School with Levi

     Teaching Levi, or for that matter, doing school with Levi, can be a real challenge, and always interesting.  This morning, I was reading from Proverbs chapter 13.  I asked, "You wouldn't want to be lazy and poor, would you?"  "No!" Caelin emphatically responded.  "Well," said Levi, "It would be nice to be lazy, but not poor."  I think we all might tend to answer that way if we were honest! 
     Later on, Levi was reading a little book called My Pet Zack, about a boy and his pet fish.  He still stumbles over some words, and occasionally gets a little frustrated.  At one point he stopped and declared, "I would just eat this fish!"  Oh, my sweet little carnivore!  ;-)
     In math today, he was learning to use a ruler to measure inches.  He had a page with various lines he had to measure and write down their lengths.  He enthusiastically declared, "This makes me feel like a real scientist!"   

Impressive

     Caelin has taken up burpning as an art from/sport.  He claimed the other day that while doing his school work he had burped 100 times in a row.  Wow.  I'm so proud.  I always knew he had hidden talent.
     Today, Tirzah walked out into the living room to see what Levi was doing, put her hands on her hips and says,"I am not impressed!"  Haha- wonder where she's seen that!  ;-)
     Speaking of impressive, Caelin had been at the shop with Scott the other day;when he got home he said, "Look, Mom!  Do you know what this is?" and showed me a long stick of wood with about half a shingle screwed onto the end.  He flapped it in the air.  "It's a people swatter!  Like a fly swatter, only bigger!" 

One liners

     Tirzah's new word is fab-luss.  As in, "How fabluss my hair look?"  Or while riding her bike, "I am doing fabluss job!"  Levi's question of the day: "When your skin falls off, how come you can't find it?"

Pop ups

     I just noticed in my last post that thhere are some pop ups when you mouse over certain phrases.  Not sure why, as I didn't authorize this.  I am also unsure how to get rid of them.

Frat Boy

     Caelin was in the shower this morning, when Levi sneaks in and shuts the hot water off on him.  Caelin jumps out, hollering.  As a mom, I tell him he should be kind to his brother.  As a former college student, I know he has a bright future in the dorm.   A few minutes later, my mom sense went off, and I stuck my head in the bathroom.  Caelin is getting dressed, but Levi is up on the bathroom sink, minus his pants, and there is white foam on his rear.  "What is going on?" I demand to know.  "Caelin sprayed my butt with air freshener." Levi answers.  "He  told me to!" Caelin responds.  Heaven help me. 
     I would note that Levi was on his mettle the rest of that day, proceeding from thing to thing with an intensity rarely equaled.  He ripped his wallpaper last night, and this morning pulled Tirzah's butterflies off her ceiling, making her very sad.  He was sent to do his speed drill, and instead was goofing around on the computer.  He was not allowed to go out to play this morning; I told him he wasn't to be trusted out of my sight.  After lunch he promised he would stay out of trouble if he could go outdoors.  I said OK.  When Caelin came in, he reported that Levi had gone in the barn and was using the silver spray paint.  Oy vey!   This evening, we discover he has opened the broken double-hung window he was told not to touch, and now it will not close, and we are having a thunderstorm. To cap it off, he has disassembled his bike helmet.  Scott is threatening to get him up at 6 am so he can start repairing the damages.  My theory is to let him sleep as long as possible, so I can repair the damage, but maybe Scott's onto something.  I know I need some sleep.

Bunny Cuddles

     Lately, Aila has taken up cuddling in the morning, which I am enjoying to the fullest.  She will wake up, look at me, smile, stretch,  and crawl over to flop herself on me.  Half-sitting, half-lying on me, she will periodically look up at me, smile and flop back down.  She also enjoys reaching up and pulling on my bottom lip.  However, I do not find this nearly as endearing.  Scott has been working to get her to stick her tongue out and make a noise like "laddah".  He does it to her, and when she does it back, everybody laughs, and she acts all shy. 

Levi the Butcher, and the Leprechaun

     Today we were going to Lamar and Katie Martin's to help butcher a beef, which was hanging in their garage.  As we were getting ready, Levi says, "This is my first dream that has come true!"  Great-Grandpa Beckwith would be proud! 
     Tonight during family devotions, we were reading about Jesus healing a man with leperousy.  Scott asked Levi if he knew what a leper was.  Levi responds, "Is that like a leprechaun?"  The other day, we had seen some St. Patrick's decorations at the dollar store, and Levi asked, "What do leprechauns do?"  Good question.  Apparently, they mostly sell St. Paddy's Day stuff.

Third Day?

     In the van this afternnon, I was trying to help the children learn/review their verses for Awana.  Levi's was 1 Corinthians 15:4, ...that he was buried, that he was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures.   He was having a little trouble, so I prompted, "he was...raised...".  Levi yells, "the fifth day, according to the Scriptures!"  "No," I laughed, "the third day!"  Tirzah chimes in, "Thursday?"  "No!" I repeat, "the third day!" 

Levi the Stinker; Tirzah doesn't stink

     Tonight, as we sat on the couch trying to watch some clips on Hawaii for our school project, Levi and Tirzah were fighting over the blanket.  I told them to sit together and share, which seems simple enough, if you're over 8.  They sat, but Levi kept scooting away from Tirzah, who claimed she wanted to cuddle.  I asked what his problem was, and he just scowled.  Poor Tirzah lamented, "But I like you...and I don't stink!"  In the end, I had Caelin sit between them, and peace reigned.
     Yesterday, my mom called to ask what Levi wanted for his birthday.  We happened to be at the dollar store, so he was full of ideas.  "An airhorn!" he promptly replied.  I quickly leaned down to the phone and yelled, "NOOOO!"