I thought I would share some of my recent and most intellectually stimulating conversations I have had with my son over the last several days.
"Mommy, what if batman was really called shatman and bats said shat all the time."
"Mommy, did you know that Milk used to be called Jilk? Really it did. I promise."
"Mommy, how do you say cheese in Spanish?" "What if it was really called Jaso. I think it used be called Jaso in Spanish a long time ago."
"Mommy, when I build my Iron Man suit its going to be able to see through other masks. Yeah, yeah and then I'll say, 'Hi Bruce Wayne' and he'll be like 'hey, how did you know my name' and then I'll say, "Because I can see through your mask and I saw the movie."
Steven told Max that he would be the man of the house while he is gone. Max was sure to tell everyone at church that he is the man of the house. Then he just asked me if we could have mommy and Max time and then he corrected himself, "I mean mommy and daddy time because I am the man of the house."
Steven is in Canada. He has only been gone since Friday but I'm already missing the break from silly talk and super hero talk...OK the super hero talk would continue but I could do away with all this talk about Jilk.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
My little Santa
Since Christmas Max has been jabbering on and on about lists, gifts, and being naughty and night. On Sunday the primary gave all of the kids their birthday presents for the year. It was a little notepad and a pencil that said this years theme on it. Right away Max decided that this would be perfect for his list. Today he came home from a friends house and said, "Mom could you please write on my list." I got the pencil and waited for him to begin his dictation. He then proceeded to tell my which of his friends are naughty and which ones are nice. Once he was finished he said, "That's all of the kids. I'm going to give them presents." Initially I thought this was pretty cute but now I realize that if it continues we may need to have a little discussion about judging others...we leave that up to God and Santa.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Twinkies & Snowmobiles
Disclaimer: Once again this is a long entry. Sorry, but that's just the way I do it now I guess. Don't worry, I'll give you a week or two to read it until I do a new entry.
It's been a fun weekend in the Heumann home. A while back I got some evaporated milk from the case lot sale...it was not a good idea. I had gone back and forth to the store 3 times the week before to buy Evaporated Milk so I thought, why not. Well, that's about all the evaporated milk I use in a year. So here I was with 27 cans of Evaporated Milk that will go bad in November 2009 and one recipe that I really use on a semi-regular basis that calls for it. So, I googled Evaporated Milk recipes and this is what I found. Homemade twinkies! Who knew. If you dare take on this adventure here is my advise. Use a stand Mixer, I only have a hand mixer so I got very inpatient waiting for the eggs to form stiff peaks. Plus I didn't let the filling get fluffy enough so it was a little grainy. I would also suggest making your aluminum foil about an inch longer and give it at least 1-1/2 inches at the top (you will see why in my pictures). If you want a twinkie I say buy one. If you want a fun little baking adventure I say make them. They were quite yummy aside from the graininess. I'm almost always trying to eat healthy and I decided that I'm depriving my kids from the joy of baking and junk food. I think I'm going to bake something new at least once every other week so the kids and I can cook together and so they can see how much better a treat is when you make it. Plus Amber, the girl I watch with special needs, really enjoys cooking so it gives her something to do other than play dogs with Max. I also like to experiment with Whole Wheat flower when I bake. I made whole wheat chocolate chip cookies the other day, they tasted a little wheaty but I didn't feel quite so bad about eating them.
You may have noticed that Elese is in her PJ's. This is 3:30 in the afternoon. I sacrificed hygiene for twinkies.
Saturday Steven had a shoot and he invited us to tag along. This doesn't happen a lot because most of the time they have a short amount of time to get a lot done. They were going snow mobiling at a ranch in Tabiona (or somewhere close to it). We spent the first little while in some nice guys warm RV while Steven got some shots and then we headed out on the sleds. Steven and Elese lead with Max and I in the middle while Stevens' boss, Chad, followed in case Max and I had any problems. I had never snowmobiled before (other that for about 5 min. about 3 years ago). Max was on the back and kept getting worried that he was going to fall off so we made several stops to reassure him. I even told him he could kick me if I went to fast. Eventually we switched around snow mobiles and put him on front. Despite his disappointment he rode with me most the time because when Elese has a helmet on she is like a bobble head. I think it would be better for the more experienced snow mobiller to take the bobble head.
