Kung Fu Cole

For Christmas Cole got the new Karate Kid movie and he loves it. He also has some cousins that teach him some pretty sweet moves. Here is a short video of Cole kickin' some butt!!

His grandma also made him this great Karate costume too.

Cole is such a great kid and he makes us smile and laugh every single day!

Poor Little guy...

My little guy has been sick since Monday or was it Tuesday. Man he has been coughing and his head has been hurting. I really hate to see little ones sick. I do like however, how he can tell me what is hurting. That sure makes it easier than when they can't tell you.

This dang cough better leave our house soon! Tis the season for it but let's hope it leaves us quick and skips the rest of us.

Dailey doesn't do well with coughs. She already has such a quick gag reflex. People are learning that more and more at church it seems. She always gags and throws up right during church! Lately Kevin has been the recipient of it all over him.

Lucky Guy!

Wait Till they can Wipe by themselves...

Cole called out to me "Mom I'm ready to wipe" I walked in and he said " You don't want to look at the poop, You really, really don't"!

I laughed pretty hard. Than I thought of this that my Brother once said "Wait Till they Can wipe by themselves it will bring a tear to your eye" He may have been quoting someone else but I thought it was pretty funny.

Goal for 2011 wiping without help!!!

Love the smell of bread cooking...

I made bread today! Usually I only make bread under my Mom's watchful care. It usually is yummy wheat bread but today I used this recipe below and it turned out really good. The loafs didn't look perfect but heck it tasted pretty good.

I sure love the smell of fresh baked bread.

90-Minute Bread

From my Aunt Mary Jane

4 C Warm Water 4t Salt

4 Cake Yeast 4T Melted Shortening

8T Sugar 7-8 C Flour (or a little more)

Dissolve yeast in water. Mix in the rest. Cut into 4 pieces-Let stand 15-20 minutes. Knead 1-4 minutes. Form 4 loaves. Let stand 30 minutes, then Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

Simple Abundance...

I have a whole stack of books on my night stand by my bed just waiting for me to read. This one I got last year from my Mom. I read a few pages here and there last year. But it has an entry each day and I thought I can keep up with that. So here goes...

Today the title was "This isn't a Dress Rehearsal" it talked about how so many times we save our fine china for a special event or we don't get dressed up if we are staying home that day. We hold back like an actress does to concern her energy for opening night when in fact this is it!

She talks about how it does take more effort to set an inviting table, but it enhances our enjoyment of eating.

While I love a good lounge day in my pajamas. I loved reading this!

Love the little moments...

Last night Cole was excited for Family Home Evening. He wanted to learn about the Gold Plates.

So that is what we learned about tonight. I sure love these little moments. I do say moments because our lessons don't last long but hey we are trying. Ha. ha.

I had to snap this pictures right during lesson so I can remember this when I'm old.

Dailey was having her own lesson with Dr. Seuss.

CTR

So now Cole is no longer my little sunbeam. He is now in CTR 4. He has great new teachers and he is way excited about it. In church he got the CTR ring which he thought was pretty cool. But doesn't love wearing.

Well this morning at breakfast he was telling his sister how she was not choosing the right. She was crying and he said you are being grumpy and not choosing the right. He got his ring and told her you need to "CTR Dailey" it was so dang funny.