The Birds and, yes, The Bees

We had one of our first anatomy lessons today. I'm surprised it lasted this long. I had to write this one down because it made me laugh so hard. This is a conversation Ben and I had in the car this evening about having babies:
Ben: Do they have to rip your stomach open to get a baby out?
Me: No, they don't do that.
Ben: How do they get the baby out then?
Me: Through a hole.
Ben: Girls have a hole then?
Me: Yep.
Ben: I bet the hole has to get really big to get the baby out.
Me: Yep it does.
Ben: Ewww. Does that hurt?
Me: A bit.
Ben: I'm so glad I'm not a girl.
Me: But they give you medicine.
Ben: Does the medicine taste good?
Me: Actually they give it through a needle.
Ben: I am so blessed to be a boy.

Our FHE Art

These are two of our pictures that we created last week. For Family Home Evening, Grant was in charge of the activity part. He picked doing something his family did a lot when he was younger. He loved this activity because of how crazy the pictures turned out. And true to form, Ben (being our little-Grant) thought this was the funniest thing we had ever done. We folded each paper in thirds. First we all drew a head (on our own piece of paper), then we hid that part and switched papers. Second, we drew a body attached to the head without being able to see what the head looked like. Finally we did the same thing for the feet. This is what we came up with. True artists in this family, huh?

Happy Birthday

Yesterday little Miss Karmin turned 2! Can you believe that? I'm having a hard time believing that that much time has gone by already. She has been so much fun, and we all love her girly ways. She makes us all laugh and smile.

Everything's Coming Up Green

I'm a little late posting this, but we had camera problems (or a lack of a camera). Saturday was another busy day. Ben went to a Birthday party while we took Trevor and Karmin, as Trevor said it on "a date" to the fair. That afternoon Trevor had his test in karate...he is now a green belt!! He was so excited! I don't think I've ever seen such a huge smile on him than when he got his belt. I think karate has helped with more than just his ankles. (The only problem was with all the confusion of getting kids to where they needed to be, I was without a camera when Trev received his belt, so this is a post-picture at home.) As soon as he was done with that, Trev and I hurried over to Ben's soccer game. The boys destroyed the other team again--which we think the boys might need some humbling pretty soon!!
In other news, we have come to explain Karmin as being a total girl, except when she is like a boy. We don't know how else to explain it. One of her recent adventures is fashion design. This is an outfit that she put together herself. I had picked out the dress, and then she kept finding things to add to it (the princess shirt) and things to accessorize her outfit!

Another First

Trevor had his first day of Preschool yesterday. He goes with his cousin Tyler. They had so much fun on their first day. Trevor actually talked...and talked...and talked about it all day long. So I think it will be a good thing for him. Trevor has been a toe-walker his whole life and so he has been going to Physical Therapy several times this year. Yesterday he had his last appointment, and pretty much got a clean bill of health---well, at least he doesn't have to go back. She said that we just might have to do his exercises if we start noticing him on his toes again. Trevor will be sad. I haven't had the heart to tell him that yesterday was his last day of seeing Kelly. He is a big fan of Kelly and will miss playing with all her cool toys.

Coach Dad & Soccer Mom

Well, it's official. I'm a soccer mom. And my wonderful husband is the cute soccer coach. Ben (and Grant) had their first game on Saturday, and after only 2 practices they were awesome. They actually looked like they knew what they were doing. I took a few pictures while I was there, and every picture I have Ben has a huge smile on his face while he is playing. He loves it. The day was a bit crazy since Ben's game was the same time that Trevor had his open house for Preschool. So we made our visit short there, and then hurried over to Ben's game to catch the last half. Grant is having fun coaching these 6 little guys. Final score....15 to 7 Green!!

First Day of School

Ben started 1st grade today. He was excited especially for three reasons: 1) he got to ride the bus 2) he gets to eat lunch at school and 3) he gets to have 3 recesses. He was excited for all the right reasons!! He had a fun day and declared that 1st grade is easier than Kindergarten because they didn't have to read or do math or anything. I told him that first days can be pretty fun, but soon he will start learning more. He was excited that he got to play with his cousin Austin on recess. He loves his teacher too.
Karmin and I are sad without him. Karmin cried the moment Ben started getting on the bus, and the whole walk home. Karmin has always been Ben's little shadow. It was so quiet here without him. I laughed when he got home (and after we talked and ate), Trev and him started screaming and running through the house playing together. I had missed that noise and the boys were excited to be back together again.