Kwint had a fantastic week. He energetically worked hard feeling great and happy. Kaeleb and I suffered in misery with strep throat, while Brennan agonized over anear infection, and both boys got eye infections. I am glad, and not bitter at all, that Kwint managed to escape our doom. And wonder of wonders, after a day or two of good ol' Amoxicillin we were back in the swing of things, mostly.
Kaeleb is an interesting little guy. One one hand, he is very sensitive and empathic. He cares deeply, loves to read, is very smart and still loves to snuggle. Mostly though, he just loves "getting" bad guys. He uses any means available, be it gun, sword, lightning, fire bombs, etc. Most of his toys are not really what they are "disguised" to be. For example, his green baseball bat- you only think it's a baseball bat- it's a poison bat which shoots deadly poison into hornors and windstripers (his imaginary arch-enemies).
On Friday Kwint came home for lunch. Kaeleb had been playing quietly in his room, Brennan was napping and I was rather enjoying myself cleaning and doing laundry. Kwint went in his room to say hi. He came out laughing and said, "You need to go see what he is doing in there."
I walked in and found Kaeleb sitting on a footstool with another stool next to him. On the stool was a sword and a gun made out of chunky lego blocks. On the floor in front of him were several stuffed dinosaurs and Fortress Maximus (big transformer) and in front of them were neat rows of swords and guns. I said, "Wow- this is quite a set up. What are you doing?" He replied, "Palpatine, Darth Vader and me are selling guns for 4 dollars to all these other guys."
Go back in time 3 years and I was one of the moms who swore I'd never buy a gun for my son. By the time he was two he made one for himself out of styrofoam. I thought, "Well, my as kids my husband and brothers played with guns and they are all decent, model citizens. If I don't buy him one he will just make more." So, I bought him a four pack of squirtguns for a dollar, and the rest is history.
Now he has teamed up with Vader and the Emporer? What have we done!!?? (Actually, he told me they switched over to the force and are good guys now, or he wouldn't have gone into business with them. Phew!) We thought it was really funny on Friday, but after thinking about it all weekend we think maybe we need to get him more sports equipment and try to get him some new hobbies.
All boys have a warrior in them, a good guy- bad guy, good vs. evil thing, right? I remember my brothers playing GI Joe, army guys, transformers, and other such "boy" games. When they played with me, we pretended to be cats. Sometimes they played house with me, too. But I wonder what it is that comes with every guy that makes them so interested in getting the bad guy?
Our little Brennan is quite a funny one. He loves to play. Now that he is crawling he can get anything he wants and is very excited about it. He spends every waking moment crawling around the house grabbing things, carrying or pushing them over to the hard, tile floor and smacking them on it to hear the loud noise.
He has a growing vocabulary. I remember being amazed when our niece Abby starting saying words at 7 months, and now our 7 month old is saying Dada, Mama, Baba, and hi. Maybe it runs in the family, Kaeleb was 8 months old. It's really cute. He cries for his Baba when we give him a solid food he doesn't like and when he's tired. He cries desperately for Dada when he wants to be picked up. We are trying to decide if he is saying Kaeleb, too. He says bu-bub, which we thought was baba, but he says it slightly different and usually when Kaeleb is doing something funny.
We are looking forward to this weekend, and hope we have some good stories to tell next week.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Going Green
In honor of Earth Day next Tuesday I have been thinking about new ways to go green. (I am celebrating all month.) In case you are wondering, yes, all the yoga and has made me a bit weird, including going mostly vegetarian- the word sparingly means a lot to me when it comes to meat. I will not stop shaving my legs or wearing makeup though.
I have been making little changes here and there for a few years, like recycling more and using more tupperware and less sandwich bags, etc. This week I replaced all mu household cleaners with Green Works cleaning products which were on sale at Walmart. I am quite excited. They smell really nice and there are no chemicals running down the drain into the earth. If anyone has any suggestions for me to try, I want to make a couple more subtle changes the rest of the month.
Kwint went to L.A. for a Millionaire Mind Seminar from Thursday night to Sunday. He learned so much and is way pumped about the business. He came back with some great ideas and plans for our financial freedom. If anyone is interested, you can buy a book by T. Harv Ecker called "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind". (I know that should be underlined, not in quotes, but there is no underline feature on the posting site, unless I am blind.) Harv can thank me later for writing that.
