I'm a chef!!!

Kimber was watching the Food Network with me and as the chefs were cooking she said, "Mom, do you know that I am a chef?" I said,"Oh, you want to be a chef when you grow up?" She looked at me kind of puzzled and said, "No, I already am a chef!" Why would I think that she wants to become something she already is?????

Kimber's Playdate???

Every morning when we wake up, the first thing Kimber does is plan a play date with all of her friends. She'll tell me who she is going to invite, what we are going to do, and what time that day it is going to happen. Most of her friends are in preschool so planning a spur of the moment play date is not always possible. Not to mention trying to adjust my schedule to meet her demands. Everyday should be a social party as far as Kimber is concerned. If she has not had a day full of social FUN, she'll say, "I didn't even have any fun today!" The poor girl got the wrong mom! A social get together once a year is too much for me. Pray that Kimber will survive me!

Field Day!

Today was Bruce's Field Day at school. I was really nervous about him being out in the sun and about having to watch him while sitting out in the sun. (Our skin and the sun DO NOT mix well!) It was a sunny day, but there was also a really cool breeze so we survived! The kids all had fun competing in the various races, but it bothered me, like it always does, that not everyone gets a ribbon. I don't understand why there has to be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place! Can't they just give everyone a ribbon at the end for doing their best, no matter what that was? I am not a fan of competition.......SO unmotivating to me!!!

Not to be left out....

Kimber is not about to let Bruce dig in the dirt without her. So there she was, in her pink and white dress with her church shoes on, because they make a tapping noise, digging like crazy for worms. She found a "baby worm" and gave it a kiss. When we came inside, she had filled her coat pockets with worms and grass for them to eat. That's how she planned on getting them in the house. She doesn't understand that the worms have to stay in the dirt to survive. I am so happy that she and Bruce will take an interest in what the other is doing and enjoy it with them. They are such good friends!

Bruce and Dirt...same thing!

Bruce has always loved to dig in the dirt. He has a dirt hole in our front yard and one in our back yard. He even asked Santa Clause for dirt for Christmas one year. We have a creek that run behind our house and his newest thing is to did down by the creek. That usually involves mud though. He learned that there are some boundaries with mud when he threw it all over the house and had to spend the next day scrubbing it off. My biggest complaint is that he always comes in the house FILTHY! I get so tired of using half a bottle of Spray 'n Wash on his jeans. I have told him very clearly that the amount of dirt on his body has got to stop or he will be banned from the dirt holes. So tonight after I mowed the lawn I was sitting in the back yard watching Bruce and Kimber dig holes by the creek and my mind was opened. As I watched Bruce digging with great purpose and intent, I could see that he was so engrossed in what he was doing that he truly did not realize that how dirty he is getting. He waded into the creek to get some cat tails to camouflage his fox hole with and it just never occurred to him that he was walking ankle deep in mud. So the Spirit decided to teach me a mothering lesson. Sometimes we have to take time to watch our kids do what they love to do and we will gain a greater understanding of what makes them unique. I loved watching Bruce do something he loves. For the first time, I didn't care that he was covered in mud (including the mud he had painted on his face to camouflage himself). I think I'll just get him some rain boots and set aside some "mud clothes". He can get lost in his mud world and I can just hose him down. It's a winning situation for everyone.

Kimber: A future Mom!

Tonight I told Kimber that I miss having her be a baby so I could rock her and hold her. She said, "I know! I am going to have 12 boys and 12 girls but that will be too many for me to take care of so I will come to your house and give some of them to you! I'll just give them to you!!"
Lucky me!!!

The Obsession....

We were at the grocery store today and Kimber thought we should buy some food for Adam and Britnee. Bruce said, "What is your obsession with Adam and Britnee?" Kimber replied, "Because they are the best parents ever, even gooder than mom and dad!" I said, "I don't think so!" To which she replied, "Oh, yea!"

Then, a few minutes later, Bruce saw some buffalo chicken wings and said, "Oh, yum, buffalo chicken wings!" Kimber turned to him and said, "What's your obsession with buffalo chicken wings?"

I wonder if either of them knows what "obsession" means!

What to do with terrorists?

This morning on the news we saw that there had been a terrorist attack in Israel and my kids asked why someone would do that. I told them that some evil men make bad choices like that sometimes. Kimber piped right up and said, "They should just eat some cotton candy and then they would feel better!" Why hasn't anyone else thought of that? They must not have cotton candy in Israel.

This is my set of military trucks. One of them is a helucopdr.
This is how I biuilt them. If you had this how wood YOU build it?
So what do you think? Is this cool or not?

Bruce Goehl

Kimber's 5!

Kimber turned "5" and is on top of the world! She did a little dancing, ok, a lot of dancing! We managed to hold a family celebration even though she "accidentally" flooded the bathroom and hallway the day before. Her friend party had to be put on hold until the flood mess could be dealt with. But this is the best day of the year for her, so she was feeling great anyway!

My friend made Kimber's cake for her! She made it exactly how Kimber asked her to. The shape of a heart, lots of roses, and a rainbow! How pretty!

Kimber had a special hat she wore announcing that she was the birthday girl. She got a baby that talks and told me that now she just needs a real refrigerator and some rugs for her bedroom. Then she can have her own little house in her bedroom where she can cook her own meals. She can't wait to grow up!

New Insight...

Bruce's 1st grade class did an experiment on Martin Luther King, Jr. day. The teacher divided the class into two groups and took turns giving one group privilege over the other to help the kids feel what it was like to live as a black person during segregation. Bruce was really touched by the experiment and told me a couple of days later that he realized something. He said, "You know how I like pretty girls?" I said "Yes." He said, "I realized, after we did our experiment, that the thing that makes a girl beautiful is what's on the inside of her heart, not what she looks like on the outside." I told him I was so proud of him for learning that at age seven because there are some grown adults who have never figured that out. It was a very proud, happy, grateful mom moment for me!

Resurrection Day!

Good news! Kimber told me that once you leave the Spirit World and are resurrected you get all new clothes! Shoes are included in that package as well!!!! Troy thinks she has spent too much time with Jenny!

One Happy Boy!

Bruce has spent a lot of time this winter doing what he loves best...shoveling
snow! His favorite quote lately has been about all the things he's done "in his seven years of living". A couple of weeks ago we had a meal that he said was the best meal he'd had in his seven years of living. This year, we've had the worst snow storms he's ever seen in his seven years of living. Yes, he's learned a lot in his seven years of living!

Here Comes the Bride....

As you can read, Kimber has "Wedding on the Brain". I had extra ribbon and she wanted a bride bow for her hair. If anyone knows a cure, other than locking her in her room until she's 25, please let us know!

Wedding Plans...

Kimber told me that when she gets older she will have her baby first and then her girl can be the flower girl at her wedding. She said, "Don't you think that is a great idea?!" I told her that I think Heavenly Father wants us to be married before we have a baby. (Just for the record, NO, I don't think that is a great idea!). She said, "Then who will be my flower girl?" How does she even know what a flower girl is?

Evidence That Kimber Has Been There......

I went in the kids' bathroom tonight and when I looked at the mirror I saw six pink lip prints in the middle of the mirror. Kimber had been putting pink lipstick on all day long and I guess she found a new use for it. My only concern is whether or not she was practicing kissing or just making her mark!

Goehl Family 2008

We are so grateful that everytime we see Grandma Goehl she makes us take a family picture. Wow! My kids are growing up!!