My Playoff Predictions

The Stanley Cup playoffs begin tonight, so I thought that I would make some predictions since all the "experts" are doing the same on many online sites such as Yahoo Sports and ESPN.com. So here we go:
In the East:
Bruins VS Canadians --Boston in 6
Capitals VS Rangers --Caps in 6
Devils VS Hurricanes --Canes in 5
Penguins VS Flyers --Flyers in 6

In the West:
Sharks VS Ducks --Sharks in 5
Red Wings VS Blue Jackets --Jackets in 6
Canucks VS Blues --Blues in 6
Black Hawks VS Flames -- Flames in 7

The Capitals will emerge out of the East and the Sharks will emerge out of the West. The Sharks will win their first Stanley Cup and I won't be there to see it because I'll be in training after game 2 the the Stanley Cup Finals....some luck.

What are your prognostications?

Janina's Interview

1. Where were you born? Hospital
2. What is your favorite color? Pink!
3. What is you favorite TV show? The Little Mermaid
4. Do you have a special pet or possession? A turtle. There was four turtles, but now there's three.
5. Who is your favorite singer? Mrs. Barthelme (her kindergarten teacher)
6. Who is your best friend? Evyn
7. What games do you like to play? Candyland
8. Do you belong to any clubs? Computer lab
9. If you were an animal, which one would you like to be? A pig.
Why? Cause it's my favorite color.
10. What is something unusual that happened to you in the last year? Gone swimming in Korea last summer. (It was actually two summers ago.)
11. What are your favorite school subjects? Writing and drawing
12. How many different houses have you lived in? (Rephrased, due to confusion:) Where have you lived? Arizona, Oklahoma, Korea
13. When you grow up, what would you like to do or be? A vet.
Why? To help aminals (I did misspell that on purpose.)
14. Name a person you admire. Jancey
Why? Cause she comes to school beautiful.
15. How old are you? Six.

Did you note the face Nina was pulling in the picture? This is the 'sad' face. The mad face looks very similar (only, surprisingly, angrier). But she's not the only one in our house doing it. She's so influential that several of us have picked up on it. But it's still definitely Nina's "face." One morning DJ was pulling this face, angry version. Suddenly he stopped and said, "I'm making Nina's angry face!"

DJ's Interview

1. Where were you born? In the car, actually I was sleeping in the car when I was born there.
Were you really born in the car? Mmhmm, because I love our new green car.
2. What is your favorite color? Blue
3. What is you favorite TV show? Clown
4. Do you have a special pet or favorite toy? I have a Spiderman game
5. Who is your favorite singer? When Naomi grows up can she sing? (I repeated the question.) I don't know, maybe Michael.
6. Who is your best friend? Naomi
7. What games do you like to play? Star Wars Wii
8. Do you belong to any clubs? There's a club in the hosbibble (hospital)
9. If you were an animal, which one would you like to be? Giraffe, maybe I would be a father giraffe.
Why? Because I love giraffes and giraffes are nice.
10. What is something unusual that happened to you in the last year? Umm, I just peed in my bed.
11. What are your things to do? Umm, grow up
12. How many different houses have you lived in? Umm, I don't know, maybe it's Jacob's.
13. When you grow up, what would you like to do or be? Maybe I would want to have a name which was David. That's just like my name.
14. Name a person you admire. Umm, Parrison (Harrison)
Why? Because there's only one guy who's Parrison with yellow hair. Well, when I would grow up, I would think like I was Parrison.
15. How old are you? Three.
What can three-year-olds do? They can just pick up things that are heavy.

DJ's version of 'Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me'

"Shoo fly, don't bother me.
Shoo fly, don't bother me.
Shoo fly, don't bother me.
I'm inside somebody else."

Though this interview was done a few days ago, I just had to add an anecdote from today:

Roy came to visit on his way to Utah, so DJ was, of course, a cowboy. I asked him what he was going to be when he grew up. Before he could answer, Roy suggested he might grow up to be a turtle. After some thought, he concluded he would not be a turtle. He told us, "When I grow up I will be a cow." After all, he won't be a boy anymore...