Max had a blast but did shed quite a few tears because he was cold. When we had to stop to either dig out another snow mobiler or to film a quick segment he would get very cold and emotional. At one point I asked him if he ever wanted to come again and he said, "No, it's just too cold!" Once we got back to the car I asked him again and he said, "YES!!! It was so much fun!" I think it's funny that once we are over the pain that we can remember the fun, kind of like having a baby. :) Max was so tired that he didn't even notice Steven lift his car seat with him in it out of the company car and put it into our car. When we tucked him in bed he looked at me and said, "Oh no mom, we didn't get our car back!"
Elese also had a great time. After we had been riding a while (she was with me) she kept letting go of the handles so I stopped. This is when she "cried poop" and insisted on a diaper change. So there in the middle of the snowy wilderness I started to undress her to change her diaper. It didn't take long for her to realize that she would rather be warm than have a diaper change. Like I said, she cried poop, she wasn't really poopy, so we got her bundled again and continued on. On our way back to the RV she fell asleep. I was happy that she was ridding with Steven because she is an even bigger bobble head when she is asleep. I'm just glad she didn't fall off the sled. Right after Elese fell asleep Max did the same. Lucky for me he is big enough that he can't slip out from under my arms so it wasn't too tough for me to keep him on the snow mobile. We drove for at least 5 miles (I noticed the mile markers) with sound asleep kids. When we pulled up to the RV Elese woke up, looked at Steven and said, "I want to go faster." On the drive home she didn't not particularly like Max falling asleep on her shoulder but I eventually convinced her that he just wanted to cuddle with her and then she was okay.
All in all we had a great time. The kids loved buckling their seat belts in the RV. I enjoyed the scenery, and Steven had to work on another Saturday but got to enjoy it with his family. I would love to do it again with the proper snow attire and without crying kids. We also stopped at a lodge for a few more shots. It was beautiful!!! The idea is that a bunch of hunters can rent out the lodge, have meals provided for them, hunt by day and sit around the fire or the HD TV and share hunting stories by night. There were a lot of stuffed animals there (not little ones, you know like elk and stuff). Max went right up to them and started petting them. Elese on the other hand held to me as tightly as she could and hid her head. She was terrified of them. Although I'm not really down with the hunting thing I would love to stay in a place like that. They actually bread their own elk for hunting and then let them back out into the wilderness so they become wild. Crazy!
It's been a fun weekend in the Heumann home. A while back I got some evaporated milk from the case lot sale...it was not a good idea. I had gone back and forth to the store 3 times the week before to buy Evaporated Milk so I thought, why not. Well, that's about all the evaporated milk I use in a year. So here I was with 27 cans of Evaporated Milk that will go bad in November 2009 and one recipe that I really use on a semi-regular basis that calls for it. So, I googled Evaporated Milk recipes and this is what I found. Homemade twinkies! Who knew. If you dare take on this adventure here is my advise. Use a stand Mixer, I only have a hand mixer so I got very inpatient waiting for the eggs to form stiff peaks. Plus I didn't let the filling get fluffy enough so it was a little grainy. I would also suggest making your aluminum foil about an inch longer and give it at least 1-1/2 inches at the top (you will see why in my pictures). If you want a twinkie I say buy one. If you want a fun little baking adventure I say make them. They were quite yummy aside from the graininess. I'm almost always trying to eat healthy and I decided that I'm depriving my kids from the joy of baking and junk food. I think I'm going to bake something new at least once every other week so the kids and I can cook together and so they can see how much better a treat is when you make it. Plus Amber, the girl I watch with special needs, really enjoys cooking so it gives her something to do other than play dogs with Max. I also like to experiment with Whole Wheat flower when I bake. I made whole wheat chocolate chip cookies the other day, they tasted a little wheaty but I didn't feel quite so bad about eating them.
