Learning to Type

Every once in a while we read a book that we LOVE! Then the kids want me to read it over and over and over... We read one of these recently, called "I Wanna New Room" the kids thought it was so funny! So I was thinking that we should start making a list of our most favorite books. I grabbed a piece of paper and had Elizabeth write down the title and author of this book, then I wrote down a couple more of our favorites. Then I thought, maybe Elizabeth could practice typing by keeping our list on the computer. So here is a picture of her typing with Rachel and Jorgan watching intently. It took about 20 minutes but she did get 2 book titles and authors down on Microsoft Word!

Rachel's Hair Cut

For General Conference, I put together kits of activities for the kids. Included in their kit was of course crayons, pencils, scissors, and glue. I was hoping that this would help entertain them so that Josh and I could listen... I was wrong, but that's beside the point!
After conference I had the kids collect all their things and put them back into their kits (a brown paper bag). And here lies my big mistake! I set their kits on the fireplace when I went to bed. While Josh was making breakfast Monday morning Elizabeth ran into the kitchen yelling, "Daddy! Rachel is cutting her hair!"



So now that we have spent the last 4 years trying to get some hair on this kid... she cut it off herself! We had a talk about how we shouldn't cut our own hair, then she cleaned up her mess. Later she said to me, "Mom, I shouldn't have done that." At least she knows!!

Playing with Daddy

This is a favorite game at our house. One person rolls around the trampoline as the everyone else tries to jump over them. They can play this game forever!!!

Babysitting

My sister, Melodie, came over from Ellensburg to visit a friend. So we got to babysit Samantha! The kids adore her and were so excited to have her at our house. Jorgan sat on the couch for at least 5 minutes holding her and feeding her a bottle. Then Rachel and Elizabeth both took turns feeding her as well. The rest of the evening was spent talking to her and kissing her and taking turns holding her. She is a really happy baby and didn't fuss throughout any of the passing around between kids... It was amazing!

Learning to Vacuum

I was thinking that maybe Elizabeth was old enough to learn how to vacuum... So here's a picture of her first try. I think she might not be tall enough for the vacuum. When she pushes it the front comes up.. so it's not really doing anything. I had to keep reminding her to hold it up higher, and then she was struggling to push it. Maybe we'll try again in a couple of months :o)

The Wise Man and the Foolish Man

I wish we would have caught the beginning of this song. Rachel and Jorgan are sitting at the table eating a snack. Josh and I were sitting in the front room talking when we heard Rachel asking Jorgan what song he wanted to sing. SO this is her singing The Wise Man and the Foolish Man to Jorgan. We kept taping hoping that they would sing more, but they didn't. Sorry it is a little difficult to hear... we didn't want them to realize we were taping and stop singing, so we recorded from the other room.

I wish I were a baby doll

This is what happens when you have 2 older sisters:


All the sudden you start thinking that you are the baby doll!