Bobsledding Report -By Ava

Ava's 1st Written report was on Bobsledding in the winter Olympics.  She brought it home and read it to us :

Did you know that two and four man bobsled teams fly down the track at speeds of as much as 90 mph?  An offspring of tobeogganing the modern day sport of bobsleding was conceived in Switzerland late in the 1800s.  The second member of the two-person team is the brake mano.  Always the last person in the sled, he or she pulls up on the brake, lowering a piece of metal into the ice to stop the sled after the run.  a pair of pushers added makes a four-man team.  They are responsible for helping to get the sled started.  The sled rips down the ice track one at a time, reaching speeds up to 90 mph.  The team with the lowest time after the two runs wins the gold.  Each nation may enter two sleds in each event.  The sleds are made of fiberglass and have weight limits.  One person steers the sled by puling one rope with his right hand to go left.  The 2002 Salt Lake City Olmipics were good for the U.S.A. bobsledding.  The two woman team took home the gold in the inaugural womens competition and four-man teams grabbed the silver and bronze.  I hope I get to see bobsledding in the Olympics this year. 

Written By: Ava Grace Bumbaugh
Age: 8 - Grade: 2nd  Teacher: Mrs. Zullinger

Little Man isn't Going to Stay so Little!

We have been calling little man, our little man for so long.  But after today, he won't be staying true to his name!  Little man was found to have some growth hormone deficiency diagnosed by his endocrinologist.  It is there belief that he needs to be on growth hormones in order to grow to his desired height.  We have had all the testing and prayed lots and today, we started the growth hormone shots.  He is a trooper and somewhat excited about it.  He takes the shots with a brave heart and makes us proud!  Little man, I salute you and can't wait to watch this growth transpire!  I have to admit, I will miss you being little though, so secretly you will always be mama's little man!

Christian Gets Stuck On the Toilet

Christian comes home from school one days and says, "mom, I pooped on the pot at school today!"  Hmmm, random but that was his STORY.  No more details. . .a few days later I get this from his teacher. . . . .

Oooooh K! It's taken me three days to have the time to message you... About your son making my top ten funniest stories list the other day... AFTER scaring me to death!!! After lunch, he always gets his pill. At around 12:00 we were taking a test (they come in from recess at 11:45). I realized he wasn't there!! But then thought... He must've went for his pill without asking. As I was about to call the nurse (12:10ish), she called me looking for him because he never came for his pill!!! Can I tell you I flipped out and started panicking!! We immediately did a bathroom check and there he was... Well his chucks were dangling at the middle stall in the bathroom :) I stressfully asked him why he just went potty without asking me and he said "I did ask a teacher!" Meanwhile, you could tell he had taken a pretty good #2 and I was concerned he may have had an accident because he was answering kind of oddly. So I asked him who he asked and he said "a recess teacher"... If you're doing your math right now, that means he was in the bathroom for over 20-25 minutes!!!! I was trying to stress how long he was in there and that it was way too long! I asked if he felt sick and he kept acting funny... And wouldn't come out? So I got Mr. Dayley so a male could go in and check on him. He talked with him too and I stood at the doorway of the bathroom. After getting nowhere, mr Dayley told him to get off of the toilet and wipe. And Christian Just looks at him and says "I can't"... Me Dayley says "what do you mean you can't??" And he says "cause I'm stuck..." At this point my jaw dropped... Christian was literally stuck in the toilet seat! Mr Dayley had to pull him out of the toilet!! Once he was out Christian goes "thanks and giggles"
He cleaned up and came back to class... And after my heart was back down in my chest instead of my throat... I realized how hilarious the story was! Your Son... IS HYSTERICAL!! I asked him why he didn't yell for help and he never gave a straight answer... And he didn't seem the least bit upset son I think he may have been working on his #2 for awhile...
Thank you for sharing him with me... He keeps me on my toes! Cracks me up!!!
Hope this brought you a chuckle tonight!!

