Amaryllis

We are starting our Amaryllis project. The boys planted the bulb yesterday and we will be taking photos of it once a week so we can watch it grow.





The summary from the scientist:

So here are our results:

DAY 1:

DAY 8:

DAY 14:
DAY 21:
DAY 28:
DAY 35:
DAY 43:
DAY 56:

The flower didn't last long. It was brown before day 63. It was a lot of fun for the kids and I to watch this flower grow!!!

Kids do and say the funniest things!

I came across this journal I started to keep to remind me of the funny things this kids do and say but I only had a few entries, so I thought I would share them here:


August 18, 2006 Kaiden (3 yrs) said: “mumma, I have a sleepy seed in my nose”. Some how three year olds can even make boggers cute. He also told me this summer that I have cactus legs!

February 14, 2007 Kael (10 mo) is starting to fly things around and pretend they are planes. It is so cute. He also pushes around cars and says “vroom vroom”. We wonder if this should be his first word…. Grammy and Grampie think so. I disagree.

May 25, 2007 Kaiden is now 3 ½ and Kael is a year old. This past year has gone by so fast. Yesterday Kaiden sat on the cats’ toy mouse and said “squeak squeak”. The he pulled it out from under him and said “mumma I have a mouse in my bum”. One of those moments where your not sure if you should laugh or ignore. Ian and I laughed. Then Kael started laughing at us laughing with Kaiden. It was a cute moment.

June 13, 2007 Kaiden (3 1/2) woke up this morning and came downstairs and said “You want me to sing you a song?” I said yes please and he said “It will take me all morning to sing.” I said ok. After a while he stopped and said “well, I am only going to sing half”. :-)

July 7, 2007 Kaiden like to say to me: “I love you as many as the stars”. I just love this saying especially from my soon to be 4 year old. 4 wow. I can’t believe he is going to be 4! That seems so old.

July 28, 2007 At Kaiden’s 4th birthday party Kael decides to take his first long walk (more than just a few steps). We were inside the garage and he starts walking to the flower garden!!! Awesome. :-) About time too since he is 15 months old!

July 31, 2007 Kaiden peddles his bike on his second try. He got an awesome red bike for his 4th birthday from his Grammy and Grampie. He LOVES it! They thought him how to peddle (with training wheels still on) and he was off. Kaiden has never like to peddle. With his tricycle he many times refused to peddle and preferred to use his feet to “walk” it around.

And recently…
January 5, 2009 – Kael was sitting on the floor with Ian and Ian and I were talking about Kael being sick. I said looking down at Ian “I think he just has a stomach bug.”. Kael looked on the floor where he was sitting, and was all concerned and said “Where’s the stomach bug?”

Burrr

I think our thermometer says it all...

.... or maybe it doesn't because I should explain that although it really was -22 degrees out (actually -23 just a minute before I took this photo), the 36 degrees inside temp is a little deceiving because the thermometer sits on my kitchen windowsill where it is apparently much colder than the rest of the house!

Aunt Sarah

I can't believe it has been 8 years since you passed away. It feels like yesterday that I was talking to you in your living room. Me in the recliner, you on the couch. Just talking and listening. Giving me advice but mostly just listening to me. Do you remember?

You were a gift from God to so many people, I guess you must know that now. I am just so thankful that I was one of them. You changed my life. I still miss you so much that I can't stand it but I feel better when I pray to you. I know you are listenting. I can still hear your voice, your laugh, and that family sense of humor. Uncle Brent could get you going for sure. I appreciate your love for your children so much more now that I have my own.

Did you know that I wrote a poem for you the day after you died? Seemed to help ease the pain. Could you ask God why you had to be so damn special anyhow? If you weren't I wouldn't miss you so terribly. Thankful and glad though. And mostly it is so comforting that I will see you again someday and that you can breathe.


