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What have we been up to in 2013 thus far?

Bright Lights...

His Lighthouse...

FLL...

Lyceum...

Church...

(In choir rehearsal, as Mom is accompanying... Papa is directing; the choir is waiting for his signal to come in. He's telling a stupid joke.)
Mom: (playing last measure over and over) How long are you going to beat??
Papa: I don't know; I'm telling something stupid!

Leify sleeping through the Wednesday night Lenten service

Time with friends...

Jael: You are such a literalist! You've been around Sylvia too long.
Sophi: ...we love you, Sylvia!
Kira: Jael loves you, too!
Abi: Can you tell? 

Fun at home...

Sewing...

Reading...

Music...

Interesting dinner conversations...

Mom: You HAD a brain.
Papa: What, you mean I don't anymore?
Mom: No; now you have two brains: your internal brain and your external brain.
Cecily: What, his moustache?
Mom: No, his iPhone.

School...

Sylvia: Thor, please use your brains. I know you have them and they're very good.
Thor: Actually, I only have one, and I left it up in my room. And it's very small.
Knut: I left mine at the last FLL competition.
(I found out several days later that they were talking about little toy rubber brains.)

Gloria: Where's my pencil?
Mom: We need to weld it to a chain around your neck so you don't lose it.
Sylvia: Good idea... except that if you try to weld a pencil, it will die.

Mom: Knut, do you want to participate in the 8th grade graduation?
Knut: ...I thought I was in 7th grade.

Knut: Haven't you ever heard the story of how the Penguins launched Penguin Books? 

Mom: When YOU have to write your essay about how life experience is helpful, you can write about...
Knut: TOAST!!!
Mom: ...whatever. *sighs*

Mom: Okay; as long as what you're doing is brainless.

Mom: Wow... um... I'm glad I asked this question!
Knut: I'm brilliant.
Mom: No, that was totally wrong!
Knut: Glad you liked my joke! Now do you wanna hear the real answer?

Knut: The first full-length American movie was Birth of a Toaster. (It was "Birth of a Nation")

Mom: Don't leave yet! You still need to listen to this book.
Knut: Mom, since I can multitask... *picks up comic book*
Mom: NOT Calvin and Hobbes. 

Knut: Nooo!!! Think, think, think, think, think, Vern!
Sylvia: *starts laughing*
Knut: WHAT!?
Sylvia: Other than the fact that you're telling VERN to think when YOU'RE taking a French test?
Knut: But he can tell me the answer!
Sylvia: That would be cheating.
Mom: At least when homeschoolers cheat it's only because their imaginary friend helps them!
Knut: But Vern's not imaginary.
Sylvia: That's for sure!

Sylvia: Stop sitting around doing nothing! Or... I'll start asking you random questions.
Cecily: *jumps up and runs away* 

Planning...

Knut: We'll head out from here...
Sylvia: Well, where else would we head out from?
Knut: Mars. Anyway, then we'll...

Disc golf...

Randomness...

Cecily: There's a loose baby lying around! 

Thor: C'mon, Knut; what are you doing?
Knut: I'm taking over the world; just give me a second!
Thor: Hurry up!

Cecily: I'm broke. No, wait, I'm not broke! I found 75 cents!
Mom: Where'd you find it? In my purse?

The Perks of Social Media

In this technology-filled age, many parents complain of their children's obsession with social media and their lack of connection with those around them.

However, Facebook and email can be valuable tools for those children and enable them to connect when otherwise they would be unable to!

For example:

This afternoon, I had been in my room studying for a few hours, so I decided to take a break. I went downstairs, and, seeing Cecily sitting in the living room, inquired of her where Mom was.

Much to my surprise, she answered that both Father and Mother had gone on a date. Thus, I was supposed to be cooking dinner at that moment! Nothing daunted, I made dinner, we had a movie night, and all was well with the world.

A couple hours later, my friend emailed me, excited that our family was coming over to her house for dinner the next day. She was amused to find that I knew nothing about these plans.

When Papa and Mom returned, I had a few questions for them! The last question was, "You do know that I have Bible Bowl practice at 6:00 tomorrow evening, right?" ("Um... oops..." said Mother.) Later in the conversation, Mother revealed that Father had posted to Facebook that they were going on a date. I immediately hacked into Father's Facebook account (with Mother looking over my shoulder ;)), and viewed the post.

A little while later, Father emailed me (yes, emailed… from downstairs…) that I had not done much with the blog lately.

And so, I decided to post this humorous little story about life in the Peterson household lately. I hope you have enjoyed it. ;)


Note: just so that this post doesn’t come across too much as “parent-bashing”, allow me to say that my parents don’t usually leave me in the dark like this. ;) Also, since I got my license they’ve been giving me a lot more freedom, which is why they don’t have to think about my schedule when planning events for the family. And I'm not about to complain about that. ;)