Emily’s Curio

Robin and I took the kids out to Provo and Salt Lake, we were down there for a close cousin of mine who was getting married. The trip was wonderful because we got to see Andy and the place were he works. WE got a personal tour of the set for the Legend of Santa Claus animation that they are working on. I was thrilled beyond belief. Brighton was enchanted by the small houses, sets, and dolls. He got to touch a reindeer and take the glove off of Mckeein(sp). He wanted to play with it all, and so did I. I thought it funny that I had to contain myself as much as I needed to contain him, if not more. Robin and I got some really fun ideas about what we could do for Kjerstine when she got a little older, and maybe even sooner. We have built a playhouse together for Brighton’s second Christmas, we are building a bunkbed for the two chick-a-dee’s before Christopher is born, and we want to make some plans for building a little play house for the kids, and get some kind of dolls for them too. I know KD would love it, and I saw how much Brighton would too. Something I love about my and RObin’s families is that we have a lot of the same loves. LaRue’s Dad built a puppet house for his little girls, my dad built a doll house, my mom and grandma made dolls, Great Grandma Ruth made clothes, etc… What a fun legacy to pass on. We didn’t get to see Laurie. And I think that, besides not getting to stay and visit longer with Andy, that was the only thing we would have wanted different.

A couple of days ago I was looking at my beautiful daughter and I could see small lightening like flashes whirling around the corner of the room. I turned to look at them and they moved. Wherever I turned my head the spiral floaties moved so that they remained in my peripherial vision. This lasted for a minute and then they were gone. The next hour or so passed when I discovered them again. And they came and went throughout the day. The next day I consulted my doctor about them and he said that they were typical with pregnancy, but if I had high blood pressure they would be a sign of toxemia. My blood presure is good so far so I guess I’m just seeing stars until the baby os born. Let’s hope nothing worse happens.

My daughter is facinated with her long hair. She spends hours every morning teasing it and getting it to work for her. I think she will open a hair salon when she gets older. She has experimented on all of the different types of things that give her body and volume. This morning it was blueberry pancake. Yesterday it was peaches. Last night it was grease from the hot dog. She is just one determined little girl. I think she was really satisfied with the hot dog grease. My personal favorite was the turkey gravy and stuffing, she applied it for me. She works really well with her hands. And she applies a good amount.
Right now she is trying out new things for skin products. Watch out Mary Kay, I think you have some competition.

A Mathematician, a Biologist and a Physicist are sitting in a street cafe watching people going in and coming out of the house on the other side of the street.
First they see two people going into the house. Time passes. After a while they notice three persons coming out of the house.
The Physicist: “The measurement wasn’t accurate.”.
The Biologists conclusion: “They have reproduced”.
The Mathematician: ” If now exactly 1 person enters the house then it will be empty again.”

Some have emailed comments, some have left them in the comment box. Thanks for reading the posts. Thank you all for the comments. Thanks for the little upliftment in responding, you make coming to my blog positive for me. There was an article on spanking that my sister wanted to read, I had read a bit for her. I decided to post it to see what everyone thought of it.
There was another article on builders and destroyers in this world. They stated that if a persons character, or self esteem seems to become more and more positive, and you are an influence in that persons life, you are more than likely a contributer to that. If there is a person who seems to be rocky, unsure, faltering in self esteem and self love, you may be a contributer to that also. Let’s always be found being a help to others.
President Hinkley said something along these lines:
“Our lives are the sum total of those lives that have influenced us.”
Thank you for all of your influences.

There are four important reasons you should never punish a baby or infant (newborn to 21/2 year old child.)
1. Babies do not understand cause and effect. 2. Babies do not misbehave on purpose. 3. Babies do not know the difference between right and wrong. 4.  Babies need protection from being hurt. Baby proofing, redirecting, and praise are three good strategies to use in helping infants manage their world.
Reasons for not spanking:
1. spanking does not result in a perminant behavior change.
2. Spanking damages the child’s self image.
3.spanking sets a poor example.
4. Spanking can lead to abuse.
5. Spanking is habit forming, showing the child to use force or fear to control their world.
6. spanking causes resentment.
7. Spanking can cause emotional problems (bed-wetting, thumb sucking, school failure.)
Four Myths about the value of spanking-
1.Children are hit to teach them right from wrong. Parents are often heard saying, “what they bneed is a good spanking to straighten them out.” fact: spanking teaches children that problems are solved with violence and pain. Spanking also teaches children to be sneakier in their misbehavior, so they won’t get caught the next time.
2.Spanking my child shows him I love him and care about what he does. Fact: “this hurts me more than it hurts you”, and ” I’m doing this for your own good.” have distorted the logic and good senses of parents who sincerely feel the pain they cause their child is out of love. Children believe this, that love and showing it through violence become their role model for their future relasionships.
3. Spanking children prepares them for the real world. They are being toughened up. Fact:Children perceive reality from within the home. Violence in the home is transmitted to the neighborhood. The real world would be more peaceful if violence were not in the home in the first place.
4. Infants need to be spanked because they can’t understand language. Fact: Hitting an infant is very dangerous. Gestures, touch, facial expressions, tone of voice can teach babies the lessons you want them to learn.

This morning we woke up to quite the rain storm. It lasted for over two hours. Then a little friend came over to play with Brighton. Whenever the friend didn’t like what Brighton was doing he would get mad and hit him. Since we couldn’t get him to choose a different way of expressing himself we took a break and sent everyone home. Then another little friend came over. He and Brighton played well together for an hour until he had to go home. Brighton didn’t want him to leave so he stood by the door. The friend hit him. He hit the friend. We all sat in time out and then hugged each other and said goodbye. Then Daddy came home and we went on a bike ride. Everything was green, the air was cool and the sun was warm. We stopped by a river and threw little rocks into it. Then Robin put Brighton on his handle bars and glided gracefully down the street. Kjerstine and I watched. Then Dad went to work. Brighton shared his sword with KD and she hit him with it in the face. I held him while he cried. Kjerstine sat cheerfully in time out and made Brighton smile. Then I stood up to get the phone and Brighton unshelved a lot of books onto KD. When I came into the room I stepped on a triangular block with the side of my foot which somehow broke skin. I sat down to hold Kjerstine and releive my foot when Brighton ran over to me, tripping and hitting the side of his head against his little rocking chair arm. We held each other as we all sat together in the recliner. Robin will be home soon, and since things go so much better when he is home we’re looking more forward to it.