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Cute Kids

A couple days ago i had hiccups. Isaac said, "Mom. Stop hiccing-up!"

Danielle likes to throw away her own diapers--she picks up the dirty one and crawls it over to the garbage can, stands up, and tosses it in.

Danielle can walk!!! She's decided that she prefers walking most of the time now.

Jeremiah always wants to hold Danielle. He says, "Hold you baby? Hold you?" And she usually lets him a for a few short seconds...

Jeremiah gets lions and tigers confused. So lately he's been requesting to watch "Tiger King" and refers to Danielle's cute pink lion as "the pink tiger."

Danielle likes to make animal noises. She loves to "aaa-aaH" like a sheep, in particular. She and I were playing with her pink lion and she wanted it to make elephant noises, and made wonderful elephant noises herself. She takes after her mom!

Isaac and Jeremiah both like to sing songs all day long. They both have most words memorized, and Isaac will make up his own words for melodies he knows. It's very sweet.

Jeremiah was making a racket last night while he was supposed to be falling asleep, so Isaac said, "Jeremiah keeps waking me up, mom. Tell him to be quiet!" (It was actually very sweet. :)

Time and Weather

So...sometimes I think that the whole Daylight savings time is ridiculous. I'm always okay with the "fall back" part, it's the "spring forward" part that is so terrible. But this year with Jeremiah's bus suddenly arriving an hour earlier...oh boy. We're still adjusting our bodies to a new time. (And next year I'll remember to start changing the time--bedtime and waking up time--by ten minutes a day a few days before the clocks change!)

I took Jeremiah out to the bus, and I thought, "Wow, I didn't need to put my coat on! This is a lovely lovely day!" It's about 37 right now. Just for some perspective. 37 is SO WARM! A good 60 degrees warmer than than January and February. I love March!

Contentment

Right now I am perfectly content. Life is simple, life is routine. Our house becomes messy and clean again quickly (this goes both ways, which is important!). We eat and clean up many times a day. I get kids dressed and ready for each day, and eventually into pajamas before bed...only to do it all over again. We read books, we have naps, we exercise at times... We have family home evening and family scripture study and family prayer. I have some time for just me (I repeat, SOME, not an incredible amount, but enough).

So, how long until something happens to throw us out of our routine...? In the plans are:
1. The boys are out of school come June.
2. We're (planning on) sending John back to ASU in September.
3. Someone will probably get sick...

I'm definitely enjoying this blessed though temporary state! And my kids are cute, too. And my husband is wonderful. And I just am feeling incredibly lucky right now.

Isaac's leaning against his bed "reading" a Winnie the Pooh book, following the words with his fingers, singing,

"Follow the piglet! Follow the piglet!
Follow the piglet, Don't go astray.
Follow the piglet, Follow the piglet,
Follow the piglet, He knows the way!"

Over and over and over again.

(This is apparently a rendition of "Follow the Prophet," a favorite Primary song of his. Replace "piglet" with "prophet," and there's the chorus. :)

From the kids...

Here are some cute things our kids have said lately!

During family home evening tonight we reenacted the story of David and Goliath. Isaac chose to be Goliath for the second replay.

John: (What does Goliath say?)
Isaac: Choose your character!
(snickers from the audience)
John: I am David, and I am coming to fight you to protect my kingdom...
Isaac, flabbergasted: A BOY!?!
(John tosses jelly beans at Isaac, who dodges the first two and then collapses on the floor groaning "I died!")

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Isaac was really sad when he woke up yesterday, calmed down after his request to pray over apple muffins was granted, but had a fit when Jeremiah started saying a prayer when it was Isaac's turn... Jeremiah said, "Know what? You are so sad."

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Danielle and I were playing on the living room floor this afternoon. She randomly looked up and said "Dad?" So I looked up and saw him coming to the door. She must have heard him park in the driveway...