tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74842807214217630242024-02-18T21:54:09.288-07:00Engaging TruthOur comings and goings... stories of our family and the things that are a part of our days.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger320125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-89690671413302459502016-07-20T17:22:00.001-06:002016-07-20T17:22:29.146-06:00Made up wordsAstrid-Zipananamas - footsy pajamas Alligatorade - GatoradeBram-Mediest - the position between the biggest and smallest Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-50841092945153251892015-08-19T11:04:00.002-06:002015-08-19T11:04:17.365-06:00Lunchtime conversationBram: "When I am a daddy I am going to fight the bad guys!" (He is play fighting in the air)
Me: "Does daddy fight bad guys?"
Bram: "No."
Anders: "Aiden's a bad guy. Daddy fights him."
I shook my head no. He responds: "Saiden is a bad guy. Daddy fights him?"
I explained that we fight him by being good.
Anders: "You're good every day mom. Except for that one day when you
didn't get enough Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05766397938289599030noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-91073600430381340452015-06-25T05:57:00.001-06:002015-06-25T05:57:25.952-06:00Out of the mouth of babes...Laying in my bed, Anders comes in:"mom, you want to come to the living room with me?""I had a bad night and am really tired.""What happened? Was it me?""No, it was Astrid. She went to bed really late and then woke up screaming in the middle of the night.""Oh, that is a bad night. That's what grown-ups have to do."Words of wisdom right there. He made me laugh out loud!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-33137995699209468562015-05-31T20:11:00.001-06:002015-05-31T20:12:08.702-06:00FiveAnders is FIVE! How did that happen?!!We had a great day for his fifth birthday, going to the zoo and having a birthday dinner at Grandma Kathleen's. Boy, they spoil our kiddos. He felt like it was the Best day, so that is a win in my book.We also had our EIGHTH wedding anniversary. Eight years. Eight AMAZING yèars! I love my man and am so glad I get to be with him forever. He's a good egg.AstridUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-42816875782789901852015-05-26T19:57:00.001-06:002015-05-26T19:57:10.687-06:00Mer-wage"Mom, are you getting married today?" Bram asked in the car. "No buddy, we already got married and are celebrating that we have been married for eight years!" I replied."I got married today!" exclaimed Bram.David queried, "To whom?""Nobody."I explained that marriage doesn't work that way and he is too young to get married. So David asked the boys how old you needed to be to be married.AndersUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-78662568605630476442015-05-26T19:49:00.001-06:002015-05-26T19:49:04.225-06:00Looking for a belly buttonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-53184441593096326712015-05-23T16:44:00.001-06:002015-05-23T16:44:54.204-06:00Hippo Potter and Chudder CheeseI asked Anders if he wanted to keep reading the chapter book we are half way through. He wanted to do the book we bought today, and suggested enthusiastically, "Let's do the hippo potter book!"We were driving in the car the other day and the boys were fighting, so we said they needed to just sit quietly. A few minutes passed and we hear whispering, so David says, "I thought we said no Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-28745930977197656652015-05-12T16:25:00.001-06:002015-05-12T16:25:41.768-06:00TantrumI wanted to eat all my food!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-1669191506415530372015-03-22T18:01:00.001-06:002015-03-22T18:01:19.679-06:00Joker or Church Leader?Anders colored a picture of the prophet in his church class today. He showed me at church, and I had to stifle a laugh. Anders also looks very stylish in his sister's sweatshirt.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-34938940321162826512015-03-15T14:13:00.001-06:002015-03-15T14:13:56.202-06:00Tantrum #15 everydayVegetables.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-49225663306595577712015-03-14T15:55:00.001-06:002015-03-14T15:55:37.905-06:00AstridAstrid loves to climb. She looked so adorable at church last Sunday. Everyone told me she looked like a living baby doll. When I look at this picture, I have to agree.She is always loving up on her brothers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-80145122286424719482015-03-14T14:08:00.001-06:002015-03-14T14:08:08.859-06:00Painting TeethBram LOVES coloring, painting, drawing, and pretty much anything he can do that is artistic. He just stated, "I want to paint with the new toothbrushes!" He was talking about the new paintbrushes...or maybe he wanted to express himself by painting his teeth?