Another Mother. . .

Yesterday Enoch was commenting on how great our dinner was and I pointed out that he was lucky to have a mother to make him such great food. He told me that when he grew up and had another mother she would make good food for "me and Ezra". I said another mother? What other mother? He said "you know, when I grow up and find the OTHER MOTHER." I said do you mean a wife? His face lit up and he said "YES! when I find a wife that is the other mother". So this morning I asked him about it in front of Garrett so that Garrett could hear about Enoch's take on a wife. Garrett and I laughed about how so many boys never change. They grow up and don't marry a wife. They marry Another Mother!

Conversations from Today's Play Tue. April 21, 2009

Ezra is telling the story of David and Goliath: "Dave was with the sheep and his friend Jesse came down and he got three stones and hit him in the head." I said: hit who? and he said "Goliath and Goliath fell down and Dave ran away"
Enoch said : "Jesse came and he said Dave couldn't go." I said Why? He said "I don't know" I said was it because he was too small? Enoch said "yes". I said well how did Dave end up there if Jesse said he couldn't go? He said:"Oh he just went straight to king Saul" I said oh, what did King Saul say? He said "he said the same thing and he singed a song(talking about in veggie tales Dave and the Giant Pickle)."
Ezra: "He fell off his sheep at the end" (again referring to the veggie tales version).
Enoch: "The king was just right there and Dave came back and he had army (armor) on." ME: What happened with the armor? They fell off cause he was trying to walk with the army on but it wouldn't work with the army on. Just two times it worked and then it fell. And then after the water-buffalo song the guy who pretended to be king Saul-the asparagus said Everyone does NOT have a water-buffalo and he yelled at Larry and it was willry (really) funny. We laughed"

Ezra is telling me how to fish now and he said: "You get a hook and you get a ball (bobber) and you tach (attach) it to the ball and then you get a pole and you tach it to the ball and then you put it in the pool and then you get a fishing net"

Funny boys!

Easter 2009

This Easter was very exciting. We kicked it off on Palm Sunday by making Palm branches and reading the story of Christ coming to the temple.  Monday we did the Easter Story in eggs where each egg had something that represented a part of Christ's last week on earth inside it with the last egg being empty to represent the empty tomb. Each day of the week we had something very special to do to remind us of what Christ did that day.  There were stories and scriptures to go with each day.  Thursday we had our passover dinner (modified for the age of our children) and that was really a neat experience for the kids.  Even though the pictures here don't reflect it, I really felt that the true meaning of Easter was felt in our home this year.  The boys learned a lot and really enjoyed all the Eater activities and lessons we had. Can't wait for next year.

Dying Eggs Easter Saturday was a blast at CA Grandparents.  I was happy we successfully completed it without any mishaps. Notice the boys had to take off their clothes before dying. I like to have as few messes to launder out as possible. Anything really messy that can be done without a shirt is done without a shirt! That's our policy!

The color of the eggs was of course very important to both boys. Enoch's favorite color is Green and Ezra, so he doesn't feel left out, always wants Green too.

After the dying they put clothes back on and did shrink wraps that had little reminders about the true meaning of Easter. Thank you Gwenn for getting those.
Ready to hunt eggs in the yard. Both boys were chomping at the bit waiting for the OK to run out and hunt.
Here we go!  Who will find the first egg??
It looks like a pretty even race here, but the reality was that Ezra could spot them just fine but he always announced it loudly and Enoch would often beat him to the egg.  Mom had to even out the baskets a little after the race.  Good thing the boys know nothing about it.

Easter Sunday morning at CA Grandparents (that is what Enoch and Ezra call Darryl and Gwenn).  You can't see it but Ezra was cleaning up the money he found in all his eggs.  He made a whopping $2.50.
Enoch checking to see that no one stole his eggs.  Enoch didn't want to eat any candy or take out any of the money or stickers in his eggs because he didn't want ANY empty eggs. When he finally took something out of an egg he would put something else in it so it wouldn't be empty. Ezra on the other hand had to be restrained from eating everything in one sitting. He was bouncing off the walls.
New Easter baskets from the Easter bunny filled with wonderful surprises.  Veggie Tales movies, new sandals, paints and brushes, candy, stickers, shields w/Lions, and many other exciting gifts inside. Enoch's basket was the house on the left and Ezra's the little bunny car on the right.  I love fabric baskets-so soft and sweet.
Enoch was very excited about the egg shaped sidewalk chalk but CA Grandpa was NOT excited for his driveway to become the Cysteine Chapel. I told him this was how Michael Angelo's were made but that didn't seem to help. Sorry Grandpa-maybe it will rain.
Ezra was MOST excited about the bug shaped Lindt Chocolates. They lady bug and bee were gone very quickly. The shield was probably his next favorite.  Great Easter! Thank you CA Grandparents for letting us come and spend it at your house. We had a blast!

