Thursday, May 10, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunbeams
So you know how in Africa there are many wild animals, right? and the unwritten law of the jungle is survival of the fittest? Well folks I am here to tell you that yesterday I experienced it right here just north of Seattle.
Earlier in the week I was called to be a helper in primary and so on Sunday I entered the unknown jungle of sunbeams. I am a helper of little Isaacs class and as the chairs surrounding Isaac and I were slowly filled with the other boys of the sunbeam class I thought to myself "I can do this".
Sharing time started and that is when the excitement began. the little boys so quiet and well behaved at the beginning started to fidget. Fidgeting turned into squirming and in one little boys case to dodging the teacher while running circles around the room.
It was on, who would prevail? As the other teacher and I tried to contain the growing restlessness and frustration grew, it truly was survival of the fittest. In the end we decided to cut our losses and take the little boys to the classroom. Upon arriving we acquired a secret weapon! A parachute with gold was lowered into our exhausted hands. We had finally received something that would tame the wild natures of these 3 year old boys!
PRETZELS!!!!
They came like a blessing from above! And soon all that could be heard was the munching of satisfied children. After that the day much improved and we were able to send the happy children home to their loving families.
Earlier in the week I was called to be a helper in primary and so on Sunday I entered the unknown jungle of sunbeams. I am a helper of little Isaacs class and as the chairs surrounding Isaac and I were slowly filled with the other boys of the sunbeam class I thought to myself "I can do this".
Sharing time started and that is when the excitement began. the little boys so quiet and well behaved at the beginning started to fidget. Fidgeting turned into squirming and in one little boys case to dodging the teacher while running circles around the room.
It was on, who would prevail? As the other teacher and I tried to contain the growing restlessness and frustration grew, it truly was survival of the fittest. In the end we decided to cut our losses and take the little boys to the classroom. Upon arriving we acquired a secret weapon! A parachute with gold was lowered into our exhausted hands. We had finally received something that would tame the wild natures of these 3 year old boys!
PRETZELS!!!!
They came like a blessing from above! And soon all that could be heard was the munching of satisfied children. After that the day much improved and we were able to send the happy children home to their loving families.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Sounds Fishy
The story I am about to tell you has a tragic ending though restitution was paid in the end. Read at your own risk.
Tuesday is play group day and today stared out like any other at play group. We got there and the kids ran gleefully off to play with their friends while us moms had some much needed mommy chat time. We had been there about an hour when one of their house hold went missing. The kids searched high and low but to no avail. When described the missing was said to have been scaly, slimy and wet (although the wet was now in question) and so a sketch was drawn up. When seen from all angles it was apparent that the missing was indeed a fish. Many scenarios were brought up, some thought that the fish had jumped the gun, or in this case the tank, and committed fishie-side, others thought there was fouler work afoot. When the evidence was gathered we had water on the floor by the tank, a little boy named Isaac with a wet shirt and some spilled food. After analyzing all of the evidence and talking to witnesses the conclusion was drawn that perhaps one little boy in a wet shirt could shed some light on the whereabouts of the missing. Isaac was brought to the table and after much questioning, confessed. The little fish had in fact been flushed down the toilet to the ocean to battle sharks and hop jellyfish in accordance to the documentary entitled Finding Nemo.
We now knew that the family beta was taking a long journey to the ocean according to Isaac. Alas as with many stories the ocean wasn't at the end of this tunnel and we had to explain to Isaac that he had flushed the fish to his death. In restitution Isaac was required to pay for a new fish for his friend and took out a loan with Mom.
The moral of this story is keep your fishies close and your little boys closer.
We now knew that the family beta was taking a long journey to the ocean according to Isaac. Alas as with many stories the ocean wasn't at the end of this tunnel and we had to explain to Isaac that he had flushed the fish to his death. In restitution Isaac was required to pay for a new fish for his friend and took out a loan with Mom.
The moral of this story is keep your fishies close and your little boys closer.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Dont worry, be happy
Wow I cant believe we have been living in Washington for 3 months now! Time goes by so fast! We have done a lot of fun things this summer so far and so hopefully all of my stories will make sense.
One of my first weeks in my new ward we had a lesson in relief society and in the lesson we were talking about family and the lady giving the lesson said something that I have been trying to incorporate into my life. She said that life is going to give us stressful situations and we need to try to find what is funny about that situation and laugh about it.
