.: New Additions To The Family

Friday, October 23, 2009

New Additions To The Family

We have three very happy boys... On Tuesday night our boys got pets for the very first time. Apart from a couple of goldfish we have never had pets before, so our boys were sooooo excited.

We got two guinea pigs, both girls and both a year old. The dark brown one named Gizmo belongs to Hayden. The light brown guinea pig belongs to Ashton and he has named him Pluto (a much better choice than his initial name of Chewbacca from Star Wars!).

About a month ago we went to dinner at a friends house. Our friend, Daniel, who is also our hometeacher, had guinea pigs and our boys loved holding and playing with them. A couple of weeks later I talked to Daniel about buying our own guinea pigs and he offered to lend us a cage. Then at church last Sunday when I told him we wanted the cage he surprised us by saying his kids didn’t want their guinea pigs anymore because they had a puppy.

Our guinea pigs are so cute!!! Who would of thought guinea pigs could be cute, but they really are! For the first couple of days we had them, they seemed terrified of being in such a noisy house, but a few days later and they seem calm and settled. We have them inside at the moment until we get their outdoor hutch.

The boys are still learning how to pick them up and hold them, but they are continuously opening their cage to pat them. Hayden wakes up early every morning asking if he can go downstairs to see Gizmo. As soon as he gets home from school he begs to hold her. Yesterday afternoon when I came down the stairs Hayden was laying on the floor next to their cage eating his afternoon tea so he could watch them at the same time. Hayden asked me when their birthday was and if we could have a party for them with some friends over!

Ashton is extremely gentle and caring towards them and is always concerned if they've had enough to eat. He continuously sneaks to the fridge and gets some silverbeet for them about 10 times a day.

Noah pokes and prodes them and scares the living daylights out of them (hence, he is usually told off and removed from their cage). It's a process teaching him to be quiet and gentle with them, but he is improving day by day.

We love our little guinea pigs and the boys have been telling everyone that we have 7members in our family now.

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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!