Happy Birthday Song Lessons

Hunter got invited to a birthday party last week (when he got the invitation, he was so excited that he started shaking!).  We went to the store and picked out a little gift.  Megan decided that she would help him wrap the gift before the party.  Here's their conversation while they were wrapping the gift:

Megan:  "So Hunter, show me how your going to sing the Happy Birthday song."

Hunter:  "Okay,  Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you . . ."  When he was finished she said (with her thumb up in the air in a jerk back motion), "Well, that was pretty good, but you can't sing it that angry, if you sing it that way, their going to kick you out of there!"

49ers

Ian came up all smug looking to Kevin saying "Dad, I bet you don't know how the 49ers got their name?!"  Kevin replied, "Oh yeah, how?"  "It was from the California Gold Rush of  . . . . of 18. . . .  of 18 . . . ., oh, geez, I can't remember, um 18 . . . . ???!!!"  Kevin:  "1849???"  We cracked up about that one for a while.

Dad is amazing

Kevin and I were golfing at Ponderosa Golf course this summer.  The golf course is right underneath the flight path.  We saw a few planes go by, but then we saw a plane with a trail coming out of it.  I thought nothing of it, but Kevin knew immediately.  The pilot had forgotten to put the cap back on after filling up with gas.  The plane was leaking gas and the pilot was completely unaware!  Kevin quickly called the Unicom station at the airport and then notified the pilot.  Needless to say, the pilot and passengers were VERY grateful to Kevin!

Ian
Cub scouts, flag football, 3rd grader at SELS charter school.  Ms. Welch is his teacher.  Volunteered on the first day of school to recite a Shel Silverstein poem "Signals" (that he had memorized) in front of the entire school.

Megan
Dancing 3 classes a week: Ballet III, Tap/Jazz combo and TYDE (Truckee Youth Dance Ensemble).  She is also performing in the Nutcracker Ballet in December where she will be an Arabian Princess and a Candlelight dancer.  2nd grader with Ms. Seaborg as her teacher.

Hunter
Attending preschool at the Truckee Donner Rec Center.

Hailey
Just potty trained!  Yippee!

Hunter's inquisitive little mind

As mentioned in a previous post, Hunter asks lots of questions.  LOTS.  Here is a sampling just from this morning:

Why is syrup sticky?

Why do we need the sun?

Do bats sleep when its night out or when its day out?

If you put a sticker on your tongue, will you swallow it?

Why do you have to drive careful when there are cars everywhere?

Why do you have to brush your teeth?

Why are there monkeys in the world?

If a car crashes into a house, will it be broken down?

Funny stuff

Ian got in the car after school yesterday and told me flat out that he is a "Love Magnet".

We were on a big family bike ride at Sugar Pine State Park.  Ian had been having a great time, but decided he was tired of biking.  He kept telling me that he has tons of lower body strength and that he needs to work on his upper body strength.  After going over this for a few minutes, he could see that I wasn't convinced.  He finally stated, "MOm, if you took an X-Ray of me right now, you'd see the legs of a Sumo Wrestler and the arms of a nerd!"

I pulled the plug after giving Hailey a bath (while she was still in the tub) and she exclaimed, "Mom!  Don't flush me!"

Hailey has a song that she made up and she likes to sing it all the time.  It goes something like this:  "Hmmmm,  hmmmmmm, mmmmmm, I'm so cute.  Hmmmmm, hummmmm, mmmmmm, I'm so cute.  Hmmmmm, mmmm."

Hunter is our most inquisitive child.  He asks LOTS of questions all the time.  For example:

Why do monkeys like bananas?

Why does water wash things off?

If we went through the "washcar" with the windows down, would we have to wear our swimsuits?

Badder

Ian: "that was a badder catch than the last one!!"
Mom: "Worse catch, not "badder" catch."
Ian:  "They REALLY need to make "badder" a word."