This morning Isaac told me he couldn’t find his water bottle and asked if we could pray to have Heavenly Father help him. So we said a little prayer and almost as soon as we said ‘Amen,’ he found the water bottle. Later when he was putting on his sandals he said "Should we [...]
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by Kathleen
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This morning the kids decided that Nicole needed some toys. They started bringing toys in one by one and before I knew it she was surrounded in toys!
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by Kathleen
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Charlotte gave up naps completely probably a month or two ago. She used to take a good nap in the afternoon, but I’d go to turn off some of the lights in her room two hours after I put her to bed and she’d still be awake looking at books. So when she no longer [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2008 by Kathleen
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I was initially disappointed by how quickly Isaac and Charlotte’s zest for chores dissipated, but things are improving now. Understanding timing is important. I’ve learned that they have no desire to do chores if they’re already doing something that they enjoy. That seems like an obvious lesson, but I tried bribing them away from [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2008 by Kathleen
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I attend a preschool group with some other stay-at-home moms in the ward and it was my turn to bring the craft. So I looked online and found this cheap, easy recipe for finger paint. I made it the night before and by the time I brought it it was clumpy and the food [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2008 by Kathleen
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I wrote about the girls, so I suppose I should write something about my boy. He is such a clever and curious boy. He sometimes drives us nutty with his questions and regularly expresses what maybe inner desires by saying "what if the naughty guys. . ." We actually convinced him to replace the words [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Kathleen
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Charlotte is my momma’s girl. She insists on hugs first thing in the morning, at bedtime and periodically throughout the day. Unfortunately, I’m not always available for hugging. She crawls on my lap as I’m feeding Nicole, insists I put Nicole in the swing or just cries at my feet. Sometimes she grabs my [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Kathleen
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My little Nicole is unique. The first comment I always get is about how her is that her coloring is so much darker than my other two. One day I was sitting in my rocking chair holding Nicole and Isaac said "Mom, Nicole is brown!" I don’t really notice a difference most of the [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Kathleen
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If you’ve been to our house in the last almost three years, you should know that we keep talking about having a yard with grass, but till now it’s been all talk. The story of how it got here is long and dull, but here’s a little slideshow of progress. The second part of the [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Kathleen
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So I got this toy when Isaac was a baby and honestly, neither he nor Charlotte liked it much and since it has such a big storage footprint, Zach says that if number three doesn’t like it we should just get rid of it. So she may be a little young, but I put Nicole [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Kathleen
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The recent Obama ad mocking John McCain has gotten me a little riled. Yes, John McCain doesn’t use a computer much. I recommend looking at this article from Slate for a little insight into the real McCain background on telecommunications and the internet.
For the mockers, here’s the key line: ". . .because of his war [...]
Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Zach
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We’re having confusion and delay with our hosting company. Some of you may be looking for different websites, and I’d like to point you in the right direction while we work through things:
Modstomp.com - www.virtute.org/modstomp/
TheHaymonds - http://www.virtute.org/thehaymonds/
Thanks for your patience, gentle visitor.
Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Zach
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Here are some definitions from my little ones:
Hinges = elbows or knees Context: Just before dinner he told me that his tummy was full because elevators in his legs had carried salad up past his hinges to his tummy and filled him up. When I told him we were having tacos, he said the [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2008 by Kathleen
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I actually used to enjoy doing the laundry. It was my excuse to sit down and watch a show while I folded clothes. That was before I had three children now it seems to have become the bain of my existence. Between the baby’s spit-up and drool and the messy eating and accidents from my [...]
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by Kathleen
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I’ve been frustrated at my lack of time lately and feeling like I’ll never have the time to do more than maintain the level that I have now. It was in pondering this dilemma that I determined to try having my preschoolers help. Today I had them try a variety of different chores so that [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2008 by Kathleen
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