in these past 2 weeks, i attended a wedding of a friend, helped grandma elly and grandpa tony celebrate their 50th anniversary and had a date night with jon - we went to a hope summer repertory theater production of "i do, i do", a play about the married life of a couple.
it's good to go to wedding and be reminded of the vows you made. in the sermon at the service, the pastor talked about how couples should "uncommonly bless" each other and those around them. i like that. "uncommonly bless"
Sunday, July 11, 2010
i can't explain you
david has been getting some words mixed up lately. it makes me laugh.
his latest: mixing up "understand" with "explain"
on the phone with tianna: "tianna, i can't explain you. mom - she's speaking too quiet"
his other funny thing? saying that he was really cheering for whichever team won. for example, today, after hearing that the dutch lost the world cup, he said to jon, "dad - i was really cheering for spain"
his latest: mixing up "understand" with "explain"
on the phone with tianna: "tianna, i can't explain you. mom - she's speaking too quiet"
his other funny thing? saying that he was really cheering for whichever team won. for example, today, after hearing that the dutch lost the world cup, he said to jon, "dad - i was really cheering for spain"
rock factory and flower shop
for hours upon hours during these sunny summer afternoons, the kids have been busy in the garage.
at first it was their school. claire acted out her kindergarten teacher "mrs johnson". they had recess. they had math time. they read. they requested food for lunch.
then, it was butterfly catchers. the burkes gave us some butterfly nets and the kids have spent afternoons upon afternoons looking for, running after and then trying to catch butterflies. there has only been nominal success as far as i can tell but their shrieks of delight during the whole process are evidence enough that the amount of butterflies captured isn't the goal.
and then, the most recent activity in the garage has been "rock factory". rock factory, as i have been able to gather (using the qualitative research skills that i've been developing as i work on my dissertation) is that the kids take rocks, spend lots of time deciding who gets which rocks (there seems to be a hierarchy of entitlement going on with angela and claire at the top and david at the bottom and then jacob at the way bottom), and then work hard at smashing the rocks into smaller rocks and/or rock sand. when they take breaks to catch butterflies, they put a sign out on the garage door and appoint david as the "guard".
as i stand in the kitchen and clean or cook and glance out at the activity coming in and out of the garage, i smile. i am reminded to delight in small things.
summer is good.
at first it was their school. claire acted out her kindergarten teacher "mrs johnson". they had recess. they had math time. they read. they requested food for lunch.
then, it was butterfly catchers. the burkes gave us some butterfly nets and the kids have spent afternoons upon afternoons looking for, running after and then trying to catch butterflies. there has only been nominal success as far as i can tell but their shrieks of delight during the whole process are evidence enough that the amount of butterflies captured isn't the goal.
and then, the most recent activity in the garage has been "rock factory". rock factory, as i have been able to gather (using the qualitative research skills that i've been developing as i work on my dissertation) is that the kids take rocks, spend lots of time deciding who gets which rocks (there seems to be a hierarchy of entitlement going on with angela and claire at the top and david at the bottom and then jacob at the way bottom), and then work hard at smashing the rocks into smaller rocks and/or rock sand. when they take breaks to catch butterflies, they put a sign out on the garage door and appoint david as the "guard".
as i stand in the kitchen and clean or cook and glance out at the activity coming in and out of the garage, i smile. i am reminded to delight in small things.
summer is good.
storytime with grandma alice
grandma alice and grandpa case live down the street from us. lately, david and claire and their faithful sidekick angela have been going over there to sit on the front porch and hear grandma alice tell stories.
alice is a fantastic storyteller but she also gives the kids lots of candy when they visit her. my hunch is that their motivation in going (every day for the past week!) is for a bit of both.
the other day i stopped by to make sure that it was ok with alice and case that the kids keep coming over. it seems that the kids have been giving alice and case as much entertainment as what they try to provide for them. alice told me about a conversation the kids had with her last sunday:
alice: ok kids, grandpa case and i have to get ready for evening church.
david: you go to church two times on sunday?
alice: yes
david: why do you go to church twice?
alice: because grandpa and i need to get wiser
a few minutes later...
david: can i go to church with you sometime? i want to get wiser too
alice is a fantastic storyteller but she also gives the kids lots of candy when they visit her. my hunch is that their motivation in going (every day for the past week!) is for a bit of both.
the other day i stopped by to make sure that it was ok with alice and case that the kids keep coming over. it seems that the kids have been giving alice and case as much entertainment as what they try to provide for them. alice told me about a conversation the kids had with her last sunday:
alice: ok kids, grandpa case and i have to get ready for evening church.
david: you go to church two times on sunday?
alice: yes
david: why do you go to church twice?
alice: because grandpa and i need to get wiser
a few minutes later...
david: can i go to church with you sometime? i want to get wiser too
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