Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Santa retraction...
So after thinking that I explained to Lea that Santa was not real, I asked her the next day what she had learned about Santa.
Me: What about the santa's that we saw - at your school and church?
Lea: Those are pretend. The real Santa lives (pointing straight up) at the North Pole.
So I didn't crush her Christmas spirit of Santa, but I have not emphasized that Christmas is all about Santa. Anytime she brings him up - we discuss what Christmas is really about and it's a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, not Santa and his reindeer and all the gifts she wants him to bring.
Me: What about the santa's that we saw - at your school and church?
Lea: Those are pretend. The real Santa lives (pointing straight up) at the North Pole.
So I didn't crush her Christmas spirit of Santa, but I have not emphasized that Christmas is all about Santa. Anytime she brings him up - we discuss what Christmas is really about and it's a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, not Santa and his reindeer and all the gifts she wants him to bring.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
12 days of Christmas
The 12 days of Christmas is a song that has fond memories for me. I remember when I was little having our family sing this on Christmas eve. We each had a part for 9 of us and sang together on the others. I think my mom even has a tape of us singing and my Grandma and Grandpa Clarke are on there. Special because they've been gone for 13 and 21 years respectively. Anywho here are 12 new "days" for your enjoyment:
12 (+1 - for the bowl game - sad)# of BYU football games - also the number of ulcers Jeff has from those games. :)
11 - years since graduating from high school!
10 - months of the year I love to live in AZ
9 - # of siblings between the Risenmays (3) and Sorensens (6)
8 - minutes it takes to get to our new Church Building. (used to take 25 minutes)
7.5 (this is a new addition to the song) - years we've been married
7 - average # of days Jeff works during a week.
6 - # of cars we've had since getting married in 2001
5 - # of straps to keep lucas stuck in one place - his carseat is a 5-point harness
4 - possible #of kids - depends on #3. :)
3 - # of kids we have - Lea, Lucas and Abbey
2 - months of the year Jeff likes living in AZ
1 - case of head lice
Merry Christmas! :)
12 (+1 - for the bowl game - sad)# of BYU football games - also the number of ulcers Jeff has from those games. :)
11 - years since graduating from high school!
10 - months of the year I love to live in AZ
9 - # of siblings between the Risenmays (3) and Sorensens (6)
8 - minutes it takes to get to our new Church Building. (used to take 25 minutes)
7.5 (this is a new addition to the song) - years we've been married
7 - average # of days Jeff works during a week.
6 - # of cars we've had since getting married in 2001
5 - # of straps to keep lucas stuck in one place - his carseat is a 5-point harness
4 - possible #of kids - depends on #3. :)
3 - # of kids we have - Lea, Lucas and Abbey
2 - months of the year Jeff likes living in AZ
1 - case of head lice
Merry Christmas! :)
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Christmas Spoiler
So today in Relief Society we had a great lesson on the "Reason for the Season". Bringing in more focus of the Savior rather than the commercial aspects of receiving gifts, etc. One family told their two oldest (8 and 6) (because they told the mom, Santa will bring us new stuff if you take away our other toys)
SPOILER AHEAD: Santa does not really exsist. (sorry if you didn't already know that). I was a little skeptical that would work and thought it would only cause massive amounts of tears, etc from my own children. We've already seen 2 Santa stand-ins in the past two days. One at Lea's school and the other at our ward activity Saturday night. Well I wasn't going to reveal Santa's secret idenity if I didn't have too but I thought I would try it - so this is how it went down:
Lea: Mom I need knee-pads because I don't have any and I don't need them for my bike. (She thinks I can read her mind and understand what that means.....)
Me: Why do you need knee-pads then? (I actually thought she was talking about for volleyball.....wrong.)
Lea: Because I want a scooter.
Me: Who's going to bring you a scooter?
Lea: Santa.
Me: Maybe you should ask Grandma for one.
Lea: (shaking her head) No Santa will bring one to me because that's what I asked him for.
Me: Ummmm, is Santa real or a make-believe person? (I actually asked her twice because she was pondering that statement)
Lea: (grinning) Make believe.
Me: Can he bring you presents if he's a make-believe person?
Lea: No. (no tears and still grinning because it seems silly to ask a make believe person to bring you a gift.)
Me: better ask someone else for that scooter. :)
(and away she went......) YEAH!
SPOILER AHEAD: Santa does not really exsist. (sorry if you didn't already know that). I was a little skeptical that would work and thought it would only cause massive amounts of tears, etc from my own children. We've already seen 2 Santa stand-ins in the past two days. One at Lea's school and the other at our ward activity Saturday night. Well I wasn't going to reveal Santa's secret idenity if I didn't have too but I thought I would try it - so this is how it went down:
Lea: Mom I need knee-pads because I don't have any and I don't need them for my bike. (She thinks I can read her mind and understand what that means.....)
