As I read other friends blogs I realize that perhaps I've gotten a little too "facebook" in my posting...I tried to get a photo album type website but it was way too complicated for me, thus I continue to give updates in the form of lots of pictures and explanations.
For those of you who are bored with our latest travelogs and want to know more about the thoughts of a mother of two boys here goes...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1389/saturday-night-live-dont-buy-stuff
I found this video on a friends blog (Thanks, Clarks) and I thought it was funny...seems obvious to me but I guess I'm just naive. Do people really buy things with money they know they don't have or is it just sloppy book keeping?
We are living off student loan money right now, so I guess you could say we have the money but esentially it is not ours.... hmmm is this the same thing?
So, I guess what I'm saying is, while this little sketch seems to mock the obvious, don't spend what you don't have, is it perhaps a little more complicated in situations of student loans, mortgage etc??
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"Daddy, I want to shave off all my hair and then I will look like you! People will walk up to me and say, 'Ian?'" ~Jacob
APRIL 2010
Tonight at dinner the boys were acting most boy-like when Ian finally took Ben away from the table and declared, "Well, you boys get F's in table manners tonight." Jacob asked me, "mommy what did he say?" I said "Daddy is disappointed that you didn't eat your dinner so you'll have to go straight to bed without a nother bite!" Ian came back in the room after washing Ben and Jacob said, "Daddy, I don't want to go to bed. See? I'm eating so well!" After a few meager bites Jacob asked, "So Daddy are your going to give me the F now? Is it a toy or is it candy?"
Benjamin has a real sense of humor especially for such a little guy. Most kids his age will do things that they think are funny over and over again eventhough other people don't quite get the "baby joke." Ben notices when other people think something is funny and even if he doesn't think it's funny he'll do it again and again making us cry from laughing so hard. Many of his favorite stunts, while very funny for us, may hurt him, like when he jumps as high as he can (which his pretty high) and then lands SMACK on his bottom. I think the diaper absorbs a bit, but not all the impact cause you can hear his brain rattle. A ritual at dinner: Jacob asks,"Hey, Ben. Can I see your funny face?" Be it mid-bite of his favorite meal Ben will turn to Jacob and squint his eyes shut so tight leaving the tips of his long dark lashes poking out above his chubby cheeks as the only sign that eyes were once there. He never gets the satisfaction of seeing the pure delight on Jacobs face, guess the roar of laughter satisfies him:)
MARCH 2010
While driving around Burlington VT Jillian said she was going to put Lake Champlain into the GPS. Jacob asked, "Can you put the sky into the GPS?"
Jacob learned a new song in primary today, "...Follow the possum don't go strange!"
Jillian jumped out of the car and said, "We need to fill up the car." Jacob asks, "Are you going to fill it up with icecream?"
Jacob: "There is a human walking down the hall. And he went to McDonalds!" Then later at the restaurant "That human is eating a Crabs Leg!!"
Jacob yells out of the bedroom door for me and when I get there he says, "Momma, this little guy needs you. Can you help him please?" Benjamin was crying because he didn't want to go to sleep. While I was rocking Ben, Jacob began a heart-to-heart. "Mom, I don't know what to do about my friends." I asked him what he was talking about. Very seriously he told me, "When we were praying on the burritos Enoch didn't have his eyes closed." Poor Jake, so much to be worried about:(
A couple of days ago, Benjamin came out of the bedroom crying in pain. I had an idea of what happened when I saw the red marks on Bens chubby cheeks, but I thought I would check with Jacob first. Yep, I was right. Jacob says, "I opened my mouth and put Benjamins cheek in it, then I closed my mouth." It happened again this morning :( Another mom at the Y came up to me and said, "I noticed your sons bite mark on his cheek. My son has one that looks just like that." Fearing that she was insinuating that both bites came from the same menace during Primetime I quickly reassured her that this came from his own brother earlier this. She looked horrified, "Oh! My son was bit by a dog!" She then gave me first aid instructions for him, saying that human bites are actually much worse than dog bites....I'd like to see that study!?
