The Daily Francis: our friend Neil

Friday, May 9, 2008

our friend Neil

Our awesome van has satelite radio and yesterday I found "Neil Diamond Radio" on Channel 3! I was thrilled and haven't changed the channel since. We listened to it with the kids on the way to the gym this morning:

Zanna: "Hey, this sounds like Daddy's voice"

Me: (laughing) "Oh yeah, it is Neil Diamond singing."

Zanna: "When are we going to have our Neil Diamond Party?

Me: "At Christmas time."

Zanna: "When's Christmas?"

Me: "Close to your birthday."

Zanna: "Yes! Then I can have a Neil Diamond birthday party!"

Me: "Sure Zan, you will make Daddy so proud."

So, we have a 4 year-old fan of Neil and couldn't be any happier about it :)

P.S.- Hey, Kim and Steve- Thanks for the article about Neil Diamond-Dave read it many times over!

4 comments:

Wendy P said...: I thought about you guys when it was Neil Diamond night on american idol. I am so glad that the ND christmas tradtions has meant so much to Zanna, what 5 year old wouldn't want a ND birthday Party. You guys are so funny.; May 10, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Tawna said...: Will you send me your email address? twhite113@gmail.com

Thanks!! This is for the 10 year reunion coming up next month.; May 12, 2008 at 7:49 AM
Ashley said...: Hi Francis-es! I found you guys through the Coltrins, and how appropriate that the first thing I see is a big Neil in a reindeer sweater. Brilliant! Your kids are so adorable--hope you are doing great! --Ashley (Warner) Carter; May 15, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Cheryl said...: It would only make sense for Neil to always be playing in the Francis van!!! Your day in Central Park looks awesome. We sure miss you guys and are glad you came to visit....we have 2 of your stuffed animals.; May 15, 2008 at 4:24 PM

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ZANNA at her best, 7 years old

