Clean up

Zeke is going to make some girl very happy some day...
He woke up the other morning with the "clean up" song stuck in his head and was singing it throughout the day. That night he got into the dish towels and a cupboard and went to work. He was so cute mumbling his song and then pausing to give an evil laugh every so often "Clean up, clean up, HAHAHAHAHA!!!" So I am assuming he was being the worlds worst super villian.

Oh no evil Zeke, anything but the dishes!!!

I was, oh what's the word....stupid and showed him how to use the stepstool in the bathroom. Now if we want to wash our hands we must first clear the sink of whatever he has been washing.

Zeke has been super cooperative in his speech therapy. Mrs. Kristi points to her mouth to get him to look at what she is doing alot. So whenever he talks to her he does the same thing, I love it.

Put out a jar

Pantera asked me if we could "go somewhere crowded and put out a jar" and she will sing and people will give her money. Sounds like a great plan, eh?
Meredith ordered Pantera a butterfly kit. They are currently in their coccoons, which is making Pantera antsy. So she has spent the past several days outside trying to catch other butterflies for her collection. I caught this moth for her and it made her very happy. Unfortunately after about an hour in her care it was very dead. That was fine because she didn't notice and it would just sit on her finger real nice. Until it fell, then she told it "If you don't hold on I will feed you to a bird!" When she got it balanced again she lovingly said "Oh, you know I wouldn't really feed you to a bird, I was just trying to scare you." I can't wait to see how her kids turn out.

A pair of Jess's work glasses somehow ended up in the yard. When Zeke wears them he pretends he is dad and goes to work. He totally fooled Amari and I. He is getting used to having Pantera home during the day and is starting to play with her...finally. The first couple weeks were really rough.

Amari, queen of the silly faces. Does she not remind you of Garth from Wayne's World in the top left pic? She is all about copying whatever Zeke is doing, good or bad. Gotta love little sisters!

Speaking of little sisters, I can't find a name for this baby!!!! I'm going crazy. If it would have been a boy he would have been named Ezra Nathaniel...but he is a she and I have nothing...ugh. On another note, I love my camera.

Primary happenings

Yesterday I took the kids outside one by one to take a fathers day picture (except the baby, I had that one done professionally:). I was absolutely shocked at how cooperative Zeke was, he sat and smiled like I had never seen before. He has also been abnormally social and nice to people. As I was telling my friends in primary about this phenomenon, they reminded me there was a full moon the night before...it all makes sense now. A little girl in primary prayed that her sister would stop being mean today, that was pretty funny. Then I was in the back of the room behind senior primary listening to a couple 10 year old boys talking. It went like this:

Boy 1: "Your mom is a beautiful woman."
Boy 2: "My dad is one lucky guy."

Seriously might have been the most hilarious thing I have ever heard. So I went and told boy 2's beautiful mom, they may be mad at me next week but I couldn't help it. Happy Fathers day Dads!

Prego Update

We had the big ultrasound today. We are having a little girl. I was sure she was a boy and I even had a boy name ready...back to square one lol! I am due mid november.

Not Waterproof

Amari loves my bras. I caught her walking away from the laundry the other day with one around her waist. She was very pleased with herself. Unfortunately, by the time I ran to get my camera she was sitting down and it lost a little of its funny.
Zeke had his evaluation on Friday. He qualifies for speech and occupational therapy. Aspergers syndrome runs in my family and he is showing signs of an autism spectrum disorder, so they recommended I get him a psych evaluation. It all sounds like a much bigger deal then it actually is. Basically Zeke isn't a social butterfly and he needs help learning how to cope with...well everything. I've seen what great things early intervention can do and I am really excited for my little man.

On another note, Zeke is in love with the ark Jess's uncle made for the kids. He has to eat and sleep with it, not the cuddliest thing in the world but he loves it.

Yesterday was my little sister's graduation party. She had live entertainment!

Pantera+karoake+a crowd=The best day of her life. She really rocked it out! Watch out uncle Alex, she's gonna give you a run for your money!

The other day Pantera walked lethargically into the kitchen wearing her flannel star wars pjs. She very dramatically said "I'm really hot for some reason. So hot I think I might die. I just don't know what is wrong with me!" I had to remind her it was 90* outside and she was wearing winter pjs. "Oh!" The next night, she asked Jess to point the fan right at her face as she was relaxing and reading a book. When Jess went to tell her goodnight she again very dramatically said "Dad, my eyes are burning and I don't know why!" Blonde moments from a very smart girl.

Pantera has big plans for her life. She is going to invent a "device" that will allow her to talk to animals. She is going to mass market the said device and rake in millions. She is going to use her money to buy a horse and travel the world helping animals.

Me: "That's perfect you can hire someone to take care of your horse while you are gone"

Tera: "I'm going to ride my horse everywhere to help animals."

Me: "What about when you have to cross the ocean?"

Tera: "My horse is a REALLY good jumper. But I should probably leave my device at home."

Me: "Why? Wouldn't you need it to talk to the ocean animals?"

Tera: "Duh, it's not waterproof!"

Me: "If you make a device that lets you talk to animals, why not make it waterproof?"

Tera: "How am I supposed to do that!?!"

14 months

It's been another month already. Miss Amari is 14 months old now. In the past month she has learned to say "No" and "Mine" (I wonder who taught her that...Zeke). She has also FINALLY started walking and walking well. She is all over the place making pictures a real challenge.

We live in an area with alot of wildlife so it was not surprising to run into some cute woodland creatures.

So maybe it was a zhu zhu pet I brought along to help, "tomatoe, potatoe, tomatoe, potatoe." Which reminds me, Amari is officially over her fear of zhu zhu's, she used to cry if they rolled near her. Now she loves them.

Posing the teddy bear very carefully.

I love our little picture tradition. I just wish Pantera would humor me and let me take some of her now and then.

Back in the saddle again

The days of kids playing quietly or just being content to read books in a closet are gone, well for the summer at least. Yes, Pantera is out of school and in need of as much attention as ever. Her last day was Friday and that was pretty drama filled. They sent her home with a disc of pictures to music, which she watched over and over and over. Then she was crying in her bed that night because she is going to miss Miss K so bad. Pantera LOVED kindergarten.
Before school got out, they had the Olympics. Pantera's class represented France. So all I heard for 3 weeks was "Bonjour Madaam" and "Frere Jacques" because that's all they say in France. I couldn't stay for the whole day but I guess Pantera got first place in everything out of the whole school (at least that's what she told me).

Amari loves giving the cat treats. And no she is not eating one, that is an otter pop. She has spent the past week trying to learn to ride him. I think cats are kind of tricky to saddle, but she is making progress and if she can't, she puts him in a headlock....she really does! Funny thing is the cat just sits there and lets her.

We have to figure out something with my Zekie boy. If anyone talks to him at church, he screams "No!" then wants me to hold him. Until nursery then he is great. I don't get it, we go every week and it is just getting worse. He is really a great kid, to bad he won't talk to anyone.