Busy Day

Today was a busy day for Kory. He woke up exceptionally early, after a rather sleepless night, due to an unexpected milk bath and two night terrors.

He began his day taking a totally awesome picture of his sister.

A picnic lunch was really fun!

Sliding is super fun! He's lucky to have such a great big brother to play with!

Then I made them a tire swing to play on. Kory played and played and played...

Till he just couldn't play anymore.

Outdoor play

Here are a few pics of the kids that I really liked.

Big Fun

The weekend saw some awesome additions to our home, upping our fun quotient significantly.

I've been begging Joe to get me and old tire and fill it with sand for years! Finally, Julie took pity on me and helped me get the tire myself. That was a month ago. On Saturday, Joe finally brought me a load of sand. I think he overdid it, but the kids aren't complaining.
Goats! As mentioned in the Bennet Blog, we got goats. I'd like to point out that I put in the last t-post and finnished the pen all by myself Sunday so we could bring out goats home.

Kory's goat still needs to be bottle fed, and he LOVES doing it!

They spend as much time as they can with their goats. Jake had named his "Goaty" but has since changed his mind to "Faster." Jake doesn't have terrific diction, so if you come to my house and hear Jake calling "Bas-tard!" across the yard, you'll know your ears are deceiving you.

Kory thinks his pet is a sheep and his name is "Goat." I'm sure we'll sort it out.

What Best Friends Do...

A best friend gives you fridge-rights, and their last Coca-Cola.

A best friend makes quilts for your kids.

A best friend finnishes your sewing projects for you, accepting that you are a big sewing retard.

A best friend makes up words with you. Even if they are grammar nerds, too.

A best friend never really mocks your Harry Potter obsession--at least not when you're around.

A best friend thinks you are hysterical, even when you are just obnoxious.

A best friend thinks your kids are a stone riot, even when you are nanoseconds from murdering them where they stand. This is good-it allows your kids to live.

A best friend doesn't treat you like a weird preachy hypocrite when you go all churchy on her toukus.

A best friend tells you really personal stories so you can joke about them later, no matter how serious or heart-breaking the situation.

A best friend thinks of you when she purchases things at Wal-mart.

A best friend will text you from public restrooms.

A best friend will get accidently pregnant with you, just so you don't feel like the only tricked moron on the face of the earth.

A best friend likes you just the way you are. You don't have to pretend with her, even though sometimes its hard to stop pretending.

You're never too young for DaVinci

The following link was listed with toys appropriate for a 6 mo old baby girl:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10858597

What did you think? Too much?

Check out the crafty-ness of me!

I made this for my mother-in-law for Mother's Day and I'm really proud of it.

Because attitude is everything!

Jake was early diagnosed with ADHD last year. I kind of thought the doctor was jumping the gun a little--4 seemed awfully young, and how can you tell if a kid has a disorder or is just a kid? But, in the eighteen months since then, he has shown very little improvement. So, I have bowed to the likelyhood that Jake does indeed have ADHD. This really concerned me when I thought of him starting school in the fall! I loved school, and I think its important to Jake's future success that he have a good experience there. I don't want him to think that because he doesn't think like the other kids or work the same way that he isn't smart. He's actually really smart, he just has a really hard time sorting things out. I got some books today about ADHD and how to help your child learn to work with it. It is such a comfort to know that:

1. He isn't this way because I am a bad parent.

2. The things I have noticed about him aren't all in my head.

3. I have every right to be frustrated.

4. His way of thinking and viewing the world is unique, and I can teach him how to use that to be successful.

5. I can arm us both so that we can be prepared to succeed in school and reach his full potential.

I can't help but think of Ether 12:27:

And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

I know that one of the most powerful tools I can give Jake is teaching him about the infinite love of Jesus Christ, and the infinite power of the Atonement. Teach him that grace isn't just about sin, its about filling all the deficits in our lives. I know that by trusting the Lord, Jake's weaknesses can be strengths! Can you imagine that kind of energy and determination, that drive and that desperate need to do well, that power in intuition, all chanelled into building the kingdom of God?

I can give my child tools that will make him unstoppable! Look out Satan! Here comes Jacob--warrior for truth!