Not-So-Million Dollar Idea

I was pulling the van into the garage when Felix walked in front of me with his hand up to stop so he could move Rex's bike out of the way...unsolicited. I thought, "Wow, Felix is being so thoughtful by helping without being asked." He then proceeded to wave me into the garage making sure I didn't hit anything. "What a great kid!" I thought. Then, all of a sudden I heard, "OWWWWW-CHHHHH!!!! Mom, you just ran over my foot!" I started freaking out and slowly backed the car a little (all the while Daphne is sitting on my lap, and Rex is walking along side the driver's window telling me some random story completely oblivious to the current situation). I asked Felix if he was okay and what happened. He quickly said he was fine and then added, "I wanted to see what it felt like to get my foot run over by a car, so I put my foot under the tire." To which I shouted, "WHAT?!!!" He then added, "It felt like a foot massage. I like getting my toenails squished." We later had to have a serious discussion about not experimenting with what it would feel like getting his head run over by a car. He said, "I'm done with the car experiments."

Million Dollar Ideas...

Felix's idea: I wish days were seasons and each day changed from Summer to Spring to Winter to Fall. Saturdays would be Summer.

Rex's idea: I wish after we ate our food we could spit it back up and it would turn back into the food and we could eat it over and over again until we got sick of it.

Christmas 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS !

Santa made some little kiddies happy...

This boy can pack away the gingerbread

We went to a gingerbread man themed story hour at the library this day, so
Rex was determined to make one of his own

Christmas morning

Santa visit at the police station with Rex's preschool class

Felix came with us and this is where he stayed when Santa was in the room...
he prefers writing him letters

Daphne prefers cleaning the tree over trimming it

Day Job...

Felix and Rex had the idea of playing the ukelele in our front yard to earn some money. I caught them outside on the sidewalk strumming away. And, yes, it was cold outside. I love how they chose the cents sign over the dollar sign. Now that's a concert I can afford. They walked away with $1.54. Sunday mornings on a suburban street aren't that profitable.

Las Vegas Wedding

Our Aunt Maggie and new Uncle Charles were married in the Las Vegas Temple the weekend before Christmas. It was a wonderful ceremony, and we couldn't be happier for them.

All of the Johnson siblings were in attendance

The beautiful Las Vegas temple

Scott with the beautiful bride

Scott and I actually took a picture together...this rarely occurs

Kids are funny...

Rex and Daphne were helping me put the groceries on the counter for check out. Two items were tomatoes and a Spaghetti squash. Daphne was pushing these two along and Rex said, "Careful Daphne. Don't squash the tomatoes. Get it? Don't squash (pointing to the squash) the tomatoes (pointing to the tomatoes)?"

Rex made up a new word the other day. Something was disgusting to him (blanking on what it was) to which he said, "Incagulantly, that's gross!" Pretty impressive as far as invented words go.

We were talking about Thanksgiving and the kind of things we should be thankful for. Here's what the boys are thankful for:
Felix - "I'm thankful for The Lord, Cub Scouts and the Army."
Rex - "I'm thankful for puppies, kitties, and the War."

I love when kids throw a big word in a sentence that they don't exactly know the meaning of. For instance, the boys got it into their heads that we were in a competition with our neighbor over who puts up more Christmas lights. While discussing this, Felix said, "Christmas is all about forfeiting your neighbors." By this, of course he meant beating the pants off them by putting up way more lights. Maybe he is wiser than I give him credit. I'm sure there are a few movies out there that exhibit neighbor feuds over Christmas lights. Maybe even some in real life where they "forfeit" their neighbors over a little competition. We'll try to stay grounded and keep the Christmas Spirit :)

Felix and Rex had a bad experience in a McDonald's playplace. It was an outdoor play area on a wet and cold evening. After playing in there while Scott and his sister Amy were waiting in the drive thru line, they returned to the car, and Felix said, "That was dreadful."

Aunt Amy!

We love it when Amy comes to visit. She was definitely heaven sent this trip. Because she was here, I was able to steal away to New York City for a day where I met Scott, spent some time in the city and then drove home with him that night. We also were able to make Thanksgiving dinner virtually uninterrupted while she locked herself away with the kids! In addition, she also did story time for Rex's preschool class, let Daphne drag her around the house while she held her stash, made crafts and played games with the boys, cleaned up a jug of spilled milk, cleaned up a clogged, overflowed toilet, broke her toe, went on to play laser tag with a broken toe, watched a polar bear swim over our heads at the zoo (while walking around the zoo broken toed), and just made us happy she was there. We had fun and miss her a ton!

Daphne's favorite activity was looking at the "berbils" with Amy

At the zoo

Dropping Amy off at the airport...so sad