Turkeys:
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. It started with Dalen waking Seth and Aleah up early to go play flag football with people from our ward. Sorry, no pictures, since I am the designated family photographer, and I decided to take advantage of the situation and sleep in . . . at least until Josh woke up and decided to pounce on me. We spent the rest of the day with our friends, the Barksdales and the Scotts. It was very fun! We ate turkey with all the fixin's and topped it off with lots of pie. The food was yum and the company was great! We couldn't have asked for a better day. Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. We have so much to be grateful for and I feel truly blessed!
Fish:
When Josh turned four this last summer, one of his birthday presents was a fish. Josh named him "Tiny" ..... because he is tiny, obviously. Josh adores this fish. He feeds it and talks to it and shows it his favorite toys. It has really been fun to watch Josh interact with his new pet. Seth and Aleah have adopted Tiny too, so he is now a family pet. Tiny seemed happy and did great for several months. But, when the weather got colder, Tiny seemed to take a turn for the worse. He quit eating entirely and he no longer made his bubble nest. I am quite sure that Josh would have a melt down if he got up one morning to find a dead fishy floating belly up in the bowl. So I immediately started looking up information online about Betta fish, trying to diagnose poor Tiny's ailments. It isn't as easy as one might think. I went to the pet shop where we bought him and they recommended warming up his water. I decided that the first thing to do before warming the fish bowl would be to clean it out and put fresh water in there. Then we put Tiny's bowl on a heating pad. (Spoiled!) This seemed to do the trick as far as his appetite. But unfortunately, when I had refilled the bowl, I got the water level pretty high and as Tiny enthusiastically leapt to grab his food one day, he went flying out of the fish bowl onto the counter. I tried to run and grab the little fish net (not exactly sure what I was thinking there), but in the mean time the fish lurched again which made him fall off the counter and splat onto the hard tile floor. Dalen just reached down, picked him up, and put him back in his bowl. I thought he was a goner for sure. Seth immediately went into the next room, got on his knees, and said a prayer for Tiny. And amazingly enough, that little fish survived! I still don't think he is 100% since he doesn't make his bubble nest. But he is still kicking, or swishing, or whatever fish do, and he is eating fine too. And Josh, along with Seth & Aleah, couldn't be happier about it.
Bears:
Seth LOVES Cub Scouts! And, frankly, so do I! I never really thought that I would be the type who would get into scouting. Actually, before Seth was in Cub Scouts, I'm sure I never thought about it at all. But it has been such a great thing for Seth and I can see why the Church has adopted this program for our boys to participate in.
Congratulations Seth, we are very proud of you!
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. It started with Dalen waking Seth and Aleah up early to go play flag football with people from our ward. Sorry, no pictures, since I am the designated family photographer, and I decided to take advantage of the situation and sleep in . . . at least until Josh woke up and decided to pounce on me. We spent the rest of the day with our friends, the Barksdales and the Scotts. It was very fun! We ate turkey with all the fixin's and topped it off with lots of pie. The food was yum and the company was great! We couldn't have asked for a better day. Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday. We have so much to be grateful for and I feel truly blessed!
Fish:
When Josh turned four this last summer, one of his birthday presents was a fish. Josh named him "Tiny" ..... because he is tiny, obviously. Josh adores this fish. He feeds it and talks to it and shows it his favorite toys. It has really been fun to watch Josh interact with his new pet. Seth and Aleah have adopted Tiny too, so he is now a family pet. Tiny seemed happy and did great for several months. But, when the weather got colder, Tiny seemed to take a turn for the worse. He quit eating entirely and he no longer made his bubble nest. I am quite sure that Josh would have a melt down if he got up one morning to find a dead fishy floating belly up in the bowl. So I immediately started looking up information online about Betta fish, trying to diagnose poor Tiny's ailments. It isn't as easy as one might think. I went to the pet shop where we bought him and they recommended warming up his water. I decided that the first thing to do before warming the fish bowl would be to clean it out and put fresh water in there. Then we put Tiny's bowl on a heating pad. (Spoiled!) This seemed to do the trick as far as his appetite. But unfortunately, when I had refilled the bowl, I got the water level pretty high and as Tiny enthusiastically leapt to grab his food one day, he went flying out of the fish bowl onto the counter. I tried to run and grab the little fish net (not exactly sure what I was thinking there), but in the mean time the fish lurched again which made him fall off the counter and splat onto the hard tile floor. Dalen just reached down, picked him up, and put him back in his bowl. I thought he was a goner for sure. Seth immediately went into the next room, got on his knees, and said a prayer for Tiny. And amazingly enough, that little fish survived! I still don't think he is 100% since he doesn't make his bubble nest. But he is still kicking, or swishing, or whatever fish do, and he is eating fine too. And Josh, along with Seth & Aleah, couldn't be happier about it.
Bears:
This month in Cub Scout pack meeting, Seth was awarded his Bear badge. He was really excited to have the chance to go into the "Bear Cave" and battle the bear so that he could get his award.
As you can see, Seth emerged unscathed from the whole experience. But the bear cave didn't fare so well. I'm not really sure how the bear did. (That really is Seth walking away, although we might want to consider hiring a better photographer!)
Seth LOVES Cub Scouts! And, frankly, so do I! I never really thought that I would be the type who would get into scouting. Actually, before Seth was in Cub Scouts, I'm sure I never thought about it at all. But it has been such a great thing for Seth and I can see why the Church has adopted this program for our boys to participate in.
Congratulations Seth, we are very proud of you!
2 comments:
Ohmyword, that picture with you and Seth is PERFECT! So precious. I'm still working to love scouts. I'm liking it more now, but still trying to love it. You've helped me so much with that. Thanks. ;)
Long live the fish!
I love it that Seth prayed for your fishy -- we have the same thing going on with Miss Maya and her fishy, Vida. They had to deal with death once already -- so hopefully no more. Miss Vida seems healthy now.
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