Monday, October 29, 2007

Primary Program

Sunday was our primary program. I had two videos of what should have happened but I am not smarter than the blog and they won't load and show. What makes my life exciting, I guess, is that the boys did not perform even though they had their parts memorized weeks in advance. Jacob had his teacher help him with his part and it was as if he was licking the mic- you really couldn't understand anything he said. Spencer got up there - shook his head no and walked down. It of course did not end there. I could see Spencer sitting up there leaning on the railing/pulpit. He was pushing away and saying very adamantly, "STOP IT" to the little girl next to him, whose arm was obviously in his space. His face was in between the look of anger and disgust - it really was quite funny. I don't think he sang one song. Jacob was occasionally singing with most of the time being dedicated to the removing of his ring, silly face making, and a little swaying and dancing to the music. Next year I expect to receive a letter saying - "I regret to inform you, but your children will not be needed in the program this year" .. They should just be thought of as comic relief. At least 5 people sought me out to tell me that my boys were hilarious. The bishops wife said "my son and I got quite a few laughs out of your boys - and I don't think it will be forever that your son pushes girls away like that" I must admit when Spencer got up there and looked at everyone straight faced shaking his head no I too could not help laughing. I love those boys and look forward to their next performance. Opps I almost forgot they were so cute!!

clubhouse

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When my mom was here in September she made a clubhouse for Jacob and Spencer. They constructed it with the boxes from the bathroom remodel. They have loved it, as have the neighborhood kids. They all painted it together. It was a lot of fun.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Home Ownership

Power Ranger underwear___________________$5.00
Toilet __________________________________$150.00
Plumber _________________________________$400.00
Doing it yourself _______________________Priceless

Everyone knows that buying a home is a great responsibility - kind of like having a super power. You can no longer call someone to fix it unless you are going to pay them a LOT of money.
The other day Spencer pooped his pants - delicious.. and I made him clean out his underwear in the toilet. This is a very slow and painful process because he does not want to touch the poop, so he holds it in his two fingers swirling it around the toilet (not making a dent in the mess). During the process I am continually coaching him on how to do it and trying not to allow him to pull the soaking and disgusting underwear out of the toilet. It will drip on the floor if he does.. GROSSSS (which of course happens more than once). I am finally satisfied with his effort and am ready to go in there and finish the job. At this point, in anticipation of the lovely job ahead of me - I forget where I am and I flush the toilet - underwear and all. I think to myself - nice.. I am wondering what the heck I am going to do to get them back, and quickly realize that that is not an option.. But amazingly the toilet does not clog and i think that is a good sign. I also think that this (can flush a bucket of golf balls in one flush) toilet was a good choice when we replaced our toilet a month ago. I forget the incident and go on fixing Pence.

5 days later the night before Khuong is leaving for Cali he goes in the basement and wonders why there is water everywhere.. ooopps!!! did I forget to tell him i accidentally flushed underwear down the toilet some days ago. I was wondering if it would come back to haunt me.. IT HAD!! Well I knew we probably had to call a plumber in to find the power ranger underwear, and it would probably cost $300-400. I told khuong that there were two clean out things in our house - one in the garage and one in the driveway(I paid attention the last time the plumber was out - not my fault!).. I told him to open up the one in the garage, I went to get a flashlight and in my head told Heavenly Father that it would be really cool if the underwear were right there when we opened it up.. Lo and behold it was and Khuong attached a screw to the end of a long skinny stick and fished the Power Ranger underwear out.. I of course washed them and all is well.. Really gross!!! Of course I threw them in the trash - which is what I should have done in the first place, but really he wouldn't have any underwear if I did it every time he had an accident. This experience demonstrates how home ownership can be a perilous job, but none the less can bring a family closer. We all worked together and felt great excitement and accomplishment when the underwear finally came out.. Spencer still talks about it:)