kids are smart

Isabel was doing some things in her coloring/activity book today and asked for me to read some directions for her. We were watching my nephew Cael and he was interested in the book and came over to help. Well, we were supposed to decide which animal didn't belong in the sequence: sheep, dog, cat, fish. The next sequence was: chick, dog, owl, duck.

Which animals do you think don't belong? Well, my first thought was that a dog, cat and fish are common pets and sheep are not. Cael had a different idea. He said that three are land animals and the fish lives in water. I thought his answer was better than mine. On the second group I thought for sure I have the best answer: a dog doesn't have wings like the chick, owl and duck. Well, can anyone guess what Cael thought didn't belong? It was the Owl because it's nocturnal. Yep. Can you believe that. I thought it was very perceptive. Ha ha ha. It's fun to have 4 year olds open your mind.

first kindergarten field trip

Ansel and I got to go with Isabel and her kindergarten class on their first field trip to the zoo. It was a lot of fun and they kids did a great job walking all morning. Isabel's partner was Nayeli and we had a great trip. Their favorite things were the giraffes, gorillas, elephants, and the hippo.

Lincoln and lights

I think Lincoln's favorite things are light switches. He could be in the worst mood and become so happy to turn the lights on and off. He will do it as long as I will hold him up to reach them. He recently discovered the foot petal to turn on our living room floor lamps. So many exciting new things in life when you are 10 months old!

temple trip

We had a nice trip to the Oklahoma City Temple last weekend. The kids did good in the car and had a lot of fun by the fountain. We also went to the Olive Garden for lunch....yummy!

camping

Joseph had a fantastic idea to go camping on labor day weekend in our backyard. So, we had a lot of fun playing in the tent and pretending our shed was a haunted house in the woods. I think that game was a little too scary for Ansel, but he wanted to keep doing it.....so, I don't know. We REALLY enjoyed having Isabel and Joseph home for an extra long weekend.

toilet paper

Several times I found Ansel putting a LOT of toilet paper in the toilet or the garbage can. I decided to buy the cheapest toilet paper I could find because I was tired of wasting our nice, soft stuff. Well, I went into the kids bathroom and I found a roll of the cheap stuff almost full and setting right in the garbage can. Ansel had thrown it away and replaced it with charmin. I guess he likes the good stuff too.

family game night

I missed some games that joseph and the kids were playing tonight. Joseph was just telling me about them and I thought it was pretty funny and wanted to document it...First, Joseph said that Isabel isn't very good at tic tac toe because he beat her every time. Isabel did beat Ansel, but then he didn't want to play anymore. Isabel told him that he might win the next game and they should keep playing. But Ansel said he was full, he didn't want to play anymore. Isabel insisted that he hadn't eaten anything and couldn't be full. Isabel also did a game of hangman where she picked the word. She did her name. I thought that was pretty funny. I also think it's funny that Isabel knows how to play these games because I never taught her. On Sundays we always asked her about her class at church and most of the time she'll tell us something she learned. A few times she told us they have played hangman. I wonder how many times they've actually played it, since she seems to be almost an expert at it.