MONKEY PANTS

My mom made me "MONKEY PANTS!!!"

What is the world are monkey pants you might ask. It's a pair of pants made out of material with monkeys on it that my mom and I picked out months ago. Well today as a 'get used to sewing again' project she made me pants. (She's making Corrine and I matching Easter dresses. Or at least hoping to get them done and looking good for Easter.)



I think my mom did a great job on them, especially since she told me she hasn't sewed in years. She even figured out how to put a ruffle on the bottom of the legs! I wasn't much into taking picture right now. I was too excited for my apple and my MONKEY PANTS!!


My buddy George, an apple and my new MONKEY PANTS!! What more could this little girl need!

Where's Rebecca?

One of Rebecca's most favorite games is "Peek A Boo". She has found a few favorite places to hide. She'll stay hiden for a minute or so until you find her, then she comes out with a BIG smile on her face.

Some of her favorite places to hide are:

In the kitchen underneath Corrine's apron. "Peek boo, fish, kitchen"


In the front room behind the couch. "hidden, couch, mom"



In mom and dad's shower. "shower, head"



Behind mom and dad's bed. "mom bed"



Some of her favorite words to say right now: "favorite, self, my, more please, Ammon did it (or add another name there), move, George, help please, coming, running, bathroom, potty, scared, friend."


As I was writting this post, she decided the library basket was the perfect spot to read a book, so naturally all the library books had to be out of the basket!

Expressing Thanks

Yesterday Corrine and I sat down to write out her thank you cards. She was whinning about needing to write them because she really wanted to be playing with the boys downstairs. I told her it was important to tell people thank you for gifts she had been given for her birthday and baptism. After a few cards she was on a roll and ended up writting them all in one sitting.

This morning Corrine gave me a homemade envelope with this inside:



Without any prompting, she made us a thank you card for her birthday presents we gave her. It showed me that even when she was whinning about writting the cards, she understood the importance of them. This got me thinking about how I should write the kids more thank you cards for the sweet things they do to help our family.

Fine Arts Night 2010

Each year our school puts on Fine Art Night. The classes sing songs in the big auditorium at City High school, then we get to see their artwork on display. When we got there Ammon went straight onto the stage, Corrine went to the front rows and Simeon went to meet his class in another room. We just had Rebecca with us for awhile. Rebecca enjoyed watching the kids sing, but she more enjoyed her new friend she made. They read books and played together on the steps by our seats.

Ammon's class sang 3 songs: "Song a Little Song", "Yes, No Song", and he can't remember the last one.


His artwork was a Vincent Van Gogh sunflower.



The kindergartners also made this leopard. Ammon's section is on the far right line, 4th from the bottom.




Corrine sang "I would like to visit the moon", "Golden Rule" and "We're Ready". Her artwork was made out of tin. They used tools to make indentions in the tin, then colored the tin.




Simeon sang both with his class, and the choir. The 3rd and 4th graders sang: "What I am", "Candle in the Water" and their famous "Twist and Shout" complete with sunglasses! The choir sang "Get up, Get up, Get up" and "Flying Free."
His artwork was a glue and oil pastel self portrait.




It's always fun to go see them sing the songs that we've heard them singing parts of at home and to see the artwork they've been giving us hints about!

Goo and blowing up ballons

I'm in charge of Girl Scouts tomorrow and I'm doing science experiments. I wanted to make sure that they would work as I wanted them to, so my science experiment helper Ammon and I did 2 of them this afternoon.

We 1st did the 'blowing balloons up' experiment.


To do this we put 1/2 cup vinegar into a small soda bottle. You then put 2 TBS of baking soda into a balloon. Put the mouth of the balloon over the neck of the bottle without dumping the baking soda into the bottle. Hold the balloon straight up letting the baking soda go into the bottle. The reaction of the vinegar and baking soda makes a gas that blows the balloon up.
Ammon wasn't sure what was going to happen the first time and was a little worried that the balloon might blow up on him. He loved it so much we needed to do the experiment again with a 2nd balloon.

Next we made Goo, or glop, or whatever name you call it. I asked him what color he wanted it to be. He of course said green, so I got out the food coloring and gave it to him to put in the bowl. There wasn't much left so I let him put it all in.
To make the goo you mix 1/2 cup corn starch with 1/4 cup water. Mix it together and you have a solid or is it a liquid? It's both depending on what your doing with it.




Ammon absolutely LOVED the goo!! He was singing how much he loved it. He covered his hands with it over and over again. When we went to wash it off his hands we discovered the error of our way. That much green food coloring stains your skin! YIKES!!! Ammon had leprechaun hands. I decided since I was doing these experiments hours before fine arts night that I better NOT use food coloring so we didn't have 10 girls with colored hands singing on stage!

Ammon and I decided that we should do more science projects together because we had so much fun today!

Great Grandma Riddle

Today we got all 7 of the Great Grandkids together for a picture with Great Grandma Riddle. It was the 1st picture of her with all 7 of her great grandkids. We have lots of pictures of our 4 kids with her, but not any with our cousins and her.



While waiting for the cousins to come Rebecca found my sunglasses and I had to take her picture. She was so adorable! She asked me to put the flower on a clippie for her hair, but she wanted to wear it all of 10 seconds!!


Growing up I had grandparents and Great grandparents near us and it was such a special thing to spend time with them, and to get to know them. I want our children to know their grandparents and great grandparents and to visit with them as often as we can. I also love to get pictures of them with them so they can show their kids and their grandkids and even their grandchildren their heritage.

Muddy Boys

This afternoon Simeon was out back playing baseball with the neighborhood boys Joe and Aidan. I could hear them enjoying themselves, then I heard them singing "Take me out to the ballpark", so I figured they were in the 7th inning of their game.
A while later it was quiet so I poked my head out. Simeon and Joe were sitting quietly on the swings. They looked tired, and they were covered in MUD. They had so much mud caked on their shoes I'm not sure how they could even walk straight!





I snuck a few pictures before they saw me. I love that Simeon has some boys to play with and that they all love sports. He has so much energy and needs this time to get it out.


Too bad he had on his only pair of tennis shoes outside today. Guess it's time to get a school pair of shoes since these just became his play shoes!