Kim normally works hard to make Valentine’s Day special around here, but yesterday when she was talking to the kids about what she was planning to make, they insisted on taking over last night’s dessert. They wanted chocolate mousse, but in a (heart shaped) chocolate crust, so they made it themselves. It actually worked out (somewhat to my surprise!), and they called it Murder by Death by Chocolate:
Joel just finished reading the Lord of the Rings, and today he decided to put his love of fantasy into Lego. He had found kits online for $200+, but decided he could do it himself. Anyway, here he is, proud of his creations. For those that don’t remember Quickbeam, he wasn’t in the Jackson movies, but he took care of Merry and Pippin for the greater part of the entmoot, while they were deciding to go attack Isengard (Saruman’s fortress).
In case you’re worried about him hyperfocusing on one genre, don’t; he’s now reading Jurassic Park. 🙂
Tomorrow we leave for Kid’s Camp, so the excitement level around here is pretty high. The kids asked if they could build forts/tents in the living room, which I allowed after they got some other basic housework done — and they’ll have to clean this up, too. 🙂
They even made a spot for Abby:
Which Anna enjoyed very much:
Joel took first place in the fifth grade at his school’s science fair!
Then to cap off the night, they won the first game in the 5/6th grade boys basketball tournament.
Lunches are made, uniforms bought (no small feat this year), clothes washed & ironed, supply lists purchased, tags cut off, cellophane ripped and thrown… Here’s to a shiny, fresh start at a new school!
Just had to leave you this happy song. Smile with me. How fast they grow up!
In searching blog archives, I was hoping to find for you the video of a 4-year-old Joel. He has always mulled things over in his head. You know he’s really chewing on things, because out pops a totally creative new perspective. A tiny window on the world all his own. A completely different sense of this wacky world.
In the video he asks a good question:
“Since God can do anything, can He swim even where there is no water?”
I assume Joel would like to try swimming in the air when we get to Eternity… =)
My Creative Little Prince’s wheels have been turning through First Grade.
Well, a couple days ago, he explained to me his version of the Circle of Life.
He’s really put weeks of thought into it:
*insert cool circular graph here*
It makes me think, then laugh, then think again…
I think I love ‘airplanes eat people’ the best. It took me a long time to digest that one. Figuratively, people walk in and look like they are ‘consumed’. Like a large animal swallowing up it’s little passengers for dinner. Where does he come up with this stuff? But we’ve been in enough airplanes to consider them banale (French for ‘commonplace’, only better than just that).
Then the banale beast of prey disappears and is ‘eaten’ by a cloud. This is almost like one of those phone commercials where each new frame leads us to another world entirely. Don’t you just love to see the way kids think? I hope Joel’s Circle of Life gives you a chuckle today. We could all use a little more childlikeness.
I guess I do feel a bit like I’ve been in the belly of a whale after a 10-hr flight…
You probably don’t have time to sit around and read blogs, and I probably read more than I should, but The Pioneer Woman’s Funny Photo Contest lived up to it’s name! For a split second I thought about entering a funny picture of one of our ‘babies’ (don’t worry I do realize they no longer fit in the baby category). As I scanned a few folders of pictures, I noticed a theme…
