Who could help but laugh when they see this picture!! It's always wrestling and tackling daddy time!! I think we have a 'Ty sandwich" here!We were setting up the Nativity Set and the kids were finding all the characters. Ty found the three wise men and said, "Mama here are the wise men...but where are the foolish men?"
Mara has learned to fend for herself with her big brother, she can be rather 'fiesty' at times and able to 'hold her own'. We were a little concerned about how she might be with other children, is it just with Ty or how does she do in nursery? We asked her teacher one Sunday and Sister Paladeni said, "Oh Mara is fine, she can sometimes be a 'cute little bully' but other than that she's okay!" ---We've never thought Mara as a bully before! Yikes!
Our heat source in our house is a fireplace, and the chimney runs right through the upstairs. We were all upstairs listening to the First Presidency Christmas Devotional via the internet and Ty noticed all the bricks were warm. I asked him why he thought the bricks were warm and what was making them warm...he responded: "I think it's because they feel the spirit!"
Mara is quite the talker, everything now has a name or a word for it--she's even making up her own vocabulary! Things like 'bobby--means band-aid, and every time she gets an ouch she wants a 'bobby'...sometimes she even wants a bobby for scabs or older owies!" The other day she found an ouch on her arm and said 'I need bobby' I examined her little boo-boo and came to realize it was not an ouch--rather it was grape jelly left over from breakfast toast!! I licked it off and said "All better!" She looked and looked again sure it was an owie, but soon realized it as okay! No bobby needed!
Yesterday I picked up Ty from preschool and he seemed rather down for some reason. When I asked him what he did in preschool he didn't really want to talk about it. When we got home he started taking his feelings out on everything (the door, the car, his sister) and I could tell my little boy was struggling. So I held him on my lap and said to Ty--"What's the matter little buddy? I can tell you are struggling." He finally said "Mama, my teacher at preschool wouldn't let me go nuts today. It's fun to go nuts!" Well at least I figured out why he was sad, it must not have been the right time and place for a kid to go nuts!!
Today we got creative and made pine-cone bird feeders. Ty asked if bird seed was good to eat. I said "No, but birds liked to eat it, it probably wouldn't be very good to us." He asked if it was poisonous and I said no. The next thing I know he put a spoonful of birdseed in his mouth and started eating it! He quickly spit it out and started wiping his mouth and tongue! "Yuck, that's disgusting! Bird seed is not good mom!" Why must he learn the hard way? I tried to tell him!!
Last but not least...my husband is always making me laugh! He's a really funny guy--just one of the things I love about him! The other night we were talking about things to get ready for the baby and he asked where he was going to sleep. I was planning on the baby sleeping next to my side of the bed in a little port-a-crib/bassanet until we were ready to put him in the big crib. Nate responded "Why don't I make him a bed!" I wasn't sure if he was kidding or serious on this one, at first I wanted to laugh, but if he was serious I thought I'd cry! I decided in a moment like this the best thing to do is laugh it off!! Ha Ha Ha--that's a good one! We have THREE weeks until this baby comes, not to mention in TWO weeks it's Christmas, and we have many other things to do in between that time!! Nate is amazing with making things out of wood--he just finished a new staircase, but I think we'll stick to the port-a-crib
Thanks for the laugh Nate--"I'll make my baby a bed!" That's a good one!
Thanks for the laugh Nate--"I'll make my baby a bed!" That's a good one!
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