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An interview with Mom

While I was cooking dinner yesterday, Zane asked if he could help. It just wasn't possible this time, with what I was doing, so I turned him down. He then asked if he could interview me while I was cooking. I said, "Sure!" I started jotting notes down on a pad after we got into it, because it was getting pretty entertaining. Maybe you'll enjoy it too...

What's your favorite color?
All shades of Blue

What's your favorite letter?
H - That's the first letter of our last name

What's your favorite number?
7, because that's how many days God took to create everything.

What's your favorite silly hat?
I like winter stocking caps with the fuzzy ball on top

What's your favorite animal to draw?
Probably a snake, because my drawing isn't the best

What's your favorite food?
That's a hard one, probably pasta

What's your favorite thing to do around the house?
Read books to you and Gemma

What's your favorite bug?
Eww. I don't like bugs! (Zane then informed me that I do like caterpillars, butterflies & lady bugs, because they're nice)

What's your favorite Bible verse?
Phil 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. (That spurred the song we know about that verse, so we stopped to sing) :-)

What's your favorite flower?
White daisies (Zane said his was sunflowers)

What's your favorite TV show?
Diners Drive-ins & Dives

What's your favorite drink?
Mint Iced Tea

What's your favorite color apple?
Red, because I think they are sweeter

What's your favorite plate to eat on?
The white corelle (Zane thinks that I should eat off of the colorful plastic plates we have more often)

What do you like to cook?
I like to cook new recipes that I haven't tried before.
Zane says, "That's a pretty good answer Mom."

I love my little man.

Lots of Love

You can't really make out these army men's faces in this picture, but they are scowling and appear about as unfriendly as plastically possible. You must understand this to get the full effect of this story...

This morning Gemma and I were enjoying our girl bonding time while Zane was at preschool. We like to read books and play with her baby dolls during this time. As was expected, she brought me a book as soon as the boys headed out the door. We read "My Speedy Turtle" about 10 times. When she had had her fill of this story, she held her arms just right and began to rock them back and forth, as though rocking a baby. This is the sign that it is baby doll time. I smiled and told her to go get one of her babies.

She returned with the army guys. I'm not sure why. This has not happened before. It could be that they were first available on her trip to her bedroom. Or it could be, she just had an uninterrupted chance to play with these army men, whom are usually off limits when Zane is home. Whatever the case, she gave one to me and she kept one for herself. She rocked the little army man, gave him kisses, pointed out his eyes, nose and mouth, and tickled his belly. Then traded me, to love on the other little army man. I was having trouble keeping a straight face.

I'm so used to seeing these army men thrown in all directions with many war time sound effects. I have to think these little army men enjoyed getting a little love this morning.

Kansas State Fair

We love the fair. We are loyal to our state fair and were loyal to the Texas State Fair when we were Texans. Both lots of fun. It's a combination of the outdoors, unlimited fried food and fun day together as a family that the fair provides that brings us much excitement!

We got our spot early before the pig races began. We wanted to be able to see everything.

Pig racing in action. Our pig actually won the big race at the end!


One of Zane's highlights was the Slush Factory. You could try a combination of flavors. He went with orange, banana & blue raspberry.

Here is one of the many times Gemma got excited about seeing animals. That was definitely her favorite part! We heard a lot of "oooh" and "Look".


Another highlight for Zane was seeing a real race car. The sun was in his eyes, thus the reason for the hands over his face. It wasn't that he was just overcome with emotion at the sight of the car. :-)

And sadly, I don't have a picture of my highlight....Fried Oreos. I'm a little embarrassed to share with you how much I enjoyed them. But being the health nut that I am, I enjoyed every morsel. Oreos dipped in funnel cake batter, fried and dusted with powdered sugar. I don't even know what else to say.

Crazy Sock Night

Sometime during this month that has flown by, was Crazy Sock Night at AWANA. Here is my little man modeling them. He raided my sock drawer to find these fun accessories.

15 Months

Gemma had her 15 month check up today. It seems we officially have a toddler on our hands. What happened to the baby? It does go by fast. Gemma seems to be growing up just right.
Here are the stats...

Weight: 22 lbs (38%)
Height: 30 3/8 inches (35%)
Head circumference: 18.25 (64%)

I obviously assume her head is a little larger in comparison to the other stats due to her large brain. She is brilliant! ;-)

We all went as a family to the appt. While we were there, we discovered the flu shots were available and so we all got one, much to Zane's dismay. He did great though and even got to pick a special prize out of the treasure chest.

Adventures in raising a 1 year old.

So, I folded clothes today. I placed them neatly back in the laundry basket to be distributed to the appropriate room. Here lies the mistake. I then headed to the kitchen to clean up the bowls from my cabinet that had been dispersed throughout the kitchen floor. This is when I hear crying from the living room. Not serious crying, just frustrated whining type crying. Here is what I find. She has dumped my neatly folded clothes and arranged them ever so nicely. Then placed herself in the laundry basket and got stuck. I considered not helping...but she's pretty cute...so I did.

Then there was this afternoon. Zane and I are coloring together at the table...rather enjoying ourselves. I glance over to check on Gemma who was playing on the floor next to us. She seems to be chewing. Not normally an issue, as she commonly snacks on the debris under the table. Although, this time the chewing is occurring with crayons in hand. With a little concern, I shove my finger in her mouth and this is what I find...

***Warning*** Leave your 1 year old alone at your own risk.