Insect Safari!

Jester Park Field Trip 09'

C-man and his insect-catching buddies.....we caught grasshoppers, moths, daddy-long-legs, & a baby fly.
C-man (maybe a future naturalist) smelling the dirt and looking for evidence of insects using the decomposed wood. He loves the word decomposed! Did you know the trees decompose and then it turns back into soil? I learned that last year in the K field-trip!

God Loves You!

First day of RE was yesterday, here goes the conversation after picking C-Man up:

Me: How was RE?

C: BOOORING!

a little later while in the car......

C: Mom, how many gods are there?

Me: Just one GOD.

C: Whoa! he watches ALL of us?

Me: He's mighty and powerful.

C: How big is God?

Me: Well, let me put it this way, "He's got the whole world in his hands."

C: WHOA! He's that big?!?! When was God born?

Me: (after some deliberation......) That's a good question, I'm not sure if he was ever born, I just know that he is and that he created the earth and all that....

C: Oh my goodness!

Me: I'll read it to you from the bible tonight.

C: Yes, I want to read all I can about God!

Me: (BIG PROUD SMILE)

C: Does God sleep?

Me: nope, he's always awake and will always be there for you.

C: Do angels sleep? When I go to heaven, will I sleep?

Me: those are good questions, I suppose you can do what you want to do in heaven and maybe angels sleep or maybe they don't so they can watch over us all the time.

C-man: Is our heart big enough to love God?

Me: oh yes, and our heart is big enough to love Jesus and everyone else that we love...

C-man: Oh my! Is Jesus God?

Me: yes, God wanted to be human-like so he made Jesus and he died on the cross to save our sins.

C-man: So, God is our #1 super-hero and then Jesus is another super-hero....

Me: yes.

the conversation ended when we opened the door to the house.....SO, RE might be BOOORING, but I know that it provoked some thinking on his part and I was happy to have that conversation......hopefully his questions won't be much harder, or I'm going to have to research OR, we're going to have to set up an appointment with Father Gregg.

Triple the age, Triple the fun!

Happy #3 Miss-O!

It's a Princess Birthday......Miss-O liked her Princess cake.
This kids decorated photo frames.......Miss Jackie got into the action.

What? Miss Marin, what are you doing wearing the opponent's colors?

Oh, I guess we'll love you anyways......you look so cute!

These boots are made for walkin'......

Say Cheese kids!

BOASTING AND BRAGGING BOYS.......

HELP!
I haven't pulled out my old big and heavy pediatric book to see if my 6 year old child is appropriate in the boasting and bragging, not to mention TALL tales he's been telling.

For example, he told his neighbor girl's friend that he's the smartest of all first graders. He knows everything and it's in his head. He stretches the stories and the truth.

Oh, mothers out there who have had 6 year old boys....do they do this? is it appropriate? Where is the book, what to expect out of your grade-schoolers....? It would probably be too thick to even produce wouldn't it? I know it's a bit nerdy of me and nurse-like..but I do like to pull the ol' Ped's book out and do different social/cognitive assessments on my kids to see if they are up to par.

So, I'll do my homework and praying and if you have any advice, I'd sure like some..........I've told him it's not appropriate to not tell the truth and to be careful of bragging about how smart he is, because maybe his friends won't like to hear that. BUT am I missing anything? Anything to say to really drive the point home?????

So, blogging may come to a minimum as the school year is underway, as well as a new fall semester in teaching nursing students.
I find myself becoming obsessive-compulsive and checking the calendar, school calendar, work schedules, extra-curricular activities and making sure everything is in order.......then re-checking!
I'm not sure if I'm ready to correct papers in the wee-hours of the night, but I'm a nerd and somehow do take joy in it.
As for the kids; Miss-O will be going to Mommy-n-me preschool with Grandma and Marin.....so it's now called Grandma-n-Marin-n-me preschool. I'll get to join her in November. We just signed C-man up for Tiger scouts, so we're officially den parents!
So, I'll try my best to update you in our lives, but it might be in brief picture and comments.

p.s. the next blog should be interesting.....we have a newly groomed dog! Did we schedule the appointment? NO......but we have a future pet groomer or hairstylist in the house. She's about 28 pounds and fearless with scissors. Poor Indy has chunks taken out of his head, back and hind-quarters. The funniest part is he is so submissive, he just layed there while she snipped away. Where were her parents, you ask? We and C-man were eating dinner and THOUGHT she was cutting some cardboard in the living-room after she excused herself from the table. Well, we were having an intense conversation when we noticed it was quiet and that's when Paul says, "I hope she's not doing what I think she could be doing...." too late, she was doing it! At least she didn't try to cut her hair again, she's going to be a flower girl for Paul's cousin's wedding, and we already had one wedding with her and her snipped hair, we don't need another....................

I think I just blogged the next blog but forgot the picture.....hmmm.......

Zoo for me & Zoo for you.....

We had an awesome weekend last week.

Friday night after C-man was finished with school, we hopped into the car and drove to Omaha, NE.

We met Uncle John & Aunt Sarah at Hiro's. Yum, Sushi! Thanks John and Sarah for picking out the eats.

C-man wants to thank you again for the bow & arrows!

Saturday, we headed to the Omaha Zoo and discovered the animals.

OUR FAVORITES INCLUDE:

Paul-Swamp

C-man-Swamp & Aquarium

Miss-O-Fishies

Mine-Swamp, Gorillas, & Aquarium

oo-oo-aah-aah........our monkeys!
It's a small world! We bumped into my cousin Michelle and her family (Mike & little Angelo) & my Uncle David! So I truly scored in seeing family for the weekend!
Michelle, thanks for the restaurant referral.....we'll have to try it next time we're in the city!

checkin' out the seals with Grandpa.

The girls and their daddies......Marin took off Paul's hat and Miss-O was putting it back on....they work as a team!

We were excited to see Uncle John and Aunt Sarah. It was fun hanging out with them and seeing their house.....thanks guys, you've done some wonderful work on the house.!