weeks 5 and 6

We didn’t have internet last week.  (Changed from Qwest to Vonage, mostly for free long distance.  Somehow our DSL got cut off at the same time.  Since Vonage works over the web, we had no phone and no internet for a little while.)  Anyway, I didn’t write up a summary for last week and it might well all blend in with last week.  So this week I’m allowing myself 2 things per person.

•  Lily started grabbing for things (especially her mother’s food-laden fork).  And she got shots.
• Elsie has started insisting that she can do everything “myself” and taught herself to light matches while we were camping.
• Timmy has begun making grand and threatening declarations using the word “behold.”  Like, “Behold, I will sit on you!”  He also managed to chuck his Dad’s tie three benches back during sacrament meeting.
• Abby finished her second set of books and moved on to a third.  She also learned what it means to be bossy while she plays with other kids and has started trying to avoid doing it.
• Kate sang several stories involving a lot of people gasping while we drove in the car and found a set of rocks that was perfect to climb on.
• Gina got her back-to-school shopping done for the kids and got a new calling.
• I won second place with two partners in a business plan and presentation competition.  I also got peed on by a 5-year-old girl standing over me at about 1:00 a.m. in a tent.