May 9, 2016

 I was helping my son pass the forest levels in super mario. He watched until he had to go to bed. As soon as I passed the castle, which took like 10+ tries, he came from his room. He was listening to the music and heard when I passed the castle. He said "I was in bed and prayed you would pass the castle tonight! Boy Ares about his video game!

Can You Live Without Fun Electronics?

 

How would you do with an experiment to live a few days without TV, video games and YouTube?

Athena's Repsonse: How many days?

Ty's response :

Why would I want to do that?

Luke's response:

I would do alright, I would prefer it be less than four days though

Sugar Addiction Continues

 Journal Athena. She isn't allowed food in her bedroom. She is allowed sugar daily but only a permitted amount by parents. Like a can of soda or one treat a day. Today Ster caught her with a lot of choc chips in her room. She had eaten an entire bag by herself in the past week! So we now have a rule. We won't buy chocolate anymore for the house. Her favs: choc chips muffin mixes, choc chips to put in pancakes or in cookies, etc. What we have in the house right now is being locked up in a cupboard with a key. Mom has that key hidden. No more trusting Athena to follow the sugar rules by asking permission. She is chubbier than ever. Yesterday in school she bought four ice creams at lunch with money she stole from Sterling. Luckily her teacher informed me of the situation.

 

 

Genetics

 A few years ago in Japan Athena was convinced that she was related to her friend Aria! Reason being that they both had the same color of hair and eyes as well as a love for dogs. She was young then and didn't understand. 

This morning she wore her Japanese kimono to church. She asked me "Do I look Japanese?"

I responded "No, your hair is too light and your eyes are blue."

She said "There are blonde Japanese people." I think she believes the Americans we knew in Japan were Japanese simply because they lived in Japan. 

She then said "Well, I am part Japanese!" 

Lol. Maybe she still doesn't understand how this works. 

 At Tiberias' birthday party he heard a friend say a word he isn't used to. Wussy. 

Tiberias responded "What does 'wussy' mean?!...Nevermind. I don't think I want to know." lol. Wussy means weak and scared person but I guess Ty isn't familiar with that one. 

Tall Boy!

In every bedroom there is a ceiling fan with light fixtures.  Luke has gotten so tall that last night when we called him for dinner he somehow broke a light bulb , with his head, trying to hurry to the dinner! haha

The bulb shattered and was likely in his hair because it ended up spreading out down the hallway. It was a bit of a mess to clean up but it was also pretty funny.

Communication

 Our kids don't communicate very well with each other. For example, when Sterling and I are away from the house we will get texts with the same question. If Luke asks "What's for dinner?" and I answer him Athena might ask the same question via text an hour later. 

Or worse, one time I texted Luke saying "Tell the other kids...do not eat dinner. I am bringing home Wendy's." When I arrived home the kids were eating dinner and I asked why. Ty responded "Luke said to eat dinner." He must have read the text wrong because he was so confused.