That very next week I went with a few girls that I met in the ward to this petting Zoo. I had the talk with the children before we left and they gave me their solemn promises that they would do exactly as I said. I think that we may have short term memory loss because we weren't even out of the car when things started to get a little crazy. The other girls I was with have small children also and as we walked into the petting zoo things were going ok. The door shut and they were off. Isaac ran to the nearest cage and started shouting and banging on it and it went like this for quite some time. We saw the whole petting zoo in about 5 min. The rest of the children were taking there time and cooing at the cute little bunnies and goats and chickens. As I was chasing Isaac around I noticed Zoie wasn't near and as I searched for her I saw that she was standing at the gate freeing the goats. I rushed to her and some of the ladies helped herd the goats back into the petting Zoo. It wasn't fun at the time and I think that when I got home I made a solemn vow to myself never to leave the house again, but now looking back it was kinda funny.
Our next adventure occurred at the ward party. We were at a lake house and they had some beach out back that the kids could play in. The kids had their swim stuff but Nathan and I did not. Zoie and Isaac rushed to the water to play and Isaac kept on rushing until he was in too deep. I jumped into the lake and saved him. After that we got life jackets for the kids and now they both wear them 24/7 just in case.
One of my first weeks in my new ward we had a lesson in relief society and in the lesson we were talking about family and the lady giving the lesson said something that I have been trying to incorporate into my life. She said that life is going to give us stressful situations and we need to try to find what is funny about that situation and laugh about it.
That very next week I went with a few girls that I met in the ward to this petting Zoo. I had the talk with the children before we left and they gave me their solemn promises that they would do exactly as I said. I think that we may have short term memory loss because we weren't even out of the car when things started to get a little crazy. The other girls I was with have small children also and as we walked into the petting zoo things were going ok. The door shut and they were off. Isaac ran to the nearest cage and started shouting and banging on it and it went like this for quite some time. We saw the whole petting zoo in about 5 min. The rest of the children were taking there time and cooing at the cute little bunnies and goats and chickens. As I was chasing Isaac around I noticed Zoie wasn't near and as I searched for her I saw that she was standing at the gate freeing the goats. I rushed to her and some of the ladies helped herd the goats back into the petting Zoo. It wasn't fun at the time and I think that when I got home I made a solemn vow to myself never to leave the house again, but now looking back it was kinda funny.
Our next adventure occurred at the ward party. We were at a lake house and they had some beach out back that the kids could play in. The kids had their swim stuff but Nathan and I did not. Zoie and Isaac rushed to the water to play and Isaac kept on rushing until he was in too deep. I jumped into the lake and saved him. After that we got life jackets for the kids and now they both wear them 24/7 just in case.
In lew of being to wordy I will end this for now. Tune in next time for more harrowing adventures in Washington!! dun dun duuuun (but before I let you go I've got to explain these cool pictures!!)
Last weekend Nathan and I took the kids to Fort Casey on Widby Island. this was a fort operational from 1900-1917 during WW1. The fort is open for us to explore and we had a lot of fun climbing in the bunker and exploring the light house that sat near the fort.
Last weekend Nathan and I took the kids to Fort Casey on Widby Island. this was a fort operational from 1900-1917 during WW1. The fort is open for us to explore and we had a lot of fun climbing in the bunker and exploring the light house that sat near the fort.
This is the light house from another angle. ( really like light houses)
Ohh that's me and Isaac standing on the ledge by the ocean, Zoie really wanted to go down to the water but ever sense we took Isaac to the open ocean and he saw the big waves he wont get closer that 30ft to the water if the waves are bigger that 2in high. He just screams "they're coming" and runs away.
This is the kids sitting in one of the ledges in a bunker at the fort.
Nathan Zoie and Isaac on top of the fort
Zoie with the fort in the back ground
And this one, one of my personal favorites, is Nathan inviting you to the gun show!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Ninja Poo
So about a month ago Nathan and I bought a standard poodle puppy! (He is the first picture) Nathan and I had been discussing this for a long time and Nathan really wanted to name him Ninja, so meet Ninja. We have had a lot of adventures with him so far and it has been interesting. Since he is a standard poodle we know that we are going to have to cut his hair now and than and so the other night Nathan and I searched the web to see what our options were. This is some of what we came up with. Enjoy :-)
Ninja Poo
Ninja Poo
Horsie Poo
Jack Sparrow Poo
Camel Poo
Panda Poo
Square Poo
Bison Poo
Half lion half zebra Poo
Gangasta Poo
Ducky Poo
Teenaged Mutant Ninja Poo
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