16 Virtues My Mommy Taught Me (1st draft) (Yes Mommy)

1. A clean home is a happy home

2. Your sisters are your best friends.

3. You never need to apologize for a dirty house.

4. Work hard.

5. Always looking nice is a talent.

6. Love, respect, and care for your parents.

7. Share.

8. Enjoy being a Mommy.

9. You do not need to be perfect in everything right now.

10. Save your money.

11. Good taste is a talent.

12. Plant a garden, and watch it grow.

13. Treasure hunting at thrift stores and a talent and a virtue.

14. You can still look beautiful after yard work, sweat, and dirt. While in your dirty work clothes, sweaty hair and no make-up.

15. Read your scriptures daily.

16. Support and love your husband he is your best friend.

( ok 18 virtues my mommy taught me)

17. Pray often.

18. Attend the temple often

Kaite Lady, Katie

Little Katie says the cutest things. The kind of cute that is so cutesie it becomes obnoxious, after a while, but I have noticed as I was preparing for this post. The cuteness comes through more then the obnoxious. When you can look back and laugh and remember she innocence and sweetness.

So here are her most recent cute, cuttie, bootie, tootie-ness...

These are actually what she said. I did not change then and this is a very small part of her daily language that I was able to capture, because if I do not write them down I forget exactly what she said.

Yuck-Yuck-Suckie

Poopie-woopie-spupie

Pottie-wottie-sottie

Hair-Clip-Clippy-Pip-Sippy

Chalk-alet ( refering to sidewalk chalk)

Mr. potato ( what we eat with dinner)

Susie Pusie (what she always call's her sister)

Susie Pusie Oousie Goosie Wuusie

As Well as her cute words she has 2 cute stories about she words. Every time I do her hair I lift her up and she sits on the edge of the sink looking into the mirror as she is just the right height for doing her hair. I often turn on the water to wet the brush so I can begin to tame her curly hair. One time as I was going through this routine. turning on the sink water, She kept saying, "Mommy, watch out for the cloudie, the cloudie is getting all wet! Mom stop the water the cloudie!"

As I looked into the sink I saw a little soaked, cotton ball. It was a good laugh as I finished her hair, and tossed the cloud into the toilet.

Next little story was this morning. Brian was telling me about something going on in Arcada, California. Then he aid, "You know I don't even know where Arcada is,"

and she quickly responded, "I'm right here daddy!"

We love our Katie, she sure is a fun, funny, sum, summy, girl!

Going Private

We are going private.

I often read blogs of others whom I do not know, and with Google Reader I keep pretty updated on everybody I do know (I am a blog stalker). So its hard for me to decide weather or not to go private myself. However I am kinda paranoid about safety so we are going private.

If you want to be added to my safe list and continue to safely read my posts (blog stalk me), because you know I will be reading yours! Please send me an email or add a comment here and continue to check our updates.

To read my blog you do not need a blog your self just a email address, so sent me an email, if that is better for you.

Team Jones will look normal again soon. Only Private :)

"Do You Know Who Brought The Snack?"

We love preschool! I have found an awesome preschool program here. It is a parent participation class through Mesa College Continuing Education. It is a free class in a great location, nice class room, and we go on great field trips with a big discount every month. We have been to Sea World, Lego Land, The Natural History Museum, a farm, a pumpkin patch, the Imax and more. My kids love to go, and they are learning lots! I love to go with them and watch their independence but still be there for them if they need me for a hug, a story or a congratulations. The Teacher lets babies come along with there parents, and I have met so many people and have a great support group from school. Best of all its free! (I am so frugal, or cheep?)

