Out of the Mouth of Babes

We were having a conversation about favorite movies. We know Caroline's favorite movie is Tangled--or Rapunzel as she calls it--because she watches it over and over and over again.

Brooke said her favorite movie is Wall-E. She asked Glen what his favorite movie is and he said Hoosiers. Brooke does not know that movie and I explained to her it's all about guys playing basketball and asked if she wanted to watch it.

Brooke emphatically declared, "NO! It would bored me out!"

Caroline and I were making cookies together. I decided to leave a few of them in the oven a lot longer than I prefer for Glen to enjoy. I explained to Caroline that Grandpa likes his cookies burned and crispy. I told her I like mine barely cooked and soft. I asked her how she likes her cookies.

Her answer, "Not hot."

Rebecca and I were talking about how cute it is when Caroline calls Glen and me Bampa and Bamma. Rebecca almost started to correct Caroline and teach her the right pronunciation, but then decided not to because she thinks it's so cute the way Caroline says it and I have to agree.

Since moving in with us, Caroline has been very confused about why her mom calls me Mom. She has asked over and over why Rebecca calls me Mom.

After explaining it again and again to her, she was asking the same question yet again. I finally asked her why she thinks her mom calls me Mom.

 Caroline's response, "Because her don't know how to say Bamma?"

Counting the Days

It's been two weeks and one day (but who's counting??) since Dallas, Rebecca and company moved in with us. Well, if we want to get technical, the three kids moved in two weeks and two days ago (but again--who's counting??).

Actually, Rebecca was counting today, so anyone who thought I was counting is wrong!!

I know they are anxious to get out from under our roof and get under a roof of their own. Hopefully they will have a home soon that they can call their own. We thought this would happen over the weekend when they signed all the papers at the title company.

As with everything regarding this home, nothing has been easy and nothing has been done in a timely manner. Turns out yet another glitch--the owners did not show up to sign all their papers. So, the owners still own the house while Dallas and Rebecca are just out thousands and thousands of their own dollars and are left with only empty hands.

No keys to their new house. Perhaps tomorrow...???...???

In the meantime the kids are having a good time here--at least I think they are. They have lots of toys to play with.

They carry around snacks in little ziploc bags--or huge gallon bags if I don't catch them soon enough.

They not only get ham slices cut into cookie cutter shapes, but also peanut butter sandwiches decorated to look like a bunny.

Spencer doesn't have any fresh goose eggs or bruised spots visible on his head or face. Since learning to walk, it seems like he's always got a sore spot somewhere.

He took a nasty face plant inside the moving van and we were sure his nose was broken. Since then he's been doing really well, except for when he took a fall down the stairs and landed on the tile. But at least his injuries aren't showing on his cute little face.

Brooke is in creative heaven a lot of the time. If she's not busy making beautiful colored snowflakes to decorate with for her upcoming birthday party...

she's busy dressing herself in kitchen accessories.

After Caroline had her turn wearing the oven mitts as slippers, she put them in the coat closet with all the other footwear. That makes sense, doesn't it?

The little kids are super anxious to move into their new house because they know there is a park really close to their house. Dallas and Rebecca are super anxious to get access to their new house so they can start doing all the fix-up work on it.

It will be a happy day for the Golden family when they can move into their new home.

Not to put too much pressure on them, but they now have less than three weeks to get the house inhabitable and to get themselves moved out of this house. Jacob and Laurie are bringing their kids to visit and they will be needing all the bedrooms. It would be nice to have a day or so to clean up and prepare for our next batch of house dwellers.

 I guess I am counting after all.

Quotes of the Week

"Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it."
-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.  Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful...that's what matters to me."
-- Steve Jobs

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place,  but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."
-- Benjamin Franklin

Look Who Came To Town...

...for all of an hour or so.

And the thing Abe and Klarissa were craving was Cafe Rio.

After we went to the trouble to load up the kids, get take-out from the restaurant, drive to the airport, park the car, wake up the sleeping children, load up the double stroller, go into the airport, wait for A & K to arrive, watch them quickly eat their meal and then walk away to go through security to get on their connecting flight to Florida, I was wondering if it was even worth it.

 Happily I'll say it was. I was going to stay home and let Spencer have a nap, but then I would have missed out on seeing Klarissa's pregnant tummy. I would have missed out on watching them getting such a kick out of the three little kids and Abe taking the girls on many escalator rides. It was worth it to catch a glimpse of the San Franciscans as they passed through Salt Lake City on their way to Florida.

Somehow it didn't matter that we found out there is a Cafe Rio right inside the airport. I'm sure Abe and Klarissa would say their cold meal from the Cafe Rio near us was much better than what they could have eaten fresh from the airport restaurant. It's always better to eat a meal with family.