Commenting on the "bumper sticker politics" we see here in Portland, we dropped the name "Obama" a few times. Jacob pipes up from the back, defending our President, "Stop talking about Barak Obama!" After Ian and I do a bad job at hiding our amusement he then yells over and over again, "GO HOME BARAK OBAMA! hahaha GO HOME BARAK OH-BAMA!!! haha....." Talk about flip-flopping!
Ian: Jacob, you are such a good big brother. You are teaching Benjamin how to use the potty, and speak kindly, and sleep in a big boy bed...
Jacob: AND HOW TO BE A RABBIT!!
FEBRUARY 2010
I had laready said a prayer on our dinner, but after seeing what we had to eat Jacob made a request, "I want to talk to Heavenly Father!" In his prayer he said, "Thank you that I don't want to eat this food...."
Jacob today was sitting on the couch and said "I'm bored!" Two seconds later his friends Wafi & Waeil came over to play. At lunch Jacob said the prayer on his food. "...thank you for this food. Thank you that I was bored and now I'm not. Amen."
Miscommunication:
All of Jacob's underwear had just been washed, so I told him I'd quickly dry a pair for him to wear to bed that night. A few minutes later I walked from the kitchen into his room:
Jacob: Are they ready yet?
Me: Nope, I'm just getting them toasty warm:)
Jacob: And then we can put sprinkles on them!? (big hopeful smile)
**I thought we were talking about undies, Jake was referring to a conversation much earlier in the day about sugar cookies!!!
While driving home from Boston Jacob requested we listen to the radio and requested the "dragonfly song." Luckily Ian has the Owl City music on his palm so we told him "sure", but of course instantly the song on the radio change to "Fireflies."
At IKEA we chose a kitchen to play 'house' in. We all sat down at the dining room table and Benjamin (18mos) folded his arms, bowed his head, and when nothing happened looked over at Ian, pointed and gave a sharp yet encouraging stare.
With Ian on the speaker phone, while spending the night in Augusta, we asked Jacob to say our family prayer.
"Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you that King Noah is Wicked. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
JANUARY 2010
We are trying to get Jacob out of the habit of saying the same prayer all day long "...bless this food, bless Anna..." so tonight at bedtime he was very concious of not saying his rote prayer. "...thank You that we can go to bed. Thank You for no food..."
Have you ever noticed how close Abinidi and Banana sound? Jacob just pointed that out to us tonight:) "Bananadi"
There is a poster on the nursery door listing all the children and there favorite things. I recently read Jacob's and learned that when he grows up he wants to be "a funny cucumber."
AUGUST 2009
At the very back corner of the store in Target Jacob insists we hurry to the bathroom. I excitedly pushed the cart at full speed ran with him and Ben into the bathroom encouraging him to use the toilet, when he protested saying, "Mommy!! I wanted to ride the potty-train!!"
MAY 2009
After we told Jacob we would be going to Utah to visit family, he informed practically everyone he saw that he was going to "Me-tah to see his Grandma."
FEBRUARY 27th 2009
Jacob: I'm Burping, I'm Burping, I'm Burping, I'm Burping...
Me & Ian: blank stare
Me: Oh, you're hiccuping!
Jacob: yeah
Ian and I are talking in the car, with Jake and Ben quiet listening in the back.
Jacob: Jacob's mommy is talking to my daddy.
Jacob: Mommy, I want an angry muffin!
Me: ?
Jacob: Mommyyyy I want an ANGRY MUFFIN!Me: Oh, you want an ENGLISH MUFFIN
Jacob: yeah, an angry muffin:)
There's no political inuendos in this.
FEBRUARY 26th 2009:
Ian: Jacob what color hair does mommy have?
Jacob: Purpedoo
Ian: Jacob what color hair does daddy have?
Jacob: Burpupadoo
Ian: Jacob what color hair does Aunt Kiki have?
Jacob: Gray!!
