Which Loved Best?

Which Loved Best?

"I love you, Mother," said little John.

Then forgetting his work, his cap went on.

And he was off to the garden swing,

Leaving his Mother the wood to bring.

"I love you, Mother," said little Nell.

"I love you more than tongue can tell."

Then she teased and pouted half the day,

Till Mother rejoiced when she went to play.

"I love you, Mother," said little Fan.

"Today I'll help you all I can."

To the cradle then she did softly creep,

And rocked the baby till it fell asleep.

Then stepping softly, she took the broom,

And swept the floor, and dusted the room.

Busy and happy all day was she

Helpful and cheerful as a child could be.

"I love you, Mother," again they said.

Three little children, going to bed.

How do you think that Mother guessed,

Which of them really loved her best?

By Joy Allison

I remember hearing this poem when I was a little girl and loved it!  We used to get together with a couple of families and have a family night together.  (It was the Richards and Keeleys).  I remember Brother Keeley who was the seminary teacher reading this to us.  Do any of my siblings remember this? Anyways I was trying to hunt down a copy to share with my kiddos......and finally found it.  I really wanted to put it on my blog so that when the hard copy gets lost I will always have it somewhere!  My kids loved it and let me just tell you, it is a great one to share when there is a lot of house work to be done ;) ;).  

Really Random

So here are some random things that the Kelly's have been doing to keep busy.....

Peyton played soccer

Peyton's school took this picture on 9-11....I thought it was pretty neat!

 Everyday Max lets Stella in about 15-20 times and I tell him that she can't come in because she is too dirty and stinky......so I came into the kitchen to find him with wet wipes.  He said "Tella tinky mom, I wipe".  I thought it was so funny that he thought her belly was where she is stinky:)  I love two year olds, exhausting YES but so cute! 

Another thing Max does on a daily basis is he will go into our closet and pull down a few soft shirts, or he will look around our house to find anything that he can cuddle up with....bed skirts, pillow shams, anything he can pull out of anywhere.  Then he will find me and usually lay down where ever I am, and grab on to my pants with one hand and put his fingers in his mouth with the other hand and just lay and chill for a while.  In this picture he got three of Dads shirts out of the closet and laid on the floor next to me while I was writing an email......I looked down when I finished and here he was sound asleep at about 10 in the morning! 

Max is getting a lot of commentary, but he just cracks us up!  Every Friday night we have Family Movie Night.  This movie was called Little Bigfoot, when we got to the place in the movie where we finally saw the Little Bigfoot, Max was acting really scared and then disappeared around the corner.  A few minutes later he comes back out with this gun and just stands in front of the tv and shoots him until he feels better about the situation:)  It was hilarious!! 

 Every Wednesday Addi goes to her dance class with a bunch of her preschool friends, it is her favorite time of the week.  (Although piano lessons comes in a very close 2nd)

 Addi got this doll from Grandma and Grandpa Kelly for her Birthday last year and has grown very fond of her.  She even shares her pillow with her at night and when Addi comes in to sleep with us in the middle of the night (which is almost every night these days) she says her dolly is just crowding her out of her bed!!  Go figure, I try to explain that she can have her doll sleep on her little throw pillow, no apparently she has to sleep on her Mommy's pillow!  I also have to promise to take care of her and feed her snacks while she is at preschool everyday.  She is going to be such a good mommy!

 I guess this is what happens when your best friend is your older sister....you will do anything she tells you to do!  The thing that kills me is that if Peyton would have ever dressed up like this we would of had a heart attack!  It's so hard being the oldest.....when you are the youngest all that mom does is grab the camera!