Kissel Family

Friday, April 26, 2013

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Happy Easter 2013.2

The kids had an awesome time at Weewa's where they colored eggs and played with the cousins.

Well you know... Lillian... just needed a minute to... pray?

I looked over and she was just sitting there having a moment.

What can I say.

Weewa picked out balloons for the kids.

Lillian told W to get the one with a bandaid for her.

I didn't grow up doing the plastic eggs with goodies in them. We colored eggs, the adults would hide our eggs out in the yard while we were locked in the house, then we'd enjoy eating them after they were found. I'm glad my mom is still keeping the coloring of the eggs tradition going!

Jo was so over having his picture taken.

Proud!

We made it over to Christine's for a short visit.

The kids were so excited for their basket there!

I think this might have been the first chocolate of the day.

Their chocolate bunnies are still on top of the fridge... oops.

I LOVE this photo!

The kids were d-o-n-e.

However, Lillian had one last perfect pose to pull out.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Happy Easter 2013.1

I hope everyone had a blessed Easter. I know that we sure did!

We had a wonderful church service, yummy dinner and egg hunt at G. Star's, baskets with the Forcums, naps, and then colored eggs at Weewa's with June Bug's cooking. whew... and that was a tame holiday.

Baskets!

This Easter they were the only ones in the egg hunt. So they each banked around $20!

Stay tuned for Easter 2013.2

Thursday, March 21, 2013

I must "ass" you a question

Josiah is now learning how the world works on the bus.

Here is a following conversation.

Jo: Mom, what does ass mean?

Me: What? Repeat that. What did you say?

(couldn't tell if he said ass or ask)

Jo: What does ass mean? You know a-s-s?

Me: Well, (as I nonchalantly get food out of the pantry) it is a donkey.

Jo: No, like butt -ass

Me: Uh, Grant? Did you hear this?

I go talk to Grant, covering up our giggles, while Jo is in his room playing with Legos.

I decided to talk Jo about it.

Me: Where did you hear ass at?

Jo: Certain kid on the bus. (go figure, I knew that was coming)

So what does it mean?

Me: Well, there are bad words and there are cuss words. Bad words are just not nice words to say e.g. stupid, hate. Cuss words are words that are really bad words that you should never say. Ass can be a cuss word, but the word ass is actually a word for a donkey.

Jo: A bad donkey?

Me: Yes, Some people use the word ass to call someone a name that is acting like a stupid donkey or some people use the word ass as another word for butt. Either way we shouldn't say it or spell it.

(I remembered how much I liked being able to combine my 2 new skills of spelling and cussing)

After saying the word so many times in a in a couple sentences, it lost its "badness" quickly.

Jo: Ok, I don't want to talk anymore. I'm bored.

and like that the conversation was over.

So now I must ass you a question.

Do I say something to bus driver or teacher?

This is the 3rd strike I have against this little boy. He's the same age of Jo, but has older siblings so the other things haven't been of innocent nature. I also realize the bus and my brother are where I learned most things, so it's inevitably going to happen.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

This will just hurt a bit.

June Bug (my mom's mom) took Cora to go get her ears pierced this week. Cora had been very interested in our earring lately and when I'd ask her if she'd like to have earrings she would shake her head yes. Until the day of. Then I asked her and she said, "No, owie." We overruled and headed to go get them done anyway. June Bug took Lillian for her earrings and I wanted for her to be take Coraalso. It's a "gift" that they will always have from their great-grandma.

I'll let the pictures tell the story.