After church today, Andy was determined to hike to the Grotto on the Nebo Loop. We saw a super cool fuzzy caterpillar at the start of the hike.
The leaves were changing colors. So beautiful! There were some small waterfalls as we headed to the big one.
When we got there, we waded in the water and got wet. We had so much fun!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Joseph's "Wipe Shoes"
We went to the museum of Natural History while Danielle was at TTIX. When we got there we realized that we had forgotten Joseph's shoes. Now, for Joseph, it is unusual to wear shoes at all, but we were going to a museum and I thought, "Hmmm. We need two shoes and there are two wipes packages- Eureka!" Hence the "Wipe Shoes."
Monday, April 5, 2010
Easter
I was at the temple last week when I overheard a cute girl telling an elderly lady about all of her intricate Easter plans. The girl proceeded to say she has so many ideas and so much energy, it is too bad she doesn't have offspring. The older lady was gracious enough to hold her tongue but I desperately wanted to say, "You have so much energy BECAUSE you don't have any offspring."
This Easter week, I discovered that some people have week long celebrations with their families. I have done a Passover Seder in the past and this year as usual we had Mamie Ventche's delicious Bulgarian Easter dinner with three types of lamb. I don't really like lamb but her cooking is fantastic. I was so happy last night!
We also had boiled eggs that we smacked on each other. Andy almost won but Grandma Dorothy emerged as the true champion with not a blemish on her boiled egg.
Lucky for me, someone else had colored the eggs. I'm not sure what exactly I have against coloring Easter eggs, but I just never want to do it.
Easter baskets are always fun too. This year my sweet sister offered to put Easter baskets together for my kids which is good because I hadn't even thought of it yet. After she had offered to do the baskets for me, I found myself in a grocery store where people around me were frantically trying to put together their Easter baskets. I don't like shopping much. I am so thankful for my sister.
I do love egg hunts using plastic eggs. Our egg hunts usually last well into May when I finally can't stand the eggs laying around anymore. I also think the Easter Bunny is freaky.
This morning, because I felt like I hadn't done the Easter holiday justice, the kids and I read a book called My First Story of the First Easter then we watched The Lamb of God. The movie was pretty powerful. Joseph didn't want to watch anymore after the crown of thorns but Elsa wanted to see Jesus die. I stopped at that point and we talked about the fact that the whole point of this story is the resurrection. I can't remember if Easter Dream is a bit more positive in focus. I'll have to try harder to find it.
Elsa is very much into dead vs alive these days. Mamie Ventche talked to her last night about dying. Several weeks ago when we were at the Bean Science Museum, we had finally established the fact that all of the animals there are dead, they brought out a live turtle and Elsa was confused again.
I'm exploring my feelings about different Easter traditions because want to come up with my own family's Easter traditions.
This Easter week, I discovered that some people have week long celebrations with their families. I have done a Passover Seder in the past and this year as usual we had Mamie Ventche's delicious Bulgarian Easter dinner with three types of lamb. I don't really like lamb but her cooking is fantastic. I was so happy last night!
We also had boiled eggs that we smacked on each other. Andy almost won but Grandma Dorothy emerged as the true champion with not a blemish on her boiled egg.
Lucky for me, someone else had colored the eggs. I'm not sure what exactly I have against coloring Easter eggs, but I just never want to do it.
Easter baskets are always fun too. This year my sweet sister offered to put Easter baskets together for my kids which is good because I hadn't even thought of it yet. After she had offered to do the baskets for me, I found myself in a grocery store where people around me were frantically trying to put together their Easter baskets. I don't like shopping much. I am so thankful for my sister.
I do love egg hunts using plastic eggs. Our egg hunts usually last well into May when I finally can't stand the eggs laying around anymore. I also think the Easter Bunny is freaky.
This morning, because I felt like I hadn't done the Easter holiday justice, the kids and I read a book called My First Story of the First Easter then we watched The Lamb of God. The movie was pretty powerful. Joseph didn't want to watch anymore after the crown of thorns but Elsa wanted to see Jesus die. I stopped at that point and we talked about the fact that the whole point of this story is the resurrection. I can't remember if Easter Dream is a bit more positive in focus. I'll have to try harder to find it.
Elsa is very much into dead vs alive these days. Mamie Ventche talked to her last night about dying. Several weeks ago when we were at the Bean Science Museum, we had finally established the fact that all of the animals there are dead, they brought out a live turtle and Elsa was confused again.
I'm exploring my feelings about different Easter traditions because want to come up with my own family's Easter traditions.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Elsa's Evening Prayer
Heavenly Father, I love everybody and they love me. I have lots of toys at my house. My house is made of bricks. I don't like bad guys. I know that Jesus is alive.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Mommy Why Does My House Spin?
Elsa was spinning around in the living room and asked, "Mommy why do we spin and why does my house spin?"
Place Value and Artichokes
I felt like we needed to work on place values so I pulled out some math manipulatives and Skip- Bo cards. The kids loved it and learned their place values up to 1000. That was one of those few instances when I felt like a truly successful teacher. They had fun, learned efficiently and still remember.
For lunch we had the most beautiful and delicious artichokes I have ever seen or tasted. Joseph and Elsa loved them too. They were both so cute sitting a bit far away from the bucket where we discarded leaves that had been eaten. Because of this they took turns tossing the leaves in the bucket and congratulating each other saying, "Good shot!"
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