The Wisdom of a 5 year old

Today we are in my classroom working and Robert went up to my buliten board that had a shark on it... He looked at me and said "Mommy, sharks bite and that is naughty... there is NO reason to bite... I think they need to stop!"

I tried to explain that they bite to get their food and they don't know that it is naughty. But as people... we do know it is wrong. He pondered a moment and said..."Well, if they don't understand... I think that God should just take them back up to heaven!"

That's one way to look at it! :)

Happy 4th!

What a fun day! We had a lazy morning -- I woke up with a headache and Rodney was so kind as to get the kids up and go downstairs to play and let me sleep. I got up at an unheard of 10:00... unbelievable!!! It was nice. My headache was gone and I felt much more rested! :)

Once I was up and around, we decided to head off to Sam's Club for a few essentials -- needed diapers for the 2 little ones and Sam's has them cheaper than other places... so off we went! :) Of course picked up a few other items too!

Once we were done there, we headed of to one of our favorites for lunch -- Sweet Tomatoes -- We hadn't been there for a very long time! For those who don't know what ST is, here is a link... http://www.sweettomatoes.com/

Anyway... The salads were amazing and it must have been my lucky day... they had one of my favorite soups!! ...Clam Chowder! YUM! We all left very satisfied and full! The kids love it there -- they always have mac-n-cheese on the pasta bar... sooo.... of course they loved that after they ate their salads! I am so blessed to have great fruit and veggie eaters!

We came home and settled kiddos down for naps... C and E slept until 430 -- very rare! We let them, as we knew we would be out late to see fireworks.

Later that evening...around 7 or so we set out to find a "spot" to sit and watch the fireworks. We did some exploring and found a new place we hadn't been before. We went up the street to Culver's to get ice cream for Rodney and the kids and a Lemon Ice with blueberries for me -- yum!

We found our spot and put out the lawn chairs and the kids played in the back of the van, which we converted into a nice little playroom, and all were happy (most of the time) :) We were there for almost 2 hours mind you! At one point, Robert perked up and loudly exclaimed: "Look mommy! Over there! Is that fireworks?!?!" ...unfortunately it was a radio tower... Now that brought back some memories of the first time I went to see fireworks with Rodney and my good friend Pam :) It gave both Rodney and I a good chuckle! -- Thanks Pam! :)

E started getting fussy about 9:00... she was almost asleep at 9:30 and the fireworks started! She immediately perked up! :) I am not sure if C and E had ever seen fireworks before. C would yell "whoa! Look mommy!" and point each time there was a burst in the sky. E would squeal and clap her hands... then started pointing to the fireworks :) When there was a short 'lull' in the program, she started signing the word 'more', which we have taught her as a way to ask for 'more' of something :) it was priceless... and of course I left my camera at home! :( bummer! Maybe next time! They were FABULOUS fireworks.. We had a GREAT place to view them... We really had a good time!

As we were working through traffic to get home Rodney and I got pretty amused thinking about how we got there 2 hours early.... was in traffic for nearly 45 minutes and the fireworks??? Well... they were 30 minutes...

The things we do for entertainment! That's all for now! :) Hope y'all had a great 4th!

Yet another trip to Oskaloosa!

We have make 3 trips to Oskaloosa f0r weddings over the course of 4 weeks. Whew! We had a lot of fun! It is always great to see good friends and get to go to these wonderful weddings!

On our way home - this last time the boys were deciding to be awfully silly! I had the camera and decided to take a few pictures... Here are some fun collage pics of the boys' silliness... Robert kept "hiding" from the camera... but couldn't help himself and would laugh and peek! Silly boy! C was just a goof ball! :) Going from the blank stare to the "thinker" to just smile!

Goofing off in May :)

At the end of May we spent a fun day goofing off. The boys enjoyed "pumping up" and being "buff football players" and E enjoyed just being cute! :)

From Robert's "Graduation"

Yay! My first collage! Here is Robert's "graduation" collage... He was so proud... It was awfully cute...however... really? One family brought a huge bouquet of flowers and were going out for an extravagant meal... This would be why we were informed of our "duties" as a parent of a 'graduate' ! :)

Some More Hilarity :)

Oh my boys...

A couple of weeks ago I picked up the two youngest kids from daycare... There had been some really nasty weather that had come through and it had really rained hard. When we came out to the van I noticed some nasty greenish black sludge that the rain had forced out of the drain pipe. I told the boys to watch out and not step in "that gross stuff".

Robert of course had to tell C, our 2 year old foster child, that he needed to not step in it! :) C, started pointing at "the stuff" and said "Gog! Goggy! Goggy puke! Goggy puked mommy!" He was trying to tell us that he thought it was Doggy puke... Robert in his infinite wisdom then told C: "No... no that isn't right... God wouldn't puke from heaven down to this earth! you are wrong!" It was all I could do not to laugh outloud!!! :D

Bless him! My little genius!

Older quotes from a 5 year old :)

We decided we really should write in a book of all the little quotes that Robert shares with us..

Back in May... Here's a keeper!

...so our 5 year old had a 'day with mommy day' today...we were on our way to pick up Rodney and he says 'so mommy... When we pick up your husband can he read my adoption book to me?' I said 'you mean daddy?' he said 'yes your husband!' Bless that child...


Robert graduated from Pre-School on May 19.... Now keep in mind... I think it is great... but really ... I must rant for a moment... parents make way too big of a deal of this... Here is his quote...

The evening of graduation he informed me that we HAD to give him some flowers and take him out somewhere special ...oh..and get him a motorcycle which he kindly offered to put a side cart on for me to ride in.... Since he, afterall, graduated last night...from preschool... Priceless child! :)

Quotes of a 5 year old

Oh Bless my precious child!!

We were on our way to Iowa this weekend for a wedding and a song came on the radio. The words go.. "I've got a couple dents on my fenders, a couple rips in my jeans.."

Robert has started singing at the top of his lungs... "I've got some dents in my fingers got alotta rips in my beans!

Silly little boy!

My First Post!

So I decided to take the plunge! Here I go! We will see how well I do with this.... I really hope to keep this up to date.... I have some back logging to do... I am looking forward to seeing the memories that I am able to post and keep record of!

I am sure that as I understand how to do blogs and create my page better that things will fall together much better as I go!

Here's to keeping memories!