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All about Elijah.

A Birthday, An Anniversary And A Clue

15 Jun

Here’s a little of what’s been happening around here lately…

Our Sweet P Turned two on June 11th.  We had a delightful little party out on our front lawn with all of our “campus family” for her special day.  Phoebe was so tickled about the whole thing!  It was really adorable.  Dave made a little video encapsulating the whole day…

(It took my sister in Toronto watching this video for me to realize that Phoebe uses her left hand a lot. I’m tentatively excited! I so want to have a “south paw!”)

Another exciting event: Dave and I celebrated our 11th aniversary on the 12th. We even got to get away overnight thanks to Naomi, who bravely stayed overnight with our kids. Thanks Naomi! The kids have been saying they want to see you again soon. :-)

And here’s a little picture riddle for you to figure out.  Friday morning was spent at a table outside playing with some playdough that Phoebe got for her birthday.  Can you guess what these two playdough figures, one made by Elijah, the other by Zeke, were all about? 

 

 
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Posted by on June 15, 2009 in art, elijah, phoebe, video, zeke

 

Last Day Of School

09 Jun

Today was the boys’ last day of school.  Unbelievable, isn’t it, that a whole school year has passed?  I’m flabbergasted.

That phrase, “the last day of school,” has a double meaning for our family today.  Not only is today Elijah and Zeke’s last day of school for this year, this is also their last day of public  school for… a while.

Yes, we’ve decided it is time to take a huge leap of faith and start homeschooling our children this coming fall.  I know, crazy eh?  To be honest, the thoughts, emotions and convictions that have lead us to this decision are many and they are turbulent.  I’m still sorting through all of them!  To echo the ladies with whom I met this past Friday night about starting a homeschooling co-op, “We have more questions than we have answers.”  But for now I will just say that I am quite convinced that there really is no other place where I should be channeling my energies right now.

(to be continued…)

 
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Posted by on June 9, 2009 in elijah, School, zeke

 

As Promised…

03 Jun

P.S. Zeke and Daddy prefer to be on the other side of the camera, apparently. We’re going to have to make up for their not appearing in this video soon!

 
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Posted by on June 3, 2009 in elijah, family, music

 

Coming Soon To a Computer Near You

01 Jun

This weekend Elijah successfully participated in his fourth piano recital!  Pretty impressive, if you ask me.  Video footage of his performance of “Feelin’ Good” is on it’s way, I promise.

Here’s a cute photo of Elijah’s piano teacher with all her pupils.  (Elijah is just to the right of her.)  Solveig (pronounced Sol-vay) is an absolute gem!  We’re very thankful for her grandmotherly love for Elijah, and for her ability to motivate him when he needs it! 

 
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Posted by on June 1, 2009 in elijah, music

 

Recovering…

15 Apr

All is well here in Horsmanville, in case you’re wondering.  We had a great spring break full of good times.  Some highlights were:  tuning into the world curling competition via the Internet, the attempted rescue of Bob the Gopher – he was later pronounced dead though :-( – “shooting hoops” and …an ongoing fued over which older brother was Noah’s best friend.  Noah would flip-flop between the two, one minute declaring Elijah to be his BFF and then later Zeke.  Sounds annoying maybe, but actually, it was cute.  I’m so looking forward to summer vacation!  Noah plays so much better when his brothers are here.

Right now, though, I’m kind of in recovery mode.  I, too, kind of took a spring break and ignored housework, laundry and such while the boys were home.  In fact this morning I finally got around to folding almost a dozen loads of laundry that had been lying heaped in a pile since the day before spring break even started!  Yikes.  Now… to put them all where they belong…

 
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Posted by on April 15, 2009 in elijah, family, noah, zeke

 

Longhorns vs. Gophers

20 Mar

March Madness is here again.  Hip hip hooray.  (And if you know me even a little, you’ll probably know that I say that very facetiously.)  It’s not just that I don’t like basketball, (or any other sport for that matter) …it’s more like I really don’t get it.  I can’t get it.  I’ve tried to.  Really, I have.  Mostly because it’s something that Dave really enjoys… but all I end up doing is trying to concentrate really hard on a bunch of guys running around, up and down a court, sometimes throwing a ball at a hoop.  And it’s not that I don’t understand the rules, either; I actually played basketball in Jr. High. (!)  …It’s almost like I don’t have the right mental capacity to “digest” watching it.  I’m sportsmindedly challenged, I guess.  I know, I’m weird. 

