Author ZuZu

ZuZu wants to do everything her big brother does. So when he was drawing his book the other night, she did a book of her own. What follows is her story...

"This is about colors."


"and this is about a guy."


"and this is about a guy."


"and this is about a purple guy."


"and this is about an octopus."


"and this is about a snake tail."


"and this is about a turtle."


"and this is about a banana. The end."

"The Story Jesus Saved Us"

Moses is quite the proliferate little story writer/illustrator. Below is his latest. The quotes are his explanation, the parentheticals are my notes.

This is "The Story Jesus Saved Us":


"God was holding the world, but..."


"Sin was in the middle of getting to God. God is holding His son, and I'm saying "noooooo!" because we can't get across."


(Let's take a closer look- love Jesus' beard!)


(And this is ZuZu, Mommy, and Moses. Love Moses' arms as he is yelling "NO")


(The pit is labeled "sin")


"But, before I notice it, Jesus took me across."


(Jesus taking Moses across. Love the red indicating movement!)


(We are happy now because we get to go across)


"Now all of us are across, but Satan was at the other end, and then God hit him with his legs and he fell into the fire. The sin turned into fire because God turned it into fire so Satan will die."


(This is the motion of Satan- all black- falling into the pit of "sin that becomes fire")


(Jesus and those of us with him are all angry at Satan...)


"The next story after school is when Satan's people come and fight us back. But not tonight. The End."


(Apparently, there is a Part II of this book, to be completed after school today. Can't wait to see that one!)

The many looks of a fashion trendsetter

It was a lazy Saturday in our house. With the exception of Moses' soccer game, we didn't have anything we HAD to do. And we take lazy Saturday mornings pretty seriously in our house. Pajamas and cartoons all morning. And then when we come back from soccer, we put our pajamas back on...

As proof of our low-key tradition, I offer the following evidence:


But that's just not how Hosanna rolls. This child is INTO her accessories. You never know what new look is going to greet you when you walk around the corner.  All of the following looks occurred in just one lazy Saturday...

Here is how I was greeted on Saturday morning. Before I was even up, she had already had her daddy put "pretties" in her hair.


And nothing screams "lazy saturday morning" like a sparkly tutu and snuggly lamb hat.


It is, after all, the perfect attire for painting the wall with a silcone barbecue brush.


She loves to accessorize with anything that belongs to Moses. Maybe this is the preppy gangster look?




Here's how I was greeted after her nap. I think we'll call this her "Wilma Flintstone" look...  Actually, maybe we'll call it her Betty look.  I always thought Betty was cuter.




And finally, she did her own hair in the bathtub:


I think the lesson learned here is that if Hosanna is going to be this... let's call it "fashion forward".... she is going to have to spend a lot more time with Aunt Emily to learn how to channel it properly!

We just made dental history

After weeks of trying to figure out what was wrong with the blog, I *think* I finally have it figured out. It was such a pain, and totally discouraged me from blogging. Which bums me out, because I never posted any Christmas pictures. Hopefully now I will be more motivated to post...

It is a day off from school and work (for me), so how did we spend it? At a 7:45 am dental appointment! Actually, the kids were really excited (I know... weird).

This was ZuZu's first appointment. And apparently, at not-quite-3-years of age, the youngest patient they have ever had.

As you can see, she was such a big girl!!!




Because she's a no-cavity kid, she got a picture on the wall!


Moses didn't have any cavities, either, so he got to put a sticker on his picture. We also made dental history in another way-- apparently, we are the only family of whom the parents (K and me) are totally filling free. So those genes bode well for our kids in the future!

Someone else also got to try out the chair!


We "celebrated" by eating at a favorite family restaurant. It was the kids' first time there. Moses declared the pancakes the "best in the world!"




We also visited the Verizon store for new phones (ours were well past the contract date, and falling apart). So by the point we got our food, Hosanna had had it...


It was a great start to the day... but unfortunately, the early start meant early naps for the girls, and Hosanna is awake about 2 hours earlier than normal. I think an early bedtime is in order...