Missing the Moral of the Teaching

My husband and I are not great bunny lovers, because like peter rabbit they always seem to enjoy our garden. However, this Sunday evening I was eager to show my find to my two year old daughter who is always loving especially to animals and babies. So as my husband, daughter, and I gathered around our backyard window to view the tiny baby rabbit who was nibbling on some grass I knew I had hit the jackpot and she would remember this memory forever. Turns out I will...

She gasped in horror at what she saw through the window and hurriedly bustled towards the door. I asked her where she was going not wanting her to miss seeing the bunny. She responded with a smile on her face, "I have to go bop it." Not believing my child could possibly know exactly what she was saying I asked for clarification. Again with that smile, she began to act out the brutal bopping of a baby bunnies head. There was no question what she meant. Not sure what a good parent would do at this point; I allowed my daughter to go bop the bunny.... I will never forget watching her little pajama legs slinking around the deck and popping around the corner of where the bunny used to be. She seemed relieved when it was no longer there and sprinted back into the house for safety.

Nursery leaders my child is learning, even if it is not the moral of the song!

It is amazing how we can teach a concept and kids just run wild with a little bullet point and miss the bigger picture. I recently taught four year-olds about having a living prophet on the earth today. I wanted them to relate to Thomas S. Monson and so of course I told them about lots of wonderful things he did and happened to include the fact that he can wiggle his ears. Two weeks later I am teaching again and one little boy can hardly sit in his chair he is so excited to show me that he has been practicing for two weeks, and sure enough he can now wiggle his ears. I was delighted that something had sunk in and again we had the opportunity to reinforce the concept of following a living prophet.
I didn't realize the teaching might have been a little skewed until I asked the class this question: Why do you want to be baptized?" I got the usual answers from the class; for instance to be like Christ and because I like to swim. However, when it became this boys turn with pride in his voice and confidence brimming his tiny four-year-old body he said, "Because I have to get to God to show him I can do this" (while wiggling his ears). Correction little four year olds while it is good to follow the prophet I do not know that wiggling your ears will win you any brownie points....

Don't worry I was recently removed from that calling and now teach the 8-year-old class who have already made the choice to be baptized.

Expecting Baby #3

Our Favorite Things! -BABIES!!!

D' Builder

My son loves his blocks- Stinking cute engineer!
Forget the leaning tower of Pisa!

New T-Ball Toy

I was so excited for the kids to play with the T-ball set Grandpa and Grandma Dooley got the kids for Easter. Well turns out they are going to need some more practice... :D

How Daphney believes we should hit the ball.

Demitri's turn... this is funny to me for many of reasons.

Easter Fun at Hyvee

 At Hyvee today we were able to go and see the Easter Bunny and Cookie Monster and Elmo. The kids loved the animals from a distance and we were really lucky to get this picture with the Bunny still looking like he is close to the kids. :D

Then we were able to decorate pancakes to look like easter bunnies. It was super easy and there was no line and it was free fun! Oh and tasted wonderful! Chocolate on pancakes is ingenious!

Daphney's Bunny- She picked out the ingredients she wanted for each

 body part and then we put it together. 

This is Demitri's you will have to click on it to see his ingredient picks since I forgot to get a close up.

Then we were able to decorate Easter Eggs with crayons.

Attempt #1 No face
Attempt#2 No Egg
Attempt #3- Priceless!

More about Pet Mouse

Found this saved in my drafts today so probably a month old:

Tonight I asked Daphney to say the prayers. She responded no it is mouses turn (her stuffed animal that I am not sure what animal it really is...) She then preceded to whisper to the mouse sentences that she would then repeat in a small mouse voice. It was super funny. "Thank you for your EYES, Thank you for your NOSE, Thank you for your HANDS, Thank you for your HEART, and the hearts on my bed!"
-Love that crazy child!

Outside Happiness

We are very strangely stuck on this letter! Can't make a capital I no.. no.. NO! -Only H's. Any other letter you might see littering our driveway, sidewalk, and every other pebble will not be done by Daphney. 

Demitri fell down the hill and cried so Daphney pretended to fall and roll down with him while laughing. Either she was making fun of him or showing him how to enjoy the fall! (She sure has enough practice at falling!)

So my kids have started this new thing of painting rocks... They have been doing it for DAYS!!! This is kind of a family tradition however the secret thing we must never tell my children is they are painting with water. It is the best hoax ever. - They happily spend loads of time working together outside and it is clean!