Here's a montage of random things. The kids decided Sunday night that they didn't need to sleep, so they were up really late and being very silly. And some other videos that I can't remember! haha I'm tired :)
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Craziness!
Oh my stars. We got MORE rain. It poured like you wouldn't believe Saturday. After it finally stopped, I stepped off our front curb into KNEE DEEP water!!! I've never seen that much water here. I'm so glad we have a sump pump!! It's been going like crazy since Saturday. Aaron said after the first "flood" he thought Glad we just spent $400 on a sump pump that we'll probably never need again! Wrong-o buddy! Our neighbors' pump has been going like crazy, too but the house on the other side of them--theirs hasn't gone but maybe 3 times since the first flood! It's crazy.
Completely flooded. And yes, our trash can knocked over so now there's nasty, wet trash all over. Lovely.
My garden even flooded!! Our yard slopes down, but we built up the garden about a foot or so when we put it in. There was actually water bubbling up from under one tomato plant!!
Flooded...awfully close to getting in the shed! That would have been very bad.
that's our neighbors' camper that they're loaning us for the 4th when all my family will be here to celebrate Anna's birthday! she is so so so excited about it (both the camper and her cousins coming!)
The kids had so much fun playing in all the water!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okay, Jacob got this race car book almost a year ago, I think. He's always loved it (*gasp* shocker, I know!). But just recently, he discovered it again and he L.O.V.E.S it! Lucky for him, Anna doesn't have any qualms reading it to him over. And over. And over. And over. I think she must have read that book to him 20 times in one afternoon! I'm uploading some videos. One of them is of her reading it to him. The book is about 5 pages and it rhymes, so she has it memorized and can "read" it to Jacob. They both love it!After reading it to him 10 times in the bedroom, I hear her say
"Just a minute Jacob. I have to go potty. Just wait."
Then I look down the hallway to see Jacob trailing after Anna, book in hand. Then I hear
"Jacob! I have to go potty, just wait a minute!"
So I peek into the bathroom and see this:
What a sister!!!
Just hold on Jacob! I have to pull my panties up!!!
And this is what happens when Jacob gets ahold of a yogurt container when I'm on the phone with the internet company!! Isn't that just some lovely art on my floor?! Oh well.So things have been fun around here! And we got a surprise visit from my parents for Father's day! The kids were excited to say the least! This week will be spent getting ready for all the family and Anna's party. Oh, and we have termites so tomorrow will be spent at Kim's while Orkin does their (ridiculously expensive) thing for that! When it rains, it pours...in more than one way!!!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Star Wars? Dark Age?
Okay, so it just took me like 15 minutes to find the name (shows you how big of a Star Wars fan I am!). But when Jacob was "floating" around after his bath last night, it reminded me of Yoda! (from the back) He was having fun, but only as long as the towel was over his eyes. There's something about not being able to see that this strange boy likes!
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Many might think we've gone to the dark ages....we cancelled our Dish! We signed up with a special to get a year free and this was our last month. We had several reasons for doing it. The main one was to save money. The other was because it's such a time waster most of the time! And sometimes it just becomes habit to turn it on for the kids. They never watched live TV anyway...it was all just cartoons I'd recorded for them. And really, now that it's summer they want to play outside. There are a few times when Jacob wakes up CRANKY and the only thing that settles him down is Dora. But we have a million DVDs they can watch. And for Aaron & I, it ended up being something we did instead of spending time with each other (or doing things that needed to be done around the house or at work for him). Today was the first day and we survived! I was in the habit of turning it on and either watching one of my recorded shows or a game show (I love watching the crossword puzzle game!) while I worked during naps. But now I just listen to music while I work (or the silence...sometimes that's nice:)). We didn't have TV for a long time when I was growing up and I certainly didn't miss it. And like I told Aaron, even the cartoon channels had commercials I didn't want Anna and Jacob to see! It's crazy what is on these days. Even just watching sports, very few of the commercials are appropriate for little eyes & ears!!! I told Aaron we can watch almost any of our shows we want to online. Maybe not the same night they air, but who cares?! We'll see how it goes once NFL starts! :)
They're watching an old time cartoon video here. They both love it. That slap-stick humor isn't in any of the new ones! Anna built a tent with her Dora couch and any blanket or towel she found! Peru Missions
My cousin Ben is on another missions trip right now in Peru. They flew into Lima and are going to a place that starts with a C! I can't remember. But you can keep up to date with them here. They covet your prayers for their trip!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
She's funny
I wanted to "record" this before I forgot. Another funny Anna-ism :)
She's been playing with her princess wand and evidently had turned Daddy into Cinderella earlier. As he's walking out the door for his softball game, she runs after him and says,
"Wait! Here! (waves her wand) Now you're not Cinderella anymore. Give me a call if you want me to change you back to Cinderella!"
I'm sure Daddy greatly appreciates not having to go face the guys as Cinderella! :)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Why Silence Is Golden Around Here
This shows you why Aaron & I enjoyed the silence on our date for 15 minutes. This montage is from on the way home. Way past their bedtime, so I expected it to be a pretty quiet ride home. WRONG! Both kids love the Leap Frog Letter Factory movie. Anna already knows all her letters and their sounds. Jacob knows 7 letter sounds (well, I don't know how well he knows them, but he can say them). So most of the noise is from them saying the letter sounds. Needless to say, it was not a quiet ride home. Make sure your speakers aren't turned up too high...Jacob gets pretty loud!
I Love Thunderstorms
On our way home from our anniversary date (I'm working on that post! In the meantime, go check out Cassie's blog for a fun video of what the kids did while we were on a date!), I just had to stop and try to get some pictures of the storm. I've always loved thunderstorms. I still haven't learned anything extra about my camera, so I don't know if there was a better setting I could have used. I had a hard time getting the pictures I wanted but these turned out pretty cool. I didn't edit them at all. I went out later last night after we got the kids in bed and tried to take some more, but none of them turned out. It was incredible, though. It was constant lightening behind clouds. If you've ever seen that video of the house with Christmas lights that light up with the beat of music? It was like that. It was just amazing and a testimony to God's AWESOMEness:)
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