 

:)

Kids Choir for Christmas 2013

Not too many things bring such a large smile to my face as when my children walk around the house singing lyrics to a song that shows they love Jesus!  I love hearing them praise Him through song and I LOVE LOVE LOVE to see children of any age singing their hearts out for the Lord.  So, I sort of encouraged my children to join kids choir at King Street Church for the Christmas concerts.  They did wonderful and we practiced our songs at home over and over again.  Loved seeing them working so hard to remember the words, motions and sing in the proper form. :)  Christmas Joy in the purest kind. :)  Love my kiddos. :)

Ava and Her Most Recent Funnies

Today Ava was so frustrated with the dress code.  She said, "mom, I have NOTHING in my closet to wear."  I told her that she did in fact have quite a few things and she said, "well, I have a lot that I can't wear this year cause of that stupid dress code thing, but I will wear it next year. . . wait, when does this dress code end?"  I had to was inform her, as she was getting more frustrated, that in fact she would have this dress code throughout her school career. :(  Then she went on and said she would wear a dress today.  After trying on her third dress, she says, "mom, as I was looking in the mirror, I look like I am wearing a MOM dress."  (ummm, what is a mom dress?)  SO I asked why and she said because it was too long and she was too skinny for it.  I admit it is a bit baggy on her, and so I knew what she meant.  Then we spent the next few minutes looking for a sash or belt she could wear with the dress.  Once we put it on, she again stood in front of the mirror and she exclaims. . ."wow!!! That changed my whole outfit!"  hahahaha.  She is becoming so grown up.  Then she put a head band with a huge matching flower on and waltzed out to see what her daddy thought. :) Even as a grown up girl she cares what her daddy thinks, that makes me smile.

We also recently, about two months ago, had two little baby girls come to stay with us for awhile.  They are very sweet and cute and the 17 month old adores her big sister "AYA".  However, between the two girls, their is someone always loudly screaming in our home.  Finally, about a week ago, I was changing one of the girls diapers as she screamed at me and the other one was out in the living room screaming.  Ava looks at me and says, "mom can we send them back and get Johnny back, he was much quieter."  This made her daddy and I both laugh since he was NOT any quieter.  He made as much noise as these two combined.  Her and her Johnny.  He was her heart!

Ava had a little boy picking on her on the bus everyday, so we finally asked the bus driver to move him or her.  He said he wasn't surprised because he had already had to move the kid numerous times this year.  So, now Ava feels one of the girls that sits with her on the bus is too bossy, so she asked to be moved or have her moved.  We had to sit her down and talk to her about how she can't keep doing that or she will make the bus driver frustrated.  :)  She is funny though.  She really wants to be moved to seat 7 because there is a certain little boy on that seat that has a major crush on her and he always tells her he likes or sometimes even that he loves her. :)  She admitted she has a little crush on him too, but she is not going to tell him.  GOOD GIRL!

Kataira's One Month Old

Kataira is one month old today!  She weighs 8 lbs and 15.7 oz and she hasn't had a good day with the weening. :(  This however was the first day Ava got to meet her baby sister. :)  I brought Ava and My dad along with me and we booked it up to the NICU to see if we could get some good time in with the baby. Ava has been praying for her so i thought I would see if they would let her vista with Kataira.  They were more than willing and Ava was so excited.  We were able to take her into the family room so we could hang out with her in a more private way.  Ava was so excited to hold this itty bitty baby.  Ava had the chance to feed her her bottle and to sing to her.  We sang the song that my mom (Nana) had put words to for Away in the Manger song.  We only stayed long enough to feed her and talk to her and then we had to go cause she had been awake a lot that day so when she finally fell asleep we were supposed to  let her be.

The words my mom wrote to the tune Away In The Manger

You're our precious angels sent down from above
God sent you to our home for us to love
We'll always protect you and keep you from harm
And hold you so tightly right here in our arms

May God send his angles to watch over you
May you love Jesus and serve Him too
May God richly bless you in all that you do
and Always remember that Jesus Love you!!!!!

My Brain is Growing

Christian has so many funny words he uses in place of the words we usually say in phrases.  Like the other day, for example, he was sitting on the pot for awhile.  When he got up, he started whining and fussing around. . .saying, "my toe is tired!"   I was actually irritated cause the boy, though I love him, has very little pain tolerance. I was frustrated that he now was crying over a TIRED TOE. . .then it hit me.  His foot must have fallen asleep and he got his words mixed up so instead of saying his foot was asleep, which would actually hurt, he said his toe was tired.  Close enough. :)  I felt bad for being frustrated!  :)

So the other day, while he was sick, he told me that his brain wasn't working right. Then he asked if I could tell his brain to go away so he could get a new on that works this time.  I am sure he was feeling congested like all people do when they are sick with colds and probably felt his brain was groggy.  He cracks me up. 


Finally, to my main story.  Last night, as we were coming in from errands, he says to me.  "Mom, feel my brain!"  I said, "Christian, sweaty, I can't feel your brain because it is in your head."  Then he said, "well my brain is growing and growing. . .It is growing because I am thoughting and thoughting and thoughting with lots of thoughts. . .. ugh."  He is so funny. His teacher says he said this to her the other day after she had finished working with him in reading workshop. :)