Parker's Pet

10.24.12

If I had any pet it would be big. My

pet would be named Kingie.

He would have a big main. The

pet would also eat strangers and

criminals. It would be in a huge

cage. My pet would growl and roar.

I would feed it with enormous stake.

Those are some of the clues of my

pet.


Parker wrote this and I was so proud.  He hasn't enjoyed writing much, but he works with some amazing people at school that helped him get to this point.  The boy has ideas, it's just tough to get them on paper.  We don't have a pet, and I think the kiddos are starting to resent it :)

Dancing and Fighting

Me:"What's the sound?"
Yoda:"I just dancing to the rock star song."
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Yoda has been pretty interested in the Power Rangers lately

 It's pretty funny when he acts it out. 

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While I was clipping Yoda's finger nails, he asked / yelled: "what about my foots!?"

While asking Yoda to put on his shoes he told me he didn't want shoes on :"Just my foots!" 

While he was *ahem* picking his nose, he told me :"There's something in there." and "I want to get the goopy out!"

 Parker and Mimi have discovered Heathcliff comics.

  Occasionally the GoodYear blimp flies over our house, one of the perks of living so close to a crazy large university with a football team.  

Here the kiddos are yelling :"BLIMP!  BLIMP!  BLIMP!" but you can hardly hear it because the blimp is SO loud.  

Shoot-O-Ree

Each year our boy scout council has a day of shooting things.  This year we decided to go--lots of fun.

 The theme was the Wild West, and it started with some photo-ops

 Waiting for Parker and Mimi to be all done with the safety talk. 

 Nerf Crossbows to get them started. 

 Lots of little guns and shooters and balls to throw. 

 They waited in line for almost an hour to shoot some arrows and LOVED IT! 

 Next up BB guns. 

 Mimi and Parker with some special helpers from the University's rifle team. 

 One lady found us later on and called Mimi "Annie Oakley" 

Sling shots.  

So fun. 

Superman Flies Again

Yoda:"I need a super cape!"
and once he had it on, he ran to play with Mimi and Parker and yelled:"Just me, Superman!"

This is the first time he really got excited about wearing a cape and it was crazy-cute!  It made me think of Parker back in 2007 and Halloween in 2007. 

Yoda goes to preschool

 So there's a pre-preschool at Mimi's old preschool.  I decided that Yoda might be bored at home with just me, so I signed him up.  For the top picture I said:"Smile for your first day of school!" and this was the result=feeling a little unsure. 

But for this second picture I said:"smile for daddy!"  

Just if you're curious, he didn't sit in circle time, clean up any toys, line up, wear his name tag, or talk to any of his teachers--all things that all the other children did perfectly.  He did sing the songs during singing time, but only from across the room.

(I know all this because parents attend the first day of school with their children.)

The second day the teachers said he did great, I think they are just good liars :)  

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Mimi, pointing to different teeth in her mouth:"This is a baby tooth, this is a grown-up tooth.  And this [pointing to a tooth just starting to come in] is a teenager tooth!"

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A long time ago Parker learned what an open-face sandwich is,but must have forgot how to say it.  So the other day when Yoda stole the top slice of bread from Parker's ham and cheese sandwich, he said:"I'll just eat it face-less."

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It's official, Greg and I meet exactly 18 years ago today.  That means I've now known him exactly as 1/2 of my life! 
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Yoda is really into Monster Trucks right now.  He loves watching the History Channel documentary about them.

Here he is acting out a Monster Truck making a jump over some smaller cars--and singing "It's a Mighty Mega Monster Truck!"

*Sorry for the squeaky sound from the camera*
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Have a great week!

Some quotes and pictures...

From Mimi...

On the 3rd day of school Mimi said:"Is it STILL a school day???!!!"
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Mimi after her ballet class:"Ballerina's tired..."
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From Parker...


