First Day of School

Oh, to the beautiful first day of school!!! Joshua was ready and showered Monday before we even woke up. Jeff thought it would be a funny first day of school picture with Daddy not ready to let him go. Josh agreed. He has liked his teacher so far and told me he has not moved seats yet. (He only lasted one day in 2nd grade before he had to be moved to a desk where he was not talking constantly). That doesn't sound like any one you know does it? I'm so sorry Mom for all the talks my teachers had with you about how I never stopped talking. Hey, I still got good grades!!!

What do you think?

So here is the beautiful reason I've felt so crappy. Not only crappy morning sickness but gaining a few pounds really early in the pregnancy (especially after losing so many before) has not been easy for me. Jeff kept telling me it's going to be twins because of the extra morning sickness and the weight gain. Joshua agreed and when we went to the midwife today she said the same thing. When she saw the look on my face she quickly took it back and said, "we can make sure with an ultrasound if you'd like." Of course that was a great idea. She's pretty sure there is only one in there which prompted Jeff to come up with the in-utero nickname Uno. What do you think? Kyle wants to name it Baby Uchtdorf Man. (He's been fascinated with the name since Pres. Uchtdorf was put in the first presidency. He loves to say it.)

My bird's dirty, what color's yours?

We were playing this game for Family Home Evening a couple days ago and I realized this would be a perfect blog entry. I have no idea where this game came from. As a child living with the Clarks and my Glover grandparents in the basement this was a regular occurance in our home. I bet we played this game a million times. I had forgotten all about it as an adult until one day I was sitting with my kids and the memories flooded back to me. I taught my kids and husband how to play and it was an instant success. We have since shared it with a few of our in-laws but the world needs to now this game-it's time!! I hope I am not infringing on some Glover family copyright (let me know if I am). Anyway, on to the rules.
The only supplies you need are a cup of water and a thimble (if you don't have a thimble we've used a measuring spoon before but a thimble is the true and authentic tool). The person who is "it" fills the thimble full of water and must think of a color in their head. Rule 1. We only allow colors that are in the rainbow or neutrals like brown, black, grey and white. My father kept trying to get chartreuse added but he never prevailed!!! Rule 2. You cannot change your color once you start the game.
Now you will approach each person in the room one at a time and say word for word My bird's dirty, what color's yours? The person you are standing in front of will guess for example "orange". If it is not the color you picked you must move on to the next person and say the line again. When a person picks your color you get to throw the thimble full of water on them and they are "it". Kids go nuts over this game and it's easy for them and it takes about 30 thimbles full to be annoyed at the wetness so you can play for ever. Now, when the kids are older you can add another rule. If the person being approached with the water repeats a color already guessed by another they get splashed and must be "it".
Just so you know the opening line of My bird's dirty is quite a tongue twister for kids as it always seems to come out My dird's birty. Sometimes I still catch myself saying it this way.
I am really really curious to see if anyone will try this so I'd like to make it an assignment. If needed print off these rules or just write down the basics and I challenge each of you to try it for FHE or just assemble the kids and try it. I'm positive it will be a huge success. Leave comments if you do and let me know how it goes and also to encourage others who are too lazy or scared to play with their kids!!!
Enjoy