Too Smart for Their Own Good

I've been meaning to update my blog all week but never seemed to be able to find the time- I figure it is a good Sunday activity, since that is the only day of the week I don't feel like I have 20 million other things to do and no time to sit down at the computer.

I wanted to share a couple of funny stories about my kids- they are growing up way to fast!

Last Sunday we went to Tonja's house to play games with her family and Scott and Kellie. Tonja made popcorn to eat while we were playing, and of course my ever inquisitive Juliana had to be right there with her to see exactly what was going on.

After the bowl of popcorn was finished Juliana decided she wanted more and since no one else was going to make it for her she decided to make it herself.

She dragged a chair into the kitchen and looked expectantly at the popcorn popper with the bowl under it waiting for something to happen, when nothing did she realized she had to do something so she opened the container of popcorn, moved the bag that was in it and tried to scoop up the
popcorn kernals to put them in the popper. That is the point where I intervened.
I don't know how she got so smart!


Then on Thursday, Jake was home for his day off from work, so I figured I would take advantage of the opportunity to go grocery shopping by myself!- It doesn't happen very often.
Jake was sitting back in his recliner listening to the BYU basketball game on the radio (We don't have cable so the poor guy has to listen to the games, and doesn't get to see them). After a strenuous week at work (He hasn't had to do physical labor in a long time!) he feel asleep in his chair while Juliana and Olyvia were playing. I came home with the house not quite as clean as it was when I left. He didn't tell us the whole story until dinner that night. When he woke up he found his shoe laces tied together, with his feet crossed. Every time he tried to uncross his feet it just pulled the laces tighter. He said he had to get a fork to get the knots out.
Olyvia is alway's tying knots in things. It seems almost daily we find the barbie's hanging from her bed with whatever she has found to tie them up with, (around their waists, not by the neck-she's not trying to hang them!) She likes to pretend that they get trapped and have to be saved.

Some good has come from her fascination with knots, however, The other day she did manage to tie her shoe. Only one of them and she hasn't been able to repeat the feat, but hopefully if we can practice with her before kindergarten this fall she will have it down!

The rest of us are all doing okay- we are passing around a cold and cough and poor Savannah is on medicine for an ear infection- only the second in her life! but for the most part we are good. Ready for the warm weather and spring break!