Me: Love you
Kiki: Luz you
She's so squishable!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Kennedy
When Kennedy says "love" she pronounces the "v" as a "z" sound. It's the cutest thing ever and I smile every night when I walk out of her room.
Me: Love you
Kiki: Luz you
She's so squishable!
Me: Love you
Kiki: Luz you
She's so squishable!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Future occupations
Tonight I was laying in bed with Kennedy at bedtime, kissing her squishy cheeks and talking about our day today, and what we'll do tomorrow. For some reason I asked her, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" She said, "I want to go to the gym and work out!" so I said, "oh wow, but what do you want to BE?" and she said "A Mommy!!!". Oh how I love her.
Then I went in to kiss Ally goodnight and asked her the same question, she said, "a photographer!". Love it!
So when I went in to kiss Reece, I asked him the same question and he said, "Well I would like to be able to shoot lasers into space, but I don't know if I can do that so I was thinking that I want to be a chef, but that's a lot of work and I don't know if you get a lot of money for that". I said, "well you'd get to eat a lot of good food!" and he got a big toothless grin.
Man I love these kids, so silly and wonderful!
Then I went in to kiss Ally goodnight and asked her the same question, she said, "a photographer!". Love it!
So when I went in to kiss Reece, I asked him the same question and he said, "Well I would like to be able to shoot lasers into space, but I don't know if I can do that so I was thinking that I want to be a chef, but that's a lot of work and I don't know if you get a lot of money for that". I said, "well you'd get to eat a lot of good food!" and he got a big toothless grin.
Man I love these kids, so silly and wonderful!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
death
Not the happiest blog header huh? What a hard concept for us to understand. Even as an adult I don't understand why people die before "their time". But then I guess it IS their time when they die right? My faith leads me to trust that although we don't know His plan, it's still His plan. Although it's hard, I know there's a reason. This weekend has been sad for me, for our family, and many others in the world I know. I wonder how many people lost a loved one this week? Many I'm sure.
We lost Jermaine's Uncle Ervin. He lived for a long 75 years, but still died too soon due to cancer. Jermaine and Victoria went to the funeral, 3 hours away, and I stayed home with the little kids. They said they felt so at peace after the service, knowing that he is ok and his wife is ok. He doesn't have cancer anymore.
Ally has struggled for days, crying several times a day and at bedtime. She wasn't that close to Uncle Ervin really, he lived several hours away, but I figured out that it's her first death experience and she's old enough to realize that she will never see him again. I think she's having a hard time with that finality. Poor baby.
Today I photographed a family who lost their newborn baby. My heart so heavy tonight with the burden of grief. One lived a long life, but left too soon. One never given the chance to walk our earth. I know they are both with Him tonight, no longer in pain but at peace. But how difficult it is for those of us still here, missing, remembering, regretting, wishing, praying. My heart aches tonight for Ervin's wife Elna, his 9 siblings, and many other family members who loved him so. And my heart breaks for the new parents who went home from the hospital without their son.
Uncle Ervin, third from the left, with his 9 siblings.
We lost Jermaine's Uncle Ervin. He lived for a long 75 years, but still died too soon due to cancer. Jermaine and Victoria went to the funeral, 3 hours away, and I stayed home with the little kids. They said they felt so at peace after the service, knowing that he is ok and his wife is ok. He doesn't have cancer anymore.
Ally has struggled for days, crying several times a day and at bedtime. She wasn't that close to Uncle Ervin really, he lived several hours away, but I figured out that it's her first death experience and she's old enough to realize that she will never see him again. I think she's having a hard time with that finality. Poor baby.
Today I photographed a family who lost their newborn baby. My heart so heavy tonight with the burden of grief. One lived a long life, but left too soon. One never given the chance to walk our earth. I know they are both with Him tonight, no longer in pain but at peace. But how difficult it is for those of us still here, missing, remembering, regretting, wishing, praying. My heart aches tonight for Ervin's wife Elna, his 9 siblings, and many other family members who loved him so. And my heart breaks for the new parents who went home from the hospital without their son.
Uncle Ervin, third from the left, with his 9 siblings.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
UP
For 2 years now I've been trying to get Felicity to watch TV. Not alot of TV, our kids don't really watch alot, but just one or two shows a day maybe. Just enough for me to get a few things done while she's mesmerized and not getting into trouble. However, she's never liked TV. Forget it, no Barney, Wiggles, Wonder Pets, Backyardigans, none of the shows that my others have liked. Then for Christmas Santa brought us Disney's UP. Ally and Reece had seen in in the theater with Nana, but the rest of us hadn't. I cried like a baby within the first 15 minutes, it's just a wonderful, magical movie!
So a couple of weeks ago Felicity asked to watch "Up". We put it on and she sat still for about half of the movie. We were dumbstruck! At one point I was like, "omg where's Felicity?!!" and realized she was still on the couch. What a wonderful thing! She asks every single day now to watch it, and although we don't put it on every day, I sure do save it up to use when I need it. With a creative, ambitious (mischievous) child like Felicity, the only times I can relax a little are when she's strapped into her booster seat (not really, because she has tipped her chair over before), when she's finally asleep (but until that happens we have to go in her room a billion times because she's into everything, and when she watches "UP".
Thank you Disney.
The negative side effects: she carries the box around and keeps taking the DVDs out. It came with 4: a Blu Ray, regular DVD, and 2 more. It's only a matter of time before she destroys them so I'll probably put them away and let her have the empty box. Also, she loves the bird "Kevin" on Up and talks about her all the time, asking where she is, and she cried when the dogs captured her and when she goes off with her babies. It's such a genuine cry and it's soooo sad, but I can't not let her watch Up! She would be devastated!
