Happy Easter! Today in church when he was asked what was special about Easter, Justin responded that it was getting lots of candy. The teacher said that we do sometimes get eggs and sweets, but that we celebrate Jesus' resurrection at Easter. Justin said, "yeah, and we get lots of candy!" Funny enough, he didn't even really get a lot of candy. He and Ryan each got a fun size bag of M&Ms, a small 120 calorie chocolate bunny, and a kinder egg. They got some small toys in their basket as well. The favorite part of the Easter season is probably hiding the eggs. Yes, I hide some and they find them, but the boys love to re-hide them and have me (and/or Rob) find them. We do this over and over and over and...
This week we decorated eggs. The boys really enjoyed it this year. In the past it has been a quick activity hardly worth the mess in my opinion. This year they really got into it. No, their eggs weren't particularly beautiful or special, but they had a blast. Ryan got dye on a pair of Justin's new shorts (Ryan was wearing them) but thanks to Shout, it came out!
We made bunny cookies again this year and Justin and Ryan made little bunny baskets to put them in for their friends.
I guess since this isn't the blog about how I entertain the kids I should talk about life in general. I had a lovely 24 hour stomach bug. Glad it was short! It overlapped with a cold(?) which consists primarily of me having very little voice.
It is kind of a strange weekend here. Good Friday and Easter Monday are holidays, making it a nice long weekend for Rob. EVERYTHING was closed on Good Friday, yet for some reason open on Easter morning. Don't get that, but whatever. Things around town are very quiet as almost everyone has fled the city for the coast or to visit family. Easter weekend is kind of like Labor Day weekend in the US. This is the time for the last hurrah of summer before we admit that it is over. In the US (and northern hemisphere in general) Easter is a time of light, rebirth, spring! Here it is just the opposite and kind of a bummer. I am so northern hemisphere biased!
Time for bed.
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Sunday, April 08, 2012
Sunday, April 01, 2012
April 1, 2012
Well, I should also be doing updating the blog that tells about what I have been doing during the month. Perhaps tomorrow. I upload pictures to that blog and get frustrated when it takes awhile. I seem to have a sloooooow internet connection right now, so pictures might not be the best idea right now.
Our exciting news for the week is that we have our next post: Yerevan, Armenia. We are SO excited. No, we don't know exactly when we will be leaving here yet. No, we don't know when we will be getting to Armenia. It is good to know where we will be going though. For those who don't know, Armenia is by Turkey, Georgia, Iran, and Azerbaijan. It will be a big change from Namibia. Justin is very excited. Yesterday, the boys were running around in their big winter coats. THe coats are currently a size too big, but should be perfect for winter there.
This week we "fell back" an hour as Fall is now here. It is confusing to change from standard/daylight savings time at a time different than the US. It is even more confusing since we change in opposite directions. Surprisingly, the boys slept in until 5:30 in the morning. :) They were more than ready for bedtime when 7:00 rolled around tonight. Maybe cooler temperatures and more hours of darkness will have them wanting to sleep more. Hey, I can dream, right?
The boys and I were doing some frog things, but will put that on hold to do some Easter activities this week in preparation for Easter. Justin has specifically asked me NOT to look up information about the Easter Bunny on the internet. He says he KNOWS the Easter Bunny is real so he doesn't want me to look it up because it might say he is wrong. He cracks me up. We talked a little about the real reason our family celebrates Easter. I told him that the important part about Easter is Jesus being resurrected. He gave me an "uh-huh" kind of response and then told me that the REALLY important part is getting things from the Easter Bunny. As long as we have that straight.
We got our flu shots this week. The whole reverse seasons thing here in Nambia and all. Ryan was so thrilled with his post shot lollipop, that he asked if he could get another shot. Not a lot of kids want that. He even asked again the next day. Amazing what lollipops can do.
I think that I have chipped a tooth or something. There is no pain, but I keep getting stuff stuck there and when I tried looking, it looks like part of the tooth might be missing. There is no pain (except for my tongue when I try to dislodge stuck food and cut it up), but I have to floss every time I eat. I wonder if I will have to take care of it here or if it can wait until I go back to the US. Sigh. With my luck I will have a sub-par job done here and then have to get it done again in the US. Guess I can wait a bit to see how it goes.
Planning our trip to Cape Town, South Africa. Very excited. Hopefully it will be fun and relaxing. It looks like there is a lot to do. Traveling is easier with older kids. Of course a 3 year old doesn't always understand the idea of taking advantage of using a toilet when it is available and not waiting until the last minute. I shouldn't complain. I can't remember the last time Ryan has had an accident. Of course since he refuses to keep the same clothes on if there is even a drop on his underwear, I do more laundry than I should. Sometimes he will even complain that his underwear smells like his penis so he needs to change his underwear and pants. When he washes his hands he will change his clothes if he gets his shirt at all wet. Sigh.