while telling her how I'm going to make James' bday cake she says, "can you make me a sketch of this cake?"...with a totally straight face.
"I have a test I am totally not prepared for" (she's in 1st grade :)
"Mom, you were alive at the time of Joseph Smith, right?"....um, no
"I turned the TV off last night after dad fell asleep because I wanted to help save the polar bears."
Zanna's explanation of how to play a game on my phone..."now, mom, this is a pretty basic game you just touch here and here"..."I wish it had some more features..."
we told Zanna we were going to Yosemite and a few hours later while driving in the car she asked, "How far away is Gethsemane?"
while playing a game at home, "Dad is very wide...I didn't want to say fat"
at Thanksgiving dinner, "James, this is a real life dead turkey"
I had to get seven dollars for a field trip for Zanna and didn't have the right bills so when I told her I had to go to the bank, she said, "just get a 7 mom"
"next year for Halloween I want to get my hair dialed purple"
"mom, I accidently ate all my whipped cream in one bite, can I have some more?"
sings..."How on Earth do I find Heaven?" sung to the tune of "Where on Earth do I find Heaven?" on 'My Turn On Earth"
"Look at all those cigarettes on the ground, some people just don't know Earth Day."
"come here my little daughter" talking to Mia. (She sometimes forgets that I'm still the mom, not her :)
"I can't wait until I'm sixteen so that I can drive."
When we saw the big Ferris Wheel in Niagara Falls she said, "wow, look at that big steering wheel!"
"James, don't you want a girl baby because I make you happy when you are sad and help take care of you."
while playing tic-tac-toe with James "now James, I'm not going to let you win because I want you to be SMART."
I wish Cinderella was my mom... or at least my step-mom."
"mom, if people have different colored skin, do they still have white bones?"
when trying to read the word "isn't" she said, 'that word is all messed up, I don't know what is says!"
as I was reading my new book Dave said, "mom likes to pretend she doesn't exist while she is reading." Zanna replied, "Dinosaurs don't exist and they stink also."
"I know the vowels A-E-I-O-U and sometimes C." ...close.
"they have this stuff at school called hanitizer, and it makes your hands clean if you pick your nose."
"I'm like a real person now 'cause I can do stuff."
On Zanna's birthday someone asked why she didn't want to stay 4 years old and she said, " 'cause I'm all about life!"
when my friend as rubbing & patting Zanna's back, she turned around and said, "Lourdes, stop burping me."
"okay, boys I'm in charge because I'm 4 and I have tall shoes on."
after asking Zanna to clean up her room she wailed, "you can't expect kids to clean up like this, I'm only 4 years old!"
James said he wanted to go to our friend Jonah's house and Zanna said, "James, I can't go with you because I will be at WORK--I mean Pre-K, but it's like work because we do a lot of stuff there! I'l let Jonah know though that you want to come over."
sung to tune of little mermaid - "I've got gadgets and bullets of plenty . . . I've got things in a box galore . . . no big deal, no one cares, I got more. . ."
"doug, if you just pick up 10 items a day, you'll have this place cleaned up in no time!"
"how do you spell 'shooting animals'?"
"mom, I just went outside and it was like a dream... the birds were tweeting and the grass was so green!"
"good thing I got this bloody knee, 'cause I REALLY wanted a Dora band-aid."
"I want my Bobbi Brown lip gloss!!"
"I realize everything, just call me 'realize everything Zanna' "
last night in the bath, "I can't reach my back, so I am washing James'"
we drove past a deer crossing sign and she said, "James, deer! Now look for animals with signs on them."
after rolling down the window in the mountains, "it smells good out here... like Grandma's face."
"i have 24 nickels, quarters, pennies and diamonds!"
"this morning James made me sad and I said a prayer in my room" (how sweet is that!"
"Mom, I love you all the way to Mexico and I love Dad all the way to Texas!"
"...my hips don't lie..."
"Did Heavenly Father throw us to Earth?"
"Mom, James bit my tongue!"
"Bye Mom, I have to go to a meeting at the church." Why Zanna? "I have to go help the Bishop."
"Come on James, let's be naked!"
"Mom, you don't go to work, you just stay home and take care of us? that's so mellow!"
at the dinner table she said, "Mom, it's hard to have two kids."
''...and then Heavenly Father sent a ghost down to the boy..."
"Oh, mom, I love your beautiful smile!"
"No, Mom, but good question."
"I like this swing, it's more challenging."

