Joy's Had a Birthday, Shout Hooray!

Amy must have been dreaming about being Supergirl.

Joy with his brand new GPS

Joy survived his birthday. It was painful for him, but by the end of our rendition of "Happy Birthday" we all managed to choose a single key to sing in.

Amy to Kara while the two of them were playing a pretend princess game: "Seriously, I don't have any powers, and I don't want to be anyone's wife!"

According to Kara, Jesus had twelve "apossibles."

Brenda is having a hard time finding school uniforms for Amy, and school starts in 2 1/2 weeks. Walmart doesn't have anything yet, and two stores that advertised uniforms also had nothing. Grr.


Interesting stuff:

Korean photographer brings children's art to life


QOSROIT: Do you have any electronic items that you would not be able to live without?


Love,
The Petersons

This is the Right Place!

The girls at the balloon festival on July 4

Amy was so proud of her "first trophy ever"
for participation in tee ball

Amy and Kara made sure to save the last of the Sunny D for Mom. Makes a mother's heart melt!

Joy says he is excited for his birthday, because his age will be palindromic again. Brenda wonders how excited he's going to be when he turns 101.


Interesting stuff:

-Can you imagine the looks on their faces?

-The poor girl!


QOSROIT: Do you have any Mormon or other American pioneer ancestry?


Love,
The Petersons

The Inner Workings of the Peterson Mind

Kara drew a picture of Dad
and then told him it has 2 belly buttons
because "Mommy's fell off a long time ago."

Amy's very first musical composition

Amy to Dad while he was grilling dinner: "Dad, you're a good cook - as good as Mommy, but you don't burn yourself as much."

When it was time for the dinner prayer, Joy told the girls to "close your arms and fold your mouths."

Brenda dreamed that there was a power line running over our street, and there were dozens of fat kitties and pregnant bunnies sitting on it. Yes, the rabbits were pregnant, but the cats were just fat. *(No, CJ, the bunnies were not in her hair. Sh! Don't tell her!)*

Kara enjoyed reading in New Testament Stories about the signs of the Second "From-ing."


QOSROIT: What did you dream about last night?


Love,
The Petersons

Oh, Where, Oh, Where Has Our Little Girl Gone?

Kara tattooed herself the day before
we had family pictures taken

Amy's missing teeth

Amy had her very first visit from the Tooth Fairy. She had her shark teeth pulled, so she just has the 2 permanent ones that were coming in behind. The dentist gave her the baby teeth in a tiny treasure box, which she put under her pillow. The Tooth Fairy took the tooth, but left the treasure box as well as a note, 2 quarters and some gum (sugar free, of course!).

Kara managed to get a hold of a pair of scissors last weekend and cut her hair on one side. At first Mom thought she had just slept on that side and smashed it down. Imagine her surprise and chagrin when she tried to put her little girl's hair in a ponytail!

Brenda was released as nursery music leader a couple months ago, but they hadn't called anyone to replace her until this week. She has mixed feelings about leaving that calling: it will mean less stress on Sundays (and less clutter in the house, for that matter), but those little ones are so sweet and loving and fun, and their smiles just brighten the world!

Joy spent the weekend fixing a real estate client's computer. There were several problems, but the one that was hardest to deal with was a spyware program that was disguised as anti-virus software. One nasty effect was a screen saver that made it look like Windows was rebooting!


Interesting stuff:

Think this belongs in "Stupid News"?


QOSROIT: How old were you when your parents told you about who Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy really are?


Love,
The Petersons