Like a Child Again

Amidst the ongoing job hunt, I have found time to play with my younger siblings and be a kid again. The brothers have been teaching me all sorts of essential skills, like how to ride a ripstik, how to shoot a nerf gun, how to battle with Pokemon cards, etc. The other night we had a party playing basketball and four-square after dinner. Who knew that Zach was such a good shot, or that Hyram's method of playing defense (hanging onto Josh's t-shirt and yelling "GET OUT OF MY WAY!") could be so effective?
Earlier this week I went to Ammon and Hyram's "Celebration of Learning," which is our district's hoity-toity name for kindergarten graduation. It was great to see their classrooms, hear their teachers, and listen to them sing. It made me miss my students in Zhenjiang, most of whom I never got to say good-bye to properly due to the unexpected early ending of the semester. I still think about them all the time, the little angels.
I'm grateful for my family and friends being so kind and supportive. I love you all.
The Quote List Continued:

Lanaea, playing with a fork and spoon as we talk about the new baby: We don’t know. Only heaven. Heaven’s a nice guy, he don’t take people’s fork and spoon.

Anna: Who do we know who has a moustache?
Hyram: There’s a kid in my class who has…wait, no, it’s Coach D’Andrea.

Anna fell a few times while trying to ride a ripstik.
Lanaea: Anna, why you keep falling? You can’t…girls can’t do that.
Anna: Yes, girls can!
Lanaea: Well, girls just need help.

Lanaea: Girls are better than boys, right Mom?
Mom, absently: Oh, do you think so?
Lanaea: No, I don’t think so. I know so.

Anna was doing a silly dance.
Malyssa: Did you do that at college?
Anna: …yes…

Lanaea: You’re being mean to me!
Anna: I know. I’m the meanest, meanest, meanest.
Lanaea: No, you’re not!! You a nice girl!

Eli was doing a worksheet where he had to create exciting similes.
Eli: as dark as...
Zach: an armpit!

And then...
Zach: A kid in my class has hair in his armpit.
Eli: I want some! It's like, manly.

Zach was reprimanding Lanaea for standing up at the dinner table. She then yelled at the top of her lungs: I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A...BROTHER!!!