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For Auntie Jill…

11 Feb

Our camera died! :( It won’t turn on at all. Our previous Kodak camera did the very same thing, but had a bit of a longer lifespan. So, this will probably be a photoless blog for the next month or so…untill we get our tax return. (Any suggestions for a new camera?) Untill then, I’m going to try to do more videos, and learn how to edit them…or maybe I’ll just get Dave to edit them. So, prepare to be inundated with videos of my cute kids…consider yourselves warned!

Here is the first one. My sister, Jill, gave Phoebe the little dress she’s wearing in the first part of the video, and requested a photo of her in it. Enjoy…

 
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Posted by on February 11, 2008 in phoebe, video

 

Phoebe's First Geography Lesson

08 Feb

This little geography book has been Elijah’s favorite reading material ever since…well, ever since he could read, I guess!  He has a knack of memorizing otherwise useless information, like a country’s primary language, or it’s life expectancy.  I betcha he’s gonna be one of those annoyingly good Trivial Pursuit players.

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“Oh look, Phoebe, here’s an interesting fact…the capitol of the country of Luxembourg is Luxembourg!”

 
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Posted by on February 8, 2008 in elijah, phoebe

 

S.W.A.K.

06 Feb

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Oh my.  I think Elijah has a crush, and an unabashed crush at that!  I mean, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, Elijah’s never been bashful about anything, but I thought maybe, when it came to an ”affaire de coeurs” he might be a little more demure.  But no, he declared quite matter-of-factly that he was putting Xs and Os on Anna’s Valentine, and when I asked him if he was sure he wanted to do that he said, “Yep, I’m sure.  I really like her.”

The discussion ended there, partly because I was afraid I’d burst out laughing, but also because I wasn’t quite sure what to do or say.  With Elijah, I’ve certainly realized that it works best to “pick my battles,” …and I honestly don’t know if this was/is a battle worth picking!   Should I let him deliver this Valentine?  Seriously, I’d love to hear your opinion, or what you would do.  Help!

 
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Posted by on February 6, 2008 in elijah

 

Airborne

06 Feb

I wish I lived in a house with a disproportionately huge sofa and cushions that I could take flying leaps off of, and land on with a soft thud!  Doesn’t this look fun? 

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Phoebe thought her flying brother was quite entertaining…

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Posted by on February 6, 2008 in noah, phoebe

 

It's That Time Again…

05 Feb

It’s shaping up to be a great TV turn off week.  We have a whole week of play-outside weather forecast!  Yippee-skippee!  Zeke and Noah spent a couple hours outside yesterday afternoon playing in our courtyard while Elijah was at school…

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I love living at Bethany!

I love TV turn off week too.  It’s so peaceful.  I’ve been campaigning to get rid of our TV altogether, but Phoebe and I have been outvoted  4-2.  No fair.  :p

 
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Posted by on February 5, 2008 in noah, zeke

 

1% Inspiration, 99% Perspiration

03 Feb

Well, we’ve survived our first science fair as parents!  This time around, it was easy.  It was optional for K-3rd graders to be in the science fair, so we just had Elijah and Zeke do a joint project.  I can’t imagine what it will be like to have all four kids in school, all doing different projects!  Phewf!  It’s a lot of hard work!

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We studied the incandescent light bulb, which was quite interesting!  We even made a homemade light bulb, which convinced me that I would not have been a good inventor.  After just a few minutes of working with all the materials, I was seriously ready to chuck the whole thing out the window, so frustrated was I with it.  Hats off to Thomas Edison, who worked on the light bulb for a year and a half till he got it “right” - a light bulb that burned for 13 and 1/2 hours.   He knew what he was talking about when he said, “Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration!”

While we worked on the project, I told them about a science fair that I had won 2nd place in.  Incidentally, their science fair was not being judged, but Zeke was preoccupied with the idea of winning.  I kept telling him that there would be no winners at this science fair, but still, he wondered out loud a few more times who would win. 

Finally, Elijah said, “Zeke…there is not going to be a prize at this science fair.  That was only in the “olden days” that they did that sort of thing!”  Ha!

100_6121-custom.jpgP.S.  Isn’t that cute, Phoebe hanging out on Daddy’s back?  And Noah spent the whole evening sleeping soundly in the stroller, a fact which I was very thankful for.  I’m sure he would have ransacked more than one project had he been awake… and out of the stroller, as he no doubt would have been at some time during the evening, the little escape artist!  …Oh dear, I’m sure everyone thought we were sort of crazy, as we arrived there with all four of our kids in tow…and I think we are!

 
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Posted by on February 3, 2008 in family, School

 

What If?

01 Feb

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Hey Mummy…what if I put the tooth that I lost in the frying pan and heated it up?  What do you think would happen?  (He actually wanted to do this!)

Hey, what if there was a store called Debbie’s Darling Dresses?  (What?)

Hey, what if, instead of airplanes, there were flying sidewalks to get around?  (Not a bad idea.)

Hey mummy, what if someone called me Zeke the Freak?
Well, I don’t know Zeke…I mean, how would you feel if someone called you that?
Well…I guess I would just draw a skull and cross-bones on a shirt, and wear it to school.
Why?
Well, ’cause… that would be pretty freaky.

 
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Posted by on February 1, 2008 in zeke

 
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