Thoughts on the day....

Today, we're exploring our thoughts about September 11th. David is 10 and was 5 months old that day. Connor and Brennen... well, they're firmly in the post-9/11 generation.

Me: David, what do you know about 9/11?
David: Ummmm. Many people died, many firefighters. When they were cleaning out the Twin Towers--the square that the towers left, they found a tree--they called it the survivor tree.
Me: How do you feel about what happened on 9/11?
David: Huh. I don't know. Sad and scared. Scared that it could happen again, that more people could die.
Me: What do you think we should do to stop it from happening again?
David: I don't know. Maybe putting a concrete wall around it with a tunnel right to the other door. Then when the planes run into it, the cement will fall off just a little bit. Or they could put like a bomb protection around everything.

Me: Connor, what do you know about 9/11?
Connor (meanly, still upset about Brennen stealing and hiding one of his toys): It was a plane crash. A terrorist attack.
Me: How do you feel about it?
Connor: BAD.
Me: Are you scared?
Connor: No.
Me: Why not?
Connor: I don't know.
Me: Any ideas to stop it from happening again?
Connor: That thing they built around it.
[We've been watching  "Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero" on the Discovery Channel--you should check it out]

Me: Brennen, what do you know about 9/11?
Brennen (upset at being falsely accused of stealing Connor's toy): I don't want to talk about it.
Me: Why not?
Brennen: Because.
Me: Are you scared?
Brennen: No.
Me: Why don't you want to talk about it?
Brennen: Because.
Me (after waiting for Brennen to get into a better mood): Anything else you want to say?
Brennen: No... wait! The bad guys took over the planes.
Me: Why aren't you scared?
Brennen: Because! I'm going in the war, and I'll just [mimes shooting them all with machine guns].
[At  Brennen's kindergarten graduation, he said he wanted to be an "Army Guy" *sigh*]

There you have it, folks. Life goes on. Children will always have more important things to talk about than a decade-old tragedy. Thank goodness.

For my memories of ten years ago, feel free to visit my other blog.

Connor's Thoughts on Baptism

Hi I'm Connor and I was baptized yesterday my dad baptized  me and I liked it it was fun. I did it because it was important. And I'd like to bare my testimony and I got baptized because I wanted to. 
                                                                       

What has happened and Whats Going on Soon

                                                           What has Happened
      Hi,this is David in the last 2 weeks our family has gone to Wyoming for a family Reunion we left on June 23. Then my brothers, Dad, and I went to the Caribou National forest to get wood with grandma and Grandpa Weeks on June 29th.
         
                                                           What is Going on Soon
       Tomorrow(4th of July) we have the LDS missionary's for dinner and we are going to play with fireworks.While the missionaries watch.Connor is also turning 8 on July 22.  



          Bye, please comment
            David
                                                                                

Brennen on Jerry

[It's Father's Day, and Mom has decreed that any blog written today shall be about Daddy.]

Robin: What do you want to say about Daddy?

This picture is a few years old, obviously.

Brennen: I don't know.
R: What do you like doing with Daddy?
B: Um, playing.
David: Playing what?
B: I don't know the name.
R: What does it look like?
B: Um... [taps his fingers on Robin's face]
R: Tickling?
B: [Nods]
D: What do you like to do the most with Daddy?
B: I want to type!
R: You can't even spell.
B: You can tell me what letters to push!
R: This is lots faster.
D: What do you like doing most with Dad?
B: I know! Hauling wood!
R: What do you do when you haul wood?
D: Hike til Dad says load the trailer.
B: Hike.
R: Do you help Daddy load the trailer?
B: I give [the wood] up [to Dave in the trailer]
R: What else do you love about Daddy?
B: Um, I love hauling wood with him. I mean, hunting with him.
R: What do you like most about hunting?
B: [After prompted by David] Um, seeing dead stuff.
R: Okay, is that it?
B: Um, fishing with Dad.
R: What do you like about fishing?
D: You keep stealing my questions!
B: We catch fish.
R: Why do you like catching fish?
B: Because I see blooood!
D: Do you like bike riding with Daddy?
B: Bike riding with Dad!
R: Do you like bike riding with Mommy, too?
B: [overlooking the fact that mommy has only accompanied the family on ONE bike ride] Yup!
D: Do you like ice fishing with Daddy? I mean skiing with Daddy?
B: Yeah! Going skiing with with Daddy!
R: Okay. Are we done?
B: Um, yeah. Wait!
...
R: What, Brennen?
B: Um.... Going to the park with Daddy.
R: Okay, is that it?
B: Yeah.

Connor's "Introducement to the Family for the Bloggers"

Hi I'm Connor my dad is cutting wood right now and my mom is taking my big brother to scouts right now and like usual my little brother is with my dad. My big brother's name is David,and my little brother's name is Brennen, and my dad's name is Jerry, and that you all know my mom's name is Robin.

[Mom note: The above took approximately 2 hours to write. Along the way, we learned how to put a space after periods and commas, where the comma is located on the keyboard, and why you shouldn't hold down the Enter key. Also, that there is an apostrophe involved in possessive "s." Mom has declined to alter Connor's title in any way.]

 

David's Dilemma (Warning: gory pics!)

  

Hi everybody this is David J. W.This is what happened, we had church friends over and my dad was helping them get their pinewood derby cars done then after my dad got the cars cut out , and was going they where going to leave to let us eat and I went to get one of the boys (that was a friend)and was in the kitchen and him and me where running and turned the corner and he had a shoe and I had a sock on and bent my toe back and split it open .Then my dad said we have to go ER (emergency room) and I said No!there is got to be anther way! 

This is my foot pics(Left).

Before

After