Jonathan's Interview

1. Where were you born? Arizona
2. What is your favorite color? Green
3. What is you favorite TV show? Teddy Ruxpin
4. Do you have a special pet or possession? That Batmobile
5. Who is your favorite singer? Ms. Pettit
6. Who is your best friend? Ryan
7. What games do you like to play? Lego Batman
8. Do you belong to any clubs? Morning clubs
9. If you were an animal, which one would you like to be? A turtle
Why? Because they can swim.
10. What is something unusual that happened to you in the last year? I went to drama club.
11. What are your favorite school subjects? I like science.
12. How many different houses have you lived in? Five.
Which? Two in Arizona, one in Korea, one in Oklahoma, one in Utah, one in California (Grandma and Grandpa's), two in Logan (Beth's and Lil's) -- that's all.
13. When you grow up, what would you like to do or be? An artist.
Why? I can draw pictures on books.
14. Name a person you admire. Jacob
Why? Because he has glasses.
15. How old are you? Seven. (He paused for thought, then with a smile added, "When I turn eight, I would have to change that!")

Fun Fact about Jonathan: Jon is fascinated with water towers. They are everywhere in Oklahoma -- normally labeled with the name of the city they are in. Shortly after moving here, while watching HGTV, Jonathan and I saw a water tower that had been converted into a home. Since then, one of Jon's dreams is to grow up and live in a water tower.

Michael's Interview

1. Where were you born? At the hospital, I think -- oh, in the car.
2. What is your favorite color? Blue
3. What is you favorite TV show? Star Wars
4. Do you have a special pet or possession? Well, pets are coming to my classroom.
5. Who is your favorite singer? Me
6. Who is your best friend? Maggie and Sandie and Aitana
7. What games do you like to play? Star Wars, Lego Star Wars and Spiderman
8. Do you belong to any clubs? School clubs
9. If you were an animal, which one would you like to be? I think a horse.
Why? Because I like them.
10. What is something unusual that happened to you in the last year? Something happened that was embarrassing.
What? Umm, I saw a cow oinking -- I mean, not oinking, mooing. And it was embarrassing, because I saw it.
11. What are your favorite things to do at school? Play in the sand, and play with Connor in the block center, and play with legos, with Connor, and play with Zane in the fishing center -- you know that place where there's a puzzle and we have to get the stuff out at the same time (this was accompanied by a lot of gesturing).
12. How many different houses have you lived in? Umm, I think 55.
Where were those 55 houses? I said that I think that's it's 55, I just don't know. But I do know that I've been to Korea and the place by Grandma and Grandpa Poulson's, but I forgot what other houses I've been to. Oh, yeah, I do know one -- Arizona. Arizona's my favorite one that I've been to.
13. When you grow up, what would you like to do or be? I think I would want to be someone who eats brownies a lot -- a boy who does that.
Why? Because I like brownies a lot.
14. Name a person you admire. Well, it's someone in my school -- Zane
Why? Because Zane is a funny talker. Well, it's actually not because of that. It's because we do jokes together.
15. How old are you? Five.

Michael wanted to add the following information:
I like my turtles and I like my turtle, but we don't know their names, because one of them got lost. And we don't know their names now, because now there's only three. But I know that mine is still here, because there's one with sharp claws and mine has sharp claws. And they like their log and they climb on it sometimes. One of the turtles tries to get more water in. Well, I think that one down there is trying to get up, but it's falling a little bit down. Hey, hey! Did you know that the one without a leg is the one that's lost? I think it's because someone wanted a turtle and DJ listened and he picked that turtle up and threw it over the fence. I think that's what happened.

and the Curtis Family is moving to....................

Fairbanks, Alaska.

Janina's lunch

For lunch today, Nina requested, "An egg with toast, without the toast."