Teacher Marina, who leads the preschool, is awesome she is very well organised and answers the kids questions very well. My favorite is when she told the kids too Male animals were fighting over who was going to marry the female. My kids have learned a lot this month is insects. Brian always wants to know is a bug eats other bugs or plants. The preschool is very well organised. The day begins with a welcome song, calendar and the first circle time lesson. My kids brought the snack for the day so they are the big helpers. For calendar she does it in English and then in Spanish and sometimes in Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, German or whatever language the child's parents speak as there first language. Here the kids are with, "Lets count in Spanish"

After the morning circle time the kids have a free time. During free time they can play outside on the playground, swings, sandbox, water table, painting, grass games organised by a parent balls bikes skates etc. Or they can play inside and make the craft of the day(that goes along with the lesson). playdough, puzzles, (or fine motor skills that relate to the days lesson), read books, play computer games, or the many toys inside. While the kids have free time half the parents have parent disussion where we discuss parenting issues. while the other half of parents run a station for the kids doing one of the many activities. After an hour of free time. we have the second circle time.

The kids wash their hands for snack and sit for a song sometimes a story and to talk about who brought the snack and what they brought.


After snack we repeat the free time/ parents discussion time. After that the last circle time comes my favorite the freeze dance. All the kids love to dance! Its co cute to watch the kids dance. Little B has been named the Mosh Pit Dancer, (minus the violence) for his unique style .

FHE Walk & Games

Well the weather got warmer and I wondered why I ever missed it. I will never do that again! Instead I will try to enjoy each season as it comes...Remind me of that in August while we are here in San Diego we have NO AC! Anyway, Monday was a warm day so we did something we love to do on warm days, went for a family walk. Walking is great low impact exercise, especially with hills! It wears the kids out, and it is a perfect family activity, we love it! Last year during the summer we tried to go on 2-3 walks a week. We we were pretty good at sticking to our goal. There are lots of fun places to walk to near by. Our favorites are, the Elementary School's grassy field and park with a beautiful view of Mission Valley. The Children's Hospital that has a fun healing garden, and today's walk, the foot bridge over Highway 163. Sometimes we go on short walks just over the bridge and back. Today we walked all the way to taco bell/ KFC for dinner. The walk was nice. The kids love to play red-light green-light as we walk. I always enjoy good conversation with B. as we look at all the houses and the plants unique to beautiful San Diego. Most of all we all enjoy being together. (Awww I must be feeling Cheesy!)
After our walk, and the kids had their bath we had a FHE lesson. Then little B wanted to teach us a game. He was so exited he said, "One person hides and that is "ho-ho" the someone finds him that is "Kilan". OK, OK? Can we play?" Of course we recognized the game (with the addition of some new names for the hider and seeker) We had lots of fun playing with the kids. Susan played right along with us. When is was her turn to hide, she was left in the room for a few seconds then we all came and found her. She was so happy to see us all again, full of energy, giggles, and hugs! It was a fun night.

We asked little B where he learned the game from and he said nick jr.com. The same game that had taught him some Chinese words! Smart kids!

Susan's New Trick

Its so fun to teach babies new tricks. Susan's newest trick, that we love, is when she folds her arms and kneels down for family prayer. It usually only last a few seconds then she is up again running around or tackling Daddy and the other kids kneeling down. Love it!

Beachin Weather

I miss the Beachin warm weather! It was warm about 2 or 3 weeks ago now we are back to the cool air breeze and clouds, too cold for beachin. We got to go the beach 3 times when it was warm and I never posted those good times so I will today.

Our first Beach trip was very unplanned. We went with my Sister Charmaine when she was stranded here in San Diego. (her post was great) It was a very warm day and it felt perfect! I am glad she got to spend a few days with us! We have one of those relationships that flourish in long distances. I love to call her and chat for a long time and I love to have her visit with me. We get along much better when its in short spurts like her trip. The kids had fun with their cousin Israel. In the Photo Brian is practicing his surfin' moves, he told me that day when he grows up he wants to be a Lawyer AND a surfer.

Last year we were so good about getting out to the beach. We probably went once a week this year I hope to beat that (It might be our last summer living here!) If we didn't go during the day sometimes after work we would all go for a walk on the shore. Or for date night Brian and I would walk along the shore so romantic! I love the smell of the air at the beach, the calming sounds, the bright sun contrasting on the blue water. I really love the beach and can't wait for Beachin' weather again!