February Funnies!!

February 12: We went to a friend's wedding reception tonight.  As we all sat at the table eating dessert, veggies, and little sandwiches, Janika said, "This is fun!  I can't wait until I get married!  Let's see what should we eat....I know, HOT DOGS!!!!"  We all laughed at that and said that maybe she could have a popcorn stand too!

February 13: Rick made cheese cake for FHE and Jared said, "I want some married cake!" I couldn't figure it out until Rick pointed out that they had little cheese cakes at the reception last night.

Jase is so cute!! We finally got caller ID a couple of months ago and I told the kids that we don't need to answer the phone if it says "UNAVAILABLE."  The other day the phone rang and I didn't answer it.  I explained to Jase that it said, "unavailable."  He said, "Boy, she sure calls a lot, doesn't she?!"

Friday 21: When the kids listen to their Sesame Street CD, there is a song called, "Happy Tapping with Elmo."  They like to put on their tap shoes and tap dance on the kitchen floor.  Jase and Jared wanted to do it today and so Jared shouted, "Let's go get our CLAPPING shoes!"

Sunday 23: This one isn't a "funny," but so sweet! Our cute kids sang in church and did a FANTASTIC job!  Rick played the piano -- Teach Me to Walk in the Light -- (he has been working on his piano skills lately) and Janika and Jase sang.  Jase sang the first verse all by himself and Janika sang the second verse by herself and then they sang the last verse together.  They remembered all of the words and didn't seem nervous at all.  On the second verse instead of "Come little child and together we'll learn..."  Janika sang, "Come little brother, together we'll learn..."  It was sweet and there were people dabbing at their eyes.  It really brought the spirit. Anyway, we couldn't believe how many comments and compliments we got on it.  We had gone on Saturday to have them practice with the microphone and practice going up and down.  That REALLY helps.  Janika sounded really good -- right on pitch.  It was really sweet! 

Friday 28:  Today was the Primary Talent Show.  Janika played “Indian Drums” on the Piano and Jase sang “Grandpa Gums” from our “Cleanliness” tape.  We were practicing before we went (the song is about brushing your teeth).  The lyrics say:  “….brush them everyday to keep them clean and white…” Well Jase was singing “brush them everyday to keep them clean and wide…” so I told him that it was “white” not “wide.”  Well, anyway, he was singing his song in the talent show and sang “brush them everyday to keep them clean and wide…and then he realized his mistake and shouted “white!!  I mean white!!”  It was so funny!! 

"Feel My Heart, It Is Warm!"

Today the kids made their valentine’s containers to put their valentines in. Jase (age 5) made his out of a Quaker Oatmeal container and Janika (age 7) made hers out of one of those big food storage cans that comes with a lid. They covered them with colored paper and cut out hearts to stick all over (and circles and squares) of all different colors.  Janika also insisted on making one for everyone else in the family. They had a lot of fun doing that. 

Janika and I went to the Primary Broadcast at the Stake Center.  It was very good and I about cried when hearing those primary kids singing the songs. Janika was pretty good but kept asking me every ten minutes how much longer it was going to last.  She wanted to sit on my lap and have me tickle her back the whole time.

Rick and I thought we might go to the temple but couldn’t find a baby-sitter and so I went to the temple while he stayed home with the kids.  Tonight Janika said her prayers to me and asked to know if Joseph Smith really saw Jesus (Rick has really been encouraging her to pray about that).  She kept her eyes closed afterwards and then said that the answer was "yes."  She put my hand on her chest and said, “Feel my heart, it is warm!” So sweet! We had a little talk afterwards on what the spirit feels like and I told her that I had felt the spirit during the primary broadcast.