Crush on bees

Our pond in early spring, just after adding all the plants. I love the attractions it is to birds, especially the yellow ones who come daily to drink and bathe. We built a special low water level area where they can easily get to the water.

70 things about 6 year old Hans Bear Kleinsasser

1. Hans has a good imagination



2. His motivation comes from inside of him verses outside forces, like conscience, creativity, and imagination.



3. Hans has chocolate brown eyes.



4. Hans is a little on the moody side sometimes.



5. Hans is big for his age.


6. Hans still tells fibs.



7. Hans broke 3 track and field records at the Fairholme sports day this year.



8. Hans is never boared.



9. Hans loves to draw.


10. He can loose himself in exploring God's wonderful world.



11. Hans is creative.



12. Hans is a cuddelbug.



13. He loves to fish.



14. Hans is artistic.


15. He is the baby of the family and loves it.



16. Hans is affectionate.
    


17. Hans has beautiful teeth.



18. Hans has his second and third toes grown together just like his mom and grandma.



19. Hans gets growing pains.



20. He looks more like his mom then his dad.



21. Hans and his brother get along very well.



22. Hans is physically strong.
    


23. Hans has quite a few friends.



24. He doesn't like to be corrected, but you can suggest things to him.



25. Hans is handsome.



26. Hans' favorite animal is a lion.



27. Hans can be dramatic.



28. He can spend time on his own.


29. Hans is growing up too fast.



30. Hans is smart.



31. Hans has brown skin.



32. His favorite colors are yellow and blue.



33. Hans snitches stuff from the pantry all the time.


34. Hans is full of mischief.



35. Hans has brown hair.



36. Hans is very athletic.



37. Hans has big strong hands.



38. He gets shy in a hurry.



39. Hans is working on his lisp with a teacher and is doing excellent.


40. Hans has two sir names, Baer and Kleinsasser.



41. Hans was in the newspaper.



42. Hans has a good friend named Luke.



43. Hans' best friend is his brother Judas.



44. Hans is 60 pounds.



45. Hans loves animals.
    


46. Hans constantly has the house littered with papers full of his drawings.



47. Hans loves little insects and all kinds of squishy, slimy creatures.



48. Hans loves dress-up, acting, and playing pretend.



49. Hans is 50 1/2 inches tall.



50. Hans is getting pretty close to being able to swim and loves the water.
    


51. Hans has a great papa who loves to play ball with him.



52. Hans loves to go fishing.



53. Hans enjoys to learn things on his own.
    


54. Hans is learning to read.
    


55. Hans loves junk food.



56. Hans likes being the center of attention.



57. Hans is named after the forefathers of his Hutterite History, like Hans Krahl, and Hans Myer, just to name a few.



58. Hans is named Baer to commemorate his Mennonite Heritage.



59. Hans has 2 grandmas and grandpas alive and well, and a great grandmother and a great grandfather still living to date.



60. Hans hasn't learned to clean up after himself.



61. Hans tends to the negative.



62. Hans' face lights up when he smiles.


63. Hans loves fruits.


64. Hans needs a lot of affirmation.


65. Hans knows that he is being trained for a purpose just as King David was as a boy.


66. Hans has been trapping mice and rats this summer.


67. Hans will stand up for himself.


68. Hans is quick tempered.


69. Hans is learning to through out bad words like "hate."


70. Hans knows what a conscience is and can respond to it fairly well.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

Happy Easter

I make a point to read the story of Jesus on the cross in the picture bible for my boys every Easter, and this year it was mainly for Hans because Judas is getting quite fermilure with it. So just to keep it interesting, I did some flash backs into the old testament to illiterate how much it shadowed the events of the cross. I was quite surprised by how many times I had to flip back

• Abraham took his son up a hill to be sacrificed, supposedly the very same hill God sacrificed Jesus.




• The children of Israel smeared their doorposts with blood so the angel of death would pass them by, today our hearts are marked by the blood of the Lamb and the evil one does not touch us.




• The children of Israel were delivered from bondage to Pharaoh as we are delivered from the power of Satan.




• King David prophesied that they would cast lots for Jesus' robe.




• The golden snake erected on the cross in the wilderness by Moses for all who needed healing was also a picture of Christ bearing our sin so we can be well.

Year 2010 Highlights

I have to say that blogging this makes me so greatfull that it's hard not to weep for joy. We put up a new fence at the Grove and planted the gardens of 2010 and didn't take a picture of them. HA HA

Getting that wight stuff before Christmas and helping out with customs at the concert.

Cuddling with the kiddie.

Lost both of our Rabbits this year.

Hans' Birthday where we played Fox and Goose and nobody destroyed our tracks with a lawn mower this time, so it turned out great. We also had Jared and Mary's boys here for a long weekend and Branden (Lakeside)spent a lot of his summer here with our boys too.

Harvesting Ester's for charity.

Canning with Sharon, now that's one year I could do over again.

We had our little nefew over for a week while his mom was cooking, it was a pleasure, brother Dan's son.

Collecting butterflies and being inspired by them all over again every year.

Doing "Little Arrowes" with a sweet group of young girls at Carry's hulba, and joining Becks and Lowesa at their hulba. Also getting to witness Debra and James' wedding!!

Judas turned 8 and we unsuccessfully played fox and goose.

My brother, his wife, and girls came down from Alberta.

Melissa came in the spring and took some of the most beautiful kiddie pics you can find.

Boys swimming in Daddy's home made pool.

Spending some time at the Mendel sister's house, mega fun!!

Biking to Elm Creek with my friend Dora for an ice cream.

Creating.

Reconnecting with my friend Carmen, was awesome!

Cakes forever!!

Watching someone you love fade away.

Watching a man and his dog bond.

New baby at Melinda's house, being in the Essenschool for her and having mom over.

Rodney had surgery on his shoulder and recovered nicely.

Judas winning 1st in his age group at the poetry fest in Backer.

Having art classes at school with the wonderful K to 2 group.

Creating my first sculpture in the ice, and watching the kids and Daddy making one too

Having Debra over for a week, and loving it.

Having Dora over and having a fire at -30 at Butterfly Grove. Did you know that was possible?

• Having Melissa over for a few weeks, and having a girls party with friends.
  
  
• Being surprised by a wonderful new dog named Lyla.

Parental Highs

Our first parental high came in March last year and I'd love to share it with you as a belated Christmas gift. We found Judas at the computer "writing a song," he said. It turned out to be more of a poem and you have to get on his level to figure out what it says, but it is lovely. He is 8, and I'm all pumped that he cares enough about his subject to write about it.

i love you o god

you rain a bov us like horts

you kame as a baby in aminjr

you are ssso hole and so pawf

we are youer on hole shep

just wosh os and we shal ba as witht as sno

you mad my and avre thing and

avre thing that wos and is no more

il tri my bast to o ba you you mad the stors

and the planots and the havons and the rth

we love you

He asked me a few months ago if he will still go to heaven if he has broken one of the ten commandments, and of course I took the opportunity to explain about grace and how we become acceptable to God though Jesus. I can't say that I got it all right, or explained it perfectly, but that was one of my greatest highlights of being a parent so far.

Just found out I can load up a clip, but can't add a pic. FUNNY!