The boys and I had 3 big slumber parties in Mom's room. I barricaded the door and slept right next to my cell phone. We kept busy all weekend so we wouldn't notice how lonely we were for Dad. It did not work. We love him so much. We are thankful for how hard he works for us and we are trying to do our part.
Brennan is army crawling all over the house. He takes about 3 crawl steps and then flops down to scoot across the house. He follows me around the house and cries if I leave him too long. Kaeleb has been making him laugh and laugh. Kaeleb jumps up and down making weird noises and Brennan guffaws wildly. I love how much they love each other. Kaeleb already has plans for a little sister named Princess Leia to join him (Luke) and Brennan (Yoda) in the force. I told him he has to wait until Yoda sleeps through the night before I will even consider it.
That is about it for us last week. We haven't been able to work on the yard at all. I hope we can get some things done this weekend.
I have been making little changes here and there for a few years, like recycling more and using more tupperware and less sandwich bags, etc. This week I replaced all mu household cleaners with Green Works cleaning products which were on sale at Walmart. I am quite excited. They smell really nice and there are no chemicals running down the drain into the earth. If anyone has any suggestions for me to try, I want to make a couple more subtle changes the rest of the month.
Kwint went to L.A. for a Millionaire Mind Seminar from Thursday night to Sunday. He learned so much and is way pumped about the business. He came back with some great ideas and plans for our financial freedom. If anyone is interested, you can buy a book by T. Harv Ecker called "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind". (I know that should be underlined, not in quotes, but there is no underline feature on the posting site, unless I am blind.) Harv can thank me later for writing that.
The boys and I had 3 big slumber parties in Mom's room. I barricaded the door and slept right next to my cell phone. We kept busy all weekend so we wouldn't notice how lonely we were for Dad. It did not work. We love him so much. We are thankful for how hard he works for us and we are trying to do our part.
Brennan is army crawling all over the house. He takes about 3 crawl steps and then flops down to scoot across the house. He follows me around the house and cries if I leave him too long. Kaeleb has been making him laugh and laugh. Kaeleb jumps up and down making weird noises and Brennan guffaws wildly. I love how much they love each other. Kaeleb already has plans for a little sister named Princess Leia to join him (Luke) and Brennan (Yoda) in the force. I told him he has to wait until Yoda sleeps through the night before I will even consider it.
That is about it for us last week. We haven't been able to work on the yard at all. I hope we can get some things done this weekend.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Look what I can do!
I missed a week! I needed to sleep more than I needed to blog last week. Tonight I feel the same way, so this will be short.
First, we loved General Conference and were so grateful for the answers to prayers, inspirations received, and the Spirit we felt as we listened to the Brethren, especially President Monson. We are truly blessed and know that the gospel is a Plan of Happiness.
Since we last blogged Brennan is sitting on his own and is one step away from crawling. He gets up on his hands and knees and propels himself forward, but forgets to move his hands and nosedives. He also army crawls on his forearms. By next week we are sure he will have put the two together and be crawling everywhere.
It has been funny to look up and see him going after something, or suddenly find him an inch away when he started out 15 feet across the room.
Kaeleb has been awesome. We have been hiking a lot lately and he loves it sooo much! It is so fun to watch him and listen to him chatter about spidermanning up and crab walking down the red rocks. This is why we love St. George!!
First, we loved General Conference and were so grateful for the answers to prayers, inspirations received, and the Spirit we felt as we listened to the Brethren, especially President Monson. We are truly blessed and know that the gospel is a Plan of Happiness.
Since we last blogged Brennan is sitting on his own and is one step away from crawling. He gets up on his hands and knees and propels himself forward, but forgets to move his hands and nosedives. He also army crawls on his forearms. By next week we are sure he will have put the two together and be crawling everywhere.
It has been funny to look up and see him going after something, or suddenly find him an inch away when he started out 15 feet across the room.
Kaeleb has been awesome. We have been hiking a lot lately and he loves it sooo much! It is so fun to watch him and listen to him chatter about spidermanning up and crab walking down the red rocks. This is why we love St. George!!
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