Jameson's Bests- 6 years old

"Zanna, stop treating Mia like a 'zero-year-old' she's 1 now!"
after visiting the Kennecott Coppermine and not having a great time, when we drove past it later he said, "there's the Boring Compromise" (copper mine).
After renting "Super Hero Squad" at Redbox he said, "mom, they don't squat the whole time, they're just short."
Observing Zanna at soccer practice, "Wow, Zanna is really constipating well!" (concentrating :)
tells our neighbor, "my dad teaches me to say potty talk"
"when I was running, I tooted and it made me run faster like an explosion."
After a fun night of pizza, ice cream and a movie with friends James said, "Mom, you're the best...good thing Dad chose you!"
"the interesting thing is that my sheets smell like pee, but I didn't pee on them." hmmmmm...
after getting in trouble tonight..."I guess Moms really can be meaner than Dads sometimes."
"Mom, redonkulous means you're really starving."
After I said to James, "You handsome devil, you" he said, "Why did you just call me a handsome W?"
"One-Mr.Sippy, Two-Mr.Sippy, Three-Mr.Sippy..." :)
"girls shouldn't know the word 'dragon'" (what??)
"we could put pictures on the computer of all Mia's poopy diapers and call it 'Bomb dot com' that would be so funny!"
"mom, these blackberries don't really taste black"
playing with is new farm animal toys, "this mama pig has eight gutters for her babies"
the day after yummy Thanksgiving dinner I made grilled cheese, applesauce and raw baby carrots and that's when James said, "Mom, I LOVE this dinner!"
"at school we are learning about 'Nate-of-Americans' "
"Mom, can we go to Costco and get examples?" (gotta love costco samples :)
"mom, I just looked in the mirror and I have hair in my nose like dad. I guess that means I'm getting bigger."
"i just thought of the biggest number... 135!!" (wow, that is huge)
"I just want a dog that doesn't poop."
"mom, I need to tell you something and I'm going to be positive. I'm full."
"How come Grandma never drives but she buys everything?" (because she spoils us!!)
His new nickname for Grandma is "Graham Cracker"
"Someone who's asleep in this car is tooting in their sleep" (mia was the only one asleep)
When I told James we might go out to lunch he asked if we could go to "Train" to get chips. (He meant to say Subway :)
When I asked James if he wanted to help me change the batteries in the camera he said, "Not if they're poopy like Mia's diapers."
"Mom, that's smart...Kmart smart."
After stopping James from crossing the street he said, "I know why parents sometimes don't want to have kids...they don't want them to get run over by cars."
when I asked James what he wanted for dinner he said, "Just pineapple and lettuce."
"Mom, we're a righteous people, right?"
"i tell people at school that my dad has a hairy belly."
after I told James how smart he was for asking a good question he said, " yeah, see how smart I are."
"mom, I love my hands. If I didn't have hands I would have to pick things up with my wrists!"
during my last ultrasound James was watching the baby move around on the screen and said, "I think it's a boy because I don't see any long hair."
I asked James why he doesn't go potty at school, he said "I want to be cool and not got potty. Rock stars don't go potty, that would be so funny."
"maybe you should stop following other people's orders, and start following your heart."
"mom, do you know what's cool about bugs?" "no, what?" "they don't have to go to the doctor, the dentist, or do any jobs"
while at his dr. appt. for school he says, "I feel like I'm pregnant."
"mom, I'm perplexed- that's a fancy word for mixed-up."
"what's celery made out of....broccoli?
last night at 10:30pm James came out of his room and asked, "mom, could you look around and see if there is anything else to do besides sleeping?"
James runs into the kitchen dressed in spiderman costume, "Mom, if you ever need help fighting - just let me know."
"daddy has a great brain"
while eating an orange, "mom, there is apple juice in my orange!"
"let's pretend we are all young men fighting for our country."
"the sun makes my eyes stick together" (he said as he was squinting)
"mom, you look like an old lady that I don't know"
this is what james wanted for a snack tonight,"um, that BIG broccoli...the white one!" me, "cauliflower?" "Yeah, yeah, I want CAULIFLOWER!"
after a lesson in Nursery about listening we asked James who he should listen to. he said. "mommy, dad, Jesus, Heavenly Father and Zanna."
standing against the wall, "mom, see how big I weigh?"
"mom, I DON"T want to eat, my muscles are already strong!"
"Mom, is underwear made out of pants?"
"Mom, I am a dog, just call me Isabelle and say 'wow, Isabelle you run really fast!'"
James was asking me if I wanted some water and I didn't answer him right away--so, he looked at his friend and said, "she never listens to me."
"if you take away my powers, I'm not going to be in your ward!"
I told James that Mindy and Bryce were going to speak in church and he said, "are they going to speak in English?"
after being caught speechless he said, "Grandpa, I'm frustrated!"
"why do mommies have these?" (pointing you know where)
"mom, you are not respecting me. I don't like how you are talking to me."
After a straight b-line into the front door, "I just thought it was open" in between sobs
"Mom, you're a slow poke, and I'm a fast poke."
at nap time- "Are we going to sleep AGAIN?"
"mom, why does poopy start with an M?"
"you're not my sister, I'm not going to play with you ever not!"
Mom, my milk isn't even soggy- it's just perfect!
G. Mumford asked James if he liked salmon and he said, "No, I just like normal food."
"Sometimes I like Mommies."
"Mom, you're best my friend...in the whole world."
"Mom, I lost my wallet" (what wallet?)
to Zanna, "It's okay, sweetie."
"dad, where is me? . . . Here me are!"
Three strikes - he's out!
- tumbled off "trike" - bashed his head on the sidewalk
- moments later, bam! - tire swing to the head
- little later, trips and goes head first into kitchen wall

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Friday, May 9, 2008

our friend Neil

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