Nature Walk

Bob

This is Bob the Tomato. He is Veggie-Tale wonder. He keeps Larry the Cucumber in line. Nathan loves Veggie-Tales. He has a red shirt with a Bob face. And it came with a Bob the Tomato trucker hat. He wears his hat all the time. Including going to bed. I have to beg him to take it off in the bathtub.

My Favorite Song

Whenever I hear the song of a bird,
Or look at a blue, blue sky.
Whenever I feel the rain on my face,
Or the wind as it rushes by.
Whenever I touch a velvet rose,
Or walk by our lilac tree.
I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world,
Heavenly Father created for me.

He gave me my eyes that I might see,
The color of butterfly wings.
He gave me my ears that I might hear,
The magical sound of things.
He gave me my life, my mind, my heart.
I thank him reverently.
For his creations, of which I'm a part.
Yes, I know Heavenly Father loves me.

Danger Mouse

Danger Mouse was a British cartoon featuring a rodent super spy. It began running on the American airways in 1984. My husband loved this cartoons a a child. Therefore, our children have seen Danger Mouse. They LOVE it! And I have to admit it is a witty little cartoon. Very little boy. I highly recommend seeing these if you have not had the opportunity.


With that intro, I would like to introduce our own little Danger Mouse.


Danger Mouse is actually a Chinese Dwarf Hamster. I got her as a class pet back in 2005. She turned out to be very shy and couldn't handle a classroom. I got two mice instead that ended up eating each other. Anyway, I took Danger Mouse (known by a different name at the time) home. These little critters only have a life span of about a year and she was so cute. I thought Kenny would like a pet.

That was two years ago. She is still alive and very healthy. Nathan is really into the little rodent. He was the one who named her Danger Mouse and started singing the Danger Mouse theme song in her presence. I want to give her away or accidentally lose her, but Nathan would be sad and she is too cute.

This means our house has two adults, two little boys, a dog, a cat, a Danger Mouse, and a beta fish during summers and long holidays. Call us crazy.

Seriously...we are crazy.

Daylight Savings

"Fall Back into Daylight Savings" used to be a favorite saying of mine. It meant an extra hour of sleep, which was always nice before 9:00 church. I loved waking up and thinking, "Oh, I can go back to sleep, I have another hour."

Then I had kids.

My boys could care less whether the government says we have to reset our clocks. They do not care what the little numbers on the clock mean. For them , wake up time is wake up time. And wake up time means, "I'm soooooo hungry. Diaper peez. Mooooom, Nathan's not putting his notebook in the right place. Tenny...no!" and so on so forth.

**Sigh**
Goodbye extra hour! Maybe we can meet again in about 5-10 years.

Is it Christmas yet?

I forgot to post this picture of Piper and her Halloween bows. Cute!

We took down our decorations today. Kenny was really sad and kept asking when we will decorate for Christmas. I told him it isn't Christmas yet, but it's getting close. Then we go to stores and they are all decorated for Christmas...and playing carols. So now he wants to decorate our house and just doesn't understand why I am holding him up. What a mean mom! He asks me about 5 times a day when Christmas is coming. Maybe I should look at the plus side and go ahead and use Santa a behavior leverage.

Not much is going on this weekend, so I don't have anything exciting to post about.

*Check out the new quote on the side. Second from the top*

Just For You!

The other night, we went to bed and found this. He has really taken off with coloring. He spends hours drawing and coloring . He is really getting good at it. He includes a lot of detail and colors.


This is a picture of Daddy.


This is a picture of Veggie-Tales. He's got Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, and Junior Asparagus. He also included the individual tiles from the kitchen of the Veggie-Tales set.

We are so proud of him and how much he is growing and developing. Keep it up kiddo!