So tonight we were talking about growing up. I told the kids that when they have their own kids I would be their kids' grandma. They thought that was pretty funny. Ha, me a grandma!
I then asked them what they would name their kids. Here are the names Jolene and Adele have picked out so far.
Jolene: "Lily, Snowflake, Spot, and Butterfly"
Adele: "Pink sparkly heart, pink sparkly heart butterfly, and pink sparkly heart spot"
Me:"Those are all very unique names and I have never met anyone going by any of those names."
Me: "Did you know Gideon will be a daddy when he has kids?"
Jolene: "But he has to find a girl first."
Me: "Yes, that is true."
Adele: "I'm his girl!"
Me: "Wellll, that is not really allowed."
Gideon: gives Adele a big shove and wrestles with her on the couch.
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Showing posts with label Gideon. Show all posts
16.5.10
Conversations with a toddler and preschooler cont.
Arriving at church
Jolene not getting out of the car: "I can't walk to church my feet are weary."
Me: "Jolene we are about 10 feet away, I think you can manage."
Jolene's body suddenly liquefies. We somehow manage to bottle her up and carry her into church.
Adele at the dinner table.
Adele: " Mom you are an apple, Jolene is a cake, I'm a brownie, Daddy is a strawberry and Gideon is a sandwich.
Me:" Hmmm, that is interesting. Why are you a brownie?"
Adele: "I don't know, I just am"
Adele stubs her little toe on the door. The little toe has a very, very tiny cut which is bleeding.
Adele: *crying very hard* "I will never walk again!!"
Gideon: "Whe Daddee? Daddeeeeeee?"
Gideon is on our bed watching Brandon change out of his work clothes. Note: this happens every evening
Gideon: "Daa da daa da daa daaaa!" Translation #1: "Nan a nan a nan ahh!" Translation #2 : "You can't get me!"
Jolene not getting out of the car: "I can't walk to church my feet are weary."
Me: "Jolene we are about 10 feet away, I think you can manage."
Jolene's body suddenly liquefies. We somehow manage to bottle her up and carry her into church.
Adele at the dinner table.
Adele: " Mom you are an apple, Jolene is a cake, I'm a brownie, Daddy is a strawberry and Gideon is a sandwich.
Me:" Hmmm, that is interesting. Why are you a brownie?"
Adele: "I don't know, I just am"
Adele stubs her little toe on the door. The little toe has a very, very tiny cut which is bleeding.
Adele: *crying very hard* "I will never walk again!!"
Gideon: "Whe Daddee? Daddeeeeeee?"
Gideon is on our bed watching Brandon change out of his work clothes. Note: this happens every evening
Gideon: "Daa da daa da daa daaaa!" Translation #1: "Nan a nan a nan ahh!" Translation #2 : "You can't get me!"
22.3.10
Baseball
Brandon and I are teaching the kids how to play. I suppose we should actually call it T-ball.
I am surprised by how much they like it. I thought they would lose interest quickly. We played for almost 45 minutes today. The girls wanted to keep playing but Gideon was ready for something new.
We need to get a proper plastic ball and bat. The one we have is for Gideon's age. The bat is almost too little for the girls hands...that's a first.
I don't think the odds are very high of finding a set for sale in the store.
Gideon is giving up his morning nap and Adele is done with her afternoon one. I am having a hard time trying to keep Gids entertained while teaching Jolene. Any ideas? He will colour for about two minutes and then everything ends up on the floor. The same with playdough. I know this will only last for a little while, I am just trying to keep from being too frustrated while in it.
Adele has just shown me that she can now draw hearts. A very important accomplishment for any little girl. Adele has grown up a lot lately. She no longer uses nappies, she gave up her passie on her own accord, and she no longer has naps. She often answers one of our qeestions by saying "of course!"
Example:
Me: "Adele would you like to have a drink?"
Adele: "of course!"
Me: "Adele it is time to eat, please go sit at the table."
Adele: "of course"
We are very proud of her recent accomplishments, especially the ability to draw hearts :-)
I am surprised by how much they like it. I thought they would lose interest quickly. We played for almost 45 minutes today. The girls wanted to keep playing but Gideon was ready for something new.
We need to get a proper plastic ball and bat. The one we have is for Gideon's age. The bat is almost too little for the girls hands...that's a first.