March 22nd 2009
Jacob:Where is my sister??
He asked that all morning long after we drove our neighbor Randi Strout to Church
Ian: Jakey, I'm tired. I'm going to take a nap.Jacob: (comes over and gives Ian a kiss on his cheek) Night night da-da, I'll get you a blanket (runs in his room and comes back with a big green fleece blanket.
March 29, 2009
Jacob walks over with a rubberband and is trying to put it in his hair.
Jacob: Mommy. Will you help me be a girl??
Not to metion his hair is about 1/4 inch long...I just put the rubberband on his wrist and called it a bracelet.
March 29, 2009
While driving to church our serpantine belt started shredding and it made a horrible rhythmic sound. Jacob asks, "Are we on a choo-choo train?"
APRIL 2010
Tonight at dinner the boys were acting most boy-like when Ian finally took Ben away from the table and declared, "Well, you boys get F's in table manners tonight." Jacob asked me, "mommy what did he say?" I said "Daddy is disappointed that you didn't eat your dinner so you'll have to go straight to bed without a nother bite!" Ian came back in the room after washing Ben and Jacob said, "Daddy, I don't want to go to bed. See? I'm eating so well!" After a few meager bites Jacob asked, "So Daddy are your going to give me the F now? Is it a toy or is it candy?"
Benjamin has a real sense of humor especially for such a little guy. Most kids his age will do things that they think are funny over and over again eventhough other people don't quite get the "baby joke." Ben notices when other people think something is funny and even if he doesn't think it's funny he'll do it again and again making us cry from laughing so hard. Many of his favorite stunts, while very funny for us, may hurt him, like when he jumps as high as he can (which his pretty high) and then lands SMACK on his bottom. I think the diaper absorbs a bit, but not all the impact cause you can hear his brain rattle. A ritual at dinner: Jacob asks,"Hey, Ben. Can I see your funny face?" Be it mid-bite of his favorite meal Ben will turn to Jacob and squint his eyes shut so tight leaving the tips of his long dark lashes poking out above his chubby cheeks as the only sign that eyes were once there. He never gets the satisfaction of seeing the pure delight on Jacobs face, guess the roar of laughter satisfies him:)
MARCH 2010
While driving around Burlington VT Jillian said she was going to put Lake Champlain into the GPS. Jacob asked, "Can you put the sky into the GPS?"
Jacob learned a new song in primary today, "...Follow the possum don't go strange!"
Jillian jumped out of the car and said, "We need to fill up the car." Jacob asks, "Are you going to fill it up with icecream?"
Jacob: "There is a human walking down the hall. And he went to McDonalds!" Then later at the restaurant "That human is eating a Crabs Leg!!"
Jacob yells out of the bedroom door for me and when I get there he says, "Momma, this little guy needs you. Can you help him please?" Benjamin was crying because he didn't want to go to sleep. While I was rocking Ben, Jacob began a heart-to-heart. "Mom, I don't know what to do about my friends." I asked him what he was talking about. Very seriously he told me, "When we were praying on the burritos Enoch didn't have his eyes closed." Poor Jake, so much to be worried about:(
A couple of days ago, Benjamin came out of the bedroom crying in pain. I had an idea of what happened when I saw the red marks on Bens chubby cheeks, but I thought I would check with Jacob first. Yep, I was right. Jacob says, "I opened my mouth and put Benjamins cheek in it, then I closed my mouth." It happened again this morning :( Another mom at the Y came up to me and said, "I noticed your sons bite mark on his cheek. My son has one that looks just like that." Fearing that she was insinuating that both bites came from the same menace during Primetime I quickly reassured her that this came from his own brother earlier this. She looked horrified, "Oh! My son was bit by a dog!" She then gave me first aid instructions for him, saying that human bites are actually much worse than dog bites....I'd like to see that study!?