You may have noticed that Elese is in her PJ's. This is 3:30 in the afternoon. I sacrificed hygiene for twinkies.Saturday Steven had a shoot and he invited us to tag along. This doesn't happen a lot because most of the time they have a short amount of time to get a lot done. They were going snow mobiling at a ranch in Tabiona (or somewhere close to it). We spent the first little while in some nice guys warm RV while Steven got some shots and then we headed out on the sleds. Steven and Elese lead with Max and I in the middle while Stevens' boss, Chad, followed in case Max and I had any problems. I had never snowmobiled before (other that for about 5 min. about 3 years ago). Max was on the back and kept getting worried that he was going to fall off so we made several stops to reassure him. I even told him he could kick me if I went to fast. Eventually we switched around snow mobiles and put him on front. Despite his disappointment he rode with me most the time because when Elese has a helmet on she is like a bobble head. I think it would be better for the more experienced snow mobiller to take the bobble head.
Max had a blast but did shed quite a few tears because he was cold. When we had to stop to either dig out another snow mobiler or to film a quick segment he would get very cold and emotional. At one point I asked him if he ever wanted to come again and he said, "No, it's just too cold!" Once we got back to the car I asked him again and he said, "YES!!! It was so much fun!" I think it's funny that once we are over the pain that we can remember the fun, kind of like having a baby. :) Max was so tired that he didn't even notice Steven lift his car seat with him in it out of the company car and put it into our car. When we tucked him in bed he looked at me and said, "Oh no mom, we didn't get our car back!"
Elese also had a great time. After we had been riding a while (she was with me) she kept letting go of the handles so I stopped. This is when she "cried poop" and insisted on a diaper change. So there in the middle of the snowy wilderness I started to undress her to change her diaper. It didn't take long for her to realize that she would rather be warm than have a diaper change. Like I said, she cried poop, she wasn't really poopy, so we got her bundled again and continued on. On our way back to the RV she fell asleep. I was happy that she was ridding with Steven because she is an even bigger bobble head when she is asleep. I'm just glad she didn't fall off the sled. Right after Elese fell asleep Max did the same. Lucky for me he is big enough that he can't slip out from under my arms so it wasn't too tough for me to keep him on the snow mobile. We drove for at least 5 miles (I noticed the mile markers) with sound asleep kids. When we pulled up to the RV Elese woke up, looked at Steven and said, "I want to go faster." On the drive home she didn't not particularly like Max falling asleep on her shoulder but I eventually convinced her that he just wanted to cuddle with her and then she was okay.
All in all we had a great time. The kids loved buckling their seat belts in the RV. I enjoyed the scenery, and Steven had to work on another Saturday but got to enjoy it with his family. I would love to do it again with the proper snow attire and without crying kids. We also stopped at a lodge for a few more shots. It was beautiful!!! The idea is that a bunch of hunters can rent out the lodge, have meals provided for them, hunt by day and sit around the fire or the HD TV and share hunting stories by night. There were a lot of stuffed animals there (not little ones, you know like elk and stuff). Max went right up to them and started petting them. Elese on the other hand held to me as tightly as she could and hid her head. She was terrified of them. Although I'm not really down with the hunting thing I would love to stay in a place like that. They actually bread their own elk for hunting and then let them back out into the wilderness so they become wild. Crazy!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Eleses Birthday/Christmas
I always enjoy Christmas but this year was extra exciting because I only knew one thing I was getting. To help the kids understand more about the meaning of Christmas we did a Christmas Advent where we read a scripture about Christ every morning and put puzzles pieces together to create a stable scene. Things always seem so busy with Eleses birthday so close to Christmas and this year it was no different. Max got to give his first talk in Primary on Eleses birthday so that was one more thing to do. He did a great job and even had a good portion of it memorized. He is really good at things like that. I was very proud of him.
Elese had 3 birthday parties, spoiled girl!!! First on Friday the 19th we went out to eat as a family as Applebees and had them sing happy birthday to her. When the wait staff all came up to our table clapping Elese got a scared look on her face and even started shaking a little bit. It was very similar to her reaction to Santa. Then we had Stevens family Christmas Party on the 20th so we did presents for Elese & had cake and ice cream & then exchanged cousin Christmas gifts. On the 21st (her actual birthday) she opened our gifts to her before we went to church.
This is Elese with the Quilt I made her for her birthday, my pre-school teacher (Sis. Swensen) helpped me make it.
That night was also my moms extended family Christmas party so we had cake and ice cream at that one too. I felt bad combining the parties but things are so busy this time of year. We did her very own party when she turned one and may do a friend party for her next year. Once she gets older she can decide if she wants to celebrate her 1/2 birthday instead.
