Texas Longhorn Bus in Singapore

Got this picture today on the way home from church. The bus logo says "Moove Media embraces graciousness." I have no idea what that means but Hook 'em Horns! is all I can figure.

Farewell Snickers

Today is April Fools Day so when I picked up Jacob from preschool I asked his teacher if they had done anything fun to celebrate it. Nope. They did something else. Their classroom pet, Snickers the Guinea Pig, passed away Saturday night. Ms. Jennifer and her three children came up to school and buried him in a quiet spot Sunday afternoon.

During class today they read a story about a dog that gets old and his body is tired and he dies. Then the children gathered leave and little flowers from the school grounds nearby and took them and decorated his grave. Jacob was fine when I picked him up until I asked the question of his teacher and he was reminded of poor Snickers. He asked Jennifer to show him how to find it so he could show me.

We went out and he showed me and burst into sobs. Poor Jacob was so terribly sad. I did my best to give him hugs and reassure him it would be okay while juggling shoeless Ashlyn who wanted to attack the flowers on the grave and walk all over it. I wish there was something I could do to make it better. I know it's hard for kids. Ben still sobs over each fish he loses.

Good call by Ms. Jennifer not to do April Fools on a day like today. It would just be way too confusing.

Stalling Bedtime

Brian and I are laying on our bed talking to Ben in the bathroom about his party. Its 9:40 pm, two full hours past Jake's bedtime. He comes into our room, climbs in our bed with the worlds biggest smile and says, "Who's going to talk now?" He's stalling but so darn cute. Ben smiled and seeing me laughing at Jacob's sly charm said, "I bet there is going to be a blog post about him tonight." So there it is.

Zero Access Toilet

"Don't you know my underwear is a toilet that I'm not allowed to pee in?"
- Jacob when he had to pee after the skateboard park and there were no toilets to be found

General Conference Weekend

I used this sticker idea from our friend in Virginia for general conference this weekend. This picture is after a little more than one hour. Every time they heard the words on the tv they put a sticker on the right page. Maddie was big into it but the boys not so much.

She also decided she wanted to make a copy of the pages of her own so she could write down why each of the things were important. She finished writing this morning and I got a picture of her but I love that Ashlyn is licking her paper in the background. She was supposed to be doing the same project Maddie was. Here is what Madison wrote:

Recent Sightings

These pictures are all just waiting on my phone to be shared. I love this country.

The Little Red Hen

We have read the book "The Little Red Hen" at home but it's been a month or so. I also used the story a while back to demonstrate how Brian was probably feeling after asking help several times and not getting it. I made the kids go ask him if he was feeling like the little red hen. But all of that is nearly an eternity ago to a four year old.

This week after school Jacob wanted to watch TV and to keep him busy I said, "We have a bunch of old bananas. Before we watch TV, will you please help me bake banana muffins?"

His reply was delivered with an over abundance of dramatic flair, "No. And you shall eat them all yourself. You know, like the little red hen did." He said it exactly like I read it from the book. I almost fell over laughing.