Ryan has decided that his cousins make wonderful scapegoats. Since they live in Oregon, I can't really hear their side of the story. Whenever I ask him where he learned something that he thinks I don't like, he says it was cousins. He also tries to avoid responsibility by asking me not to look or to stop talking. Favorite expressions include: "I don't know yet." "It's hard to tell." "Don't say that to me." Fake coughs are also great ways to avoid a subject. It is hard not to laugh.
I have a bit of a sore throat. Here's hoping it doesn't turn into a full blown cold or anything. Perhaps the internet is fast enough that I can upload pics to my other blog now. :)
Our exciting news for the week is that we have our next post: Yerevan, Armenia. We are SO excited. No, we don't know exactly when we will be leaving here yet. No, we don't know when we will be getting to Armenia. It is good to know where we will be going though. For those who don't know, Armenia is by Turkey, Georgia, Iran, and Azerbaijan. It will be a big change from Namibia. Justin is very excited. Yesterday, the boys were running around in their big winter coats. THe coats are currently a size too big, but should be perfect for winter there.
This week we "fell back" an hour as Fall is now here. It is confusing to change from standard/daylight savings time at a time different than the US. It is even more confusing since we change in opposite directions. Surprisingly, the boys slept in until 5:30 in the morning. :) They were more than ready for bedtime when 7:00 rolled around tonight. Maybe cooler temperatures and more hours of darkness will have them wanting to sleep more. Hey, I can dream, right?
The boys and I were doing some frog things, but will put that on hold to do some Easter activities this week in preparation for Easter. Justin has specifically asked me NOT to look up information about the Easter Bunny on the internet. He says he KNOWS the Easter Bunny is real so he doesn't want me to look it up because it might say he is wrong. He cracks me up. We talked a little about the real reason our family celebrates Easter. I told him that the important part about Easter is Jesus being resurrected. He gave me an "uh-huh" kind of response and then told me that the REALLY important part is getting things from the Easter Bunny. As long as we have that straight.
We got our flu shots this week. The whole reverse seasons thing here in Nambia and all. Ryan was so thrilled with his post shot lollipop, that he asked if he could get another shot. Not a lot of kids want that. He even asked again the next day. Amazing what lollipops can do.
I think that I have chipped a tooth or something. There is no pain, but I keep getting stuff stuck there and when I tried looking, it looks like part of the tooth might be missing. There is no pain (except for my tongue when I try to dislodge stuck food and cut it up), but I have to floss every time I eat. I wonder if I will have to take care of it here or if it can wait until I go back to the US. Sigh. With my luck I will have a sub-par job done here and then have to get it done again in the US. Guess I can wait a bit to see how it goes.
Planning our trip to Cape Town, South Africa. Very excited. Hopefully it will be fun and relaxing. It looks like there is a lot to do. Traveling is easier with older kids. Of course a 3 year old doesn't always understand the idea of taking advantage of using a toilet when it is available and not waiting until the last minute. I shouldn't complain. I can't remember the last time Ryan has had an accident. Of course since he refuses to keep the same clothes on if there is even a drop on his underwear, I do more laundry than I should. Sometimes he will even complain that his underwear smells like his penis so he needs to change his underwear and pants. When he washes his hands he will change his clothes if he gets his shirt at all wet. Sigh.
Ryan has decided that his cousins make wonderful scapegoats. Since they live in Oregon, I can't really hear their side of the story. Whenever I ask him where he learned something that he thinks I don't like, he says it was cousins. He also tries to avoid responsibility by asking me not to look or to stop talking. Favorite expressions include: "I don't know yet." "It's hard to tell." "Don't say that to me." Fake coughs are also great ways to avoid a subject. It is hard not to laugh.
I have a bit of a sore throat. Here's hoping it doesn't turn into a full blown cold or anything. Perhaps the internet is fast enough that I can upload pics to my other blog now. :)
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Easter Party
So, pretty obvious who didn't like the Easter Bunny. I figured that we should have a picture taken anyway. This is a snapshot of how it was for TB at Easter. Justin, on the other hand, was a bit amused. He told me that it wasn't a real rabbit, just a person playing hide-and-seek in a costume. Luckily he didn't look for the person. That would have been a bit awkward. Justin had a blast dying eggs. Next week we will be dying some at home. I am hoping that the novelty of egg dying has passed and he will be able to choose more colors than blue AND be able to keep his hands out of the dye. His hands remained quite blue today. Always lovely.