Commenting on the "bumper sticker politics" we see here in Portland, we dropped the name "Obama" a few times. Jacob pipes up from the back, defending our President, "Stop talking about Barak Obama!" After Ian and I do a bad job at hiding our amusement he then yells over and over again, "GO HOME BARAK OBAMA! hahaha GO HOME BARAK OH-BAMA!!! haha....." Talk about flip-flopping!
Ian: Jacob, you are such a good big brother. You are teaching Benjamin how to use the potty, and speak kindly, and sleep in a big boy bed...
Jacob: AND HOW TO BE A RABBIT!!
FEBRUARY 2010
I had laready said a prayer on our dinner, but after seeing what we had to eat Jacob made a request, "I want to talk to Heavenly Father!" In his prayer he said, "Thank you that I don't want to eat this food...."
Jacob today was sitting on the couch and said "I'm bored!" Two seconds later his friends Wafi & Waeil came over to play. At lunch Jacob said the prayer on his food. "...thank you for this food. Thank you that I was bored and now I'm not. Amen."
Miscommunication:
All of Jacob's underwear had just been washed, so I told him I'd quickly dry a pair for him to wear to bed that night. A few minutes later I walked from the kitchen into his room:
Jacob: Are they ready yet?
Me: Nope, I'm just getting them toasty warm:)
Jacob: And then we can put sprinkles on them!? (big hopeful smile)
**I thought we were talking about undies, Jake was referring to a conversation much earlier in the day about sugar cookies!!!
While driving home from Boston Jacob requested we listen to the radio and requested the "dragonfly song." Luckily Ian has the Owl City music on his palm so we told him "sure", but of course instantly the song on the radio change to "Fireflies."
At IKEA we chose a kitchen to play 'house' in. We all sat down at the dining room table and Benjamin (18mos) folded his arms, bowed his head, and when nothing happened looked over at Ian, pointed and gave a sharp yet encouraging stare.
With Ian on the speaker phone, while spending the night in Augusta, we asked Jacob to say our family prayer.
"Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you that King Noah is Wicked. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
JANUARY 2010
We are trying to get Jacob out of the habit of saying the same prayer all day long "...bless this food, bless Anna..." so tonight at bedtime he was very concious of not saying his rote prayer. "...thank You that we can go to bed. Thank You for no food..."
Have you ever noticed how close Abinidi and Banana sound? Jacob just pointed that out to us tonight:) "Bananadi"
There is a poster on the nursery door listing all the children and there favorite things. I recently read Jacob's and learned that when he grows up he wants to be "a funny cucumber."
AUGUST 2009
At the very back corner of the store in Target Jacob insists we hurry to the bathroom. I excitedly pushed the cart at full speed ran with him and Ben into the bathroom encouraging him to use the toilet, when he protested saying, "Mommy!! I wanted to ride the potty-train!!"
MAY 2009
After we told Jacob we would be going to Utah to visit family, he informed practically everyone he saw that he was going to "Me-tah to see his Grandma."
FEBRUARY 27th 2009
Jacob: I'm Burping, I'm Burping, I'm Burping, I'm Burping...
Me & Ian: blank stare
Me: Oh, you're hiccuping!
Jacob: yeah
Ian and I are talking in the car, with Jake and Ben quiet listening in the back.
Jacob: Jacob's mommy is talking to my daddy.
Jacob: Mommy, I want an angry muffin!
Me: ?
Jacob: Mommyyyy I want an ANGRY MUFFIN!Me: Oh, you want an ENGLISH MUFFIN
Jacob: yeah, an angry muffin:)
There's no political inuendos in this.
FEBRUARY 26th 2009:
Ian: Jacob what color hair does mommy have?
Jacob: Purpedoo
Ian: Jacob what color hair does daddy have?
Jacob: Burpupadoo
Ian: Jacob what color hair does Aunt Kiki have?
Jacob: Gray!!
March 22nd 2009
Jacob:Where is my sister??
He asked that all morning long after we drove our neighbor Randi Strout to Church
Ian: Jakey, I'm tired. I'm going to take a nap.Jacob: (comes over and gives Ian a kiss on his cheek) Night night da-da, I'll get you a blanket (runs in his room and comes back with a big green fleece blanket.
