We found a mysterious poster on the wall stating:
Help Wanted
Needed $2.75
will pay 27 cents
Contact Jimmy
When asked to explain, he said:
For $2.75 I will do anything you want. For $2.72 I can keep bad things from happening to you.
It sounded like a mafia style proposition to me or maybe he was thinking along the lines of a personal super hero- Crismon Shedds! For a refresher on Crismon Shedds, see here http://kiddodiddo.blogspot.com/2006/11/want-to-know-when-jesus-will-come.html
Monday, June 23, 2008
Secret Friends
This is a little hard to follow, so if you can make sense of this tale, congratulations!
For family night last week, Jimmy had us draw names of family members to get "secret friends." Each person was to serve his or her secret friend for the week and on Saturday each would reveal his good deeds and tell who his secret friend was. It was a great idea. Unfortuately, someone in our family didn't quite get the concept.
Monday night, Jimmy found Amelia's shirt and a hair bow under his pillow. Tuesday, Jonny discovered a poopy diaper under Jimmy's pillow. He found it before Jimmy, thankfully. Jimmy caught Amelia and Jonny putting dirty pullups under my pillow. Thankfully I didn't find out until later.
Thursday, Gary and I found hard plastic blocks under our pillows.
Friday, Jimmy found a $20 bill under his pillow! Finally, his secret friend did something nice! However, I happened to know that his secret friend only had 18 cents. So the money had to be returned to it's rightful owner. (As it turned out, Amelia and Jonny had made a deal to pay eachother for doing chores. Monday, Amelia pays Jonny 2 cents to do her chore. Tuesday, he pays her 5 cents to do his chore. Not knowing anything about money- except that it's fun to spend- he gave her $20 to make his bed)
Lest you think we are all bad secret friends, here are some of the service highlights:
Amelia wrote (dictated) Jimmy a story about a boy and a bike
Jonny made Gary's bed (no, we're not like I love Lucy with the twin beds, he just wasn't MY secret friend)
Gary made a collage of Amelia's baby pictures for her
I cleaned Jonny's room. When he saw his room, he exclaimed- "Someone made my floor!"
For family night last week, Jimmy had us draw names of family members to get "secret friends." Each person was to serve his or her secret friend for the week and on Saturday each would reveal his good deeds and tell who his secret friend was. It was a great idea. Unfortuately, someone in our family didn't quite get the concept.
Monday night, Jimmy found Amelia's shirt and a hair bow under his pillow. Tuesday, Jonny discovered a poopy diaper under Jimmy's pillow. He found it before Jimmy, thankfully. Jimmy caught Amelia and Jonny putting dirty pullups under my pillow. Thankfully I didn't find out until later.
Thursday, Gary and I found hard plastic blocks under our pillows.
Friday, Jimmy found a $20 bill under his pillow! Finally, his secret friend did something nice! However, I happened to know that his secret friend only had 18 cents. So the money had to be returned to it's rightful owner. (As it turned out, Amelia and Jonny had made a deal to pay eachother for doing chores. Monday, Amelia pays Jonny 2 cents to do her chore. Tuesday, he pays her 5 cents to do his chore. Not knowing anything about money- except that it's fun to spend- he gave her $20 to make his bed)
Lest you think we are all bad secret friends, here are some of the service highlights:
Amelia wrote (dictated) Jimmy a story about a boy and a bike
Jonny made Gary's bed (no, we're not like I love Lucy with the twin beds, he just wasn't MY secret friend)
Gary made a collage of Amelia's baby pictures for her
I cleaned Jonny's room. When he saw his room, he exclaimed- "Someone made my floor!"
Sunday, June 15, 2008
A Thoughtful Little Boy
Jonny has had a few moments to show his "softer side" as of late.
I was watching Hazel, the daughter of a friend and half way through the visit I called out "DIAPER TIME!" and rounded up the 3 diaper wearers. While I worked on Simon, Jonny and Hazel sat nearby waiting for their turns. Jonny leaned over to Hazel and said "Do you take zebra or leopard?" (different animals for different sizes) then he leaned closer, wiggled his eyebrows knowingly and said "Zebra, I think." He's a bit on a diaper connoisseur.
Jimmy's friend Jason came over to play last week. He's pretty shy and when he came over he hid outside with his mom, crying. Jonny goes to nursery class at church. He knows exactly what to do with crying friends. He ran outside and said to Jason "it's okay buddy! we can play kick ball or wii sports or Mario. it's okay buddy!" Jimmy came out a minute later to see what the hold up was. Jimmy and Jason had a great time playing, even after the rough start. Throughout the visit, Jonny kept checking on Jason and offering words of support.
Last week, a friend of mine came over and we made jam together. She brought her 7 month old baby Abby over. She played on the floor while the kiddodiddos watched Lady and the Tramp. Part way through the show, Jonny went over to Abby and said (pointing to the baby gate) "That's the baby gate. We put it up so you don't roll down the stairs."