All the egg hunting, egg dying, and eating, must have worn him out because Justin took a nice nap. Too bad his brother didn't follow his lead. Too bad Justin didn't want to go to bed tonight because he had a nap. Sigh.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Easter Bunny's On Its Way
The bunny face cookie cutter was something that my mom sent us along with other Easter goodies. Thanks, Mom! We didn't use the flower cookie cutter yet though. It is more of a spring kind of thing and I am afraid that fall is definitely on its way. Still dark at 6:00 am and right now (6:30ish pm) I am watching a gorgeous sunset. I know they will be fun to decorate in the spring though, and TB will be old enough to help!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Easter
Today was Easter. We had a nice Easter lunch with some friends from church. Justin was in heaven because he knows the kids who were there from his church nursery class. How fun is that? It was nice for me too. A delicious meal without the prep or cleanup. I could get used to that. :)
Justin was excited to look in his Easter basket and enjoyed more candy than he should have. He has been reading books about the Easter bunny with me and has really gotten into it this year. We talked a little about how we think about Jesus at Easter, but didn't go into that much. I figured if it came to Justin choosing between Jesus and the Easter bunny that he wouldn't make the choice I would want him to make. He's two years old. Getting candy from a walking, talking rabbit makes more sense to him than someone dying (not that he knows what that is) and being resurrected. Pretty big concept for adults. Hopefully this year he will get a little bit of the Jesus part at Christmas and be able to carry it over to Easter. For now we will continue to work on Jesus loves Justin and pictures of Jesus with children and other happy pictures.
We dyed eggs this week and he was thrilled to be able to watch the eggs change color. Better yet were the eggs that had his name written on with wax crayon. It was like magic to see the egg come out colored with his name on it! It did make quite the mess. I had the foresight to have us perform the messy task out on the balcony with Justin wearing only a diaper and an art smock. We had the table covered with a trash bag and plenty of wipes and water to keep things under control. Justin and I both ended up with dye on our hands and arms. Ryan was unhappy sitting just inside the doorway, so I moved his chair out with us and he promptly fell asleep. I was a little worried that he would get dye spilled on him and be green or something. Luckily, that didn't happen.
We also went to Nandemo (community center) this week for their mini sports club. Justin had a blast. He got kind of bored listening to some of the directions since they were in Japanese. The people running the activity had a lot of fun things, but they moved through a lot of them too quickly. The childen would have enjoyed doing some things over and over instead of once or twice. Oh well. If they have the time to plan a billion things instead of just a few, more power to them. Towards the end we had to make a less than graceful exit. Justin was not listening to me. It is important that he listens since I have Ryan with us (in our new Ergo baby carrier which is the best). If he doesn't listen, we are done. So I ended up carrying Ryan in the carrier and a screaming, tantruming Justin through the gym, down the hall, and to the stroller. Justin didn't even get his shoes and socks back on. I hope he gets it. I carried him home from the playroom once and ever since he has been so good about listening to me. We'll see. The gym is pretty fun. It has a lot of tempting things like a slide, trampoline, balls, bikes (and trikes and unicycles), balance beams... All that and space to run. So hard to listen to boring Mommy. (You may note that he has had a haircut in these pictures. Yay!)
Justin was excited to look in his Easter basket and enjoyed more candy than he should have. He has been reading books about the Easter bunny with me and has really gotten into it this year. We talked a little about how we think about Jesus at Easter, but didn't go into that much. I figured if it came to Justin choosing between Jesus and the Easter bunny that he wouldn't make the choice I would want him to make. He's two years old. Getting candy from a walking, talking rabbit makes more sense to him than someone dying (not that he knows what that is) and being resurrected. Pretty big concept for adults. Hopefully this year he will get a little bit of the Jesus part at Christmas and be able to carry it over to Easter. For now we will continue to work on Jesus loves Justin and pictures of Jesus with children and other happy pictures.
We dyed eggs this week and he was thrilled to be able to watch the eggs change color. Better yet were the eggs that had his name written on with wax crayon. It was like magic to see the egg come out colored with his name on it! It did make quite the mess. I had the foresight to have us perform the messy task out on the balcony with Justin wearing only a diaper and an art smock. We had the table covered with a trash bag and plenty of wipes and water to keep things under control. Justin and I both ended up with dye on our hands and arms. Ryan was unhappy sitting just inside the doorway, so I moved his chair out with us and he promptly fell asleep. I was a little worried that he would get dye spilled on him and be green or something. Luckily, that didn't happen.
We also went to Nandemo (community center) this week for their mini sports club. Justin had a blast. He got kind of bored listening to some of the directions since they were in Japanese. The people running the activity had a lot of fun things, but they moved through a lot of them too quickly. The childen would have enjoyed doing some things over and over instead of once or twice. Oh well. If they have the time to plan a billion things instead of just a few, more power to them. Towards the end we had to make a less than graceful exit. Justin was not listening to me. It is important that he listens since I have Ryan with us (in our new Ergo baby carrier which is the best). If he doesn't listen, we are done. So I ended up carrying Ryan in the carrier and a screaming, tantruming Justin through the gym, down the hall, and to the stroller. Justin didn't even get his shoes and socks back on. I hope he gets it. I carried him home from the playroom once and ever since he has been so good about listening to me. We'll see. The gym is pretty fun. It has a lot of tempting things like a slide, trampoline, balls, bikes (and trikes and unicycles), balance beams... All that and space to run. So hard to listen to boring Mommy. (You may note that he has had a haircut in these pictures. Yay!)
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