Monday, November 17, 2008

Primary Program Winking

Everyone knows that there always has to be some kid in the primary program who manages to embarrass their parents. Mike and I have have had our fair share of embarrassment. Two years ago, Jake waved at us from his seat for most of the program. In an effort to not repeat, I told Jake that instead of waving, he might wink at us as a way of saying hi. This worked wonderfully as he winked without notice throughout the first three quarters of the program. What I didn't expect was for Jake, as he holds the picture high above his head at the podium, to start winking at the audience (us, the Petersons aka 'Grandma and Grandpa', a few babysitters, etc). It took a while for everyone to stop laughing and for Mike and my faces to change back from red.

Also, my dear sister tagged me: post your 4th picture in your 4th folder, then tag 4. Here's my baby girl:

I'm sure there are four of you that need to add a blog post but don't have any recent pictures. Tag, you're it!

2 comments:

kjkabm said...

Kayle and I love Jake! Every once and a while Kayle will still laugh about the whole.. Kayle:"give me some knuckles" Jake:"but I don't have any nickles!! Do you have any money?"

kjkabm said...

Oh, and the fact that once when he got out of the bathtub he was all "Brinklie" :)


Quick thoughts

So I'm finally up with the times and have my own blog. You'd think if someone was a "webmaster" that they might be current with a full family history...

Now I'm frantically searching my mind for all those clever things my kids did and all those life changing thoughts that would really help all who read my little blog. Nothing.

Just two quick stories about both kids. Maybe then I can feel at ease knowing that my children's lives are adequately documented.

Jake has always been interested in numbers. He loves to ask random people (fellow shoppers at Wal-Mart, those who happen to stop next to us at a red light, etc) what their address is. Finally Jake discovered his life calling when we went through the Wal-Greens drive thru to pick up a prescription. Jake decided he would like to be the teller asking people for their address to verify their getting the correct prescription. We are in the process of getting him a store job application right now.

Afton has profound moments when I realize just how fast she is growing up. This week she saw a little girl walking with just her mom. She pointed at the little girl and said "Ohhh, that little girl doesn't have a brother." Let's just hope she always appreciates that she has a big brother!