Anyway, Elijah is totally into March Madness this year.  Evidence, I think, of the gravitational pull that young boys his age have towards their fathers.  It’s cute.  Dave likes it too, and enjoys having someone to watch with, but he also has to endure Elijah’s constant chatter.  Like, here are some samples that I overheard during the Minnesota/Texas game last night:

“Well, normally a longhorn could take on a gopher no problem…but not tonight!”
“I think a basket made from the other side of the court should be worth at least six points.”
“#4 is always usually my least favorite player on any team. For instance. Brett Favre is #4.”
“I can’t believe Minnesota is losing.  Now my bracket is all messed up.”  Zeke, upon hearing this, says, “Just change it.”

For some reason – probably that I was overtired – this little boy talk struck me as so funny, and I went to bed giggling hysterically about it.  Life is good.  And who knows?  Maybe I may actually start to enjoy March Madness…  How could I dislike something that makes me laugh?

 
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Posted by on March 20, 2009 in elijah

 

…And After!

16 Mar

 
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Posted by on March 16, 2009 in elijah, noah, zeke

 

Before…

13 Mar

It’s been a very  long time since these three have had haircuts.  I can’t even remember when I last tackled those mops of hair.  All three heads have been getting more and more out of control over the past month and now, I’m not really sure where to start.  If I keep up with it on a monthly basis, it’s not so bad but now…well, I think we’re gonna have to return to “ground zero” folks…  Yep, buzz cuts. 

I’ve known buzz cuts were the only option for a couple of weeks now – since I stubbornly and sting-ily refuse to pay someone to cut my kids’ hair - but I wanted to wait for the weather to warm up a little.  Like, at least to above freezing.  Dave buzzed his head once in the middle of the winter, and he had to wear a tuque* to keep warm!  So, with a stretch of “warm” (40-50 degree) weather coming next week, Dave and I have agreed to become barbers for a couple of hours sometime tomorrow.  Wow…there’s gonna be a lot of hair on our kitchen floor!  Look for an “after” photo on Monday. 

P.S.  Here’s an interesting tidbit of information.  (Well, I find it quite interesting.)  We recently bought a little Macbook (with some proceeds from our tax return.  I love tax return time!) and the iPhoto software on it has face recognition technology.  It can distinguish Elijah and Zeke quite easily, but it’s still figuring out Noah’s face.  Half the time it thinks Noah is Elijah and the other half it thinks he is Zeke.  iPhoto has confirmed what I’ve always maintained:  Noah is quite a perfect hybrid of Elijah and Zeke…or me and Dave.  :-)

*a heavy stocking cap worn in Canada.

 
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Posted by on March 13, 2009 in elijah, noah, zeke

 

A Series of Unfortunate…Uh, Words

02 Mar

If you’ve been reading DJ and the Prophets for a while you might remember this post, my “Series of Unfortunate Events” that happened just about a year ago.  The series of events ended with a rather embarrassing scene at the Bloomington Ice Gardens that involved Noah being carried out against his will screaming, “Me have pee!”  …Oh my.  Too funny.  One of the post’s commenter’s said, “Give it 10 years or so, and I’m sure you’ll giggle.”  Well…it only took a year.

Ok, so, after what happened yesterday, I’m considering avoiding the Bloomington Ice Gardens from now on.  It was again the venue of a rather embarrassing scene; actually, a scene ten times as embarrassing as the one from a year ago.  Mostly because I know (kind of) the people who witnessed it.   Oh dear…

Elijah was invited to a classmates birthday-skating party which was held yesterday at the – you guessed it – Bloomington Ice Gardens.  I dropped him off without incident, helped him lace up his skates and then went of to pick a few things at the grocery store during the party.  I arrived back at the tail end of the party, just as the birthday boy was starting to open his gifts.

The scene was quite calm until the third gift was opened.  It was some sort of Pokemon/Digimon oddity.  Very strange looking in my opinion and Elijah lost no time pontificating:

“Ok…I really don’t like those things!  You know those are just a fad, don’t you?  It’s like…the media tells us what we’re supposed to want!”  I think he was about to launch into why he didn’t like Pokemon, but I managed to catch his eye and subtly stare him down.  (Ok, so it probably wasn’t so subtle. :-) )

The other kids just stared at him blankly and the parents looked kind of puzzled too.  I just stood silently, willing the floor to swallow me up, not exactly sure what to say.  The hostess broke the ice after a few seconds and said with a chuckle, “Well, Elijah, I guess you should be glad you’re not the one getting the presents then.” 

I lost no time in skedaddling from that little scene, obviously, and was thankful to be driving back home, where Elijah’s very zealous words about that third birthday present made perfect sense. 

So, I guess we can cross “Immunity to the media monster” off of our parenting check list and move on to tactfulness.

 
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Posted by on March 2, 2009 in elijah

 

Christmas Has Come

15 Dec

Christmas has come to the Horsman house. We had a great weekend of vistiing and partying with family, and the boys did an awesome job with the Christmas program at church. Elijah had the staring role and he did awesome!

 
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Posted by on December 15, 2008 in elijah, family, noah, zeke

 
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