.: Holidays and Winter ALREADY!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Holidays and Winter ALREADY!

This little cartoon doesn't have anything to do with my post. I just like it and I've had it taped to the inside of my pantry for ages.

Well, this is my last two hours of freedom before two weeks of school holidays. The next two weeks will be noise, chaos and a messy house with toys scattered everywhere 24/7…oh the memories of school holidays!

There is no denying it that Winter is finally upon us. The leaves are all changing colours and falling, and the air (as well as our house) is quickly getting bitterly cold. This week we have had to pull out our dusty slippers and sweaters even though no one has wanted too. This is Hayden’s last day for wearing shorts and sandals to school. When he begins Term 2 after the holidays all the kids have to change their uniform to long pants. I really dislike long pants because Hayden ends up putting holes in them about every four weeks!! Guess I’d better get to the uniform shop and get myself a BAG of knee patches!

Noah has taken a great liking to his kiwi slippers this week since they have been hiding in the cupboard over the summer. Whenever they come off he sits on the floor calling ‘help help’ for someone to come and put them back on.

Our clocks went back last weekend. Even though they only went back an hour it still took Noah a couple of days to adjust to the change. We tried to keep him awake on Sunday until 1pm as that's when our sacrament starts and he normally sleeps through it, but unfortunately he didn’t make it. He couldn't make it through his lunch either;

Hayden had a conference with his teacher this week to discuss his learning progress (they use to be called parent/teacher interviews) but now most schools call them 3-way conferences so that it involves the child as well. Hayden is doing well in class – his strength being participation and his weakness being reading. His teacher described Hayden as a ‘sand-box’ kid; one who learns though making and creating things, experimenting, exploring and discovering, rather than a child who learns by sitting at a desk. As a teacher who's had 13 years experience she says that's quite normal, particularly for boys. We have discovered that Hayden can do very well at reading and writing when he makes a genuine effort (although he often has to be forced to sit and concentrate since he would rather be doing something physical). Hayden made us a wonderful book for Easter that had some great drawings and writing in it. We have a goal over the holidays for Hayden to read 3 books a day so that when he goes back to school he can feel proud of going up a level.

I just realized it has gone midnight so if I don't get to bed right now I am going to be a very grumpy mum tomorrow morning (and I will be needing one of those PMS dinners to get me through the day)! In finishing, here a few photos of Noah posing in his church clothes this past weekend;

2 comments:

April and Matt Bullard said...: I love the slippers and the pic of noah sleeping in his high chair!!! A kid's got to be super tired to fall asleep while eating!
Also, Noah looks so handsome and cute in his church clothes! I like those pictures alot!; April 11, 2009 at 4:35 AM
Travis Hill said...: Wow, Noah has grown so much! Great postings as per usual sis! - You are highly creative!! Master Hayden looks great too (and ashy poos of course:)xxoo; April 15, 2009 at 6:28 PM

Funny Comments

Ashton walking into the supermarket quietly whispers to himself: "Please can I have macaroni and cheese, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Ashton: "I want to live with Jesus." Mummy: "Why?" Ashton: "Because he be nice to me and he gives me bread and water!"

Mummy, examining Ashton's legs, and thinking: My goodness, what hairy legs. Ashton, unimpressed with Mummy's examination, pulls away: "Don't touch them. I'm growing Daddy legs!"

Hayden gets upset at Ashton: "Right Ashton, that's it! I'm telling Jesus on you!"

Ashton with a cold: "I'm snotty as a piggy."

Hayden: "The sun is burning my eyeballs."

Hayden: "Mummy, how come your penis is missing?"

Hayden: "I get the bigger piece of cake because my skeleton is bigger."

Hayden (3yrs old) sees me get dressed in the morning and stares at my breasts with a confused look..."What thooooose be for???"

Hayden: "I don't want to finish my pizza, it's got blood all over it."

Hayden: "Ashton hit me in the heart."

Hayden learns the planets at Preschool: Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Penus!

Hayden (shopping with me and whining): "My brain hurts forever because you haven't buyed me anything."

QUOTES

Like the changing leaves of fall...My little boy is now a man.
--Author Unknown

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
--Author Unknown

There never has been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.
--Author Unknown

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
--Alan Marshall Beck

Something For A Giggle....

I Owe My Mother ....

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

My mother taught me LOGIC. " Because I said so, that's why."

My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!"

My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."

My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!"

My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."

My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."

My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!