Jennie is 18 months old

She loves nursery, talks a ton, is my little "helper", can say a whole prayer, drinks from a cup, runs when you say "ready, set go!", tries to jump, knows the words to "I am a Child of God" but doesn't sing them all, loves her Dad, and favors Dalton, can stand up to anyone, but mostly her sister, and says "No Way" or "Nope" instead of "No". She also says "What the Heck?" and "I love you" really well. At her check-up she had been eating cereal, and asked for water. I gave her some in one of the little cups from the room, she took a drink, and right when Dr. VanDenBerghe walked in, she held the cup up, revealed her backwash, and proclaimed "Some puke!". So generous!

Spring!

I haven't blogged in forever, and I'm a little crazy. The combination manifests itself in this photo of a mother goat eating the placenta that, just minutes ago sustained the life of her two kid goats. I'm pretty sure that these two kids were so new that the farmers who tend to these animals weren't even aware that they had been born. Joe was disgusted, Dalton was relieved when I told him that human mothers don't do this, Sophia and I were enthralled. She asked and I was able to explain that the mother needs the nutrients from the placenta to make the best milk for her kids and to help her recover from delivery. Sophia also noticed that the mother goat only took two breaks from chewing and only to lick her kids clean. I explained that, this is how animal mothers show their love, it's like when I kiss her goodnight. We enjoyed the little lambs, piglets, chicks, calf's, and kids that were everywhere. Many of the mother animals were still pregnant, and I think that going in a few weeks will be the peak of baby animal season. Later that evening when I put Sophia to bed, she licked me lovingly. This might have been my favorite FHE lesson/activity ever.

When I'm a single mom...

I'll blog,
figure out how to use my camera,
figure out how to put music onto my mp3 player,
organize my files,
clean under the bed,
read,
and until then, I'm spending every last second I can with Doug before his 10 week internship. I'm missing him before he's even gone.

General Conference

It's time again, and I'm always looking for ways to get my children as excited for Conference as I am. Deseret Book has this great booklet ready for printing. I didn't actually print the whole booklet, just the pages that I knew my kids would use. Enjoy!