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Miranda and Samuel November 2011

2011-11-27T19:14:00.000-08:00

Miranda

2011-10-10T10:27:00.000-07:00

While we were driving home a few weeks ago Miranda asked me a question completely out of nowhere:

Miranda: "Mom, does Jesus love even the people who go to hell?"
Me: ". . .yes, he does. He loves everyone, even if they go to hell."
Miranda: "Ya know, I think Jesus is a pretty likeable guy."
Me: "I think you're right Miranda. Jesus is a pretty likeable guy."

Samuel

2011-10-08T12:47:00.001-07:00

Samuel: "Mom how much do I need to make a dollar" (showing me 80 cents).
Me: "20 cents."
Samuel: "Can you tell me that in dime language."

I love the way Samuel describes things. This is just one of many. I wish I could remember more, if I do I'll try to actually write them down.

2011-05-25T23:50:00.000-07:00

Samuel's 5th Birthday

2011-05-25T23:44:00.001-07:00

2011-05-25T23:41:00.001-07:00

Miranda's 6-year-old pictures

2011-05-25T23:39:00.000-07:00

Getting Tall

2011-01-26T14:20:00.001-08:00

Samuel: "Mom, it's morning."
Me: Yes, it is.
Samuel: Can you get up now?
Me: Yes.
Samuel: Get your glasses.
Me: Okay.
Samuel: I'll get your glasses for you. Where are they?
Me: On top of the dresser. I don't think you can reach them.
Samuel: (Handing me my glasses) Here, Mom.
Me: I didn't know you were tall enough to reach that high. How did you get them?
Samuel: I tippy-toed myself.

Snow White

2011-01-26T14:15:00.001-08:00

On the way to school Miranda was looking at her Snow White book. She started reading/reciting/retelling the story of Snow White to Samuel. Here's how she told part of the story:

"Mirror, Mirror on the wall who is the fairist of us all?"
"Her hair like ebony, her skin white as snow, her name Snow White."

(The book actually rhymes here, but I was impressed she had as many details as she did. Then she turned the page and continued. . .)

"The Queen didn't know what this meant so the mirror showed her a picture."

Picture pressure

2011-01-22T02:03:00.001-08:00

So I needed a picture of my two kids together for a Christmas present. For some reason none of the 3 I already had worked. So I stood them next to each other, in front of an open front door to get some descent lighting, with pooring rain right behind them. After about 20 shots of me saying "Just hold still and smile already," I got this picture. I LOVE it. I, of course, won't post the others or mention that we're only like this 1/20th of the time. I'll just keep this picture and love that we did have a moment that looked like this.

Miranda's 6th Birthday

2011-01-22T01:56:00.000-08:00

In keeping with her Halloween preference we had a pirate party complete with a treasure hunt, a pirate hat pinata, and pirate plates and napkins. Even though Miranda wanted the pirate party, she still wanted a princess cake.

I made the pinata, my very first. I have to admit that it looked pretty cute and held up well (almost too well, but the hole I left for the candy did break after about the right number of hits).

Um. . .a post. . . finally

2011-01-22T01:50:00.001-08:00

Catching up on some (not so) recent events. . .
Miranda lost her second tooth. I keep trying to tell her that I didn't loose my 1st tooth until second grade so she needs to cut this out.

For Halloween this year Miranda wanted to be a pirate. We put together a costume mostly from things we already had or borrowed from Aunt Jana. Samuel was a ninja (a costume I bought after Halloween last year for $1--yes, I am impressed too).

Yet Another Disneyland Post

2010-10-28T22:04:00.000-07:00

I know it's silly that I'm still excited about Disneyland and the pictures I get there, but REALLY where else am I going to get a picture of my 4-year-old with his very favorite movie character? Or with Geppetto?

Or with the White Rabbit? Do you have a picture with the White Rabbit? Or were you too late?

Or with his cousins as we're about to board a real steamboat named the "Mark Twain"? I have to admit, I think my Disneyland pictures are pretty fun, even if this is the 4th post of last 6 with them.

How Funny

2010-10-10T21:35:00.001-07:00

Samuel loves books. He will sit and look at pictures for a long time. He actually did fall asleep looking at his "DinoTrucks" books. He's such a treasure.

Miranda is so creative. She is always putting together scenes and scenarios. Here she put together an entire city complete with Mermaids in the lake and dinosaurs on the hilltop.

Flowers

2010-09-20T08:44:00.001-07:00

One thing that I love about where I live is the flowers. There is always something blooming, almost year round. It makes me smile to see happy flowers all the time.

