We had so much fun harvesting our pumpkins yesterday. The plants froze before they finished turning orange, so with a little sunlight, hopefully they'll finish ripening soon!
My little farmers were so cute and excited to help.
I LOVE fall!
Speaking of pumpkins....there will be a pumpkin patch, craft booths, yummy food, kids games, 5K run, FREE kids race, petting zoo and lots of FUN at the Woodland Chokecherry Festivalthis Saturday, September 22nd in Woodland on Bench Creek Road(Just up the road from the Woodland Church).
It will be SO much fun and a great way to celebrate fall!
Jack couldn't wait till preschool started this year, and asked me everyday for a month if it was time to go back. When we pulled up, he jumped out of the car and ran in, and I had to chase him down to try to take some pictures. He knew right where to hang up his bookbag and wasn't scared or hesitant at all about me leaving. He immediately sat down at the table with another boy, and I went to give him a hug and a kiss, and he REFUSED my kisses! He got this look of embarrassment on his face that his mother would DARE to kiss him in front of other boys. I was crushed. CRUSHED. How do they know its not cool to kiss your mommy in front of other kids? When did he get that big that he cares what other kids think? Ugh. I'm so not ready for him to grow up yet. Wipe his own bum? Yes, but refuse my kisses? Never. So I did what any good mother would do.....smothered his face in kisses and embarrassed the heck out of him. Then got in my car and cried that my baby is not a baby anymore. Here's my big preschool baby, who is WAY too cool for kissing his mom.....
Totally cool 2nd grader. Sports enthusiast. Book lover. Math whiz.
Jack's Quotes:
2/12
"Mom, can I play on your phone?"
"No."
long pause....
"Well, Mom, when I am a Dad, I'm going to be a nice Dad. And my kids can wear my clothes and play with my toys."
1/11
Upon arriving home from daycare...
"Mom, where's Fred? I just really wanna cuddle with him." (yep, he's referring to Fred the pillow pet) Seriously. Where did this kid come from?
1/11
Jack: "Mom, can I watch a show?" Me: "Sure, bud." Jack:"Oh, Mom, that makes me SOOOOO happy."
1/11
We were practicing the prophet and apostles picture book my friend gave us. Jack nailed President Monson, and Henry Eyring. Then said, "Deiter........(long pause)......Smoofdoorf!"
1/11
The other night a friend was saying the prayer and in the middle Jack leans over to me and says, "He doesn't even know how to say it, Mom." Then Jack had to say his own version of family prayers....the way WE say it.....
1/11
I told Jack that if he wouldn't learn to ride his new bike Santa would take it back to the North Pole. He proclaimed,
"No, Mom, I can just give it to Briggs(the next door neighbor), he needs to learn to ride one anyway!"
12/10
"Mom, if I make a bad choice, Heavenly Father and Santa Claus will not be happy."
12/10
"My Dad's not a grown-up, he's just old."
10/10
"Mom, I'm really sorry I was naughty, but, but.....I'm just a kid!"
9/16/10
"Mom, I really gotta shoot a elk."
8/15/10
Jack:(during nap time...)"Mom, my unders are wet."
Me: "Did you pee your pants?"
Jack:"No, I'm just laying in a puddle and they got wet."
8/1/10
Jack: "I wish I could lick a dog."
Me: "Please don't, that would be disgusting."
Jack: "But Mom, dogs lick kids all the time."
later....after more dog licking discussion..... Jack: "Okay, but if Moms lick kids, they're going to time-out."
7/14/10
"Mom, I just really wanna pee on a bug."
7/9/10
"Mom, chewing is for food, not friends." (after getting bitten at school by a fellow classmate)
7/10
"Mom, Daddy cares for me to chew gum, but you don't care for me to chew gum, huh?" 6/10
Jack: "Mom, Brittany(the Chippette) said butt."
Me: "We don't say that word, its not nice."
Jack: "But we can say booty or hiney?"
Me: "Yep. Exactly."
5/30/10
Jack(after hearing his older cousins): "I'll punch you in the face."
Me: "Oh Jack, we never say punch, that is not nice to say."
Jack: "But Mom, I can say punch in my cup, like from Wal-Mart."
4/17/10
"When I get in the Mater firetruck, I'm gonna drive away to Wal-Mart or Target and I'll see ya for tomorrow."
"It is impossible to avoid pain; you must walk through it or it will wait for you around every corner. And it is impossible to numb pain; you must experience it fully to come cleanly out the other side."
"A woman with a mother heart has a testimony of the restored gospel, and she teaches the principles of the gospel without equivocation. She is keeping sacred covenants made in holy temples. Her talents and skills are shared unselfishly. She gains as much education as her circumstances will allow, improving her mind and spirit with the desire to teach what she learns to the generations who follow her."