So a couple of weeks ago Felicity asked to watch "Up". We put it on and she sat still for about half of the movie. We were dumbstruck! At one point I was like, "omg where's Felicity?!!" and realized she was still on the couch. What a wonderful thing! She asks every single day now to watch it, and although we don't put it on every day, I sure do save it up to use when I need it. With a creative, ambitious (mischievous) child like Felicity, the only times I can relax a little are when she's strapped into her booster seat (not really, because she has tipped her chair over before), when she's finally asleep (but until that happens we have to go in her room a billion times because she's into everything, and when she watches "UP".
Thank you Disney.
The negative side effects: she carries the box around and keeps taking the DVDs out. It came with 4: a Blu Ray, regular DVD, and 2 more. It's only a matter of time before she destroys them so I'll probably put them away and let her have the empty box. Also, she loves the bird "Kevin" on Up and talks about her all the time, asking where she is, and she cried when the dogs captured her and when she goes off with her babies. It's such a genuine cry and it's soooo sad, but I can't not let her watch Up! She would be devastated!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Long overdue
I've wanted to start a personal/family for years. I think I did start one way back when I heard the word "blog". I googled it to see what all the hype was, then created one, posted a few times, and never saw it again. Hmm I wonder if it's still in cyberspace somewhere??
Anyway, recently I found a site that will print your blog, what an ingenious idea! I'm having my old biz blog printed, just for sentimental purposes and it looks really cool. So then I realized I must do this for our family! I post silly stories and pictures daily on Facebook, but those will also be lost in cyberspace forever. This way I can print an annual book, and we can enjoy it as a family. I cherish all of the little details about my kids and I know that the memories will fade without reminders. It hurts my heart that I haven't documented many of the little details of the last decade, sigh.
For now I wont worry about the "look" of my new blog, I want to devote any extra time I have to posting on it. Eventually I may make it prettier.
So onto my first post. Kennedy doesn't want to go to preschool. Last Spring, after months of hearing, "I want to go to school too!", I took her for a tour and signed her up for 2 days/week for that Fall (2009). That summer she announced that she didn't want to go to preschool. For a month she insisted she was sure about this, so I UN-enrolled her. Every so often I ask her about it and she's adamant that she doesn't want to go. I explained that she should probably go next year, so that she experiences school before she starts all-day Kindergarten Fall 2011. One day recently she said, "Mama, I'm going to school when I'm bigger" and I said "Yay!". Then soon-after she resumed her resolution to never go to school. Jermaine think she will really never go. She's far to sweet and squishy to MAKE her go, I don't think I could ever walk away and leave her crying somewhere new, that's just not going to happen lol.
This evening we were snuggling on the couch watching The Wonder Pets and the episode was about a little blowfish who was afraid to go to preschool! I was so excited for Kennedy to see it. So here's how it went:
me: Aww Kennedy, look! That little fish is afraid of going to preschool like you!
Kennedy: I'm not afraid of preschool, I just don't want to go.
me: (laughing out loud) Oh ok.
Felicity: I wan go peeskool!
me: You want to go to preschool Felicity??
F: YES!!!
Why am I not surprised about this? I know for a fact that the day I drop Felicity at preschool, she'll run off and never look back. I'm thinking about letting her go in the Fall too, maybe Kennedy 3 mornings a week and Felicity 2 mornings? Not sure yet. Then I can still have some alone time with F, and also plenty of time with both girls. I know this is all 7 months away, but of course registration is soon! I hope by September she wants to go!
Anyway, recently I found a site that will print your blog, what an ingenious idea! I'm having my old biz blog printed, just for sentimental purposes and it looks really cool. So then I realized I must do this for our family! I post silly stories and pictures daily on Facebook, but those will also be lost in cyberspace forever. This way I can print an annual book, and we can enjoy it as a family. I cherish all of the little details about my kids and I know that the memories will fade without reminders. It hurts my heart that I haven't documented many of the little details of the last decade, sigh.
For now I wont worry about the "look" of my new blog, I want to devote any extra time I have to posting on it. Eventually I may make it prettier.
So onto my first post. Kennedy doesn't want to go to preschool. Last Spring, after months of hearing, "I want to go to school too!", I took her for a tour and signed her up for 2 days/week for that Fall (2009). That summer she announced that she didn't want to go to preschool. For a month she insisted she was sure about this, so I UN-enrolled her. Every so often I ask her about it and she's adamant that she doesn't want to go. I explained that she should probably go next year, so that she experiences school before she starts all-day Kindergarten Fall 2011. One day recently she said, "Mama, I'm going to school when I'm bigger" and I said "Yay!". Then soon-after she resumed her resolution to never go to school. Jermaine think she will really never go. She's far to sweet and squishy to MAKE her go, I don't think I could ever walk away and leave her crying somewhere new, that's just not going to happen lol.
This evening we were snuggling on the couch watching The Wonder Pets and the episode was about a little blowfish who was afraid to go to preschool! I was so excited for Kennedy to see it. So here's how it went:
me: Aww Kennedy, look! That little fish is afraid of going to preschool like you!
Kennedy: I'm not afraid of preschool, I just don't want to go.
me: (laughing out loud) Oh ok.
Felicity: I wan go peeskool!
me: You want to go to preschool Felicity??
F: YES!!!
Why am I not surprised about this? I know for a fact that the day I drop Felicity at preschool, she'll run off and never look back. I'm thinking about letting her go in the Fall too, maybe Kennedy 3 mornings a week and Felicity 2 mornings? Not sure yet. Then I can still have some alone time with F, and also plenty of time with both girls. I know this is all 7 months away, but of course registration is soon! I hope by September she wants to go!
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