Summer Fun

2010-09-20T08:39:00.000-07:00

SO cute! The kids love it when Nick plays with them in the water.

Great timing to get the splash in the picture.

Beach Fun

2010-05-05T20:48:00.001-07:00

We went to the beach over Spring Break with Jared, Liz, and our cousins. It was so fun playing in the sand.Nick spent a lot of time swinging the kids in the water. They loved it.

Nick also played frisbee with Samuel and Kaitlyn quite a bit. They were pretty good.

We had a great time.

I hate being sick

2010-04-19T21:41:00.000-07:00

I hate being sick. Even with the blessings that no one else has caught it yet, and it was at a time when my husband could stay home and take care of the kids ALL WEEKEND and on Monday. I still hate being sick. I hate even more when I finally cave and go see a doctor. Then the doctor inevitably tells me that it does look like I've come down with something, and I should start feeling better in a few days. And if I haven't heard from them in 3 days, call about that step culture that he did. !?!?!

Do all doctors think all patients are stupid? Is it not obvious that if I'm in his office after 4 days of complete misery with a throat so infected that I couldn't talk without extreme pain (and I've passed a kidney stone--it's not like I don't know how much pain is a descent amount of pain), that maybe a little more than, "You're sick. Check back in 3 days" would be appropriate.

I hate being sick. I hate have to talk to doctors who assume I'm a wuss and an idiot. Especially when I am already feeling crappy because I'm sick.

TOO COOL!

2010-02-22T19:37:00.000-08:00

Miranda was chosen to train in the Jedi Academy. She dressed in a Jedi robe.
Miranda then began her training by learning skills with a lightsaber.
Darth Vader interrupted the training so that he could try to turn the young prospective Jedi's to the dark side!
Miranda bravely used her training to battle Darth Vader! He could never turn her to the dark side.
Having beaten Darth Vader, the prospective Jedi's were officially named Padawan learners. Congratulations Miranda!!!

Christmas fun (finally posted in February)

2010-02-20T13:17:00.001-08:00

TMD?

2010-02-20T13:10:00.000-08:00

Too Much DisneyLand? Not for us.

Yep, spoiled

2010-01-28T19:41:00.000-08:00

While it was raining, Miranda kept asking when we could go to DisneyLand. I told her that we could go on Wed if the weather was nice, and she didn't mind missing "park day." (In our ward there's a designated park on Wed at 1:00 for anyone who wants to bring their kids to play. My kids are always wanting to go.) Miranda and Samuel considered their options and chose DisneyLand. So yesterday, I picked Miranda up from school at 1:00, we headed to DisneyLand.

It was fabulous! We went on several rides we haven't been on before as well as our old favorites. The weather was perfect. Sunny and cool. When we got there we pushed up our long sleeves because they were a bit warm. By the time we left we rolled them down because it had become a bit cool. We didn't even need jackets.

The best park was that several very fun hours (not to mention very good ware-out-the-children hours) at DisneyLand cost me under $15. (In fact it should have cost under $5, but on the way there I realized that I hadn't eaten lunch so we stopped to eat off a dollar menu. Then on the way home I didn't want the kids to fall asleep, especially without eating so we revisited the same dollar menu.)

Yep, spoiled.

Spoiled

2010-01-26T17:29:00.000-08:00

I am quite surprised at how quickly I've become spoiled by California weather. I caught myself thinking, "It's been raining for over a week. I need it to stop so that my kids can play outside again." Then I realized that it was the middle of January. Since when do I expect that my kids can play outside (without even jackets) in the middle of January? It's amazing how quickly my expectations of 70 degrees and sunny have arrived.

Halloween Fun

2009-11-17T21:25:00.001-08:00

We had so much fun for Halloween. We went Trick-or-Treating in the "Village" where all the businesses were handing out candy. It was more like a Carnival than anything else. We also went to the ward Trunk-or-Treat. Miranda and Samuel both picked their own costumes. Miranda wanted to be the "Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker." She even explained to me that she could wear her dance costume because it looked just like the girl's in the movie. Samuel wanted to be a Pirate. My mom mailed me this fabulous costume for him. When he opened the box and looked at it he said to me, "Mom, I'm so happy."

New Experiences

2009-09-25T19:34:00.001-07:00

"I was trying to do my eyelashes." That was Samuel's explanation when I asked him what he was doing in my make-up. My eyeshadow was everywhere. I think he even used it to fingerpaint the floor. Sigh.

Miranda gettin' all ready for Kindergarten.

Miranda in line on her yellow dot, ready to go inside, and waving good-bye to Mom and Dad.