I don't think the odds are very high of finding a set for sale in the store.
Gideon is giving up his morning nap and Adele is done with her afternoon one. I am having a hard time trying to keep Gids entertained while teaching Jolene. Any ideas? He will colour for about two minutes and then everything ends up on the floor. The same with playdough. I know this will only last for a little while, I am just trying to keep from being too frustrated while in it.
Adele has just shown me that she can now draw hearts. A very important accomplishment for any little girl. Adele has grown up a lot lately. She no longer uses nappies, she gave up her passie on her own accord, and she no longer has naps. She often answers one of our qeestions by saying "of course!"
Example:
Me: "Adele would you like to have a drink?"
Adele: "of course!"
Me: "Adele it is time to eat, please go sit at the table."
Adele: "of course"
We are very proud of her recent accomplishments, especially the ability to draw hearts :-)
24.3.09
Chicken bones, bottom? Peppers inside peppers! Move it. Visits from the other side. Encourage.
Well, just finished a 750+ page book in about a day and a half. Thought I should do something different now, like write.
I have to admit that the book I just read was not anything of substance but I still enjoyed it. Especially when the characters all began to whip out their special superhero powers in preparation for the battle of the millennium.
Recent events in our lives are as follows:
1. I recently had the joy of extracting a few chicken bones from Jolene's bottom end. She now knows the consequence of not chewing her food. Thankfully the bones didn't pierce her stomach/intestines, could have been a much longer story it they had.
2. Two weekends ago Brandon and I had the pleasure of attending a Sri Lankan wedding reception. The groom is someone from Brandon's work. They were married in Sri Lanka and had a reception over here for friends and family. It wasn't extremely different to most receptions except for the following:
a)we didn't eat until 9pm
b)they served the wedding cake before the meal
c)the food consisted of mainly curries (yum). One of which contained large peppers stuffed with other peppers. Of course Brandon trying to fit in ate half of a large pepper and subsequently cried involuntarily for 5-10 minutes. I told him not to eat it, so I didn't feel very sorry for him when his stomach began to do odd things and feel as if it was on fire.
I was able to meet B's boss as well as some of the co-workers. That was nice. We were asked by a few why we lived here and were able to tell our story (to be Christians in Australia).
We left the kids with the Blackwoods (great babysitters). Our first night away from all the children in about 6 months! Party on! No not really, we got back around 11 and promptly went to bed. Well, except for me who was in the middle of reading a vampire book and decided to stay up for a "bit" longer.
3. Gideon is about to crawl! He just turned 6 months, this is much earlier than the girls. He does this push-up move where he is on his hands and toes with his belly hovering above the floor. Sometimes he will get his knees in the proper place and start rocking back and forth. This usually ends up with him doing a face plant into the carpet. He is getting better :-)
4. Jacob, Addie, and Moriah Fisher will be flying out here on April 25th. Jacob will be staying for almost 3 weeks and the girls for 7. After the girls leave my parents will be arriving a few days later and staying for three weeks. So we will have family living with us for almost three months! Hooray!
5. Ken and Floy Smith are over here right now worshiping with us. It is great seeing them again. They are such an encouragement. Ken is leading the adult Sunday school class, covering church planting, as well as preaching in the morning. Church planting is a new idea for several at church. It is good to have Ken's wealth of knowledge on the subject at hand as our congregation wrestles with the idea of planting. Aside from that it is encouraging to see the zeal Ken and Floy have for evangelism and discipleship.
I have to admit that the book I just read was not anything of substance but I still enjoyed it. Especially when the characters all began to whip out their special superhero powers in preparation for the battle of the millennium.
Recent events in our lives are as follows:
1. I recently had the joy of extracting a few chicken bones from Jolene's bottom end. She now knows the consequence of not chewing her food. Thankfully the bones didn't pierce her stomach/intestines, could have been a much longer story it they had.
2. Two weekends ago Brandon and I had the pleasure of attending a Sri Lankan wedding reception. The groom is someone from Brandon's work. They were married in Sri Lanka and had a reception over here for friends and family. It wasn't extremely different to most receptions except for the following:
a)we didn't eat until 9pm
b)they served the wedding cake before the meal
c)the food consisted of mainly curries (yum). One of which contained large peppers stuffed with other peppers. Of course Brandon trying to fit in ate half of a large pepper and subsequently cried involuntarily for 5-10 minutes. I told him not to eat it, so I didn't feel very sorry for him when his stomach began to do odd things and feel as if it was on fire.
