Writings by Miss M & Fall Frolics

My first trip to the North Poll
By M
I licke going to the North poll
said pony
I just licke it so much.
do you understand me?
yes said the little pony.



Frends are the best ever
By M
I see a big black bear with sharp claws
but here comes a bear cub.
a cheetu is on a tree looking at the bear cub
saying can you be my frend?
the bear cub siad, yes i can be your frend
but i haft to tell my mom.


Miss M is so excited that we will soon be headed to the North Pole (I think that I am just as excited as the kids) to see Santa, drink hot cocoa all whilst wearing our pj's! (note to self...by cute, modest pj's...ratty sweats that I've owned since high school won't do - side note...those ratty pj's got me out of a speeding ticket in my newly married/college days. That's another story tho). The bear story...we're headed to Yellowstone, (I'm so excited! It looks like several of our local friends/kids will be going & we'll meet our Utah friends their! yay!), this summer & we've had several bear discussions. I bought the kids some books on Yellowstone...they won't get them until Christmas. I am blanking on the title of M's book, but it has questions that kids ask park rangers. It discusses geysers, wildlife, etc. It also has age appropriate activities. J's is SO J! He is 4...so, potty talk is something that we try to curb around here, but I couldn't resist the book "Who pooped in the park". Yes, it's about identifying scat. He'll love it.

I love that M is starting to use punctuation in her stories. J & I worked on reading today, while M was at school. He is so into the school thing right now. It makes me happy because a year ago, he only let M teach him things. He loves to play school while M is at school. K is starting to climb. I am very happy that he put off that little task...until this week. J was climbing EVERYTHING at 9mo. He didn't start walking until 14mo...but he sure could climb! A month ago, K's greatest joy in life was walking everywhere, (he started walking at 12mo 2days). Our living room/kitchen/dining room is very open, so he would just walk the circle...beaming with pride that he was a big boy that could walk. Now he climbs on to my papasan & stands up....beaming. Then goes into his bedroom & climbs on J's bed & then on to their little work bench...and stands. I am so afraid to leave the room, for fear that he is going to fall off. So, I am back to showering only when he is sleeping. So, that's either waking up really early (7:30 is early in this house...my kids are sleepers), or waiting until nap time...which I can't handle. I like to be clean before starting my day. Have I blogged about K's obsession with underwear?? UGH! He always manages to find a dirty pair & just walks around with it. Usually J's. He happened to find a CLEAN pair while helping me fold laundry. He was packing it around, so I put it on his head...he went about playing with chonies on his head. He was SO PROUD of his "hat". This boy is going to have some freaky habits.
I added some photos of the big kids in the leaves. It started out w/ M being silly...then she started putting leaves in the umbrella (not what Aunt Vicky had in mind for the umbrellas, i'm sure). So, J joins in...he tends to get a bit out of control...he starts dumping the leaves on his sis...no biggie. She retaliates & he starts crying. Well, if ya can't take it...don't dish it.... Yes, I have sort of a twisted sense of humor & caught it all on my little memory card. Of course, photographing him didn't make him any happier. Oops. They make up pretty quickly...no worries. Oh! Notice Blu's favorite passtime. He LOVES the slide.
Well, my m&m/green tea habit is back...so is the insomnia...correlation ya think? hmmm... ;) Well, I'm off to do something not so stimulating...like read a book...& try to get some sleep.