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Utterances: Kathy

Brett Veenstra — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:53:27 +0000

Kathy: “Man, that is a lot of hair.”

Apparently Lydia liked my recent haircut so much she decided to copycat.

Special thanks to the hair-savings skills of Aunt Linda.

Utterances: Connor

Brett Veenstra — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:25:24 +0000

Dad: “Connor, would you like me to make you a hot chocolate?”

Connor: “No way Dad, I like my hot cocoa old school ya know? A little milk, some chocolate syrup and then I pop it in the microwave!”

Here’s to the new old school.

Utterances: Noah

Brett Veenstra — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:10:52 +0000

Mom: That’s a nice looking Pumpkin you colored Noah.

Noah: Yeah, he looks nice.

Mom: He?

Noah: Yeah, you see his nose ring? It’s Uncle Bob.

Utterances – Lydia

Brett Veenstra — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:50:38 +0000

Lydia: “Dad, these are granny-sniffs.”

Dad: “Uh, granny-SNIFFS?”

Lydia: “Yup, they are not apples.”

Utterances: Gracey Blog

Brett Veenstra — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:33:21 +0000

Grace: “So Dad, how do I get my picture up there on the computer?”

Dad: “You mean, on the blog?”

Grace: “Yeah… what if I spilled sauce all over the floor?”

Dad: “You’re not going to get on the blog by making a mess, that was only Liddy.”

Grace: “Yeah, I know… but, what if it was a really big accident or something?”

Oh the joy…

Brett Veenstra — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:09:02 +0000

Check this next storyboard…

Normal Mode

Destructo Mode

Reaction (after my hair settled back upon my scalp)

Gettin’ to Work

At least it was a chance to talk about forgiveness and how Christ cleans us up!

The Gang

Brett Veenstra — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:44:00 +0000

This is my desktop photo at work… helps keep manya thing in perspective.

Do you use any type of personal background to bring some focus to your day?

The Face

Brett Veenstra — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:41:00 +0000

Sometimes, I really do think my kids are cuter than y’alls!

I hope this photo brightens your day like it does mine each time I see it!

Utterances: Noah

Brett Veenstra — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:00:00 +0000

Dad: So Noah, are you going to be friendly to new kids at school?

Noah: Well… oh yeah, of course I am. That’s why we got those shots [at the Doctor's office]! There were shots to make us be nice.

The Answer: The End

Brett Veenstra — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:14:00 +0000

So what is this?

It’s the End.

The End of Diapers.

#5 has taken to potty training and is doing quite well on her own thank you.

She even backtalks to this potty when it tells her she’s gone: “I’m not done you silly potty!”

I didn’t think I’d live to see the day!

What does this look like?

Brett Veenstra — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:50:00 +0000

Take a minute and guess (besides the obvious)… I’ll post the answer tomorrow evening.

Utterances: Connor

Brett Veenstra — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:27:00 +0000

“I guess that’s just what Jawa’s do for a living…”

Hmm… maybe we’re done with the lessons on getting a decent job.

Utterances: Noah

Brett Veenstra — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:59:00 +0000

[from the backseat of the minivan]
Noah: Mom!, Dad!, Grace has her finger stuck in one of my holes!!!
Mom, Dad [giggling together]: Which hole?

Noah: The bottom of my carseat.
Dad: Oh, that’s OK.

Utterances: Evelyn

Brett Veenstra — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 17:04:00 +0000

“She’s bossy, but I’m in charge.”

The crux of toddler troubles…

Utterances: Noah

Brett Veenstra — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:41:00 +0000

“Let me guess, you were trying to make an ATV fire?!”

“No, it’s not a tee-pee fire Noah.”

Utterances: Grace

Brett Veenstra — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:48:00 +0000

“My friends are going to be like, ‘Grace! What DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR!?’” Girls and their hair! Shout out to Aunt Linda!

Utterances: Liddy

Brett Veenstra — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:38:00 +0000

“I want my beeth bushed.” – this after using the potty. Big sisters are a good influence today.

Utterances: Noah

Brett Veenstra — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:33:00 +0000

“Oh man, I want to get one of those cars. They go as fast as baseballs throw.”

Advertising is universal I guess.

Ideas for Summer?

Brett Veenstra — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:53:00 +0000

Ok, I know there are some majorly creative people that read this blog… care to help out?

Below is a little experiment we did this morning as a “family” thing… The idea for summer is that the kids (namely the big ones) can shoot, edit, and put on a DVD some fun movies. No greenscreen, no stuntmen, just plain fun. They didn’t know how we could do that…

Maybe you have some ideas for movie topics?

Patience, Kids, God…

Brett Veenstra — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:04:00 +0000

With our little clan of 5 ankle-biters, patience is not just a virtue, it needs to be built up every morning, because it’ll get torn down by evening.

I lose my patience… a lot. I yell, I rant, but I also calm down (eventually) and go find the little brain of mush that I just scarred for life and try to reconcile.

As a father, I hear myself saying things like: “how many times…”, “don’t do that…”, “why did you do that?”, “what were you thinking?” — what really hurts in the reflective moments of the day (ya know between 10:01 – 10:04PM) … God doesn’t berate me like this.

Oh sure, I MAY berate myself like: “what have I done?”, “how stupid”, “I have to have this/that…”, but God doesn’t. I’m posting this to remind myself to: - chill - reconcile with the little ones (and the K-ster too) as necessary

Thank God that He’s WAY better than me at the father thing!

Lord, lead me into your patience…