Me:"We're off to Home Depot"
Parker:"I want to go to Home Home"
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Me:"How are these books?"
Parker:"I've got a sweet tooth for them!"
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(when one of our children is being cranky we will sometimes call them "crank-master")

Parker:"Can I have this?"
Me:"Only if I can call you crank-master."
Parker (who knows the difference between a master and an apprentice):"I'm not a crank-master, I'm a crank-apprentice!"
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Yoda helped bring in the groceries and this is what he did with them :) 

Rascally Rabbit

One night Valerie came home from the store. When she opened the garage door she saw a rabbit staring back at her. From inside the garage.

Greg came out and they went through the garage one square foot at a time. Moving our stuff and looking for rabbits. He finally found the rabbit and saw it run away.

Or so he thought.....

Later that night Valerie and Greg went into the garage to find some tools.  Valerie noticed a bit of dark fluff among the white paint rollers.

The rabbit was hiding like a Kindergartener.  Front end hidden and back end not so much.

We left the occupied paint roller out in the front yard, shut the garage door and turned off the porch light.  In the next hour, the rabbit joined his friends.

False Start

After just 2 days of school, sickness hit...hard. I can't blame them getting this sickness at school, they weren't there long enough. 

 On Friday Yoda started feeling sick.  As I loaded him into the van to pick up the school children he got sick ALL OVER the van...uh...
By Saturday it was obvious he had strep--thank goodness for urgent care. It's his first time with this bacteria, and he was crazy sick. 

Regularly on Mondays I pick up two of our neighbors from school.  But this Monday their babysitter didn't show up so their dad asked me to keep them until their mom came home from work. No problem right?

Well...I show up at the school and Mimi isn't there!  I'm told to park and walk up because Mimi has been sick. 
In my head:"AH!  Did I send a sick kid to school?"  "Did she get "sick" as in made a mess?"  "Was she sick all day but didn't know she was allowed to call to go home?"
yes, yes, and yes

Her teacher was very nice about it, but as I unpacked her un-eaten lunch and early morning snack I was crying thinking of how terrible she must have felt but didn't know what to do about it. 

She's feeling better--hence the thumbs up. 

I told Parker like 100 times to tell me if he feels at all sick, throat, head, tummy, anything.

*this morning*
Me:"Good morning, Parker, how do you feel, do you feel sick at all?"
Parker:"I feel totally fine."
*30 seconds later*
Parker pointing to his throat:"By the way these things hurt when I swallow"
Me:"That means you're sick and you're not going to school"
Parker--bummed that he won't get perfect attendance again this year. 

This picture was taken just about 30 minutes away from Parker asking me to turn up the heat.  Now his fever is back and he's feeling terrible again.

Here's our fridge with all the Amoxicillin (and a little butter too).  I have to write down a list of the meds that everyone is taking and when, I don't trust myself to remember everything!  

The Sate Fair

Before Summer is officially over I thought I better write about the State fair. 

This year we decided to do more indoor and animal stuff, and less rides.  We had lots of fun.  

Here's Yoda playing trucks with what looks like a queen or princess. 

The kiddos made a lego-pinewood-derby car. 

And then raced them!  

We checked out the owls. 

Smokey the bear knew their names! 

Milked a cow! 

Giant butter sculpture.  Moo. 

Played with electric trains.  Maybe I need a plexiglass case for our train tracks?  

Duck/t Tape parade floats. 

And a few rides. 

Summer's over, time for more school posts! 

A cupcake poem for Sonya's birthday

Eight little cupcakes, sitting in a tin
along came Yoda and then there were sev-en!

Seven little cupcakes, not from a mix
along came Mimi and then there were six!

Six little cupcakes, with honey from a hive
along came Parker and then there were five!

Five little cupcakes, not on the floor
along came Sonya and then there were four!

Four little cupcakes, decorated like bee
along came Josh and then there were three!

Three little cupcakes, on a plate of blue
along came Rebekah and then there were two!

Two little cupcakes -- not a ton
along came Jill and then there was one!

One little cupcake, waiting for a hero
along came Daddy and then there were zero!

Happy birthday! 

And a little cupcake dance as well!  This girl loves her some cupcakes! 
(Sorry for the squeaky camera...)