Parentheticals

Monday for Family Night Alison took charge of the lesson and made some new rules for our house: You are free to play outside when: your dishes are washed, and your toys are picked up. You are free to ask for breakfast when: your bedroom is clean and your bed is made. You are free to choose a bed time story when: your playroom is clean and your dishes are washed. Rea has complained about the new rules but has done pretty well. Sara rarely picks up a toy, but she did wash her dishes without complaining two whole times. Overall it is keeping the house pretty clean. Our microwave blew up and we went without a microwave for a while. That was pretty fun. Alison discovered many unique ways to heat things. One time we had a cold sandwich and she put it under her armpit (haha; see here ). Alison wants me to make sure that you understand that she didn't really do this. It was a reference to a comic strip. Timmy liked the old microwave. It is still sitting in our front room on t...

Alison and the kids went to the zoo TWICE this week. The first time, on Tuesday, was for a goal day party, and they met Grandma Julie and Aunt Becky and Cousin Ellie there for a fun time. Thursday Uncle Chauncey finished school, so he went with Becky and Ellie again, and they invited Grandma Julie, who invited us. We had a great time both days. Tuesday they were setting up the dinosaurs (Zoorasic Park 2 this summer!), and Rea was excited to see them on Thursday, but they were all covered up until opening day. Now Rea wants to go this upcoming Friday for the dinosaurs. On Wednesday we had a Board Game Design Group of Sandy meetup. There were five people there, and we played two games: Polynesia and Zodiac Dice. It went pretty well. The girls had a babysitter and had a lot of fun as well. On Thursday we ate dinner in the front yard. As we ate the heady scent of the lilac flowers made us think about edible flowers. We looked up the edibility of lilacs, and found that lilac jelly is a ...

This post covers two weeks, since we apparently never clicked post last week after we wrote our post. On Wednesday last week we had our Passover dinner. We ate matzoh, maror, haroseth, lamb, and drank a lot of grape juice. Sara didn't understand that she was supposed to ask me the questions (the youngest kid is supposed to ask the patriarch why we eat so many weird things) so she tried to answer the questions herself. In the end Rea asked them. Sara said that matzoh is a boy, and that the girl is named Mozzarella. I don't know if she knew that the bread that we were eating was the matzoh. On Thursday last week we went to "I Hate Hamlet", which is a play. It was a decent play. There was a crazy girl, a ghost of a womanizer, a Medium (bordering on small) a TV doctor, and a guy from Brooklyn, CA. Last weekend we watched General Conference and celebrated Easter. General Conference was really good. I am glad that we were able to attend it. Last Saturday we had ou...