Inquisitive little 'bird'

So last week Riley was asking me if they were going to have to cut her belly open to get her baby out when she's a mommy.

K: Maybe.
R: I don't want them to cut my belly.
K: It will be ok. You don't need to worry about it.

About 5 minutes later...totally fretting...

R: Mom, I really don't want them to cut my belly open.
K: Riley, you don't need to worry about it. It's a long time from now.

She started to cry....

K: OK Riley. Let me tell you a secret. But we can't tell anyone else about this. This is not something that needs to be talked about. Ok?
R: Ok.
K: God made babies to come out of your v______. Kind of the same way that you poopoo.
R: Your v_____?! (giggling) Oh! Ok.

For some reason, that totally eased her mind. Crazy.

THEN, Yesterday at Sam's she asked me where babies come from.

K: They come from your belly.
R: No. Where do they come from?
K: Your belly....remember?
R: How do they get in your belly?
K: God grows them there.
R: No. How do you make them?
K: Look, they have cookies!

Subject changed. Yikes!

Happy Halloweens!

We've had a great Halloween weekend! It has included lots of fun times and even costume changes!

Halloween Part 1: Friday Night

Friday night, while dressed in Medieval Storybook attire, (Think Princesses, Knights, Dragons & Fairies), we double dipped on Halloween events. First we went to Jed's school - Chapel Hill Academy - for their first Annual Literacy Night where we watched teachers dressed as storybook characters read books. We had free hot dogs & drinks and got candy from playing trunk or treat games. Best of all we met some of Jed's friends from school and their parents. After that we headed over to St. Barnabas, Lee & Patti's church, for their Fall Festival. We had a great time there playing games, jumping in bounce houses, riding trains, checking out the inside of the ambulance and eating more free food. Oh, and of course, more candy!








Halloween Part 2: Saturday

Saturday the older 3 kids were totally ready to dress up different than the night before. Jed chose to wear his pirate costume, Riley wanted to be a ballerina & Story was Cinderella. We went to Central Market for their free event - trick or treated thru the store, decorated pumpkin cookies, played on the playground and got coupons for free gelato for being in the costume contest. Good times. Except for the crazy bee's that kept trying to eat our cookies. That part was not so fun. After dinner (which included more free food from Taco Bell), the kids trick or treated at a few houses in our neighborhood before it got too late. I wish their had been trick or treating on our street...but I think all of our seminary neighbors were at their churches fall festivals. Now we're all sitting around watching Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure while I attempt to get these pictures posted in a timely manner!

Jed's First Day of Kindergarten

Jed's first day of Kindergarten. He was so incredibly excited. Aug. 24th, 2009.

Jed & his teacher, Mrs. Simmons

Jed in front of his cubby.

The Zoo!

Aunt Patti & Uncle Lee bought us a zoo membership back in April and we have loved it! It's been so great to just be able to go for an hour or two. I took Story on a special date a while back to the zoo and here are a few pictures from that.
The flamingos were nesting - you can see the mud mounds that they built as nests. Every so often they would stand and you could see the egg that they were warming. It was very cool!

One big happy family!

That twin thing...

Cash just crawled over to where I was changing Canon's diaper and laid a big wet sloppy kiss on her forehead!

God answers prayers...even tattle ones.

I just walked in the kids room b/c they are supposed to be napping....and of course, the girls are up playing. I told the girls to get back in bed, and just as I finished, Jed jumped up and exclaimed "I just prayed for God to give you the message and He did! You know, that the girls were up. And He told you!" As I was leaving the room Jed said "Some times He works fast and sometimes slow. That was fast!"

Jed must be praying again b/c I hear a lot of thumping going on in their room.

Wee!

Sunday morning I was pushing Story on the swing at church. She was having a great time and saying "Wee!" every time I gave her a push. Then she was quiet for a moment and said, "Mom, what does 'wee' mean?" I chuckled and said "It means, 'Yay! We're having fun!'. After that, she threw out 'wee' and just started singing "Yay! We're having fun!" Silly (but oh so thoughtful!) girl.

It's been great to spend some quality time with Story while Jed & Riley are away visiting their Mimi & Poppa for the week. She's definitely loving the attention!