Frozen Much?

My kids, especially Hope, are absolutely obsessed with the movie "Frozen". The way this conversation went should not surprise me at all:

Samuel: Mom, is one zillion a real number?
Me: No, one zillion is not a real number.  It just means a lot.
Hope: Like Olaf!!
Me: Not Olaf. A. Lot.
Hope: Well it reminds me of Olaf!

The Girls

Hope: Always says "sidewards" instead of "sideways" . . . it really makes sense when you think about it! Backwards, forwards, sidewards. ;)

Hope: "Karys grew hair in Haiti!" (one of the first things that she said when she saw Karys after we got back from Haiti)

Aliyah: "It's hard to stop doing naughty things."  From the mouths of babes . . . .

Samuel and Numbers

Numbers just make sense to Samuel.  He picks up on anything numbers related so quickly.  I feel like I don't even have to really teach it to him, he just gets it.  He has always had a love for numbers, especially for anything related to time/clocks.

• Last night, Samuel was in bed and calling Daryl to come in and snuggle with him.  Daryl told him, "I'll be there in just a minute."  When Daryl crawled in with Samuel, Samuel said to him, "Daddy, that was 1 minute and 12 seconds!"  When Daryl asked him how he knew that, Samuel said, "Because I started counting and I said 58, 59, 1 minute, and then I started over again and counted 1, 2, 3, all the way up to 12!"
• Today the kids played outside in the snow for 2 1/2 hours so we didn't eat lunch until 2pm.  We were eating supper around 6pm and Samuel was asking us if we were so surprised at how much he was eating "because I just ate lunch (looking at the clock and counting) . . . 4 hours ago!"  He told us he figured it out by counting the hours backwards starting at 6 and going back until the 2.
• He totally has the clock figured out . . . counting by 5s etc to figure out how many minutes and even correcting us if we say "in 20 minutes" if it is really 18 or 19 minutes by saying, "Mommy, not quite 20 minutes but more like 18 or 19."  Little smarty pants!

The "sheep" song

When I put Aliyah to bed at night, she often asks for me to sing her, "the sheep song".  The first time that she asked me this, it took me a little bit to figure out which song she was talking about.  It turns out, she calls "Jesus Loves the Little Children", "the sheep song".  I asked her why she called it that and she told me, "Because it has black and white in it."

Love this precious girl!

March 4, 2014

Happy 4th Gotcha Day, Hope!  We love you dearly and we are so thankful that God chose us to be your Mommy and Daddy!  You are a miracle.  You live life to the fullest and we know that God has an amazing plan for your life.  We couldn't imagine life without you.  You are generous, thoughtful, perceptive, and loving.  You love to imagine and pretend and your giggle is one of the sweetest sounds I have ever heard!

And happy 5 1/2 years to my oldest child and only son!  You are growing up into such a fun boy.  I have loved teaching you kindergarten this year!  You are a great big brother to your little sisters.  You are intense, particular, athletic, kind, thoughtful, driven, and in constant movement!! I lvoe you, Samuel!! :)

3 of the 4.  Best friends!

Karys Alexandra: 10 months

A Happy Blueberry Face!