I have taken to locking the bathroom door while I shower if Danton is awake. I try to shower when he is asleep, but that just doesn't always work. When I'm done, I always expect trouble. So I put on a movie for Danton and Lydia, I thought this might actually work this time cause Danton was GLUED. He won't quite sit for a movie yet, but this looked promising.
I came out of the shower to find Lydia in the same spot, a quiet house, and no Danton....oh boy. I noticed the Laundry room door was open...oh boy. We keep the bar stools in there to keep him from climbing on to the counters. He was sitting on the bar stool in front of my shelf with my dry food on it. Beans, rice, pasta. Any open package was now scattered on the floor. I did get a video, but I have to fill up the rest of my disc before I can upload it.
As I was cleaning the mess all I thought was how thankful I was for it. Thankful that is was all dry goods, not stuff from the fridge, and it was on tile, not carpet. Thankful that I had an excuse to get rid of some of the whole wheat pasta that tastes gross. Thankful that I have enough food storage that I didn't have to clean all the dirt out and keep the stuff on the floor. Thankful for a smart healthy strong boy who not only is able to make a mess, but is smart enough to know WHEN to make a mess. There is always something to be thankful for.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
LEGO Temple FHE
Last night just before FHE the kids were playing with their legos. We have been using our imaginations with legos a lot lately. We are pretty limited with our selection, but we have managed to make guns, houses, deer, dogs, birds, castles, towers, and many other things that didn't resemble at all what we said they were.
We have been talking a lot about temples lately to Lydia. Showing her how pretty they are and how important they are. So I had the idea to make lego temples. I started by telling the story about the SLT temple corner stones. And how they had to be buried, then when they were uncovered they found a crack. All the while animating the story with the legos. Then we built the rest of the temple REALLY slow cause it took 40 years to build. Then we even found the PERFECT Angel Moroni lego piece. It was yellow and had a circle coming off the side which we pretended was his trumpet. Worked great.
Then her favorite story was about the Nauvoo temple And the sisters crushing their china to make the walls sparkle. Well I knew Lydia didn't know what China was, so I explained it as really pretty plates. So we made lego plates, pretended to eat off of them, they were VERY pretty you know, then we SMASHED out plates on the ground and used the broken pieces to build the temple walls. She REALLY liked smashing the plates. :) BUt it was fun, and Danton got involved also.
We have been talking a lot about temples lately to Lydia. Showing her how pretty they are and how important they are. So I had the idea to make lego temples. I started by telling the story about the SLT temple corner stones. And how they had to be buried, then when they were uncovered they found a crack. All the while animating the story with the legos. Then we built the rest of the temple REALLY slow cause it took 40 years to build. Then we even found the PERFECT Angel Moroni lego piece. It was yellow and had a circle coming off the side which we pretended was his trumpet. Worked great.
Then her favorite story was about the Nauvoo temple And the sisters crushing their china to make the walls sparkle. Well I knew Lydia didn't know what China was, so I explained it as really pretty plates. So we made lego plates, pretended to eat off of them, they were VERY pretty you know, then we SMASHED out plates on the ground and used the broken pieces to build the temple walls. She REALLY liked smashing the plates. :) BUt it was fun, and Danton got involved also.
Friday, November 12, 2010
It's about time.
I have been really bad about blogging now that I don't have a camera. Hopefully we will get one soon but it all really depends on what happens with the truck. Basically someone hit our truck a couple weeks ago and we are still waiting on the check from the insurance. Can't decide if we want to fix it or sell it.
Anyway, Marisa just sent me a couple CD's full of pics of my kids from when she was here. So I figured I'd post a few now, and a few later, and get my favorite ones up. I found one of Danton that I'm going to print big and frame it. But we didn't get a good one like that of Lydia. Well maybe we did, I'll have to look again. There are a LOT of pictures.
In OTHER news. Danton went poop on the potty for the first and second time yesterday. BIG STEP. He has only gone pee ONCE and that was several months ago. He was sitting in his high chair and said he was pooey. (He usually tells me after he is done) Then I noticed that he wasn't done, he was just starting, so I asked him if he wanted to go poop on the potty he said "uh-huh" so I ran with him to the bathroom, I wiped him up, but I could tell I was taking too long cause he started to fuss. I realized he was HOLDING IT!!! As soon as I sat him on the potty he finished. He liked flushing the potty (a little too much) and washing his hands, and he REALLY liked his sucker. I was super excited. Then just before bed time he did it again. so he got to stay up cause he was eating a sucker. Which was great, cause that also meant that he slept in till 6:30!!!!! WAHOO!!
This is the picture that is going up on my wall. He is just so CUTE!
Lydia on the other hand still gets up a freakin 5 like clock work. No matter how late I keep her up at night. I really despise day light savings. I have threatened to take her new blanket away if she doesn't stay in bed, she lost it yesterday. But today I asked her to go back to bed cause her body needed more rest, and she did. She didn't sleep but as least I got to stay in bed a little longer. She came out of her room at 6:20, so I told her she could have her blanket back.
Oh and with me I got my new calling in our new ward. I'm the Acitivty Day Leader for the 8 and 9 year olds. I don't even have to teach a class! We have an activity twice a month! It's so fun, and I'm so excited about it. :)
Anyway, Marisa just sent me a couple CD's full of pics of my kids from when she was here. So I figured I'd post a few now, and a few later, and get my favorite ones up. I found one of Danton that I'm going to print big and frame it. But we didn't get a good one like that of Lydia. Well maybe we did, I'll have to look again. There are a LOT of pictures.
In OTHER news. Danton went poop on the potty for the first and second time yesterday. BIG STEP. He has only gone pee ONCE and that was several months ago. He was sitting in his high chair and said he was pooey. (He usually tells me after he is done) Then I noticed that he wasn't done, he was just starting, so I asked him if he wanted to go poop on the potty he said "uh-huh" so I ran with him to the bathroom, I wiped him up, but I could tell I was taking too long cause he started to fuss. I realized he was HOLDING IT!!! As soon as I sat him on the potty he finished. He liked flushing the potty (a little too much) and washing his hands, and he REALLY liked his sucker. I was super excited. Then just before bed time he did it again. so he got to stay up cause he was eating a sucker. Which was great, cause that also meant that he slept in till 6:30!!!!! WAHOO!!
This is the picture that is going up on my wall. He is just so CUTE!
Lydia on the other hand still gets up a freakin 5 like clock work. No matter how late I keep her up at night. I really despise day light savings. I have threatened to take her new blanket away if she doesn't stay in bed, she lost it yesterday. But today I asked her to go back to bed cause her body needed more rest, and she did. She didn't sleep but as least I got to stay in bed a little longer. She came out of her room at 6:20, so I told her she could have her blanket back.
Oh and with me I got my new calling in our new ward. I'm the Acitivty Day Leader for the 8 and 9 year olds. I don't even have to teach a class! We have an activity twice a month! It's so fun, and I'm so excited about it. :)
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