A Sampling of Lincoln's Questions

Zach and I were chuckling last night over some of Lincoln's recent questions and I thought I ought to record some of them for posterity's sake.
Since 90% of conversation with Lincoln consists of him asking questions, I've got a good arsenal of them to post, now if I can just remember some of the best...

Why is honey sticky?
Where do beavers live?
Do beavers have doors and windows on their houses?
Do beavers eat flesh? ( this was a follow-up after learning that Tigers eat flesh- a question his Daddy answered)
Do snakes eat flesh?
How do snakes walk?
Do alligators eat flesh?
What is flesh?
Why do turkeys have legs if they can fly?
Why do chickens need their wings clipped?
How did the baby get in your tummy?
How will the baby get out of your tummy?
Why do we have to plug in the vacuum?
Why can't I drive?
When can I drive?
Does this plant have thorns?
How did the thorns get on the plant?
Why do motorcycles have motors?
Where are the clouds? (Many of his questions are those of which he already knows the answer.)

And so on, and so on...
I'm tellin' ya-it's all day long!
I can't say I mind too much for the most part- I like the idea of having an inquisitive child and I know that it's an extremely common phase.
But, there are times when I think, okay kid, let your mom have some time for her own thoughts.
He's so into this questioning phase that he'll even preempt himself. For example, yesterday he asked me if he could have a cookie and before I could even answer him, he said (a little incensed) "why?"
He's too funny. We sure love this kid and consider it a great blessing every day that he's our oldest.

General Update

Thought I would just post a couple small updates about our family since it's been a while since I updated much.


Gwen has become a bit of a jabberbox. She talks all the time and often will try to use complete sentences. It's fun to hear her careful pronunciation of words. When she's not speaking for herself, she'll parrot whatever Lincoln says. She loves babies- no surprise there, and is still a bit independent- but has become a little more of a mommy's girl lately. She's decided she doesn't need naps every day- just a couple times a week. She'll stay awake in her crib and play for an hour or two, if I try to put her down and she doesn't want to take a nap. She gives the best "squeeze" hugs when asked-it's pretty much one of the best feelings in the whole wide world. She loves to bounce and jump and when healthy is a very happy, sweet girl.



Lincoln is now the "why?" kid. He asks me questions all day long- especially when we're in the car. He's suddenly interested in cartoons- something he never even spent a minute on before. He can't ride his bike without training wheels yet, but he asked us to take them off a few weeks ago and is determined not to have them go back on because he wants to be able to ride his bike like a motorcycle. Now he just uses his feet to push and balance, kind of like those Skut bikes. He's becoming a pretty good boy- I think he'll be a great big brother and he's extremely excited to have a baby brother. He talks all the time about what he's going to do when his brother comes and what his brother will and will not be able to do (i.e.crawl, ride a bike, play with baby toys...)


Zach and I are busy with the usual- work, raising kids, church callings, life... Life's good.

Halloween 2010

Halloween was spent a little differently for us. The Shamo crew got together up in Pine Valley to put on a home-spun Halloween for the kids. Our candies were homemade and trick-or-treating took place only at one house. But, the kids participated in a "spook walk" -can't think of what else to call it.

The night was based on two children's Halloween books: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything and The Bones of Fred McFee.



The festivities started on Friday with first a visit to the reservoir because for how long I've been going up to Pine Valley, it's pretty pathetic that neither Zach, nor I, had ever been to visit it. It was beautiful up there and we were able to take my grandma with us. Friday night we participated in pumpkin carving and Halloween semi-scary stories.


The next day the kids played outside while the adults decorated and prepared for the evening. My sister, Jamie, thought of everything. She really should be an event planner. If you're familiar with the two books, an integral figure in the Little Old Lady book is the pumpkin-head scarecrow, which Jamie made and "planted" in the garden. Fred McFee's bones were hung high in a tree in a spooky corner of my grandma's yard for the other book. There were other scary sights to see as well. Including a couple of mask-clad uncles that moved in the foggy bushes, and some haunting figures in the bunk house. The night ended with a visit from a "Yettie"? Lincoln was terrified and called it a witch- even though that's what he was for Halloween.



The younger kids just went for a walk through the decorated yard before it got dark, but the older kids were invited on a treasure hunt through the haunted bunk house. They did survive and receive the treasure after-all.

After all that, we returned back to the cabin, drank cider, enjoyed some of the candies and watched Disney's Mr. Boogedy--a classic for our family. We didn't let Lincoln and Gwen watch much of that, I enjoy sleeping a little too much. And, even though it's not that scary of a movie-I didn't want to push it with Lincoln.