[Plmconf2] WTS Greetings from the UP of Michigan

Sat, 20 Sep 2003 20:10:38 EDT

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Dear friends, 

Tim and Laurel send greetings. Our oldest is now 8 and in grade 2. Our 
youngest is 6 and just began Kindergarten. The boys keep us busy. Let me give an 
idea of what these two can get into: As Tim and I began the huge process of 
replacing windows in our 100 year old home the boys decided to "play knights and 
kingdoms." Tim was on the ladder ... way up there ... while I was in the bedroom 
holding the window he was replacing. We heard a "clink, clink" and a voice 
shouting, "Uhn, gaurd!" 

I thought "that doesn't sound good." I looked out the other window down on 
the deck below and there were by darling boys "fencing" with real knives - a 20 
inch bread knife and a 12 inch butcher knife. We had a safety talk.

Later, I heard the boys laughing and making cat and dog noises. Hmm, I 
thought, "what are they doing now?" I went to the kitchen where my darling boys had 
emptied a new box of Cheerios into two small bowls. Not only were most of the 
cheerios on the floor, but so was the gallon of milk they poured over the 
bowls. They poured from a standing position. When I walked into the room they were 
on their hands and knees barking and meowing, pretending to be pets eating 
from the floor.

It gets better. Often as I work on my sermon I put the boys in the bathtub. 
As I worked on my sermon I heard water dripping from the kitchen ceiling (the 
upstairs bath is right above the kitchen). I run up there to figure out why the 
water is pouring out of the ceiling to discover my boys were no longer in the 
bathtub, but at the sink. They plugged the sink, filled it, and ran the water 
so that the water would overflow from the sink. "We just wanted to see if we 
could make a waterfall, mom."

The sad thing is that all this happened on one day. Laurel 

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Tim and Laurel send greetings. Our oldest is now 8 and in grade 2. Our young=
est is 6 and just began Kindergarten. The boys keep us busy. Let me give an=20=
idea of what these two can get into: As Tim and I began the huge process of=20=
replacing windows in our 100 year old home the boys decided to "play knights=
 and kingdoms." Tim was on the ladder ... way up there ... while I was in th=
e bedroom holding the window he was replacing. We heard a "clink, clink" and=
 a voice shouting, "Uhn, gaurd!" <BR>
<BR>
I thought "that doesn't sound good." I looked out the other window down on t=
he deck below and there were by darling boys "fencing" with real knives - a=20=
20 inch bread knife and a 12 inch butcher knife. We had a safety talk.<BR>
<BR>
Later, I heard the boys laughing and making cat and dog noises. Hmm, I thoug=
ht, "what are they doing now?" I went to the kitchen where my darling boys h=
ad emptied a new box of Cheerios into two small bowls. Not only were most of=
 the cheerios on the floor, but so was the gallon of milk they poured over t=
he bowls. They poured from a standing position. When I walked into the room=20=
they were on their hands and knees barking and meowing, pretending to be pet=
s eating from the floor.<BR>
<BR>
It gets better. Often as I work on my sermon I put the boys in the bathtub.=20=
As I worked on my sermon I heard water dripping from the kitchen ceiling (th=
e upstairs bath is right above the kitchen). I run up there to figure out wh=
y the water is pouring out of the ceiling to discover my boys were no longer=
 in the bathtub, but at the sink. They plugged the sink, filled it, and ran=20=
the water so that the water would overflow from the sink. "We just wanted to=
 see if we could make a waterfall, mom."<BR>
<BR>
The sad thing is that all this happened on one day. Laurel <BR>
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