Mackay Madness: "the birds & the bees"

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

"the birds & the bees"

Hannah had her "maturation" program yesterday. Does this child look old enough to need a maturation program??? I swear I just gave birth to her last week!!! Speaking of giving birth, Hannah's eyes were certainly opened!
Anyway, I met her at the school in the multipurpose room for an hour of sheer bliss!! I had forgotten what a big deal the maturation program was when I was in the fifth grade. The little girls were mortified most of the time. The highlight of the afternoon was the goodie bags, which consisted of a book, free Kotex pad, and coconut deoderant.
Hannah told my friend Natalie (who is also her violin teacher) that it was "creepy"and "hormones this and hormones that." How funny!
Hannah, I love you....you are such a good sport!

4 comments:

Natali Thompson said...: Oh my gosh! That is so crazy...I totally remember that day in school and the "goodie bag". I can't believe you have a fifth grader! That doesn't seem possible. You look amazing-and for having all those kids too! You'll have to join us bowling sometime-help us give Bree a hard time!; April 22, 2008 at 9:47 AM
Amy said...: I forgot about that fun little night! They didn't do that in AZ or WA! We took Colton out to dinner about a year ago, and laid things out for him! I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head. He was sucking down his drink as fast as he could the whole time we were trying to talk to him. Too funny. I don't think we're old enough to be doing this, are we???; April 22, 2008 at 10:54 AM
jenn said...: It is not fair that we are officially the "parents" (sometimes I think I am still a teenager playing house) and get to deal with all this good stuff! I'm sure you and Hannah did great, you seem to have such a great relationship.

What a beautiful girl Hannah is!; April 22, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Lisa Erskine said...: I'm dreading the day...and it's coming too fast! I sometimes wonder if I need to have "the talk" sooner than 5th grade...some of these kids these days know WAY more than they should at their age!! I want my kids to hear it from me, rather than hear it from crazy kids on the school bus...you know what I mean? Yikes!! Hannah is a cute girl!; April 22, 2008 at 2:09 PM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!