March 29, 2009
Jacob walks over with a rubberband and is trying to put it in his hair.
Jacob: Mommy. Will you help me be a girl??
Not to metion his hair is about 1/4 inch long...I just put the rubberband on his wrist and called it a bracelet.
March 29, 2009
While driving to church our serpantine belt started shredding and it made a horrible rhythmic sound. Jacob asks, "Are we on a choo-choo train?"
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6 comments:
Haha! I thought that clip was hilarious!
Here's my take on student loans. It's a different situation, I agree with you, as we are in the same situation as you guys. Student loans defer payment until after graduation for a reason--because it's an investment. Going to graduate school is an investment in getting a better salary upon graduation. The way I see it is this: As long as I am doing everything I can to keep up on the strictest budget possible, and therefore keeping our loans to an amount we can afford to pay off when Brady gets a real job, then for us right now, that's living within our means.
I have a friend whose husband is in dental school right now, and she says a lot of their friends bought huge houses and big screen TVs with their student loan money--it seems a little extravagant to me, even though as dentists, they'll probably be able to pay it off... but oh well.
Also, the amount we take out for food, rent, etc. in our situation is actually minimal compared to the amount we take out for tuition, books, etc. Even if Brady or I had a job, we still wouldn't be able to come up with that amount of money in large sum 3times a year.
Maybe all of this is just justification, because people with credit card debt could use the same argument, I guess. But when they are just "hoping" for money to fall out of the sky to pay their debts, we know(and I guess hope a little too...!) that our husbands will have good paying jobs in 2 or 3 years.
Anyway, sorry that was so long--it's something I've been thinking about a lot, too. Everytime I get frustrated about it, I pray to know that we're doing the right thing, and I feel that we are, and then I'll feel prompted to be able to save money some other way that I hadn't even thought of. So anyway--SOMEDAY living off loans will be a thing of the past for you and me, Alexis!! :) And when that happens, we should all go out to dinner or something... :)
I would like to know how you post a blog that isn't real--it sounds like an interesting experiment. Are your other posts not "real" in the sense that they are "surreal," or "unreal"? Because I forgot to tell you that those pictures of your kids at Jake's wedding were unreal.
Don't ever stop blogging lots of pictures. I didn't even have to click on that link because I've seen the video so many times and I love it. I love when Amy Poehler says, "Now take the money away.... same story?" Its funny. Steve Martin is always entertaining too.
Who defines a good blog I'd like to know! I LOVE yours and I "read" it again and again. You have a way with words and your pix are worth 1000! Keep it coming! (Gramma love it too..so there!!)
Amen on loving you blog!
I also love the SNL clip, in fact I just showed that in my Marriage Prep class yesterday. The stuff in that clip is scarry real. My favorite part is, "it's in the book, it's only one page."
We also spent a lot of time in class discussing debt and the counsel we have been given by Church leaders--We should be modest and cautious in our use of real estate (home)and installment debt (education, cars, etc.) and avoid consumer debt.
I love all your posts, including this one, but not excepting any!
Your comment about "sloppy bookkeeping" made me think. I think financial problems are so multi-dimensional. I, like you, find it hard to imagine spending money I knew I didn't have. However, I think some people really don't know how much money they have/can spend. I think that it is important that we train ourselves and our families to keep track of expenditures, savings, and income, to learn to budget and differentiate between needs and wants. Elder Hales' talk on these points yesterday were really good. In any event, I think it is different with student loans because we have been told by our church leaders that is one area of exception in going into debt. So, you just live on the "what you need" principle, which is how we should all be living whether we are in any kind of debt or not.
One last point: I also think it important not to judge others who are in debt. I think people who have brought on their own challenges are as worthy of others' compassion as those whose trials are thrust upon them in some ways. They have more reason to be depressed and hard on themselves and most likely don't need others to be hard on them too. After all, we are all debtors to our Savior.
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