AND HE'S OFF......

Been in the works for a week or so. My earliest to date (11 1/2 months).  I can't believe it!

 Attempt  #1

Attempt #2....SUCCESS!

He's one determined little guy.  That must be why he conquered this particular milestone so soon.  He wants to be up and running with his big brothers.  He is such a joy and delight to us all.  He is SO LOVED!

The unexpected (and unwanted) finally dies.

A well meaning Sunbeam teacher sent Isaac home from church on Sunday with a unexpected (and very unwanted) pet.  A fish....quickly dubbed "baby fish" by it's new owner.



I was quite livid at first. I take the care of ANY living thing quite seriously and was not ready to take on this responsibility (however little it may be)...which is why I had not chosen to purchase a fish (or any other pet) myself.  And...my three year old wasn't about to do it.



"Baby fish" took up residence in one of my favorite Pyrex dishes (much to my irritation).  Then...we watched and waited for him to die. 



Day after day he hung on.  Long after all the other Sunbeam children has said their farewell's.



This morning we found "baby fish" belly up.  We sent him to his watery grave while I belted out "Taps" on my invisible trumpet.  The older kids thought it was funny.  Isaac cried ( mostly because he was still upset that I made him get out of the bath sooner than he wanted). 



Such a sad affair.  Truly!  Sniff, sniff. 



Isaac and I then had a little talk about the fishy and how his spirit had gone home to be with Heavenly Father.  That seemed to calm him.  Crisis averted.



I quickly set out to clean my Pyrex bowl.  After a few rounds of bleach and a couple of "sanitizing" runs through the dishwasher, I may even use it again. 



I checked the manual.  This Sunday's lesson is on "Animals" and the next week is "Birds and Insects".  I am going to ask said Sunbeam teacher to take care not to send home any more "friends" related to those lessons.  I don't even want to know what we could end up with.  :)



Side note:  I like Isaac's Sunbeam teacher.  She is a neighbor and friend.  No hard feelings (as long as she doesn't do it again.  Ha ha ha!) 

Is that a caterpillar? Or a mustache on your face?

Rob thought it would be funny to grow out his "cheesy  mustache" again. 

 

And this is his..."you wanna piece of me" former correctional officer look.

Are you scared?

People at work loved it.  His wife....not so much.  Not only does it age him about 15 years but more importantly, the hairs grow STRAIGHT out and it pokes.  LIKE CRAZY!  If it were a caterpillar (which I think it looks like) it would be one of those spiky poisonous ones.  At least that's what it feels like.

I prefer clean shaven thank you very much.

HILLARIOUS! ROLL. ON. THE. FLOOR. LAUGH. OUT .LOUD. FUNNY!

I would seriously be no friend if I did not share this video with y'all. It's a series called Kid History on You Tube. This is BY FAR the best one. It's HILARIOUS! I was rolling on the floor, okay not literally, but I might have well been. It is too funny! My kids thought I was possessed at first. I should probably laugh out loud more often.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

UPDATE: Cael-ism

Cael:  "Mom, when I get done with my job I am going to read my scriptures on the couch until it's movie time."



Me:  "That's a good idea, Cael."



Cael:  "Yeah, I'm going to read them so I can feel the Spirit touch me."



 UPDATE:  Fast Forward a few hours from previous conversation.



I found Cael sitting on the couch with his scriptures lying on his lap.  After a few minutes he hops down and informs me,  "Mom, I DO feel the spirit.  I feel something hot sitting right here (as he puts his hand on his heart) on my shoulder."



It's moments like these that make me realize that not EVERYTHING I say gets ignored.  Makes the LONG hours doing my job TOTALLY worth it.  :)