Can I Have Jelly With My Rice?

Dallin and I go to the library at least weekly, if not more often. This means, we check out a lot of books. Last time we checked out Green Eggs and Ham. Dallin loved it, so we read it quite a lot. Near the end of the book, as the main character is finally trying the green eggs and ham, I would ask Dallin if he thought the guy would like it. He knew he would, since we read the book so many times. We would talk about how we should try new things even if we weren't sure if we would like them because we might end up liking them. You never know.

This leads me to tonight. We had rice with our dinner.  I asked Dallin if he would just like butter on his rice instead of the curry Russ and I were having. He said," Yes, I want butter and jelly too." Not a big surprise because he wants jelly on everything (toast, pancakes, French toast, etc.) I told him that we don't eat jelly on our rice because it would be gross. He then replied, "We should try it. We might like it." How can I argue with that logic?


So how did dinner end, you might ask? Dallin had strawberry jam on some of his rice. After he ate the jam covered rice, he asked if we could put grape jelly on the rest of it. I said OK. I can't very well teach him one thing and them insist it's wrong later. Maybe one day I will try it. :)

"I do not like rice and jelly. I do not like them Dallin boy!"

He-Man Intro

Dallin plays He-Man all the time. He likes to run around and recite the intro monologue. I finally bribed him to do it in tape. We had to try a few times because he gets camera shy and forgets what he is saying. Even this last time, he needed a little help. It cracks me up to watch him. "I have the power!"

I just want to add that Dallin always says his funniest things during prayers. He asked me to help him with his bedtime prayers tonight, so I did. I told him to say "We are thankful for this day," which he did and them added, "And that Jesus has the power." That phrase means we have watched a little too much He-Man. :)

For Angels With Snow

 I finally broke down and bought Dallin some snow boots last week.  We never really needed them in Utah, but now we don't have a carport and the wind always blows, there are always deep snow drifts in parking lot around the car. He would always want to be carried so that he wouldn't get snow in his shoes. That has stopped since getting the boots. 

So I convinced him that he would like to play in the snow if he was all bundled up. He was asking to make snow angels (He saw it on Special Agent Oso, in case any of you have seen that one.) He played outside for about 20 minutes. Not very long, but he had fun. Here are some pictures and a video of him making snow angels. I think it's funny to watch him throw himself down.

After, he got all bundled up in a blanket and had chocolate soy milk (I offer hot chocolate, but he wanted the soy milk) and got to watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Maybe he will brave it out there again. It's been pretty cold, only 20 today, but he didn't mind too much.

Book Of Mormon Stories

 Or rather, Book of Mormon Cases. I have made two more. I decided to call them Book of Mormon cases, because the are too small to be scripture cases. The kids in our primary class that bring scriptures (when any of them do) usually only just bring a Book of Mormon. Line upon line, right? I'll try it again sometime and get the measurements right before Dallin gets old enough to carry all the books of scripture with him. For now I ordered him a $2.50 Book of Mormon from LDS.org.  He's excited because we read the Book of Mormon as a family, and now he will have his own book to "read" from.

Enough rambling about that. I decided to make more because I have been having this crazy desire to sew all the time. My machine gets pulled out almost nightly. I had plenty of scrap fabric around, and more than enough pairs of jeans to cut up, so I made two more. I decided to make them for my niece and nephew. They get to be my guinea pigs too. So what do you think?


Sky's

  Bryn's:

So I'll be sending them soon. It's going to be up to their mom to get them Books of Mormon. (Though I'm sure their Grandma has a few hanging around from family scripture study time.

Jumpin Jax, Etc.

I got a good deal on Groupon.com for a place called Jumpin Jax. It's like Bounce U in North Carolina. Dallin kept calling it Jax U. It was in a large room. there were only around 15 other kids there. In the center of the room were couches and comfy chairs with tons of newspapers and magazines. I spent some time relaxing and the rest climbing with Dallin. They even had a smaller kids areas for those under 5.

He got brave and climbed up himself. Once he got to the top he freaked out and I had to climb  there to go down the slide with him. That was after having to find his socks he took off somewhere in the obstacle coarse.

I spent this morning neglecting Dallin so I could craft. OK, he got to watch a couple movies while I crafted. It was all for him....enough excuses. :) I made him a scripture case. It's big enough for a Book Of Mormon. I got the idea here. The applique leaves something to be desired, but I sure gave it my all. I used bits of fabric I had on hand, so it's all mis-matched.  (Aly, you will recognize more of it from our turkey shirts.)

I haven't order Dallin a paper back Book of Mormon yet, so right now it has my old seminary scriptures in it.

You will notice his Thunder Cats wrist bands. One of the many quick costumes/dress up items Dallin and I made. We whip up things a lot. :) I'll post my fast (and not well done) Larry Boy costume later. (The wrist band idea come from here)

He was so exited. At church in primary all the kids got a book mark and scripture marking pencil with a list of the scriptures they are going to learn this year. He thinks it's all pretty cool and he's so grown up.

Ice Skating...Sort Of

Dallin and I had fun today "ice skating" with wax paper and rubber bands. I even shared a video with me in it so you can see what fun it is. (If you know my dislike for being videoed you will understand what a big deal this is.) Try it out. We wasted found a productive use for a lot of wax paper since it doesn't last all that long before getting holes in it.What do you think?

Christmas

On Thursday before Christmas we visited some friends. They had a small gathering and well all went Christmas caroling. Dallin and their two little girls were the only kids, but they didn't mind. Dallin loves playing at their house. Dallin was happy all night until we went caroling. He kept yelling at us we weren't suppose to be singing. After half a block, he was ready to be done. One of the neighbors gave the kids cookies. That kept him happy for a while longer, as long as he was being held.

 Here are a few pictures from Christmas morning. Please ignore how "great" I look. :) I think ht was most excited about his new toothbrush, but they have been because that was the first thing he opened. It was in his stocking.

 I got a label maker from Russ. I spent this weekend organizing Dallin's toys. It feels great to get some much of his stuff organized. I still have some odds and ends in his toy box to tackle.

We all got spoiled this year. After all the gifts were purchased/sent to us, I couldn't help but comment that it was way too much for just three people. It was a fun day, that was for sure. We continued that Jenkins' tradition of crepes (we actually did them Christmas Eve) and a Christmas day movie. We went to see Tangled. It was cute. Dallin loved it. Actually, Dallin just loves going to the theater so I doubt it would have mattered too much what we saw, but I did hear him talking to his friend Pascal when he was playing by himself the other day. :)