Phrases From Today's Play-April 15, 2009

Enoch: "you better stop it or I will call the police" 

Enoch: "superman, there's a rumor weed you've gotta stop him"

Enoch: "we better attach your car to our car cause we need two super hero's to stop him"

Enoch: "we need directions"

Enoch: "let's get our dangerous stuff"

Enoch: "we need our money"

Ezra: "I'n Larry boy"

Enoch: "Larry boy, I'm a super hero. C'mon let's get the rumor weed"

Enoch: "I'll whack him with my money right in the head. I whacked you right in the head with my money-now fall over."

Ezra: "I'm Dave. That's the sword of Dave"

Enoch: "And then Dave was dead" (mumbles something about Goliath)

Enoch: "This is the capture bed. This is the tomb. Get in the tomb baby Jesus. Ezra close your eyes"

These are the crazy little men responsible for all those funny phrases.

This was Enoch arranging Ezra in the Tomb.
This was Ezra in the Tomb.

Corte Madera, our 1st taste of Pho, and the Farmers Market

Today was a fun day for us. It started out with Enoch needing to get out a little so he could widen his perspective and say something besides "NO I'm not going to" and "No mom, your wrong".  So I packed up our little group and went to Corte Madera to do a little shopping, and have a little lunch.  I didn't really want to go alone and it worked out that Garrett was able to take off a few hours and come with us. He will make up the time tonight.   I returned a few things at Janie and Jack and met Garrett and the boys in Pottery Barn kids (One of their FAVORITE stores).  By this time it was about lunch time and Ezra was a puddle on the cement. He has this weird habit of transforming i.e. melting at meal time if he goes too long without food. He is happy as can be one minute and non-functional the next.  With Enoch in his fragile state I knew we had to be delicate in picking a restaurant to eat at to avoid more melt downs.  Garrett and I were discussing what was available (in our price range) and sea food came up. Enoch heard the words "sea food" and would hear no more. He LOVES shrimp and even though he has had it at home the last two nights, he had his mind made up. Shrimp it would be.  We didn't want to cause conflict but the sea food was more than we wanted to spend today and we decided to get him shrimp or fish tacos at a cheaper place. The new Vietnamese restaurant was calling to Garrett though, and he wanted to walk over and see what they had on the menu-so of course we all went. It was reasonably priced AND they had plenty of shrimp options to choose from so we decided to try it out. The bonus was: Garrett and I have been wanting to try Pho (pronouncedFu) for a long time, so that we too can be popular at the Fry family get-togethers.  They are known for the best Pho in the area, so it was the perfect time to try.  We ordered the Chicken Rice Noodle Pho, BBQ Pork Fried Rice and Lemon Grass Shrimp.  It was all great but the Phowas WONDERFUL!! We all loved it and Enoch ate and ate it after he finished all the shrimp.  He was sure he wouldn't like it until he tasted the sauce you pour into the soup along with the cilantro, bean sprouts, fresh basil and lime. One drink and he was convinced it was a keeper.  Ezra didn't want to try the soup but he ate his fill on everything else.  When Enoch couldn't eat one more bite he took his spoon and reached it as far towards Ezra as he could and said "Ezra, do you want to taste my last bite of soup? It's [berry] good".  Ezra ate it and liked it but said he was too full to eat anymore.  

After a wonderful lunch we took the boys to play in the fountains and graze in the Farmers Market. There were so many BEAUTIFUL looking fruits and vegetables to taste and to buy.  Ezra's heaven was the honey tasting, and when the man offered to put honey on his strawberry Ezra did a little happy dance. He couldn't help himself he was so excited!  He loved Every bite :)  Garrett's heaven was the Irish Soda Bread (we didn't buy) and the Stuffed Indian Flat Bread (we did buy w/ two toppings I might add).  My heaven was the strawberries and the amazing fresh sweet basil (both of which we bought). Ezra's heaven was watching the birds bathing in the fountains. There was a little something for everyone and it turned out to be a fun outing.