The girls had just exhausted themselves dancing around the living room when we came back to the classroom. Anna and Rissie taught us a few more things before the end of school.
Her words are unintelligible, but obviously intentional.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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Friday, November 5, 2010
Mouse in the house
We (meaning Jon) just flushed our second live mouse for the day. That makes four this month. Eek! I think/hope one of them was the little guy I saw scurrying across the dining room floor yesterday that we spent the next 45 minutes in a failed attempt to trap with a broomstick and towel. Oh wait...I think I just heard it in the wall. The one we chased was actually pretty cute. His name is Jerry.
The girls were pretty excited about seeing him. After I announced (okay, screeched) that there was a mouse all three of them came running into the kitchen where the four of sat watching and waiting for it to make it's escape from under the china cabinet. Rissie tried coaxing it out with a high pitched, "squeak, squeak."
After a little while, Lauren asked me, "Do you even know how to get a mouse? I mean, they don't even speak human." Ha ha.
Jon got in on the action and toweled off a few of the crannies where he might be able to escape. Then after a few minutes little Jerry dashed out from the cabinet and under the table along the tile floor. The girls all squealed, "There he is!" In an instant he'd made his way to us and while Jon kept him from heading the other direction he ran straight for me and with towel in hand I threw it over him and he was trapped! All eyes were glued to the towel heap as we slowly flattened it to determine where he was exactly - only to discover that Jerry was NOT there! Perplexed we sought out any possible escape and finally determined that he must have jumped over one of the cranny towels and flattened in one of the vertical cracks of the (solid) gate (that we use to keep Anna out of the kitchen and off the counters and cupboards).
About ten minutes later I saw it running towards me in the hallway and into the room where Jon and I were. We hurried around the room blocking off this and that and then chased it around the room for another 25 minutes or so. We almost had him a couple of times, but finally he escaped into a itty-bitty hole in the closet that is near non-existent.
I suspect that he is still in the wall (Jon plugged the hole with one of Kade's diapers.) I hate that there is mouse in our house, but the other part of me is proud of that little guy - he was so close to being a gonner-mouse so many times and probably so scared. When he finally escaped I was a little relieved that we didn't have to flush him. He really was so cute.
The girls were pretty excited about seeing him. After I announced (okay, screeched) that there was a mouse all three of them came running into the kitchen where the four of sat watching and waiting for it to make it's escape from under the china cabinet. Rissie tried coaxing it out with a high pitched, "squeak, squeak."
After a little while, Lauren asked me, "Do you even know how to get a mouse? I mean, they don't even speak human." Ha ha.
Jon got in on the action and toweled off a few of the crannies where he might be able to escape. Then after a few minutes little Jerry dashed out from the cabinet and under the table along the tile floor. The girls all squealed, "There he is!" In an instant he'd made his way to us and while Jon kept him from heading the other direction he ran straight for me and with towel in hand I threw it over him and he was trapped! All eyes were glued to the towel heap as we slowly flattened it to determine where he was exactly - only to discover that Jerry was NOT there! Perplexed we sought out any possible escape and finally determined that he must have jumped over one of the cranny towels and flattened in one of the vertical cracks of the (solid) gate (that we use to keep Anna out of the kitchen and off the counters and cupboards).
About ten minutes later I saw it running towards me in the hallway and into the room where Jon and I were. We hurried around the room blocking off this and that and then chased it around the room for another 25 minutes or so. We almost had him a couple of times, but finally he escaped into a itty-bitty hole in the closet that is near non-existent.
I suspect that he is still in the wall (Jon plugged the hole with one of Kade's diapers.) I hate that there is mouse in our house, but the other part of me is proud of that little guy - he was so close to being a gonner-mouse so many times and probably so scared. When he finally escaped I was a little relieved that we didn't have to flush him. He really was so cute.
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Familia Jenkins
Lagoon Day
Daddy's princess on her pony.
Gingerbread House
The kids put this together in Bear Lake for the Jenkins Annual Snowmobile trip. Our poor kids...when we unloaded the car of our suitcases Lauren asked,"Do we live HERE now?"
Where's the fire?
Jon's dad tried to change the fire alarm but with it linked to the security system the fire department was automatically contacted. So after five minutes of obnoxiously loud alarms going off the truck showed up. Oops
Date with Daddy!
Jon took Lauren to Hollywood Connection for some one on one time together. It was a hit. :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANDSOME
September 17th 1978
2/27/08 Lately L. has been insisting that I call her Cinderella. Sometimes I can hear her upstairs call for CINDERELLA. in a mean "step sister" tone, then in a sweet voice will answer, "I'm coming." She failed to pick up her toys when I asked, so I tried her new name and it worked wonders.
2/29/08 So L. is watching her old favorite and after Dory explains to Marlon that memory loss runs in her family, Lauren says, "It runs in my family too, Dory."
Anna two months
Lunch on the "patio"
Lauren has a new fascination with cokewatches. What's a cokewatch you ask? It's Lauren's word for Cockroach! :)
Grandma Jenkins
Grandma & Papa Lee
Anna's first week
Anna's first day
4 weeks - ALREADY
Her first and last day of church in Mexico
The Trike
L is lounging while watching our tennis match...this is the trike that ate me.
Story came to play
These three happy girls just finished spinning in Daddy's chair. What kid doesn't LOVE that? When Story's mom came to pick her up she gave me the door prize she'd won. It was a full hour massage at a spa in town. It was HEAVENLY! Thanks Brooke.
L"s Nursery Teacher and friend Lesley
Sunday doesn't come fast enough for L. to go with her teacher to Nursery. She will scout her out in S.M. and wave to her the rest of the meeting. She loves her.
Who's Here?
Rissie's Birthday
Lauren Louski Lou
Hello Marissie Maroo
A. Missy & Hrma Malia
Loved the visit!
Ready for Church
Rissie"s stuck
She yelled for help and I grabbed the camera
Rissie"s NEW look
Ponytail Girls
L"s B-Day Party @ Gma J"s
She"s done it again!
You'd think she enjoys getting it untangled with that grin.