Aunt Sarah

You were given three miracles
He cooks, he cleans, he takes care of you
Then the second, you saw her to college
she was all that you asked for
and more
Then the third, you became his number one fan
he was all that you asked for
and more
cough

Are those your chicken legs?
They look good on you
As you sit devoured by pillows
You listen and you listen well
You offer Diet Pepsi and pretzels
It is not you who gets up
It is your first miracle
Your flannel pjs make you look comfy
Looks can be deceiving
cough cough

Do you still like turtles?
Cough

It is a sunny day
And you are hidden among the pines
The ocean looks good
but the pool looks better
you scoot on over
it’s blue, it has a horn, and it takes you where you want to go
You hurt but you swim
cough cough cough

Is that a salt shaker in your purse?
Cough

You ride in a big SUV
They say they can take you anywhere
But we take pictures
we wave
from the places you will never go
cough cough

Flowers to room 369 please
It is your room
It is your wing
They love you there
We love you here
Among the children
You are cared for
cough

The holidays make you tired
You got tired before the holidays
But you came home to see the tree
It was your last
You are everyone’s favorite
but we let go
only because we know
as an angel you breathe
breathe
breathe
without pain
You cough no more

By: Amy Cathrine Clark
Date: January 10, 2001


Sarah Jane Sites

March 28, 1951 - January 9, 2001

Chuck the Beaver

Kaiden loves to sing and I am really not sure where he gets his love because Ian and I are not musical (although Ian loves to listen to music) and we are certainly not lyrical. But Kaiden has this fascination with singing. It ranges from hard rock, to soft love songs, and now… even holiday music.

Oh, and his preferred method is to sing his own material. Here is his latest creation which I have to blog about because it is a fun story.

CHUCK THE BEAVER by Kaiden Clark, December 2008

Chuck, Chuck, the Beaver
I’m Chuck, Chuck, the beaver.
I’m good for chewing down trees
Slapping and making a house for you and me
But when Santa asks me to pull his sleigh
Who never goes up up and away?
Me. Chuck the Beaver.
Who?
Me. Chuck the Beaver.

I’m good for chewing down trees
Slapping and making a house for you and me
But when Santa asks me to pull his sleigh
Who never goes up up and away?
Me. Chuck the Beaver.
Who?
Me. Chuck the Beaver.

When Christmas comes it is the time where I am not good for flying away with the reindeer
I’m good for chewing down trees
Slapping and making a house for you and me
But when Santa asks me to pull his sleigh
Who never goes up up and away?
Me. Chuck the Beaver.
Who?
Me. Chuck the Beaver.

It’s always been the same on Christmas Eve
I never fly through the sky with the reindeer
But some magic happened and now when Santa asks me to pull his sleigh
Who goes up up and away?
Me. Chuck the Beaver.
Who?
Me. Chuck the Beaver.

There are other versions some of which last what sometimes seems like forever but they always have the same chorus and somehow at the end the beaver gets to fly. I actually catch myself singing this song throughout the day: who never goes up up and away? Me. Chuck the Beaver

I wonder what's next!?

2 year old logic

It is funny how humans think... especially two year olds.

Kael said the funniest thing... he wanted dessert last night after dinner but he hadn't finished his meal so I said he had to eat his nutrition before he could have some of his Christmas candy.

Kael: "Why mumma?"
Me: "Because the nutrition will help you grow."
Kael: "Candy cane is tall and it help me grow."

This just had me laughing so hard. Interesting logic. :-)

2009 Resolution!

I wonder how many people blog about their New Year’s resolution???? Probably millions. Well, count me in. First I should blog about my successful 2008 resolution which was to not drink soda. Zero. I went from a heavy addict, maybe drinking 4 – 8 cans of it a day to nothing. The main source… diet Mt. Dew. Most people would say yuck but I love it. Note I didn’t say “loved” it.

So look to the future… 2009. And what will my resolution be? Well it is the proverbial “lose weight” resolution. I figure if I can give soda up for a year I can do anything! So my resolution is to lose 40 pounds this year. I may even blog about it. Probably not on this blog because I really don’t feel like sharing my ups and downs with the people I know, not sure why I care. It’s not like my family and friends don’t know I am overweight! Funny how that is. I guess it is just embarrassment.

But I will say, if any of my family or friends want to join me in my resolution, I would love the support.

Happy New Years everyone and let me know what your resolution is!