Parkinson Family: February 2011

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Jared Laughing

This video was taken back on December 5th,

but I wanted to show it because it is so fun to watch Jared laughing!!

February Fun

Going for laundry basket rides. Who needs Lagoon?
Jared's not so sure about this. (Erika was pulling)

I just thought I'd post a few pictures from this last month of the kids. Where it has been so cold outside, they have had to get a little creative with their fun. (You can only play out in the snow so long!) We have made a snowman and a snow cave, and played on the playground equipment (in the snow). We have had fun up at the cabin twice, snowmobiling and sledding.

I could not believe how much snow there was up at Strawberry!!
(This was actually on New Year's Day)

This morning before church, the kids decided they wanted to put on a "play" for me and Aaron of "The Billy Goats Gruff". They made masks out of paper and each had parts- the trolls and goats. Heidi got to be the "little troll". It was so adorable!!

Come on, little guy!! You need to strengthen those muscles!!

My sweet Jared

We celebrated Aaron's birthday this last week. The kids were happy to help him blow out his candles!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Erika the bookworm

The other night, I walked into Erika's room and I found her exactly like this:

She is a very deep sleeper so she didn't even wake up when I took the picture. (And I know she was sleeping- I could hear her snoring!) I showed it to her the next morning and she laughed. Erika LOVES to read! Often at night I will go downstairs to her room and make her turn out the light and go to bed because she is so into her book. She has set a goal to read the Book of Mormon before she is baptized in July. She is already in Alma, so I think she will make it without too much pressure. There have been a few nights when it has been late and I have said, "You don't need to read it tonight..." but she is adamant that she has to read her chapter in the scriptures. We are reading it with her, of course, to help her understand it, but she also likes to sneak in a bit on her own. I have been amazed at her ability to understand the meaning of things. I am thankful for her example to me and hope I can teach her something. Sometimes you wonder if you were sent here to teach them or if it is the other way around.

Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."