STOP TALKING!!!!

Asher was in the far back set of the truck with his stuffed dog, ‘Frisbee’.  Asher was chatting away to no one in particular, so PChad & I started listening in.  The following conversation was taking place:

 

Asher: “Frisbee, you can’t really talk, so I have to talk for you.”

 

Frisbee: “Ok, Asher!”

 

Asher: “I want you to stop talking now.”

 

Frisbee: “Ok.”

 

Asher: “That’s still talking, Frisbee.  I said no more talking.”

 

Frisbee: “Alright.”

 

Asher: “One… two… I said two already, Frisbee, so you better stop talking now.”

 

Frisbee: “I will.”

 

Asher: “That’s it, Frisbee, you’re getting a time out.  You have to sit over in that seat until your time out is over.”

 

Ahh, I love that kid’s imagination!

Me-Me Oh Playmate!

Asher: “It would be really nice if there were two of me.”

 

Me: “Why?”

 

Asher: “Then I would have another me to play with!”

 

Me: “Aren’t you glad you have Chancery to play with?”

 

Asher: “Yes, otherwise I’d have no one to play with!”

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 4 years

Chancery – 2 years

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Asher: “This is ‘Buddy Bear’.”

 

Asher: “He is visiting from my school.”

 

Asher: “He really likes to be hugged, nice & tight.”

 

Asher: “LIKE THIS!!!”

 

Chancery: “Like THIS, Asher?”

 

Asher: “Yes, exactly.  Doesn’t he look happy now?”

One For The Kiddies

Quickly, grab your children & gather ‘round for this fun little diddy!

 

If your children are anything like mine, this will quickly become their new favourite song & they will beg you to play it over, & over, & over again.

 

You’re welcome.

 

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

The "Scents" of Smell

Every now & then, I like to check my parenting skills in extreme situations.

I take my kids into Bulk Barn.

By myself.

I usually need only one or two things, but strangely, we can’t seem to get in & out all that quickly.  Asher has a habit of turning all the scoops over, Chancery opens lids & takes free samples… it’s one thing after the other.

So, we were there once again about a week ago & Asher opened a lid to the chocolates.  I chastised him for doing so (you never know when a 4 year-old is going to sneeze, we take every precaution to NOT have it be in a bin of candies), & then he told me, “I just wanted to smell them, so I opened the lid & I can smell them, because I have a brain in my head full of the chocolates now.”

Christmas Time’s A-Comin’

As we were setting up out artificial tree this year, we had a bit of help from Chancery.  Asher found something else to occupy himself, but Chancery was an eager participant.  We put each section of the tree together & Chancery helped us get all the little branches out of the box.

Now, she proudly points to the tree & says, “We made a tree!” or, “We BUILDED a tree!”  She’s so proud of what she has helped us accomplish this year.

 

Today she was telling me once again, “Mummy, we builded a Christmas tree.”

 

And then she continued, “Christmastime is coming soon… It’s going to be God’s BIRTHDAY!”

 

I’m so glad she gets it.  Even if she doesn’t fully understand yet, it’s nice to know that she’s beginning to grasp the reason we celebrate & ‘make’ trees.

A Good Name

This morning a fox wandered into our yard.  We watched it as it meandered along, eating snow, sniffing the ground, doing what foxes do.  As it left our yard, Chancery commented, “It’s going to visit Mr. Peter now.”

 

I agreed that it was going into his yard, & then she continued, “And it’s going to see Roxy (the dog)… and the other lady.”

 

I guess we see more of the man & his dog than we do of the lady next door.

 

My favourite part of the conversation was the part she tacked on the end, “Trixie is a good name for her.”

 

Thinking she meant the woman who lives next door, I asked, “Do you mean Miss Cynthia?”

 

“No,” Chancery responded, “the fox that went into Mr. Peter’s yard.  I gave her that name.”

Meal Requests

When the kids have a babysitter, I often give them pizza pops for supper.  The other night we were leaving after the kids had their supper, so I made the pizza pops for them & we all sat down to watch as the kids ate.

 

Chancery went to her place at the table & saw that she had a pizza pop.  She’s not as fond of them as Asher is, & she let us know.

 

“I didn’t talk about this, so I don’t want to have it!”

 

Because when we have leftovers at lunch time we usually give her 2 options, so I guess she figured that since she hadn’t been asked, there must be another, better option!

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 4 years

Chancery – 2 years

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Asher: “Did you notice that there is a Christmas tree set up behind us?”

 

Chancery: “Yes, I helped decorate it.”

 

Chancery: “The only issue I have, is I don’t know why I was allowed to decorate it, but now I’m not allowed to touch the ornaments.”

 

Asher: “That’s because you might accidentally break one of the decorations.”

 

Chancery: “Is that true?  Do you think I’d break one of them?”

 

Chancery: “I suppose that’s understandable.  But it’s so difficult!”

It’s a Book

Proof of why it’s important to read to your kids when technology is so proliferate…

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Thanksgiving Pictures

I bet you thought this was going to be a special holiday instalment of ‘Sunday Pictures’, but instead I just wanted to give you a bit of advice as you take your OWN Thanksgiving pictures today.

 

Red-Eye flashes TWICE.  I know it can be hard to remember, so I had my good friend Julian Smith (he’s not really my friend, in fact he doesn’t even know who I am) write a song to help remind you…

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

A Snowman’s Vocation

Chancery & I were in the grocery store this morning & she spotted a snowman on one of the displays.

Chancery: “There’s a snowman!”

 

Me: “Yes, that is a snowman.”

 

Chancery: “The snowman is preaching!”

 

Me: “He is??”

 

Chancery: “Yes, he has on a red preaching thing!”

 

It took me a minute to figure out this logic.  Then I asked, “You mean his scarf?”

 

Chancery: “Yes, he has a red preaching thing on his neck!”

 

Apparently the only time Chancery sees a tie is when PChad is preaching.  Thus, it must be part of the uniform of preachers.

Mastering Language

I help out with math at the local Christian school one hour a week.  As I was helping a group of students the other day, the following conversation took place:

Student 1: “I just need to ponder that a minute.”

 

Student 2: “What???”

 

I did my best to explain at a 5th grade level, “Ponder… think.”

 

Student 2: “Ponder? What does that mean?”

 

Me: “Contemplate… think.”

 

Student 2: “In what language?”

Thoughts & Stuff

Asher told us at breakfast today, “When I was in my bed & I wasn’t sleeping, I was thinking of things.  And I thought, & I thought, & I thought.  And THEN I had a dream & I dreamt that I had a burning bed.”

 

I was reminded of this song

it’s an oldie but goodie!

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 4 years

Chancery – 2 years

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Chancery: “What do you have in your hand, Asher?”

 

Asher: “I had a little bird, but it flew away…”

 

Chancery: “I think he’s pulling my leg.”

 

Asher: “Would I do that to you, Chancery?”

 

Chancery: “Yes.”

 

Asher: “You’re absolutely right!  There was no bird!”

 

Chancery: “I KNEW it!”