This toy has provided hours and hours of fun for the boys. They play with it and all their playmobile more than any other toy.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Enoch opening he b-day gift from CA grandparents
When he opened this he said "it's just what I wanted!"
This toy has provided hours and hours of fun for the boys. They play with it and all their playmobile more than any other toy.
This toy has provided hours and hours of fun for the boys. They play with it and all their playmobile more than any other toy. Funny Boys Playing in The Backyard
We had a nice day with no rain after a few rainy days straight. The boys went out to play and were totally crazy. They were having so much fun I had to pull out the camera and take their pictures.
Easter Sunday Pictures in A Beautiful Spot
This is the comical attempt made to take pictures of the kids on Easter Sunday before church. Crazy children.
Wild Enochman-he didn't want to make any serious faces and now insists that he doesn't know how to do a "real" smile.
The boys kept leaning in on Ethne and scaring her. She was already scared of falling off the rock and they made her terrified. She started crying and didn't stop for more than a few seconds at a time.
Ethne kept getting up off the rock and crying for mama. Ezra was making menacing faces at the camera.
Here it is again-nice Ezra
Me saying Enoch your tie is on all wrong and Ezra yours is missing what happened?
Wild Enochman-he didn't want to make any serious faces and now insists that he doesn't know how to do a "real" smile.
The boys kept leaning in on Ethne and scaring her. She was already scared of falling off the rock and they made her terrified. She started crying and didn't stop for more than a few seconds at a time.
Ethne kept getting up off the rock and crying for mama. Ezra was making menacing faces at the camera.
Here it is again-nice Ezra
Me saying Enoch your tie is on all wrong and Ezra yours is missing what happened?Friday, April 29, 2011
My Tributes To My Children
Hello Everyone,
I have put up tributes to all three children now-finally :)
Two of them you have already read-
Ethne's posted Jan. 16th 2011
Ezra's posted Jan. 25th 2011
and then Enoch's just got posted today but is listed as Wed. 27th of April 2011
They are really excited about these posts and just found out about them the other day. I am going to read them to them over and over probably so if you would like to make a comment to that child on their post I think they would find that very touching and exciting-Thanks, hope you are enjoying the blog.
I have put up tributes to all three children now-finally :)
Two of them you have already read-
Ethne's posted Jan. 16th 2011
Ezra's posted Jan. 25th 2011
and then Enoch's just got posted today but is listed as Wed. 27th of April 2011
They are really excited about these posts and just found out about them the other day. I am going to read them to them over and over probably so if you would like to make a comment to that child on their post I think they would find that very touching and exciting-Thanks, hope you are enjoying the blog.
Spoils From the Farmers Market Today
No pictures today-just a little info. for posterity. At the New Town Farmers Market today I got:
5 onions
8 bananas
7 persimmons
500g cherry tomatoes
2 bunches coriander
30 eggs size 7 (so quite large)
8 large tomatoes
6 large apples
1 bag of potatoes (big bag of golden ones)
all of this for $35.40 NZD or $28.67 USD
Awesome deal!
5 onions
8 bananas
7 persimmons
500g cherry tomatoes
2 bunches coriander
30 eggs size 7 (so quite large)
8 large tomatoes
6 large apples
1 bag of potatoes (big bag of golden ones)
all of this for $35.40 NZD or $28.67 USD
Awesome deal!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Retelling of "The Pirate Cruncher"-by Ezra Garrett Fry
One big monster with curly things and white eyeballs was writing a letter to a group of pirates. It said "do you want to be rich? Do you want to have it all? Do you want all the treasure? Do you want to be rich forever? --From a friend of yours"
The pirates were all dreaming of what it would look like before they even saw the beast. And they were sailing across the sea and they found the beast pretending to be an island (they thought he was an island at first). He had a palm tree on his head and they got on him with treasure and then he popped up and tried to eat them. And that is the end of the story.
mom, please can you call it "The Pirate Cruncher"? Cause that's the name of the book".
The pirates were all dreaming of what it would look like before they even saw the beast. And they were sailing across the sea and they found the beast pretending to be an island (they thought he was an island at first). He had a palm tree on his head and they got on him with treasure and then he popped up and tried to eat them. And that is the end of the story.
mom, please can you call it "The Pirate Cruncher"? Cause that's the name of the book".
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
A Tribute to My Oldest Child
This is my Enoch AKA Mr. Enoch, E-nie (his cousin Olivia used to call him that when she was little and he loved it), the KING of Deduction and Enoch man. We pretty much just call him Enoch though most of the time. My boy is handsome, introspective, intelligent, fun, silly, a tease, helpful, and deductive. He is also naughty and sneaky sometimes :) We LOVE our Enoch. We just couldn't get by without him. Every day I am amazed at what a smart kid he is. He soaks up everything around him good and bad and then filters out the bad thank heavens. I have to be VERY careful what he is around because he will pick it up in a moment without even understanding it. Needless to say we don't watch a lot of movies or cartoons at our house. We stick with the basics: Charlie and Lola, Veggie Tales, Signing Time, I Love Lucy and certain movies.
