Silver Tabs: May 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Shooting time

Aaron took Van shooting this weekend. They had a good time and Van was so excited to go spend the day with Aaron doing grown up things.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Van finished his soccer season on Saturday. He has shown much improvement from the fall. His coach put lots of time into showing them soccer tecniques, and different moves - it is so fun to watch them use the tricks. Thanks Jill for a

job well done.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Thirty Something

I have decided birthdays as you get older are more fun because it seems you celebrate for a longer period of time. Last Friday my mom and Steve cooked a delicious birthday dinner for me and my family, last night Melissa and Sarah took me out for dinner and some shopping, today is the actual day - cake and ice cream, and Aaron has arranged something for the weekend. So a week of people celebrating your birth is awesome - or I am just surrounded by awesome people who like to make me feel loved. Thanks everyone.

PLUS - Look how cute my students are, they have been giving me gifts all day. One student, Mason, had his mom bring in a cake - I've never had that before. I am so lucky!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Mother's Day

This is the first mother's day that feels like a true mother's day. Up until now it has been more of a husband treat your wife nice day. Van came into my bedroom at 7:00am to give me the gift that was prepared at school. He was so excited for me to open it, when I was done opening he said "I want to bring you breakfast in bed" I told him I didn't want to get cereal and milk all over the bed, and I would like to have all of us sit down at the table together. As I was getting up and getting cereal taken care of Van came in to tell me he had prepared a menu for tonights dinner, and that it was a surprise. He was just so sincere and cute in all his mother's day tactics, I really did feel appreciated. When it came time for dinner, I selected some items from the menu, and he served me dinner.
He is very excited to do the same for father's day.
Thanks Van for making mother's day so special, I love you.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

20 days and counting

Any of you who have kids in school that get out June 5, there are TWENTY more days of school. I don't know if that is a good thing or not, but I am pretty excited!

Quotes from the kids

Finn is learning what being frustrated means. His latest sayings of frustration include: "Mom, you are so busted" - this is said when I ask him to do something he doesn't want to do. Also the noises that come out of his mouth, I laugh almost every time "aahhhh, hmmm, ggrrrrr" these are all said as he is bending over almost colapsing
This is more of jesture than a quote: as we were singing from the hymn book Finn licked his index finger and used it to turn the page. So funny, and so cute. I just can't get enough.
If you ever get the chance, have Finn sing I Am a Child of God. Really the cutest little thing I have ever heard. He has perfected each part.
When Finn sings I Am a Child of God in the end when it says "teach me all that I must do" he says "teach me all that stuff..." and ends it there. It doesn't sound as funny when I write it down - but when sung by Finn super funny!
Finn "him's my best friend" there are times I can not find the heart to tell him how to speak correctly
Huming birds have become a fascination in our family. Finn will say "I see a honey bird" - love it!
All of Finn's shorts this summer were Van's shorts last summer, SO they are a little big. When Finn is climbing into his car seat he often says "Oh, my bums falling off" which means his pants are falling down. It's so funny!
Finn is so funny these days - maybe I shouldn't laugh at his sayings, but how can I not? The other day he came to me so sweetly and asked "you need a dying coke" diet coke.
I hope Finn is not trying to tell me something when he puts his stuffed animal up his shirt and while patting it says "this is my fat baby"
Funny things Finn Says: "thad be good", "let's go ride the front frunner" (front runner), when I tell Finn to say sorry, or something to Van he will say "sorry brudder", "lets nuse nis" (let's use this), and "hanitizer" (hand sanitizer), we went to the doctor yesterday he kept calling the doctor "dofter, dofter" it was pretty funny.
Van - "Christmas magic", when you do something for someone with out being asked, or not getting paid.
While watching the fire works on the 4th of July Van explained the reason of fireworks "Mom, I know why we need fireworks for the earth's birthday (4th of July) cause candles are to small" It was so cute!
Finn loves to sing Happy birthday this is how it goes " Happy, (pause), to you" over and over. Love it!
While at the doctor Van was washing his hands with soap he said "this is to make my hands shiny"
Finn is still working on his speech, but gets better everyday. He will now say "where's grandpa?" I say "where is grandpa?" Finn says "at his house." That is a three word sentence, maybe the speech therapy is working?
Van put a ring thing that had broken off a gun onto a string and asked me to tie it around his neck. As I was tying it he said "dudes sometimes where necklaces, huh mom".
At Halloween grandma Patti asked Van for a kiss he said "Pirates don't give kisses" he had to take off his and sword before he would kiss her.

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