I was able to meet B's boss as well as some of the co-workers. That was nice. We were asked by a few why we lived here and were able to tell our story (to be Christians in Australia).
We left the kids with the Blackwoods (great babysitters). Our first night away from all the children in about 6 months! Party on! No not really, we got back around 11 and promptly went to bed. Well, except for me who was in the middle of reading a vampire book and decided to stay up for a "bit" longer.
3. Gideon is about to crawl! He just turned 6 months, this is much earlier than the girls. He does this push-up move where he is on his hands and toes with his belly hovering above the floor. Sometimes he will get his knees in the proper place and start rocking back and forth. This usually ends up with him doing a face plant into the carpet. He is getting better :-)
4. Jacob, Addie, and Moriah Fisher will be flying out here on April 25th. Jacob will be staying for almost 3 weeks and the girls for 7. After the girls leave my parents will be arriving a few days later and staying for three weeks. So we will have family living with us for almost three months! Hooray!
5. Ken and Floy Smith are over here right now worshiping with us. It is great seeing them again. They are such an encouragement. Ken is leading the adult Sunday school class, covering church planting, as well as preaching in the morning. Church planting is a new idea for several at church. It is good to have Ken's wealth of knowledge on the subject at hand as our congregation wrestles with the idea of planting. Aside from that it is encouraging to see the zeal Ken and Floy have for evangelism and discipleship.
7.3.09
Happy 6 months, Giddyup!
Name: Gideon Ioan
AKA: Gids, Giddyup, Chubs, Little Man, Smiles
Physical appearance: slightly hairing (as opposed to balding), chub and more chub, no teeth (thank goodness!), bright toothless grin.
Hobbies: Smile, rotate with bottom staying in the centre, eat, grab my sisters' books, pull their hair.
Favourite Foods: Applesauce, smashed bananas, smashed sweet potatoes, rice cereal, smashed avocado, anything smashed and mashed I suppose.
Places I hang: Cot, floor, pram, and often snuggles in someone's arms.
Bad habits: Spitting, sucking fingers, drooling all over everything and anyone.
AKA: Gids, Giddyup, Chubs, Little Man, Smiles
Physical appearance: slightly hairing (as opposed to balding), chub and more chub, no teeth (thank goodness!), bright toothless grin.
Hobbies: Smile, rotate with bottom staying in the centre, eat, grab my sisters' books, pull their hair.
Favourite Foods: Applesauce, smashed bananas, smashed sweet potatoes, rice cereal, smashed avocado, anything smashed and mashed I suppose.
Places I hang: Cot, floor, pram, and often snuggles in someone's arms.
Bad habits: Spitting, sucking fingers, drooling all over everything and anyone.
3.10.08
Conversations with a toddler cont....
Jolene: "In my bed I dream ballerinas"
Brandon: Having a serious conversation about spiritual matters with us around the dinner table.
Jolene: "Daddy, you look like jam"
Us: "What?, what did you say Jolene?"
Jolene: "Daddy looks like strawberry jam"
Us: "Ummm ok, is that b/c he has a red jumper (sweater) on?"
Jolene: "Yes"
Us: "ok"
Jolene: "I don't want Gideon to wee on my pictures"
Us: "No, we didn't want him to wee on your pictures either"
Brandon: "Mommy didn't cover him fast enough"
Megan: "Sorry Jolene, I think we will have to throw that picture away, its a bit wet."
:-)
Brandon: Having a serious conversation about spiritual matters with us around the dinner table.
Jolene: "Daddy, you look like jam"
Us: "What?, what did you say Jolene?"
Jolene: "Daddy looks like strawberry jam"
Us: "Ummm ok, is that b/c he has a red jumper (sweater) on?"
Jolene: "Yes"
Us: "ok"
Jolene: "I don't want Gideon to wee on my pictures"
Us: "No, we didn't want him to wee on your pictures either"
Brandon: "Mommy didn't cover him fast enough"
Megan: "Sorry Jolene, I think we will have to throw that picture away, its a bit wet."
:-)
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