Enoch excels at everything he does. Give him enough time and the right environment for learning and he will be good at it as long as he has a motivation. There are some things he has no interest in but most things he can find a motivation for picking up. He is physically coordinated and can play sports, but he finds the social interaction of the sports more appealing that the actual sport itself. When he played soccer at 4 and 5 he could be often found on the field talking to some little girl about a barrette in her hair or what she did that week while kids were running around kicking the ball. Of course once his focus came back he could steal the ball and score a goal-great to watch!
Healthy eating is another part of our family and Enoch is very good at this all by himself. When he was 4 at my brother's wedding he was off at another table visiting with some family members. My brother-in-law later told me that Enoch was refusing wedding cake because there was too much sugar and calories in it :) He has a lot of self-control and cares about his body and his health. The other day he told me he wasn't going to have any sugar for a while because he was concerned about cavities.
Enoch is a little OCD about germs. He is working hard to NOT wash his hands too much and to not cry and get upset when another child doesn't wash their hands. He has the idea in his head that his cousin Sammy and his brother Ezra need to be watched VERY closely when they go to the bathroom because "they never wash their hands". He feels it is his duty to be the germ police, but he is working on it so that he doesn't grow up to be an unhappy, but clean adult :)
One thing that I LOVE about my Enoch is that he can always (almost) be trusted to be obedient. If there is something he is told not to do he will not disobey a direct order. If there are loop holes in the order he will find them and if his conscience allows he will get around the order under the loop hole clause, but if I say Enoch-don't do _____ he won't do it! One day recently Garrett told them they couldn't do something. I said Garrett I have been letting them do that and they have been OK. Enoch said to Garrett "mom trusts us to be able to do that now dad....". He was making a connection between Garrett's past teaching on trust and it happening in his own life right then. Pretty amazing kid for his 6 years. He understands that trust is earned and he wants to be trusted. He has a wonderful conscience because he listens to it. Ezra on the other hand is a little shaky here. He needs no loop holes he just needs to be quick and stealthy and not get caught. To the great dismay of his mother I might add.
Enoch isn't naturally an empathetic person but he is learning to check on others when they are hurt or sad. For some reason he just expects that everyone will just get up and be OK-maybe because that is usually what happens.
He is really fun, loves making people laugh and makes friends very easily. He is a very social person and would rather have friends over or go to friends houses that be alone any day. I haven't noticed at all that he needs alone time- Very different from Ezra.
The one thing that will totally crush him is to know that someone is displeased with him. It hits him to the core and it makes him really emotional. He had started saying things like: "I am a bad kid or I am not a very good son". I think I have convinced him that he is not "BAD" because he hasn't said it for a month or so now, but it concerns me. I hope to teach him the difference between being a "bad" person and doing something that is "bad". He is really truly a GOOD boy and loves his mother dearly even though he sometimes screams horrible things to her like "Whoever told you that you could be a mom?" :)
Another thing I love about enoch is that he is a good eater-not picky and he LOVES my cooking and almost always gives my meals a 10 :)
Enoch excels at everything he does. Give him enough time and the right environment for learning and he will be good at it as long as he has a motivation. There are some things he has no interest in but most things he can find a motivation for picking up. He is physically coordinated and can play sports, but he finds the social interaction of the sports more appealing that the actual sport itself. When he played soccer at 4 and 5 he could be often found on the field talking to some little girl about a barrette in her hair or what she did that week while kids were running around kicking the ball. Of course once his focus came back he could steal the ball and score a goal-great to watch!
Healthy eating is another part of our family and Enoch is very good at this all by himself. When he was 4 at my brother's wedding he was off at another table visiting with some family members. My brother-in-law later told me that Enoch was refusing wedding cake because there was too much sugar and calories in it :) He has a lot of self-control and cares about his body and his health. The other day he told me he wasn't going to have any sugar for a while because he was concerned about cavities.
Enoch is a little OCD about germs. He is working hard to NOT wash his hands too much and to not cry and get upset when another child doesn't wash their hands. He has the idea in his head that his cousin Sammy and his brother Ezra need to be watched VERY closely when they go to the bathroom because "they never wash their hands". He feels it is his duty to be the germ police, but he is working on it so that he doesn't grow up to be an unhappy, but clean adult :)
One thing that I LOVE about my Enoch is that he can always (almost) be trusted to be obedient. If there is something he is told not to do he will not disobey a direct order. If there are loop holes in the order he will find them and if his conscience allows he will get around the order under the loop hole clause, but if I say Enoch-don't do _____ he won't do it! One day recently Garrett told them they couldn't do something. I said Garrett I have been letting them do that and they have been OK. Enoch said to Garrett "mom trusts us to be able to do that now dad....". He was making a connection between Garrett's past teaching on trust and it happening in his own life right then. Pretty amazing kid for his 6 years. He understands that trust is earned and he wants to be trusted. He has a wonderful conscience because he listens to it. Ezra on the other hand is a little shaky here. He needs no loop holes he just needs to be quick and stealthy and not get caught. To the great dismay of his mother I might add.
