too funny to wait for friday

while on a walk, eben picked a flower and used it as a lightsaber with his cousin, carson. Obviously the flower didn't hold up to well and all the petals fell off, so eben decided he didn't need it any more and threw it into the lake. his other cousin, reid (who treasured her flower on the walk and kept it intact), asked him what happened to his flower and he said, "it wasn't a flower anymore. just a flower handle so i threw it into the water." HA a flower handle - pretty accurate. :)

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me: emily jane, do you need help getting the last couple bites?

emily jane: no mommy. you can't help me cuz you're strange.

me: i'm strange?

emily jane: yes mommy, you're strange.

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eben likes to get really close to my ear and whisper "secrets" which aren't really secrets but just silly things like "rattlesnakes have noses" well, emily jane noticed him doing this and then came over close to my ear and went sniff sniff sniff. "mommy, i like to smell you too" :)

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at our campfire, emily jane went over and tapped her uncle colby on the shoulder and said in all seriousness,

"uncle colby, fire is HOT."

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on sunday morning, eben went upstairs, saw mimi in her church clothes and announced,

"mimi! i'm going to church too. and i'm taking my belly button with me!"

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oh what a summer

we've had a wonderfully fun 3 weeks up in bonclarken with the carson cousins. :) here's a few pics from the many fun things we did

a slideshow from visiting carl sandburg's home and petting their many many goats...

Carl Sandburg's Home


picnicing...roasting hotdogs and marshmellows around a campfire...and of course a delicious summer watermelon! eben spotted an eagle or a hawk or something and decided to "point" at it. HA!



fun at the Bonclarken lake - aren't these cousins just too cute!?!?!





eben spreading around the super hero addiction before bedtime...

stay tuned

i have so many funny stories and wonderful pics from our 3 weeks in bonclarken - now that i'm home for 5 whole days i'll put some up before i leave again on saturday - :)

friday funnies

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my emily jane is just a BIT dramatic...here's how she tells me she needs to visit the little girls' room:

emily jane(as she runs in to the kitchen): MMMOOOMMMYYY!!!!

me: what?

emily jane (eyes wide, hands in the air in fists, in a loud, deep voice): PEEPEE"S COMING!!!

then she turns around and dashes to the bathroom.

and after she completes her task:

me: you all done?

emily jane(leaps off the potty, without her bottoms on, jumping up and down, hands in the air in triumph): i went PEEPEE ...dramatic pause... ON THE PPPOOOTTTYYY!!!

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thanks to aunt shelle and aunt angie and uncle john who are teaching him such fun new songs. :) and dances.

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marie is turning into quite the little ham...she LOVES to make her brother and sister laugh. :) it's so incredibly cute. i'll try to capture that and post it as well. :)