Okay, I should probably jump right in to explaining the title for this post. At church on Sunday Carly was sitting in my lap. Then, during the Sacrament, she started singing Little Bunny Foo Foo, with the hand motions and everything. She was pretty quiet, but I decided that it would be a good teaching moment, so I leaned down and whispered in her ear that during the Sacrament we're supposed to think about Jesus Christ. She got still and thought about that for a second, then she turned around and whispered back: "Daddy, Little Bunny Foo Foo helps me think about Jesus."
William was remarkably well behaved this past weekend! Just to give you an idea, usually William needs multiple reminders before he will grudgingly do something. Well, while at his Nana's last week, he got hooked on MineCraft, and he really wanted to buy a copy of it for my computer. As it turns out, a desktop copy of MineCraft costs about $27, and he only had around $10 saved up from his allowance, while Michael had around $15 saved up. Well, now William has $24 saved up and Michael is lagging behind with just $21. Why? Because William tried very hard to remember to clean his spot on the table without being asked, being good for bedtime, and being good in the mornings and just in general. If you know William, you know that this means that he must really, REALLY, like MineCraft!
Returning to the topic of Church. William outgrew the church shirt, that we got him about 8 months ago, about one month ago. Michael, on the other hand, is just getting to where the hand-me-down church shirt he got from William is getting to be a little snug, after something like two years. So, in celebration of this fact we are getting them both new shirts and ties! :D When I had them pick out their own ties they were totally stoked! Of course, Michael tried to get a Christmas tie, but he settled for a less exciting tie after we talked about it a bit.
As for me, I'm doing pretty well. My dissertation work is progressing slowly but steadily. I'm a little disappointed about how little participation I'm getting this summer. I emailed over 110 universities asking for their participation, and so far only about six have responded, and they all responded saying that they couldn't help. :P Well, at least I am able to run it here at UT and again at UNM. Hopefully I'll get enough data that I won't have to rerun the darn thing a third time in the Fall. I've also gotten down to 211 lbs! :D That's the lowest I've been in probably a decade! I've been eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, but I've also been eating a LOT of (homemade) bread, as well as a goodly amount of chili and rice.
Speaking of which, the kids were not to keen on my idea of black olive pizza and general tso's asparagus and mushrooms on rice, but they ate it pretty well anyway. We also did baked beans, and William, as is his custom, started pretending to gag as soon as he saw that we were eating something new. Michael and Carly, on the other hand, both scarfed down their baked beans and then had seconds! When William saw that he grudgingly tried them, then he cleaned his entire plate, though he did remember to whine about it every once in a while. :)
Last thing, for those fantasy readers out there. Have any of you heard of Terry Pratchet's Discworld books? If so, shame on you for not telling me about them! They are awesome! Mort and The Night Watch are two of my new favorite books, and The Color of Magic is pretty darn good too. Even though I did have some difficulty understanding a little of the Spanish (it didn't help that good ol' Terry was frequently making up words). (Not to worry, they were originally written in English, I just bought them in Spanish for kicks.) But seriously, these books are very good reads! They are also hilarious! I can't remember how long its been since I've laughed out loud while reading a book, or even watching a movie, but I was bursting out in laughter at least several times while reading each of these books! I highly recommend them! I'm looking forward to saving up some of my own allowance so that I can buy some more! Even if that means that I have to clean off my spot on the table and be good for bedtime. ;)
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