Enoch isn't naturally an empathetic person but he is learning to check on others when they are hurt or sad. For some reason he just expects that everyone will just get up and be OK-maybe because that is usually what happens.
He is really fun, loves making people laugh and makes friends very easily. He is a very social person and would rather have friends over or go to friends houses that be alone any day. I haven't noticed at all that he needs alone time- Very different from Ezra.
The one thing that will totally crush him is to know that someone is displeased with him. It hits him to the core and it makes him really emotional. He had started saying things like: "I am a bad kid or I am not a very good son". I think I have convinced him that he is not "BAD" because he hasn't said it for a month or so now, but it concerns me. I hope to teach him the difference between being a "bad" person and doing something that is "bad". He is really truly a GOOD boy and loves his mother dearly even though he sometimes screams horrible things to her like "Whoever told you that you could be a mom?" :)
One thing that is wonderful about Enoch is how much he loves his brother Ezra. He shares everything with him and is very generous.When either of them get a gift it is like they both got one because they share so well with each other.
Another thing I love about enoch is that he is a good eater-not picky and he LOVES my cooking and almost always gives my meals a 10 :)
Easter 2011 Part One
This is the Easter breakfast that Garrett made. I will put this up on the Jamie Oliver blog in the next few days and give more details. It was wonderful.
The rest of breakfast: fijoa's, bananas, and passion fruit:
I didn't buy any of the kids Easter clothes this year but Ethne had a dress she is just growing into that she hadn't worn yet so she got that for her Easter dress. She looked really cute in it with her matching barrette's.
With as wiggly as she is when I do her hair this is how straight her parts end up? I had to hold her with one had and part her hair with the other :) BUT the good news is that she didn't take her barrette's and pigtail holders out until the end of the day. First time ever!
The kids got these in their Easter baskets this morning. Persimmons-they are so good!
Ethne got a veggie tale movie and her chocolate egg bouquet.
Ethne loves her Easter basket that CA Grandparents got her last year. It was perfect for her. She loves to carry it around with stuff in it like a purse. And she loves that it has her name on it too. We have spent Easter at CA Grandparents ever year since we moved to CA and we were really sad not to be there and die eggs and have our traditional egg hunt etc... It was hard for all of us Sunday. We felt we were missing something :(
She also got a bell shaker instrument and a little pack of jelly beans. We went VERY light on the candy this year. I told the boys we aren't having any treats until Aunt Camilla comes so we can make some fun deserts for her. But I did want them to have something in their baskets. I have been sugar free for almost two weeks now :)
The boys each got a chocolate bunny and pack of jelly beans, a bug jar with a magnifying lid for bug world adventures, a movie, and a persimmon. Then they had an Easter egg hunt for plastic eggs filled with money. That is how we make it up to them that there aren't a lot of treats. They love money more anyway :)
Enoch got Veggie Tales "Minnesota Cuke and the Search For Samson's Hair Brush":
Ezra got "The Tale of Despereaux":
I don't have a picture but I got Garrett a little box of fijoa chocolates. He said they were really good. I wanted to know what they were like but I didn't cave and eat any. Good for me! I did enjoy my persimmon though and it was very sweet and satisfying.
The rest of breakfast: fijoa's, bananas, and passion fruit:
I didn't buy any of the kids Easter clothes this year but Ethne had a dress she is just growing into that she hadn't worn yet so she got that for her Easter dress. She looked really cute in it with her matching barrette's.
With as wiggly as she is when I do her hair this is how straight her parts end up? I had to hold her with one had and part her hair with the other :) BUT the good news is that she didn't take her barrette's and pigtail holders out until the end of the day. First time ever!
The kids got these in their Easter baskets this morning. Persimmons-they are so good!
Ethne got a veggie tale movie and her chocolate egg bouquet.
Ethne loves her Easter basket that CA Grandparents got her last year. It was perfect for her. She loves to carry it around with stuff in it like a purse. And she loves that it has her name on it too. We have spent Easter at CA Grandparents ever year since we moved to CA and we were really sad not to be there and die eggs and have our traditional egg hunt etc... It was hard for all of us Sunday. We felt we were missing something :(
She also got a bell shaker instrument and a little pack of jelly beans. We went VERY light on the candy this year. I told the boys we aren't having any treats until Aunt Camilla comes so we can make some fun deserts for her. But I did want them to have something in their baskets. I have been sugar free for almost two weeks now :)
The boys each got a chocolate bunny and pack of jelly beans, a bug jar with a magnifying lid for bug world adventures, a movie, and a persimmon. Then they had an Easter egg hunt for plastic eggs filled with money. That is how we make it up to them that there aren't a lot of treats. They love money more anyway :)
Enoch got Veggie Tales "Minnesota Cuke and the Search For Samson's Hair Brush":
Ezra got "The Tale of Despereaux":
I don't have a picture but I got Garrett a little box of fijoa chocolates. He said they were really good. I wanted to know what they were like but I didn't cave and eat any. Good for me! I did enjoy my persimmon though and it was very sweet and satisfying.
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