I was watching Hazel, the daughter of a friend and half way through the visit I called out "DIAPER TIME!" and rounded up the 3 diaper wearers. While I worked on Simon, Jonny and Hazel sat nearby waiting for their turns. Jonny leaned over to Hazel and said "Do you take zebra or leopard?" (different animals for different sizes) then he leaned closer, wiggled his eyebrows knowingly and said "Zebra, I think." He's a bit on a diaper connoisseur.
Jimmy's friend Jason came over to play last week. He's pretty shy and when he came over he hid outside with his mom, crying. Jonny goes to nursery class at church. He knows exactly what to do with crying friends. He ran outside and said to Jason "it's okay buddy! we can play kick ball or wii sports or Mario. it's okay buddy!" Jimmy came out a minute later to see what the hold up was. Jimmy and Jason had a great time playing, even after the rough start. Throughout the visit, Jonny kept checking on Jason and offering words of support.
Last week, a friend of mine came over and we made jam together. She brought her 7 month old baby Abby over. She played on the floor while the kiddodiddos watched Lady and the Tramp. Part way through the show, Jonny went over to Abby and said (pointing to the baby gate) "That's the baby gate. We put it up so you don't roll down the stairs."
Friday, June 06, 2008
New martial art
The other day, Jimmy, Amy, and Jonny were roughhousing in the living room while Tracy and I were finishing dinner. There was some fake kicking and stuff. Imagine our surprise and laughter when Jimmy revealed what he was teaching the other kids:
"Deep karate from before the dawn of time!"
(You might recognize this as similar to a reference from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.)
"Deep karate from before the dawn of time!"
(You might recognize this as similar to a reference from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.)
Monday, June 02, 2008
Fun Facts
Jimmy told me an interesting fact today followed by a comment
fact: a baby is born every 8 seconds in the United States.
comment: I am glad that it takes our family almost a year to grow a baby. Can you imagine; kick kick (fetal movements) POP- here's a baby. kick kick POP here's a baby!
I guess his interpretation was that certain PEOPLE can have babies every 8 seconds!
fact: a baby is born every 8 seconds in the United States.
comment: I am glad that it takes our family almost a year to grow a baby. Can you imagine; kick kick (fetal movements) POP- here's a baby. kick kick POP here's a baby!
I guess his interpretation was that certain PEOPLE can have babies every 8 seconds!
Caterpillar Update
On Wednesday, I noticed that the cocoon was gone. Either it was eaten by a bird or a beautiful butterfly emerged and took it's cocoon remains with it. I didn't really know what to say to the kids, so I waited until they noticed it was gone and said "too bad we missed it." I suppose I could ask one of my resident spies to find out what really happened.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
There are spies among us
At the start of the school year, Jimmy started a spy club with his friends at school. He called it the TSSA- Top Secret Spy Agency. He had about 12 kids in his club and each had a special rank. Sometimes I found his spy lists of who spied on who for how long. Every day, he is sure to wear "spy clothes." Did you know that spies always wear pants and shirts that match? There are two other spy agencies at his school- VILE and ACME. The TSSA and ACME are partners (of sorts) and VILE is the bad agency. I think that lately, his spying has become a bit more serious. Last week, for his "Mom and Jimmy time" he wanted to make a spy flag. So we spent a few evenings painting a large scrap of fabric blue with a large red diamond on it. It has the letters GSA on it, because recently the TSSA has changed it's name to General Spy Agency. (Gary thinks it's to make it sound more important- everyone knows that 3 letter agencies are the real deal when it comes to spying) Jimmy intends to hang out his spy flag so that everyone will know to come to him for their spying needs.
Amy has shown little interest in spying until today- she invited me to join her new spy club. It's called "Find Out If It's True." Membership is free, but new members must wear a mask (me.) The purpose of FOIIT is to find out if her friend Zachary can really turn her into a tick and squish her. She spent a lot of time studying the Etch a Sketch for clues, but has not reached any conclusions.
My sister had a spy agency when we were little (LMTS- Leslie M. Trustworthy Spy) Any other spies out there? (Okay that's not really a question- I'd feel all freaked out if a REAL spy answered)
Amy has shown little interest in spying until today- she invited me to join her new spy club. It's called "Find Out If It's True." Membership is free, but new members must wear a mask (me.) The purpose of FOIIT is to find out if her friend Zachary can really turn her into a tick and squish her. She spent a lot of time studying the Etch a Sketch for clues, but has not reached any conclusions.
My sister had a spy agency when we were little (LMTS- Leslie M. Trustworthy Spy) Any other spies out there? (Okay that's not really a question- I'd feel all freaked out if a REAL spy answered)
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