Monday, October 25, 2010

Ahem...

That's how Wyatt started his speaking part at our church Primary Presentation today, as he firmly grabbed the microphone and made sure to project his voice, for all to hear!  Since I couldn't video tape the actual speaking part, here's a sample of what he said...

Friday, October 8, 2010

I have way too much time on my hands this week.

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Friendship means...

I love reading my friends blogs and seeing what everyone is up too. I especially like Kim's blog. She's living this romantic adventure in Istanbul, Turkey for her job, and its always interesting to look at her photographs and wonder what it is like there. Kim actually works for the U.S. Government as the Cultural Affairs Officer and is participating in the 29th Istanbul Book Fair. She sent out a challenge to the kids of the United States to create a paper leaf for a large tree they are constructing, and on the leaf, each child is to write a message about friendship. You can read more about it on Kim's blog and on the official website. Wyatt has developed this insane interest in maps, globes, and travel. He points to a location on the globe, asks what is there, and then always follows it with, "Can we go there?" He also has an amazing sense of direction. He knows his left and right already, and has known it for quite some time. I've had kindergartners who struggled with it all the way until Kindergarten Graduation! Wyatt is able to tell you exactly how to get from our house to my mother's. He can even tell you how to get to his swimming lessons on Jones, using the freeway, and his Grandma Jeri's in Henderson! So this was the perfect project for him.

We talked about where Turkey was, and showed him on the globe. Then we discussed what friendship was, and how he thought a good friend should be. The following was his message he came up with:

Friendship
means to be
helping, watch
Scooby Doo,
and play with cool
toys.You give presents
and be nice. You take turns
and let them sit with you.

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We, of course, had to decorate our message with a Scooby Doo sticker, because Turkish children needed to become aware of the wonderful world that is SCOOBY DOO!

After sticking the leaf in an envelope, Wyatt ran down to the mail box, and we sent it on its way! We hope the Turkish children like it! We sure has a lot of fun making it!

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We hope you make one and send it off too! The deadline is October 15th! Go to the official website for all the information!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

"Orange" You Happy its the First Day of Preschool?

We started our little "Mommy Preschool" with some neighborhood moms today.  Wyatt needed to wear orange since that was the color he was learning about today.  And seeing how he comes from a hunting family, we have lots of "hunter orange" in this house.  Even Duke's collar matches!  Have a great day at school little buddy!

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My Handsome Boy on a Sunday Morning!

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Blogs Coming Out Of My Ears!

My OCD for organization has carried over into the blog world.  Having one blog to talk about different topics is just way to confusing for me.  So I have created separate blogs for separate subjects, because I figure if you want to know about cute little family things, you come to this blog.  But just because you come to this blog, doesn't necessarily mean you want to read about infertility, or weight loss, or me going to Disneyland for the 5 millionth time.  And to be honest, though I love that you all read my blogs, it's really just an outlet for my thoughts and something I do for myself.

My 2 new blogs are Our Special Disney Moments and That Should Be A T-Shirt.  We were able to get Disneyland Annual Passports this year, but it hit me, how can I possibly tell the same story over and over again?  Boring!!!!  So I started looking for special individual moments from each trip that made that visit unique.  Our Special Disney Moments blog will chronicle those moments, and when the passport expires, I plan to make it into a book.  That Should Be A T-Shirt is my new silk-screening design business that I've started.  It will showcase past projects and advertise upcoming projects you can actually purchase from.  I'm thinking I'll offer 1 or 2 projects a month, available for a limited time.  And I take custom orders too!

So if you like reading my many ramblings, in a very organized manner, then feel free to visit my 5 bazillion blogs as often as you like.  If you're not that into it, no worries.  I've got family members that never read my blog either.  You'll fit right in!  ;)

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