See no evil. Hear no evil.

Email

Jaden and Ailia were recently "rescued" by Bama and Papa as I was "under the weather" with the stomach bug and barely able to get out of bed.
During the visit we received the following email from Jaden, labeled, "telling."

Dad and mom,

I am having fun at Bama and papa's.

I had fun at the beach I went swimming, dug in the sand, ate, got a Pokémon card and I went to the park.

We picked a ton of berry's!

I bashed in to there screen and it fell out.

For dinner we ate pizza and pie with ice cream.

love

Jaden

Animal

Ailia, If you were an animal what would you be?
"I'd like to be a lion, or a bird, or a monkey, all 3. Or a dove."
A dove? Why?
"so I could poop on people's faces."

Happy Mother's Day

Love this ~ from Jaden.

Words

Brian reflecting on why our children are not accurately conveyed on the blog and on Facebook: "It used to be the words they use and now it's the way they use the words."

New Car

Here is a story relayed to us by our neighbor regarding her last interaction with Jaden:
Hey, Miss Gladys, did you see they got a new car? (pointing across the street.)
She turns to see a hearse sitting in the neighbor's driveway.
Oh, no Jaden, Miss Connie's father just passed away, that's what they use take people away in after they've died.
Huh, well, it's pretty nice, it's like a station wagon.

3D

Ailia and Brian having a discussion about the merits of different exercise:
Ailia says she likes bike rides and running.
Brian says, walks are good too, you can talk to each other and look at things.
Ailia says, running is better cause you can look at things too - and they are in 3D and speedier!

Bedtime Prayers

As Brian is talking to Ailia before bed getting ready to pray he asks, "what do you want to ask God for help with, who do you want to be more like?"
Her answer? "I don't want to be a diva."

Ugly

Ailia was telling us on the way to school that she didn't like something "because it was ugly." I began a lecture about love & kindness & how we love people for who they are not how they look ~ blah, blah, blah... And I ended with "its not your job to rid the world of ugly." Jaden thought that was absolutely hysterical. When he stopped laughing he said "Mom, maybe that's her superpower!"

Teeth

I made a comment to Jaden about his teeth coming in crooked, and said that's why people get braces.
He said, "I don't think it matters much, the whole point of having teeth is to chew."
Good point.

Tarantulas

Jaden filled us in on lots of random facts about tarantulas on the way home from school today, thanks to his new library book. One of said facts was that tarantulas eat newly hatched baby birds. Ailia was not happy with this information and stated, "I need to say a naughty word." "They are stupid."

Wipeout!

Delicious Dinner

Delicious dinner made by Hiliary and served at her house - so good!

Emily

This is a song created and performed by Ailia in honor of my Cedarville College roommate Emily. It makes me so happy that my children can know her and her family. We are really enjoying FaceTime with them regularly. What a gift she has been to me and I love that Ailia loves her too!

Angry Birds

This is what Jaden is writing about in school ~ this particular sample was 4 pages! Too much iPhone anyone?

Strong National Museum of Play

Attendance Award.

Valentines

Hand-made Valentine's per Jaden's exact specifications...

Fort

This is Jaden's fort he constructed in his room. He has spent much of the past two days inside of it. He slept there last night & today has chosen to work diligently on a project involving paper and pencils...

My Date.

SU Game

Best gift ever - Court side SU tickets with access to the blue room! So fun!

Pirate Dance

This is called the pirate dance (aka the underwear dance) she is "swabbing the deck."

Our God Reigns

I often sing "Oh Happy Day"(badly) (loudly) to/with my kids on the way to school in the morning, improvising my own verses depending on the day. Today was a gloomy, drizzly day and I said, maybe another song today?
Jaden's response?
Our God Rains!

Oatmeal Cookies!

Upwards

One reason why we love Upwards:
Coach Chad pouring his life into our boys by speaking truth.

Our very own tiny dancer.

Here is our Ailia in her dance costume from her very first dance recital.

Family Game Time

Fun

Fun day with Bama. She took us to Johnny Rockets and to see Beauty and the Beast 3D. Fun.

Pinkalicious

Ailia turned four on January 7th. She decided on a pinkalicious party. All things pink. Eight girls all dressed in pink. Enjoying pink cupcakes, finding hidden cupcakes, playing freeze dance, making bracelets, coloring pinkalicious dolls, and hitting the pink cupcake pinata. Perfect pink party.

Party

Turning four is so much fun. Cake. Presents. Family.

And now she is four...

Mistakes

Jaden: "Jesus never makes mistakes.
I bet Jesus' friends and cousins were jealous, because Jesus never got in trouble."