April Fools 2014

We always have a good time here on April Fools Day.  Here's the skinny:

I stuffed tissue in the toes of everyone's shoes.
I set the two kitchen clocks 20 minutes fast (that is panic inducing for sure!)
I put salt in the kids' water bottles that they took to school.
I put a thin slice of celery in everyone's peanut butter sandwiches.
For dinner we had just the right amount of milk in the jug (enough to serve, not too much to waste)--so I added some mint extract.  Andrew actually liked his and drank it.  Daniel had quite the opposite reaction!
Andrew and the girls painted my bar of soap with clear nail polish!  (preparing the night before, crafty little buggers)  Well, a coated soap won't suds up!  It was quite a funny thing!
The kids hid a bunch of things--hand soap tooth brushes, floss, hair brushes, leftover cake, candy
Eliza put Andrew's underwear around the house.
Abby and Eliza wrapped Daniel's laptop and my book in saran wrap.
Abby and her friends saran wrapped two chairs together (at the leg) at school.  Their teacher was in on it and made it a funny moment for everyone.  Of course he got them back and taped their desks to their chairs at the legs.

It was a pretty funny day.

I love you Uncle Bill!

Part one:
Bill gave Charlotte an Oregon State sweatsuit for Christmas long ago.  Well, now it fits!  And she knows it's from Uncle Bill.  We used to call it her "sweat suit."  Now when she calls it her "Uncle Suit!"

Part two:
We've been singing a ditty from a musical (which one?) lately.  It's something like "We love you Conrad, oh yes we do.  We love you Contrad, it's true.  When you're not near us, we're blue!  Oh, Conrad we love you."  So of course we sing it with other people's names!  And Uncle Bill seems to be Charlotte's favorite.

Enjoy this little ditty in two parts.  First is her singing it mostly right (in a hurry, mind you, so she can stop and watch it.  Second, she decides to tease us.

Turning 13, Turning 2!

I'll just let the picture do the talking.  I have to go to bed!  Enjoy!

Oh, you mean just because it's my birthday I can't dump all the potato buds out!?

Hey, at least I used the plate.

Fun with water in the bitter cold

A video inspired (ok, we pretty much copied them) by my sister-in-law and brother in Utah.  This is how we entertain ourselves in Wisconsin when we have school canceled because of the cold.

Two little funnies.

I just had to jot down a couple funny moments this week.

Church was cancelled due to snow a week ago.  We took this time to finally watch "The Nativity," a full-length movie of the birth of Jesus.  Some parts of the movie were rough--a lot of violence and cruelty from King Herod.  This was hard for the kids to take.  During one peaceful scene, the three wise men were traveling on their camels and having a conversation with each other.  Abby said to the family, "I don't like this movie."  (pause, pause)  Then one Wise Man said to another, "Neither do I."  The timing was perfect, the laughter was plentiful.

Tonight we had the elders and sister missionaries over for dinner.  We were eating a nice meal of ham, mashed potatoes, salad, and fruit.  During a quiet moment Charlotte politely said, “More apple pie!”  We all busted up laughing.  Abby never knew she could even say “apple pie.”  I soon figured out the apple pie was the mashed potatoes.  She is a big fan of those things.

Merry Christmas to the Crawford kids!

A little Christmas surprise to my nieces and nephew who were determined to give Charlotte a nick name. (Hey, it's a lot easier to say than "Charlotte.")

We love you crazy people!!

Charlotte sings a little birthday tune!