Kids' Stuff

I was cleaning my room this afternoon and found some of the fun stuff the kids have done in the last few months.

The above picture is of some marriage vows Eden wrote last fall when she was pretending that her gerbils were getting married.  It is in English, but the phonetics are Spanish, which makes it a little hard to read.  It says, "If you are going to marry this lady then marry her in love.  If you are going to marry the lady then marry her in love.  Do you take this lady in your love?  If you do so then love her with your heart."

Eden wrote this one at Christmas.  It's called, "The song of Christmas to Learn for Christmas" and says (as translated by Eden),
Learn the songs.
Eat your food because today is Christmas
There are presents Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle and Aunt
Here and there.
It is like your birthday
But there is family and a tree with candies.
But the most important thing
Is Jesus the Son of God
And the Father of all the world and all of us
And one day we will go to the new earth
And everyone will arrive and be happy.

This one is from last fall.  Eden writes, "Hello!  My name is Eden and my favorite color is blue and my favorite food is macaroni and cheese and my favorite bird is an owl and my brother's name is Z and his color is red and his favorite food is pizza."

 Eden is working on this book about animals right now.

Z filled in this paper for English class at the beginning of the year.  I think it is very sweet and very ambitious (with his reading! -- The Fellowship of the Ring -- and his science goals!).

Semester Calendar

I recently had the following conversation with Eden about upcoming fun events for our family.

Me: So school starts tomorrow for me, and then in a few weeks we'll have a little vacation to Omaha.
Eden: Will we get to go to the zoo?
Me: Probably, if we want to.  And then in March we'll have spring break and your birthday, and the first day of April is Easter!
Eden: And there's the gun show.
Me: (with a little chuckle) Oh, yeah, right, the gun show.
Eden: It's on March 10 and 11.
Me: Wait . . . what?  There's really a gun show?
Eden: Yes.  It's on March 10 and 11.  And I'm going.
Me: You're going to a gun show?  What?  When?  Where?
Eden: (patiently) I told you, it's March 10 and 11.
Me: (stupidly, trying to figure out what is going on) How are you going to a gun show?  Is this a field trip?
Eden: No.  Daddy's taking me.
Me: Daddy's taking you to a gun show?  When?
Eden: (a little frustrated): On March 10 and 11.
Me:  How do you know about a gun show?
Eden: I saw a sign for it.  Daddy's taking me and I'm going to get a pocket knife.
Me:  Oh. . . . ok.  Well, ok.  On March 10 or 11 you're going to the gun show.  I think you should make it March 10, that date works better for us.
Eden: Ok.