I made two different cakes, a chocolate cake with raspberries and a Cranberry obsession Snow cake. This is obviously the chocolate cake which I think was very good, the other one was good but not as good as this one I prefer raspberries over cranberries. I made 4 cakes and between all the parties we only ate 2 of them so I donated the other 2 to our neighborhood Christmas party that was on the 22nd. I love my uncle Ron in this picture, he looks like he is trying to guide her in how to blow out candles. For the record she needed the help. She wasn't quite sure what to do so she would just get really close and breathe really deep. She blew these candles out from her nose.
This is Papa helping Elese open her new blanket.
OK, Christmas. Christmas Eve we had our regular big Christmas Eve dinner and Steven helped with the cooking. He made Prime Rib. There was some concern about wether or not Santas Elf could force Max's gift to dry which caused me a little Christmas Eve stress and Steven had to go to Santas workshop to help out. As you can imagaine a Christmas Eve trip to the North Pole is not my idea of a fun Christmas Eve but fortunatly everything worked out. While Steven was working hard the kids and I made Santa cookies.
We opened Jammies and a nice new copy of Twas the night before Christmas that night and read the story of Christs birth from the Bible. The kids slept like champs. We told Max he could get out of bed when he saw the 6 on his clock. At about 10 after 7 he came in our room and said with a very disapointed tone, "I just woke up at the 7, not the 6." Then came the excitement!
Max LOVED his new Batmobile bed!!! It even has a licence plate that said, "BATMAX"
Elese got a baby and a stroller. She likes to push it around the house and has been heard saying, "Baby stroller vacuums!"
It was a very Merry Christmas and I'm excited for the new year and the extra motivation to better myself.
Elese had 3 birthday parties, spoiled girl!!! First on Friday the 19th we went out to eat as a family as Applebees and had them sing happy birthday to her. When the wait staff all came up to our table clapping Elese got a scared look on her face and even started shaking a little bit. It was very similar to her reaction to Santa. Then we had Stevens family Christmas Party on the 20th so we did presents for Elese & had cake and ice cream & then exchanged cousin Christmas gifts. On the 21st (her actual birthday) she opened our gifts to her before we went to church.
This is Elese with the Quilt I made her for her birthday, my pre-school teacher (Sis. Swensen) helpped me make it.That night was also my moms extended family Christmas party so we had cake and ice cream at that one too. I felt bad combining the parties but things are so busy this time of year. We did her very own party when she turned one and may do a friend party for her next year. Once she gets older she can decide if she wants to celebrate her 1/2 birthday instead.
I made two different cakes, a chocolate cake with raspberries and a Cranberry obsession Snow cake. This is obviously the chocolate cake which I think was very good, the other one was good but not as good as this one I prefer raspberries over cranberries. I made 4 cakes and between all the parties we only ate 2 of them so I donated the other 2 to our neighborhood Christmas party that was on the 22nd. I love my uncle Ron in this picture, he looks like he is trying to guide her in how to blow out candles. For the record she needed the help. She wasn't quite sure what to do so she would just get really close and breathe really deep. She blew these candles out from her nose.
This is Papa helping Elese open her new blanket.OK, Christmas. Christmas Eve we had our regular big Christmas Eve dinner and Steven helped with the cooking. He made Prime Rib. There was some concern about wether or not Santas Elf could force Max's gift to dry which caused me a little Christmas Eve stress and Steven had to go to Santas workshop to help out. As you can imagaine a Christmas Eve trip to the North Pole is not my idea of a fun Christmas Eve but fortunatly everything worked out. While Steven was working hard the kids and I made Santa cookies.
We opened Jammies and a nice new copy of Twas the night before Christmas that night and read the story of Christs birth from the Bible. The kids slept like champs. We told Max he could get out of bed when he saw the 6 on his clock. At about 10 after 7 he came in our room and said with a very disapointed tone, "I just woke up at the 7, not the 6." Then came the excitement!
Max LOVED his new Batmobile bed!!! It even has a licence plate that said, "BATMAX"
Elese got a baby and a stroller. She likes to push it around the house and has been heard saying, "Baby stroller vacuums!"
It was a very Merry Christmas and I'm excited for the new year and the extra motivation to better myself.
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