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-60110746378432173132015-03-14T14:04:00.001-06:002015-03-14T14:04:26.878-06:00Felding and BleedAnders tripped earlier on the gravel and scraped up his knee. He was telling us about it later, "I don't like felding or bleed coming out." Adorable. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-1567016945774835732015-03-05T18:08:00.001-07:002015-03-05T18:08:53.098-07:00Tantrum # somethingI wanted to give you better hugs and kisses!(That's really bad - taking his picture...)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-74121708174518390262015-03-05T13:05:00.001-07:002015-03-05T13:05:30.525-07:00Tantrum #13Anders: "Bram's putting his underwear on in the hall, not the bathroom."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-56896105896186770592015-02-20T07:16:00.001-07:002015-02-20T07:16:04.467-07:00Frozen fanBram: "Mom, I'm Elsa."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-35658199691565206772015-02-13T11:19:00.001-07:002015-02-13T11:19:06.903-07:00Anders' Homework"Mom, I did all the alphabet so fast!"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-23762676508222849762015-02-04T11:34:00.001-07:002015-02-04T11:34:08.719-07:00Astrid is ONEThis year with her has been a dream! We couldn't be more grateful for her joining our family.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-89918855297224871692015-02-04T11:29:00.001-07:002015-02-04T11:29:01.149-07:00"He's so cute!"We have a new missionary that is 5'3. (Or so he claims). He could very well be shorter. I was telling David, as we were driving to have dinner with the new missionary and his companion, that I didn't know what to make of how short this new elder was. Bram chimes in from the back seat:"He's so cute."I stifle giggles as I ask, "Why is he so cute?"Bram responds, "Cause he's lillul (little)."He Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-21740239071050130742015-02-03T09:09:00.001-07:002015-02-03T09:09:07.397-07:00FeetAnders: "Mom, my feet are so big! They're huge just like your face."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-81825448743340428142015-01-15T11:19:00.001-07:002015-01-15T11:19:15.746-07:00Tantrum #12It's been awhile since the last one. "I want to be happy!"Disclaimer: the shower in my apartment is really old, and no matter how much we scrub it, it just peels back layer after layer of black. So is the life of graduate student families.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-65762476633233790202015-01-09T06:20:00.001-07:002015-01-09T06:20:38.419-07:00BrainsBram: "Anders, I have a brain! ... Inside my neck."Here he is pointing to the location of his brain.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-26365855674187196082015-01-08T13:33:00.001-07:002015-01-08T13:33:00.996-07:00Midwifery to ToddlersI have been watching a show called "Call the Midwife". Every episode has several births. Besides boosting a desire within me to become a midwife, it has proved educational for my children.This morning in the car Anders asks me, "Mom, did you cry when you had us when we were babies?"He was referring to the births of babies that we have been watching on the show, where the moms cry and scream out Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-36388694660244655082015-01-05T16:27:00.001-07:002015-01-05T16:27:18.407-07:00FHE TidbitDavid: "I want Anders to draw a picture of Anders and Bram to draw a picture of Bram."Bram: "I draw my big head. I have a big head...I draw my neck! I doing a good job. I drawing cheeks. A cheek. A cheek. Skin, I don't know skin. I got blue, it's not the same color of my face. Dark blue, or light blue? It's light blue. She [Astrid] is walking away. I draw a nose."Anders: "I need skin. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484280721421763024.post-44295836238524568122015-01-05T12:26:00.001-07:002015-01-05T12:26:26.003-07:00Great Start to the New YearSome New Year Goals:1. Bram potty-trained2. Anders reading/preschool from home3. French lessons every Monday morningOur first official day of the New Year started today. David went back to school, so we are no longer on "vacation". We spent the morning building towers out of the Brik-a-Blok's from Uncle Jon, doing our first French lesson, and colouring. After lunch, we started Anders doing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0