crazy kids vx. crazy cat

tuesday night we had the sister missionaries over for dinner. we had put the cat in the basement while we ate because he thinks he's a dog. he'll beg for food at the table but unlike a dog. he'll do that while he's on the table. anyhow we didn't want to deal with this, so to the basement. in the middle of dinner one of the presidents let the cat out, by accident i'm sure.
so that cat comes to the table and big sister grabs him and holds him in her very loving way that makes me glad i'm not a cat. she says she's just loving it, i tell her she's going to love him to death. she reminds me of Elmyra from the tiny toons.
so then she says "when i bite the cat he bites me back. when i hit the cat he bits me too."
of course little brother agrees that that is a true statement.

the whole time i 'm thinking poor poor kitty

poor little monkey

One little monkey jumping on the bed, he fell off and bumped his head

day one

day three

day seven


day ten

monday nights

some people watch football

i watch two handsome guys give a lesson about the ten commandments

for fun

just in case you ever wonder what i might be doing that keeps me from up dating my blog ...
this is the last 4 or 5 weeks


he really is an awesome goalie

grandma's visit

my mom and baby brother came to visit here are a few fun picsi
guess he's not a baby anymore!

county fair

yes these pictures are from august but fun never the less

my handsome men playing on the rocks behind the Jacob's home

a train ride

I love this face

Class of '99

10 year reunion picture



a super way to end a great weekend home

schools out due to sickness

Monday afternoon our schools crisis team met to discuss wither or not to close the school for due to the sickness that is flying throughout the school. the decision was yes for 3 days, so students do now have school till Monday which mean kindergarten report cards, already one of my least favorite times of the year have been cut down to 2 days for testing one night for filling in the millions of little squares and then the next two nights are parent teacher conference! gotta love it

let's just be honest

for weeks now this whole swine flu talk has been flying around town, a nephew had it a few weeks ago then it spread to his whole family, people are stressed, so worried, upset... then friends kids are being diagnosed. they are stressed, worried...

i tried (not very well i'm sure) to be sensitive, to reassure them it's just the flu no matter what it's called-lots of fluids and rest. please don't send them to school with a fever.

i've been sanitizing, washing, and sanitizing some more in my classroom. regardless i've been missing a handful of students all week. parents are shouting to close down school and i'm saying it wouldn't do any good. The flu is the flu it has to run it's course.

all that being said....

friday morning both of my children woke up with a funky, croup-like cough, No fever, i've been taking their temperatures 3 times a day... just to be sure. i've set up alternate plans for the week just in case

honestly it scares me... i believe everything that i've been telling family, friends, and parents but now that this silly germ is hanging outside my door i'm trying my best to not FREAK out

nessisary post

a blessing came and left this day. so as a mother I need to say...
Happy Birthday my little Quincy!
mommy and daddy love you

my little architect

Little brother drew this picture of our home! i just had to share

strange questions

Mom where do you live?
in a house
I live in a tent
Mom do you have a bathroom?
yes
I have a tree
Mom do you eat pizza?
yes
i eat grass

I still don't know how she came up with this but it was funny at the time
p.x. this is a joke she doesn't eat grass

big words from a little mouth

I don't know what i said this morning but i remember that big sister said,
Mom that's fun,
that's really funny
that's really really funny
Mom you are EXTREMELY funny!

lost child

so big sister was great last year after school about asking if she could go somewhere so very rarely did i "lose" her at school while i was working.
little brother however is very slowly learning that I need to know where he is. so again today i was telling him why he needs to tell me where he's going, threatening to make him stay in my room if he doesn't tell me where he's going etc etc...
to which he told me
"mom you should just get me a few packets of that sticky paper (post-it notes) and i'll leave you a trail to follow so you can find me"

Student of the day

For the first few weeks of kindergarten, we spotlight a student each day. we ask them questions today the student of the day was asked what he was afraid of, at first he said nothing then he thought for a minute
then said "actually I'm afraid of outer space, because there are black holes in outer space and if you get sucked into one of those you can't get out. "

endless cycle

what to do! the presidents are grouchy all day, so early bed time right that should do the trick but NO it doesn't then big sister gets up earlier in the morning and is grouchy all day so what let them stay up so that they sleep in. how do you force a 5 year old to sleep in, or to be happy, YOU CAN'T they are five. if anyone knows the secret let me know!