Saturday will be Maggie’s 4th birthday! We’re having a Princess “lemonade party” (little girls’ version of a tea party) on Friday morning for her and we’ve been getting ready for it all morning. Colin started by cleaning up the family room and setting up Maggie’s Hello Kitty tent, which Heidi is more excited about than [...]
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Two trips to AT&T Park in a week! That is seriously unusual for us. But the week after our free giants game was free opera day at the ballpark. This is one of the amazing perks of living here–free world class arts events. And we got to see Verdi’s Aida. We almost took the [...]
Preparing for General Conference FHE
Posted in Family, Family Home Evening, Kids on Sep 19th, 2010
Last Monday for Family Home Evening we had a lesson about prophets and General Conference. Keep in mind that our kids are 1, 3, and 5 years old, so our lessons are always quick and interactive. Here’s what we did: Opening Song: Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (Heidi can enthusiastically say “BEAM!” now, so [...]
Funny stuff
Posted in Kids on Sep 10th, 2010
Heidi is learning to talk quickly now, picking up several new words a day. It’s a relief us and to her to be able to ask her a question and get answers we understand…most of the time. But one of her new “tricks” is to talk with her mouth closed. With her lips tightly sealed [...]
Degen’s Joke
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2010
Degen asked if he could put a joke on my blog, and I said yes. Here it is: Why did the chicken cross the banana? Because he wanted a somethin’, somethin’, somethin’ machine so that he could make everyone say “somethin’” so he could say “nothin’!” Just “brawk brawk brawk” and then he would now [...]
Three Car Seats in the Back of a Corolla
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2010
I spent the morning piling the kids into the car, buckling them into their car seats, then unbuckling them and unloading them. Our kids’ car seats don’t really fit in our car. I’ve tried to fix that by replacing their seats and switching Degen to a booster now that he’s old enough (birthdays!), but although [...]
A milestone
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2009
I’ve been making an effort to exercise more. It’s been a kinda half-hearted effort, and thus difficult to make myself get going. Yesterday I did it and enjoyed it so thoroughly it’s worth writing about. I was typing away at a project on the computer after getting Maggie and Heidi down for naps. I’d been [...]
Saturday Morning
Posted in Family on Jun 20th, 2009
Degen and Maggie are dressed and fed, Heidi is dressed and fed and napping, Colin is at an Elder’s Quorum service project (dressed, hopefully fed, and surely not napping). The kids are baking me a “cake” in their pretend kitchen while I’m being a nerd in my pjs and watching an old John Bytheway Education [...]
Scootin’
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 19th, 2009
We just caught Heidi scooting across the floor, almost crawling, up on both knees and falling forward with her face! I pulled out the video camera and sorta got it on film, though she wasn’t really interested in a repeat performance. Fun to get some memories on tape, especially with Maggie in the background for [...]
What Goes Around Comes Around
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2009
I’ve been actively encouraging my kids to practice trying new things, even when the new things are hard to do or green-eggs-and-ham unattractive. I think trying new things is an important skill to learn, so I’m teaching it to my kids despite the inevitable hassle it creates for yours truly. Interestingly, the whole world seems [...]