Sadie Can Drive

On the way back from Kroger today Sadie informed me that she knows how to drive and she wanted to know how old she had to be before she started driving.  I told her she had to be 16 and she has to be tall enough to reach the pedals.  Sadie's reply was, "What pedals?"...maybe she's not quite ready.

This summer I wrote down a bunch of words Sadie still says incorrectly.  They are so cute, so I usually don't correct her.  Just in the past several weeks she learned the correct pronunciation so I'll document them here so I don't forget.

becept = except
bemember = remember
shnarshnellow = marshmallow
snoot snack = fruit snack
orport = airport
eatmeal = oatmeal
ogurt = yogurt
berry  = very
pupcake = cupcake
foots = feet
my ok = I'm ok
wet's go = let's go
scunscreen = sunscreen
scunday school = Sunday school

And my 2 favorite
Sucka = Fresca
Pudge = Fudge (self-fulfilling prophecy)

Lovely Sunday

Sunday was a lovely day to get out with the family.  So our little family headed to the Purple People Bridge, taking you from Newport, KY to Cincinnati, OH.  We played at Sawyer Point and then returned home, happy and refreshed.

You Know You're Growing Up in the 21st Century When...

• You play Sunday school with your sister and one of you has a label stuck on your back that says "Allergic to:  Milk".  (they're not allergic, but they're role-playing what they see at Sunday School)

• You're 3 and you're pretending you're going on a trip.  You get everything together that you'll need; a suitcase, a purse and a cell phone.  Then just before you "leave" you consult your cell phone and let your mom know "There are some thunderstorms but my phone said it won't be near me." 

• Your watching an "old" movie (Beauty and the Beast) with the family and at the end of the movie you hear an odd whirring noise.  Concerned about this new noise you ask your parents what is wrong.  The parents calming explaining that it's a VHS tape and it has to rewind...uh, like a cassette tape...or uh...it's just something it has to do.

Campin'

Our family went camping over Labor Day weekend.  It was probably our best camping experience yet, due to several factors, but the largest success factor was the Johansson's backyard --our campground.  

That's my kind of camping - no bugs in the bathroom, no obnoxious neighbors blaring their music and a real stove within a few feet of the tent.

What a trio!

Matthew is very excited about the little tent he got to share with his Dad

Grace joined the Spence's in our ginormous tent.  Noelle and Grace are spending some time with the all-important task of sorting silly bands

4 of the 5 kiddos.  Baby William has a little growing to do before he joins the big kids

Campfire.  The men are happy!

Big Mama

Don't you love how kids just state the obvious and are oblivious to the fact that it's insulting?

Sadie loves to dress up so when she discovered the bin of clothes waiting for Noelle to grow into them, she was in heaven.  At one point she came to me with a large pair of shorts pulled up over her own shorts and she excitedly exclaimed, "Mom, these are so fat, they would probably fit you!"

Then there's Noelle...  In music the teacher was explaining that big instruments make low notes and small instruments make high notes.  She compared this to Daddy's have low voices and mommies have higher voices.  Noelle told us that she raised her hand right away to inform her teacher that her mommy is bigger than her daddy.  I'm guessing the teacher thinks I'm some large brute of a woman--with a low voice.