Oliver's Big Ideas

Don't ask how I'm feeling.... I'm NOT talking about it!

On Saturday, we went to IKEA and I picked up some cinnamon rolls to have for breakfast on Sunday. Last night, about 30 minutes after I put Oliver to bed, (I thought he was asleep) I hear him yell,

"Hey Mama. I've got a great idea."
"Really, what?"
"In the morning, after we get up, let's go to that store again and get more of those rolls."

My Emmaline

I went to register Oliver for preschool today. It's one of those crazy preschools that you have to sign your kids up at birth... literally. Emmaline got in for one year by mistake (after we paid our money, they realized they had mixed us up with another Emmaline- truly the Lord looking out for us since it turned out to be the year Mama died and the support for both Emmaline and myself was amazing). As I walked in the door, a teacher stopped me and said, "You're Emmaline's Mom." I was a bit surprised since that was 5 years ago, but I confirmed that she was right. She went on to tell everyone her favorite "Emmaline" story.

One day, Emmaline announced to everyone that she had brought a popsicle to "Lunch Bunch." She opened her lunch box and pulled out a package of popsicle soup (melted popsicle). When her teacher suggested that when you bring a popsicle, you have to put it in the freezer, Emmaline responded, "Or maybe I should have packed some ice."

Over the Rainbow

This was Savannah's latest "mini-recital" at school. Just a little background... I'm not sure what the purpose of the performance was, other than to give the kids experience in being on "stage" before their big Gala in May and to see who would be interested and suitable to put on an act. Anyway... they announced last Monday that tryouts would be last Wednesday. Savannah did a little bit of practice Tuesday night and tried out Wednesday, found out she made it on Friday and didn't practice again until this Tuesday night when she also announced that she wouldn't be singing with the CD (as we had practiced and she had tried out)... but she was staying after school on Wednesday before the recital to practice with other students who would be playing the piano and the bass. Hmmmm..... remember, the oldest any of these kids can be is 8th grade. Anyway, I think she did great. I'm happy that she just got up and did it (she tends to be shy about this sort of thing) and I think she learned a lot and I learned that I need to spend some more time teaching my kids to sing ;).

So without further ado... here is Savannah singing "Over the Rainbow"...

Freedom!

Although my doctor was specific that I should not run a marathon this week (HAH- I couldn't walk a mile, let alone run 26) this what I feel like! Not my most flattering picture, but hey, it was taken minutes after I ran the St. George Marathon. I'm 3 centimeters dilated and my doctor said I could get up (Yes... Tyler asked specific questions to make sure that he meant I no longer have to be in bed). I think I'll probably have the baby sometimes next week because this week I am just too busy and don't have time to have a baby! My doctor did predict a .1% chance of making it to my due date =) We'll see.

It's Official

Savannah called from school to tell me that Emmaline got in at the Arts Academy for next year! I can't wait to see how she does there.

Reading Is Fun

This week is Reading Is Fun (R.I.F.) week at Emmaline's school. Today completes the week with a "dress as your favorite book character" day. If you remember, last year she dressed as the girl from "A Bad Case of Stripes".
Tyler did a fabulous job with the make-up (although I think we were late to school- thus, no picture survives the event). Each class chooses the person with the "best" costume and that child comes on stage for an assembly and gets some kind of trinket. Last year, Emmaline did not get chosen. I'm not sure the exact details of the ensuing events, but it appears that the art teacher found out that Emmaline wasn't the class pick and at some point found a way to get Emmaline on stage with the "winners" and found some sort of prize for her. I really would have loved to have seen how this all unfolded because the details I heard sounded interesting, to say the least, and I'm still unsure if this was all instigated by Emmaline or the art teacher. Here is her costume for today, a character from the book "Imogene's Antlers". (Don't you wish you had a Dad like Tyler to figure out this kind of thing?!)

Just in case, I think I won't answer the phone if the school calls. And here is a little guy that I think felt left out of this morning's preparations.

Do Your Duty

Last Monday, for Family Home Evening, we talked about doing your duty and how we might find "treasures" (satisfaction, clean conscience) as we did what we were asked. We then chose a "treasure" (one of Emmaline's special rocks) to hide around the house where someone might find it while they were doing their chores. On Saturday, after finding the rock in the shoe basket, Emmaline asked me if I had a chance to find the "treasure" this week. I told her I hadn't since I haven't been up much. Later that day, I found the rock inside a book I'm reading. I guess it's good we're all clear about what my "duty" is =)