Death of a Goldfish

This morning we woke up to a floating goldfish. Jane had gotten Pete and Goldie about a month ago. Trent and I both thought they'd eat it far sooner than they did, but they were survivors--until today. Please don't think that I think goldfish death is funny--it's not--but Jane's response to it was. She climbed up on a stool to look in the bowl and said, "Oh no. Goldie is dead. Pete will fix him." I tried to explain that Pete the goldfish could not, in fact, bring another fish back from the dead. She thought about this for a minute. Trent walked by and she told him what happened. "Goldie died a little bit. We fix him."
Tonight at dinner she once again brought up Goldie's demise and said, in a thoughtful little voice, "Goldie was a good fish. Pete will miss him." Then added: "Let's go to the store and get a new fish."
It's interesting to me to see her deal with this--see what she catches on to and what she still doesn't quite understand. Goldie: you were a good, hardy fish. Sorry you died a little bit.

What a Weekend!

We were honored this weekend to be able to be in attendance at the baptism of our niece Josie and the blessing of our dear friends' baby, Calvin. It was a fast weekend with a lot of driving but totally worth it! Saturday morning we drove to Eagle Mountain for Josie's baptism. She was beautiful and they had a nice program. She sang and her mom played the piano and her dad sat on the front row just beaming! It was great to see the whole family (Jane loves being around her cousins!).After the baptism, we jumped in the car and headed to Twin Falls, Idaho. Trent had worked the night shift the night before so he went to sleep. Jane and Grant finally tuckered out and so I had most of the drive to myself. There wasn't a lot to see but it was nice to just be on the open raod with my music and thoughts.
When we got there, we checked into our hotel and Trent gave the kids a ride on the luggage trolley. They loved it! We got a room with two queen beds so we let Jane have one. She thought she had died and gone to heaven! Her and Trent jumped on the beds and had a good old time!We got to go visit with Jake and Jenni Saturday evening. Jenni's family was in from Wyoming and it was a blast getting to know them. Little Calvin has grown since we saw him last but he's still a little guy.We got back to the hotel just in time for a quick swim before bedtime so Trent and Jane ran down to the pool while I got Bubba ready for bed. They came back 10 mins later. Surprised to see them so soon I asked what happened. Jane announced: "I pooped in the pool." Apparently she also told a woman in the elevator on their way up to the room. my guess is that lady avoided the pool for the rest of her stay! (for the record: Jane did have a diaper cover on just no swim diaper so the poop didn't actually get in the pool but it was a close call. . . TMI?)
The next morning we went to church for the blessing. Little Cal looked sharp in his white tux with tails and, from what we could hear, Jake gave him a nice blessing (the microphone wasn't working so well). We got to spend a bit more time with the Kinghorns (and their extended family) before we had to leave to come home. It was a quick trip but we feel blessed to have been there for the blessing and that we got to see our dear friends.

FYI

We were just sitting at dinner talking about how daddy is coming home soon. Jane looked me square in the face and said, "I like Dad best." I know I probably should have been insulted, but I couldn't help but laugh. At least she's honest! :)

In other news, Grant's first tooth broke through today!!! He's been a bit crabby lately and I just attributed it to gas but for once it wasn't! Poor guy! We are so excited to have this new tooth! (but if I get bit, it's formula feeding time!)

Obsessed with Vinyl

So my awesome husband got me a Cricut machine for Christmas. I'd been wanting one for a while but didn't know just how much I'd enjoy the thing. I've been able to cut things for cards and for Jane and recently, thanks to a creative sister-in-law, I've been turned on to vinyl. I got all excited to get vinyl and get going. I bought some from e-bay then found out I'd gotten the wrong stuff so I sold that on ksl.com and went to the supply store my sis-in-law told me about. I went nuts! I bought yards and yards of vinyl, transfer tape, and a squeegee to apply it. I've had a blast playing with different fonts and finding different sayings to put up on the walls. Our house is starting to look like a scrapbook! But I'm having fun. So if anyone wants to play with vinyl, give me a call--I'm always game!

Play Room

Grant's room

Jane's dresser

Above the Pantry in the Kitchen ( I know I'm missing an accent. . .I'm working on it!)

Above the washer and dryer

Dino Playland

On Monday we had the opportunity to go to the Dino play-land at the South Towne mall to hang out with some of our friends from the village. It was so fun to see everyone and catch up on everyone's lives. It made me miss living in the village and being able to see everyone all the time. The play-date was planned to say good-bye to Abby who is moving with her family to California for her husband's internship. They will be greatly missed! Jane is betrothed to Abby's son Asher (that is if he will still have her after she pushed him around). What a fun morning! Thanks to all who came!

The crew (minus Kate who was shopping at the time)

The Bulley

So you know that kid in nursery or daycare or on the playground that likes to push and kick and take toys that aren't his/hers and pull hair and cause general mischief. I used to loathe that kid. This past month, it has come to my attention, that Jane is that kid. Two weeks ago she got kicked out of nursery for pushing and pulling hair. The nursery leaders exact words were: "Usually she's pretty good, but today it's been really bad." I took her back to nursery after a talk about being nice and watched her push an unsuspecting kid off of his chair so she could sit there for snack time. What the?!?!!? We had several long talks with her about "hugs not hits" and that she wouldn't be able to go back to nursery if she was mean. This past Sunday she stayed in nursery the whole time. When I went to pick her up I asked the teachers how she was. They looked at me kind of strangely and said, "She was fine. She just went around hugging everyone. . ." I was so proud and happy that that was all it took to solve her violent ways. But alas, it wasn't.

We went to a playground at the mall with some friends the next day and Jane was terrible!!! She was pushing and pulling and hitting. She pushed some unknown kid off of the top of the slide flat on his back! She took several time outs and still the message didn't sink in. It wasn't until I took away one of her princess dolls that she started to regret her actions.

I am totally beside myself! I don't know how to change this behavior. She isn't really around other kids that much (besides Bubba) so I don't know if the solution is to schedule more play dates for her (but then I worry about the well being of the poor kids chosen to play with her) or whether to isolate her until the behavior improves. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. And a big apology to all those kids out there that my daughter has bullied. We are working on it.

Sleepy Guy

Sundays have become increasingly difficult now that we are at the 1:00 church time. The kids don't get naps and by the end of the day we are all so tired it's hard to see straight. Sunday we put Bubba in his walker while we got Jane ready for bed. When we looked over he looked like he was praying. Turns out he fell asleep standing up. Poor kid!