Pantera begged to take pics with her animals yesterday. "Pretend this dog is licking my face. Pretend this leopard is trying to eat this horse and I am telling him 'no.' "
Each kid took their turn being sick this week. That plus the snow and we have some pretty great cabin fever. Zeke has been feeling it the worst I think. He goes in cycles being super crabby, then majorly affectionate. I've been crocheting (slowly turning into an old lady) and I made him a dorky Pingu hat, made him so happy.

It's been pretty fun to watch Amari pick on Zeke lately. She loves to take whatever he is playing with from him and it makes him so mad, which in turn makes her so happy. Again, third child syndrome.

Pantera gave her teacher the Book of Mormon on Monday. She picked up a copy at church last week and said she wanted her to have it. Her teacher was very sweet about it and promised her she will read it, but she isn't sure about giving up coffee, lol! I am so proud of that little girl and her enthusiasm for the gospel, I wish I could be more like that.

Retraction...

Amari has threatened not to sleep until I correct my previous post. Amari is not silly, her faces are not funny. She is the model of grace and feminine charm. That may not have even been her in those last pictures. These are official Amari photos and have been approved by her.

Silly Amari

Amari has been making the silliest faces lately. She does this fake laugh and looks hilarious.

Laptops

Our cat is very strange. He will sit next to Amari and let her pull his fur, but runs away if Zeke is near. Amari loves him so much and makes the cutest noises when she sees him. She is verbalizing a little more, if I go to the freezer she perks up and says "Pawpop!?!" for otterpop. She is getting pretty mobile, but only if she wants something. She also has a really bad attitude and she laughed when someone farted the other day...wait she's the 3rd child....the curse continues...
Zekie, my Zekie. He got a toy story laptop for Christmas, but it came with activity cards that will soon be no more. So I got him a different one hoping to phase the old one out. Oh no, it is now used for networking and they have to run all the time! I thought I was really clever for church this past week by getting a vinyl cling set instead of the felt one he had been playing with during sacrament. M-E-L-T-D-O-W-N!!! When they wouldn't stick to the pew he lost it...over and over again!

Pantera and Nick can't be around each other at school due to an unhealthy relationship. She has been so much happier the past couple days because of this. Last week we were reading scriptures and she was bouncing around not listening like usual. Jess asked her if she could tell him what he just read to her, knowing she had not been listening. She replies "I don't know, must be Isaiah!" She drew a card for her dad's birthday with a picture of him on it. As she is drawing she says "Do you know how I learned how to draw dad? Ms. K taught me! She showed me how to draw Martin Luther King and now I can easy make dad!"

I loved this tough guy beanie and the jelly on the side of his face makes him look like he just got done brawling.

Little Green Man Child

"Pretend I'm scared." Actually, this is the look I get when I ask her to clean her room or if she needs a dose of tylenol. Tonight Pantera was prancing around the house in a long sleeved shirt, leggings, high heels, and a bathing suit. "I work for Jabba the Hut." She has taken it upon herself to befriend a boy on the bus. She wrote him a note on really girly paper, filled with hearts that said "I love you. You are spashel to me." I asked her if she loves him and she said just as a friend, then I got to explain what sending mixed signals means. Having a girl is so fun lol!

In other news...I'M A GRANDMA!!! Look at our new little bundle of green joy!!! I just about died laughing when Zeke was pushing this around the house, and even harder when he stopped to nurse!

I was adjusting the settings on the old camera before a session and couldn't help but keep this one!