Me: Why do you need knee-pads then? (I actually thought she was talking about for volleyball.....wrong.)
Lea: Because I want a scooter.
Me: Who's going to bring you a scooter?
Lea: Santa.
Me: Maybe you should ask Grandma for one.
Lea: (shaking her head) No Santa will bring one to me because that's what I asked him for.
Me: Ummmm, is Santa real or a make-believe person? (I actually asked her twice because she was pondering that statement)
Lea: (grinning) Make believe.
Me: Can he bring you presents if he's a make-believe person?
Lea: No. (no tears and still grinning because it seems silly to ask a make believe person to bring you a gift.)
Me: better ask someone else for that scooter. :)
(and away she went......) YEAH!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Thanksgiving Day
The night before: this is a Sorensen tradition of breaking up the bread for the stuffing. We watched some movie and then off to bed.
Thanksgiving day was pretty great. Jeff started off the day playing in the Turkey bowl - realizing later that day that he is too old to be playing football. :) Should stick to watching. I went to the church with the kids to play volleyball with women from around the stake. We play 2x's a week (rotating in/out of the nursery) and it was nice to play on a day when we could leave our kids with hubbies (Jeff came to pick ours up after he played). It was a lot of fun and we actually got more of a workout playing 6 on 6 than 3 on 3. Those that came were the same that came during weeks past and it was a great time. We'd finish a game and look around - one more game? Sure! We finally had to leave because a family was needing the church for their dinner. We agreed to come back later that night to work off our turkey lbs. :)
We spent the day relaxing, not worrying about being somewhere else on time, ate when we wanted and in our pj's. :) I'm pretty sure all Risenmays will be in shock and we'll probably be banned from Idaho forever, but no spuds for us. I bought a bag with the intention of making mashed potatoes, but forgot and everything else was ready and we were hungry. Yes I'm sure there are many ways to quickly fix potatoes - as I'm no potato chef - it was easiest to not have them. :) Our spread:
After dinner we enjoyed a nice walk in the rain. The kids enjoying jumping in the "puddles". AZ "puddles" are merely damp spots on the sidewalk that had not dried up yet. :) No visible water ever left the ground when they jumped in the "puddles".
He's actually mid-air - check out his vertical! :)
Left: Kids running along the path behind our house - see any "puddles"?
Right: view towards the mountains - Jeff ordered the cloudy weather for the holidays. This is close to the view from our backyard. We have a more direct view of the haystack.
By the time we finished our walk, the rain started coming down and we were wet and the ground was actually slippery from the mud on the sidewalk. Lea slipped once and Lucas "slipped" several times - he sat down on the ground, laughed and did it again. :) The kid keeps himself entertained by his own humor. :o)
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving day was pretty great. Jeff started off the day playing in the Turkey bowl - realizing later that day that he is too old to be playing football. :) Should stick to watching. I went to the church with the kids to play volleyball with women from around the stake. We play 2x's a week (rotating in/out of the nursery) and it was nice to play on a day when we could leave our kids with hubbies (Jeff came to pick ours up after he played). It was a lot of fun and we actually got more of a workout playing 6 on 6 than 3 on 3. Those that came were the same that came during weeks past and it was a great time. We'd finish a game and look around - one more game? Sure! We finally had to leave because a family was needing the church for their dinner. We agreed to come back later that night to work off our turkey lbs. :)
We spent the day relaxing, not worrying about being somewhere else on time, ate when we wanted and in our pj's. :) I'm pretty sure all Risenmays will be in shock and we'll probably be banned from Idaho forever, but no spuds for us. I bought a bag with the intention of making mashed potatoes, but forgot and everything else was ready and we were hungry. Yes I'm sure there are many ways to quickly fix potatoes - as I'm no potato chef - it was easiest to not have them. :) Our spread:
After dinner we enjoyed a nice walk in the rain. The kids enjoying jumping in the "puddles". AZ "puddles" are merely damp spots on the sidewalk that had not dried up yet. :) No visible water ever left the ground when they jumped in the "puddles".
He's actually mid-air - check out his vertical! :)
Left: Kids running along the path behind our house - see any "puddles"?
Right: view towards the mountains - Jeff ordered the cloudy weather for the holidays. This is close to the view from our backyard. We have a more direct view of the haystack.
By the time we finished our walk, the rain started coming down and we were wet and the ground was actually slippery from the mud on the sidewalk. Lea slipped once and Lucas "slipped" several times - he sat down on the ground, laughed and did it again. :) The kid keeps himself entertained by his own humor. :o)
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
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