Ezra: "mom, can we go to the woods for my mission?"
Mom: WE? who are you going to teach in the woods?
Ezra: I'm gonna bring Enoch and a few other people
Mom: well you can't bring people with you on your mission
Ezra: OH NO!!
runs to his bedroom to tell Enoch the bad news
Ezra: Enoch, you can't take people on your mission with you.
Enoch: I am gonna take you for my companion.
Ezra: no, you can't. ask mom.
Enoch yells to kitchen: "mom, can people take their brothers for their companions on their mission?
Mom:

Fantastic Day At the Beach

We have been spending a lot of time at the beach lately to make the most of the warm wonderful weather we have been having. Today was actually HOT and fantastic. We played in the sand with friends first and then when they left we made our way over to the rock pool where the boys could practice their swimming skills and Ethne could play in the water and sand. Camilla caught a tiny fish in her hand and we all watched it puff its face up really huge when she pulled it out of the water. right now it is the equivalent of Nov. in the states and we still have great weather. SO NICE!!!

Ezra was laying on a hot rock talking to Camilla and playing the "guess what animal I am thinking of" game. Suddenly he said "Camilla, I don't want to play this game anymore I just want to sit and enjoy the beauty of the beach". That boy sure has some great one liners.

Enoch is getting SO good at swimming and snorkeling. The past two days he has swam/snorkeled without a life jacket. Yesterday, when we went to the beach Enoch and Ezra both jumped into the water without me and started swimming. Ezra had a life jacket and Enoch didn't have anything. I watched them very closely. Once Enoch seemed to be going down and I dove in to save him BUT as it turned out he was fine.  A little while later he seemed to be struggling again but I gave him another minute to make sure and when he went down again I dove in again, but another guy was closer and saw him at the same time. He dove in and saved Enoch before I got there. It was scary but Enoch was fine. I held him and we talked about what went wrong and what he could do differently next time to not panic. What happened was he tried to stand up in the water but it was too deep and he panicked and scrambled. While he scrambled his mask came off and he got a mouth full of sea water which made him gag and panic more.

today he was a little more gun shy going in but he did a great job and didn't have any problems. This time though I swam by his side just in case.

I sure love living by a magnificent beach but I feel so tired and lazy when I get home. I am worn out. we walk about 1.6 K to the beach (down hill). Then we swim and play in the heat. Make at least one long trek to the bathrooms and back and then swim and play for hours. Then we walk up hill the 1.6 K and by the time we get home, get everyone showered and fed I am ready for a nap. So here I sit blogging instead of cleaning, cooking, walking uphill to the library and the Asian market and anything else I should be doing. Now if only I had some ice cream ;)

"I WANT TO SEE THE HUNGER GAMES"

"I WANT TO SEE THE HUNGER GAMES"
Me: "No you don't Enoch.."
Enoch:"Yes I do. I've already read part of the first chapter"
lol-Garrett died laughing

Enoch picked up a pamphlet promoting the Hunger Games Movie and it had the first chapter of the book inside. I found him reading it one day and tried to take it away. He was really into it and didn't want me to take it. I told him he couldn't read that because he wasn't old enough and it wasn't appropriate for him to read it. He argued with me that it was really good and there wasn't anything he had read in it that was bad :) I didn't know exactly what to say to him except that he couldn't read it and I was going to throw away the pamphlet.

"Mom, you saved my life..."

Yesterday the boys and I were walking to violin and Ezra said some of the funniest things.

We were waiting at a light to cross the street when the buzzer went off on the other side for people to cross. Ezra heard the buzzer and mistaking it for our turn stepped out into the street. I grabbed him by the collar and said wait son it's not our turn. He said "mom, you just saved my life. I can never repay you. That's worth more than $100 dollars :)

He was in such a thoughtful mood and he was telling me the story line from the book "Mars Needs Mom's" He said he was going to plan a lesson for Mother's Day about how special moms are.

Then after a few minutes of silence he says "One day I'm gonna get things. You know, like jokes and stuff".

He is so cute.  I really love when he gets into talkative moods and tells me all the things on his mind. I hope he always stays this way. I hope I will always continue to earn his trust so he will tell me all his secrets and thoughts. I love being his mother.