A photo collage of my silly kids, and some funny things they say...
Kaleb and Aaron like to hide. Usually we don't even know they are hiding from us! Eventually I notice they are missing--but Derek is the best finder. I peeked in their closet but not in their hampers. Look what Derek saw when he took a look in the hampers!
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| Sneaky! |
Aaron and Braylen like to catch critters. Notice which son of mine is not pictured? (The one who doesn't like to catch critters!) :)
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| Toad and Snake...I mean, Aaron and Braylen |
At the beginning of summer (you know, mid-May) Aaron found a book with several science experiments he wanted to try. I meant to try more than one, but I think we only did one. It's hard to remember way back to May, but this is the only one I have a picture of! We filled a measuring cup with water and lots of salt, dangled a paperclip from a pencil, and watched crystals form on the glass, paperclip, string, and pencil. Eventually the water evaporated and the crystals spread to the outside of the glass. Aaron was fascinated, and I am happy he is still easy to please. :)
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| Here's the experiment 3 months after we began! |
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| And a close-up view, including Aaron's "Do not touch" sign. Along with his foot, I see. |
While fishing in the rowboat, Aaron reeled in a nice large mouth bass. This must be how Braylen felt about his little brother catching a big fish.
Celebrating our birthdays at the lake this year, Braylen chose to bring his friend Hunter along. Who says bobbing for apples is a fall activity? The kids picked all these apples and more.
We opened our gifts at the cabin, and Derek kept Aaron entertained by taking pictures with his phone. Remember, Aaron thinks my birthday presents are boring! :)
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| I think they look a lot alike in this picture. |
Speaking of Aaron, I have a few funnies:
While describing his most recent soccer game, he says, "Mommy, we were neck-in-head the whole game!" (He meant neck-in-neck)
"What does butter turn into when it melts?" (Another one of his questions he likes to constantly ask and ask and ask me!)
My kids have 3 names for their great grandmas: GG, great grandma Muriel, and the chip grandma. Many times Aaron gets them confused. While praying for his great grandma GG who passed away yesterday, Aaron remembered to pray for his daddy and uncle and aunt and grandma also--that they wouldn't be too sad and would know that great grandma is in heaven now. While sorting all the grandmas out in his prayer, he says, "I pray for grandma--plain grandma--my plain grandma..." I bet my mother-in-law just loves being called plain! :)
And not to forget about Kaleb...
He wanted to order a guava snow cone this summer but couldn't remember what to call it. So he said, "I'll have a Q'Doba snow cone!"
