Tiny Talk Tuesday in the School Room

A question asked in the schoolroom, "Who is Sargon the Great?"

And answered by one smarty pants 10 yr old, "I know who that is! Its Willie Roberson's great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather."

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The question asked by the teacher-Momma, "What do we call it when a ruler uses an army to make people obey the laws?"

Chris confidently shouted out, "Dictation!!"

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And this didn't take place in the schoolroom, but the items destroyed were created in there by one tired momma the night before the class:/

The afternoon after the destroying event....

In a forget moment of cuteness, I may have said to my dog, "Jack, you're such a good dog!"

Lydia snuggling Jack responded, "Jack is always good."

Me: "Yeah, like when he ripped up my children's church craft this morning [as we were getting ready for church, where the previously mentioned craft was going to be crafted]."

Sweet Lydia's gentle answer,"Well, everyone makes mistakes!"

Yep! We all do!


What are you all "talking" about today? 

My Courageous Guard Dog

Jack is a bark-er!!  While there are some dogs that are just yappy.... Jack thankfully isn't!

Usually he is barking to express himself when the kids are outside and he is stuck inside.... that drives him crazy because he wants to be with them soo badly! And then put the kids on bikes outside while Jack is inside and he's LOUD! Very loud!

When we're all inside and the kids are all away from the dog, he is usually quiet and resting... conserving his energy for when the kids come back to play!

If he barks when all is quiet.... I know something is "wrong"! Maybe we have a visitor... either inside (friends or mouse) or outside! .

The other day, it was quiet! The kids were all quietly working on Legos in the schoolroom (a miracle... so I used the time finishing some school preparations for the rest of week) and Jack started to bark.

He was determined to tell us! Insistent that there was something that we needed to know! NOW!

I had to see why he was barking. Since we've had a lot of snakes recently and I was kind of hoping he was indeed trying to alert us to a problem... ie, any snakes near us!

Nope, just birds!! Those evil things that hunt for bugs in the grass and fly away before he can ever get too close!

:)

Study Buddy

It's always easier and more enjoyable to have a friend to study with:)

With this buddy though to have to watch out because he's a pencil snatcher:) Gotta love our Jack!!

Happy Birthday, Jack!

Today is our furry family member's 1st birthday:)

Our story with Jack still is humorous to me; how we were in the process of talking about a dog and then ended up with one hours later... totally unplanned and last minute (two qualities that don't describe our normal decision making).

But we have Jack:) And it's working... I mean.... we still have him despite our lack of knowledge of puppies (dogs), our poor skills at training him and Jack's enormous amount of energy and ability to get into stuff (just like a 2 or 3 year old really... except he doesn't talk back or throw tantrums).

Don't let him fool you... he's no fru-fru dog:) He'll get right into the mud, dirt and water!

Jack is a great dog, though! He gets a bad rap because he can't defend himself!! LOL!!

So I thought I'd share some fun facts about our Jack!

*He loves fruit and veggies (well any kind of "people food" he can snatch)... but he will happily gobble up green beans, broccoli, carrots, banana, apple slices and now strawberries. He does NOT often get these things... but when we need a quick treat to make him obey or a kid drops something Jack is the first one there to clean it up... my floors have never been this clean:)

*Where every we go we often get stopped with questions and/or comments about our Jack;) He seems to draw dog lovers in with his look;)


*He loves ripping up ANY paper... and he'll tear it into a million pieces... he got into toilet paper today :/


*If someone is rough housing near him... he gets involved! He likes to be in the center of everything!

* He loves being outside.... it kills him when he has to stay inside when the kids go outside! He runs from window to window barking at the kids, especially when they are on bikes;)

*BIKES!! He LOVES, loves, loves racing the kids around the house; kids on bikes and Jack on his four, furry feet. Guess who wins???  JACK!!! Every time!  Even against Brian:)

*And he is slowly giving us back the ball when we play "fetch"... his favorite toy is a tennis ball and he loves to fetch it, but just doesn't give it, unless you have a trade for him (another ball or treat). Here is Lydia practicing fetch with him:)

He's a crazy 'ole dog but we love our Jack!

Happy Birthday, Jack!

Tiny Talking Tuesday with Help From the Extended Fam

On the way to the second grocery store Nate announces, "Me,me,me,me,me.... me hungry!"

I offer him some pretzels. "No, me eat tandy!"

seriously... this kid is a candy monster. I totally limit his intake but I've never had a kid ask for candy soo much before.

"Me,me,me,me,me... me buy wiff me own money?"

I explain that candy isn't good for him (like pretzels are any better:/). "Tandy not have any milk in it."
 

How did he get this "smart"???  Unfortunately, as cute as he was... no tandy was purchased or consumed on that trip:/

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How do you know when you KNOW that your dog needs a haircut???

Oh about when your 1 yr old nephew calls him a sheep:/

Yep, our little Wesley met Jack last weekend and looked at Jack and said, "Baaaaa"! He wasn't saying Jack was bad, although Jack had just knocked him over to get the dog toy from Wesley's hand.

No, Wesley was saying "Baaaa, baaa" like the sheep noise he and his mother had just practiced:)

Jack fit the picture. Furry, white and a big black nose;)


They did become friends after the knocking over event....

Wesley even tried to share his milk;) Jack has that "way" about him with most people!

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Also from this weekend Nate learned the "secret weapon" in picking a fight with anyone:)  It was approaching bedtime and we were keeping Hannah Grace for my sister and the kiddos were tired. Well, that's of course when Nate and Hannah no longer wanted to get along.

I heard from the hall as I made my way to them, "I doe tell my mom." (Nate) and then I heard, "Well I'm going to tell my Grammie." (Hannah)... LOL!!!

Eventually they settled down on either side of me and we got to read some books until Hannah went to find Grammie:) Those two together crack me up:)

Now it's your turn!

My Favorite Chris and Jack Pic

I LOVE this picture;)

It makes me soo thankful for our decision to get a dog... as crazier, louder and messier the house is now with Jack!! I really under estimated how much work having a dog in the house would be; nevertheless, having a busy little puppy like Jack:)

But to see my Chris snuggling and wrestling and playing with our dog...

PRICELESS!!

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