ideas of order: June 2012

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Because there are none

So, I was checking the blog the other day--feeling pretty good because it had been less than 6 months since the last time I posted--when I realized that I don't have any pictures of Asher up here. Oops. Sorry. He's one amazingly cute baby so you've all been missing out. Here are some pics to prove it:

Sweet newborn pic (courtesy of Christina)

Baaa

Hat and booties made by Great Grandma Janis (quilt by grandma-lene)

That cat!

Curious & Cute

He's always smiling! This is more like what I see every day.

"Help!" They all love him. But, no, Ivy is not supposed to pick him up.

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Ivy (after church): Guess what!!
Dad: What?
Ivy: Rich Blessings are in stores!

Dad: This is good country music, right?
Kids nod or give some sign of assent.
Dad: You know some people don't like country music.
Nathan, thoughtfully: Oh, is that why they made cities?

Nathan to Dad: "Pretty lively for a man your age. 30 years old. Pretty lively."

Nathan: "...great, great, great, great Grandpa. He's so old, he died already!"

Nathan: "That smells like Grandpa Shepherd!"
Mom: "What smell?"
Nathan: "That smell! You know, hair...whitish...oldish..."

Nathan: "What would you like, sir?"
Katie: "Water and cake."
Nathan: "We only have water. That's the problem."
Katie: "Oh... I just want cake then."

Katie (as Nathan & Dad are wrestling on the living room floor): I'm going to go wrestle with the boys. Hi-ya! (She said the last as she dived head first into the mix.)

Katie tends to add consonants to words that end in vowels. My favorites: shampoop & tu-tut (you know, tutu with a t).

Nathan: Mom, why does "shampoo" have the word "pooh" in it?

Mom: Nathan, do you want me to listen while you say your prayers or do you want to say them after I go?
Nathan: All this answering is giving me a crick in the neck!

Nathan: What are you doing?
Dad: Making bagels.
Nathan: You don't know how to make bagels.
Dad: Yes, I do.
Nathan: Do you have a recipe?
Dad: Yes.
Nathan: Hey, what's the bagel idea?!

Dad: If you get burned badly enough, you can die.
Nathan: Did you get burned badly enough and die?
Dad, in an ironic tone: Did I die?
Nathan: Well, did ya?

I was playing with Nathan & Katie and pretending to be their sister. A little while into playing, Nathan decided that I would be "Emily," then said, "Hi, Emily--girl that I was going to marry. I'm sorry I can't marry you now that you're my sister."

During Nathan's nightly prayer:
"Help me to love Mommy as much as you do."

During the Macy's Thanksgiving parade, Nathan saw a balloon of Spongebob and called out, "Spongebob Cheesepants!"
Later, we saw Snoopy. This time he called out, "Snowplow!...uh, what's his name?"

Nathan: "Stuffed animals chase bad dreams away. Didn't you know that?"

Katie, making the sound of a doorbell: "Ping-pong."

Usually, it's not so much what Katie says, but how she says it. Like a little mimic--or, more appropriately, a little mommy. My own mini-me. Gushing: "I so happy to see you!" Stern: "Nathan!" Sweet: "Hi, gorgeous!"

Sunday, June 10, 2012

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