Cats

I feel as though I should dedicate this post to you, my dear cousin Dedra.

One week ago, I went to a friend's house with Naomi and Caleb. I went inside and my children were in heaven running around the farm chasing cats. Extremely tolerant cats. I checked outside often to find them in various places, sitting on a log petting a cat, carrying one down the driveway, making it dance on the porch....

At one point I went to check and found Caleb trailing behind Naomi who was dragging a soaked cat up to the house.  We then had the following conversation-

Me: Naomi, how did that cat get so wet?
Naomi : ( just looking at me)
Me: Naomi, did you throw that cat in the pond?
N: Well, yea mom. We did.
Me: Wait, who threw the cat in the pond?
N and C: We took turns.

No, that isn't Caleb, but I thought it captured the moment well.


Fast forward a week, my husband and I went to the temple for the week end thus my kids went to grandma's house. My mom has a cat named Annie that I can not say I have a strong attachment to. She has mellowed but certainly would not be classified as friendly.

We were later informed that Alan ( by brother who lives with my mom still) was found searching the laundry room. When questioned about what he was looking for, he said "Caleb threw Annie down the laundry chute."

I think Caleb is not fond of cats.

A wise choice

While at the library yesterday I was looking for a nonfiction book. Phebe, the ever helpful, pulled a random book off the shelf and asked if I needed it. It was entitled "Positive Preschool Discipline."

Why yes Phebe, I do need that book.

There is a monster in the bathtub.

Phebe is happily wrapping a wet washcloth around the bathtub faucet right now, wet hair streaming down her back. Then she passed gas, really loudly.

Her head just whipped around as if trying to find the source of this sound, looking totally confused.

It made me laugh.

A little help

If you have a minute I would really appreciate it if you could go see if you are able to help a friend out.

Crowdfunding

Thank you so much.

Cannon in D

I am sure you have all heard Pachelbel's Cannon in D. It is a very standard song at weddings and such. I know I loved it when I as in orchestra. It is a pretty song. However, I do remember the bass and cello players complaining about it. Well, the kids I went to school with aren't alone in their hatred of that song. Here are of my favorite Cannon in D videos.

Seriously, this guy is funny.

To you who played cello, this makes me think of you. Plus it is fun to listen to.

There is another video by the Piano Guys where the cellist starts eating while playing, but I can't find it. 

I hope they made you smile. 

Today's bit of random

Here are my scattered thoughts right now-

I am trying to listen to the Book of Mormon in Portuguese in hopes of hearing how they actually pronounce things.

I babysit a lot. Gotta admit I just don't get kid's sometimes. I am finding that with prayer, concerted effort, experimentation and a good book called "Child Behavior" I think I am making progress. Man have I learned a lot. Oh, and if you have a 7 year old cut them some slack. When you are 7 the entire world hates you. And don't bother asking your 18 month old child anything, if you haven't noticed the answer is "No". It also isn't your imagination your child suddenly needs to go to the bathroom when you ask them to do something. Really, especially around age 8 it is very standard.

I have done a lot of cooking things with other people lately. I really enjoy that. I enjoy cooking and I enjoy company. Thus together it is even more awesome. I am really grateful that I love cooking so much. Considering I feel like it is 60% of what I do around here I am glad that I enjoy it so much. Of course maybe if I didn't like it I would do less of it.

Ethan and I are taking an in depth east coast swing class. Talk about awesome. So incredibly fun.


Naomi has been quite entertaining as of late. She has cut out the letters C,T, R out of paper and hung them from the ceiling in the kitchen. (CTR at church stands for choose the right.)

She also woke every child in the house up two nights ago so they could go sit by the heater vents in the living room.

Naomi decided it would be better to pack peanut butter, jelly, bread and a knife in her lunch rather than just make the sandwich before school. How that was efficiently I have no idea.


I have been recently reminded of many children's books that I love. Is it crazy that I could easily spend hundreds of dollars on children's books if I had the money? Some of the latest treasures I have come across include-

It's a Tiger by David LaRochelle. Can easily be used to get children very involved. If you have ever sung about "going on a bear hunt" this is very much along those lines. Fun, creative, comepletely engaging. I was surprised by how much we enjoy this book.

                              

Next up- Art and Max by David Wiesner.

This man's imagination is phenominal. There was a part where I actually laughed out loud. Even my husband was amused by this book. He has also written a book called Three Little Pigs. He switches art styles several times through the book and it has quite a surprise ending. He is a recent addition to my favorite kids authors.

And to end on a different style we have Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds.

I was concerned that it would be a bit scarey for Naomi who tends to have nightmares easily. She greatly enjoyed this book. It made me smile and the art work is such an off beat style I love it.

So those are some of the things going through my head right now. Aren't you glad you stopped by to read them?

Do you have any favorite children's books (or adult if you want. I read those too.)