What they say Wednesday

I found some little notebook pages hanging around the basement.  The first page says, "The fallowing pages contane silly things Matthew said."  Second page, "Wake up it's night time!" said by Matt.  Herd by Emily.  Third page, "I see a yellow shurt.  What color was it?" said by Matt.  Herd by Emily.

Do you just love the way she spelled "shurt"?  hehehe

What they say Thursday

I missed a What they say Wednesday.  So, I'm posting what was said on Wednesday on Thursday.  :-)
I took the boys to the Dollar Tree to get pirate accessories to go with their pirate costumes.  Matthew pointed to the Dollar Tree and said, "there aren't any leaves on the Dollar Tree."  He then pointed to a real tree and said, "there are leaves on that tree; but not on the Dollar Tree."
That's pretty observant!

What they say Wednesday

Sometimes it's not spoken words, sometimes it's what is drawn or written that says a lot.

You can't see it very well, but at the bottom of this picture is written,

"Married in the temple by Emily"

Art Camp 2011

  Emily had a great time at Art Camp again this year. 

The Theme was Color Explosion!

And there certainly was an explosion of color.

I didn't get to go to the art exhibit this year.  I had Stamp-a-Stack at the same time.

Her daddy took her.

She brought her artwork home and showed it to me

and all the ladies who were here for Stamp-a-Stack.

Such a talented artist.

Isn't her artwork beautiful?

This one is now hanging above our piano.

What they say Wednesday

I've been wanting to join my sister Shelly in What they say Wednesdays.  But I haven't gotten myself together enough to do that before.  But as today is Wednesday, I can post one.  :-)
We were on our way home from the store one day and Jacob made an observation about the driver in the car next to us:  "He's smoking."  I replied, "Yes, some people do that."  To which he responded, "He doesn't know his body is a temple."
Seems obvious to me what they've been learning in primary.

Some things just don't work out like planned.

One Sunday morning on our family trip to visit family, I unintentionally wore my fuzzy pink flip-flops to church.  Not the best choice of footwear with my turquoise skirt.  I wore these flip-flops in motel rooms and houses to keep from running around barefoot.  I fully intended to wear my sandals to church that morning.  But this is how it happened -- my MIL, SIL, and neice & nephew were ready to go, so they left for church across town -- a 20 minute drive I was told.  One of my boys was not wanting to wear his shoes.  So, Russ took the other two kids out to the van as I assisted with the shoes on this child.  Russ told me the front door was locked, all I needed to do was pull the door shut behind me.  I was half way across the yard when I realized I had forgotten to change my shoes.  What could I do?  I realized even though it wasn't the most appropriate choice of footwear, at least I was at church with family.  I wonder if anyone even noticed.  ???

Then, during Sacrament meeting I looked in Jacob's bag and found a treat that he had recieved in Primary the previous Sunday -- a snack bag of baby carrots.  You can just imagine what a snack bag of carrots looks like after a week traveling across country in a hot van.  Let's just say YUCKY! and smelly too.  Russ to the rescue -- he took the bag out and disposed of the carrots.  :-)

Makes me Happy

Do you ever find something that just makes you happy? On the way home from the kids' last day of water week day camp at Garbry Big Woods Reserve, we stopped at a couple of yardsales. I don't need anything really. I just like to look around. Lately, I haven't found much that I can't live without. But I found these little jars. I think they are old creamer jars. My mom had some when we were little. And, as I think about it, I'm sure I have one in a box somewhere. I picked one up wondering the price. The lady told me I could have the whole bunch of them for a quarter. Now, I don't really need 8 of these little jars. And what will Russ think about me bringing more junk into the house? But remembering dandelions we would take to mom that she put in these little creamer jars turned vases just made me smile. So, I bought all 8 for a quarter.

I showed one to Russ and told him that they just make me happy. And he understood. I have two in my kitchen windowsill waiting for one of my children to bring me a dandelion. And it will make me happy all over again.

Where did it go?

Sunday morning Russ told Jacob to get some clean underwear on. Russ turned around to get some church clothes. When he turned back, Jacob had some clean underwear on, but where was the dirty underwear? When Russ asked, Jacob looked at him like he was speaking a foreign language. I stepped in and asked. Jacob said, "I put it on the floor and it walked away." (While using his fingers showing a walking motion.) Now, I'm baffled too. We looked -- not on the floor, not in the drawer, or on the bed, or down the lanudry chute. I told Russ we couldn't worry about it right then because we didn't have time to continue looking.
Later, much later, like a couple hours after church, Russ asked Jacob if he needed help. It seems he was having some trouble pulling up his pants after he used the toilet. Well, guess what they found? You guessed it -- the lost pair of underwear.
What a character!