Chat with Santa

When I was a kid, I had to use a pencil and paper to write my letter to Santa. I also had to put my coat on, strap on some moon boots and get in a car to drive to the mall (or ward Christmas party) to see Santa.

Kids these days have it so easy!

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I have had a few little turkeys say and do some really cute things lately and I wanted to write them down before I forget them!

Emma

• The other day at dinner, sat down and said "ok, everyone say two things you are grateful for. She started and said 1. books and 2. Mom.
• She received her soccer trophy this week and it was her first trophy ever and she was ecstatic! Her coach said that at every game Emma would ask him when she gets her trophy. I didn't know she was THAT excited!

Ben

• Gave his first talk in primary. The subject was "My faith in Jesus Christ grows as I count my many blessings". He talked about his family and how playing games and reading scriptures with his family makes him happy and how grateful he is for the blessing of family. He did a good job!
• When Emma asked everyone what they are grateful for said "reading scriptures and going to church." This was totally unprompted by his parents!

Erick

• When asked by Emma what he was thankful for said "Jesus" pronounced Sesus. This was totally unprompted by parents as well! Go Erick!
• Also, a few days ago I set his lunch before him and he started eating and I was busy getting Camille's lunch ready when Erick stopped eating and said "We forgot to say prayer mommy." So, we stopped and he said the prayer and then continued eating his food. Pretty good for a two year old (soon to be 3!)
• His nursery teacher said that today in nursery when she did the roll call, she kept calling Erick's name and he wouldn't acknowledge that he was there. He then told her that Erick is not here, but Papa is here. Papa is Erick's nickname. Poor guy, he has so many names!

Camille

• In Relief Society today, she wanders around and all the old ladies eat her up. One of them gave her an empty tic tac box (I thought of you Char) and Cami took it and touched it pretending to dial on a phone and put it to her ear and started talking.
• Camille is a jabber box and is starting to kind of say stuff. She walked in the kitchen today while I was cleaning and was waving her hand saying "hi, hi, hi, hi, hi". Cute!
• She also does the "I love you" and the actions that the Hobson family does (you know what I'm talking about if you were lucky enough to know Grandma Hobson) she says I love you too, the best she can.
• She LOVES to be outside. As soon as a door is opened or someone puts their shoes on, she makes a b-line for the door and if she can't go out, you definately hear about it!
• She loves shoes and clothes. Today I put her dress on and she was so excited and ran around the house with her arms in the air like she was the prettiest thing on earth (she is right of course) She is just a doll. I wish you all could spend a day with her becuase if you did, you would just want to kiss and pinch her chubby cheeks and giggle right along with her. It can be therapuetic to be with that girl.
• One more thing. . . She is full into the tantrums. She falls down on the floor and then throws her body back (banging the back of her head). This is how she tells us she is really mad. It just cracks me up especially when she is on the tile or hard wood floor and before throwing her head back, she turns and looks to see how hard it is going to be and then falls back accordingly so as to not hurt her head so badly!

I wanted to also include two other little tidbits. I guess they are mom tips. Take them or leave them!

1. Each month on their would be birthday, I write a letter to my kids just updating them on what happened in their life that month. I try to include cute things they do and say (you get the picture). It is a love letter and they will have a nice book of them when they leave home. Eventually I want to include a special little outing or activity with mom on this date so I can have some one on one time with each kid.

2. Most days of the week for dinner, before I serve the main course, I set a plate in front of each child full of broccoli, carrots and tomatoes. The kids are usually SOOO hungry and will eat these while I am finishing up dinner. It is a good way to get them to eat veggies, I call it our vegetable appetizer.

This is a very random post, but I want to respond to Emma's question about what I am thankful for. . .

Earlier this week I had just had it! I have been sick and coughing and sniffling for almost a month. I decided it was time to get a blessing! So, Don gave me a beautiful blessing which included a little blurb about my blessings and how I need to be mindful of them and indeed count them one by one.

So this week, I have been doing that. One of the many is that I can stay home and do not have to work outside of the home! I am so grateful for a husband who supports me and wants me at home with the children. It is such a blessing to be able to be here with the kids and to love and nurture them. It is a very tiring and I can't say that I am always grateful to be home, but deep down I really am, I wouldn't want to be doing anything else!

Also, I must say how grateful I am for my four beautiful and healthy children. They are not perfect by any means but they are great and they are trying! I am also thankful for my parents and love them so much. I am grateful for the unconditional love and support they have always given me. I miss them.

I am grateful for my Grandma Law who turns 80 this week. She is such an example of enduring well to the end. I love you! Happy Birthday.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

PS, we will post some pics of our little turkeys later on this week.

The Pumpkin Patch and Halloween 2007

The Pumpkin Patch and Halloween 2007

Enjoy!