sunday we did our "carving" of the pumpkins, and although this was by far the fastest it was ever done, I think we laughed and gushed the most! The kids are all so fun and happy in these little traditions that we have in place, its just wonderful to have them "remember" and "insist" that we follow through on them each year.
This year John only had to cut the top off of Katelyn and Jacob's pumpkins, they cleaned them and carved them independently! Katelyn, the planner that she is had a picture picked out from a magazine of the face that she wanted for her pumpkin and did a fabulous job creating a look alike of it!
Jacob just went with it and did "what his hands told him to"!! He kept saying "I am SO proud of myself"!! Those two have grown up so much over the last year, so great to see them going on to that new stage of Independence!
Emily needed a bit of help carving hers but that did not stop her from drawing the face she wanted and correcting if it wasn't right! She still ate the guts this year (Gross but true, she does it every year) although we didn't have to put it on the floor in a bowl this year so she could "eat it like a kitty"!! She also had to draw things on hers, like spider and words! Learning to spell has been so fun for her, and we see "Mom, Dad, Emily, Katelyn, Jacob and I love You" on a LOT of things these days!
John did a really nice job on our pumpkin too, I just love how it turned out! He is so good at making my ideas come to life. I think that will keep him around for longer that the "two more years" that he says I am going to keep him!