Pictionary, anyone?

Makai was in charge of Family Home Evening last night. He did a great job: Dad gave the opening prayer, Ame led us in singing "Popcorn Popping," and then Makai had me read a story from The Friend about kindness. Then it was time for the activity, followed by family prayer and peanut butter cup cookies, which he helped me bake.

So back to the activity—Pictionary with an animal theme. Below are the 3 drawings Makai did when he was on my team. I was finally able to guess the first two, but was never able to guess the last one, much to his disappointment. I guessed everything I could think of, from a frog to a rooster to a lion. Makai still won't forgive me for it, and "can't believe" I didn't get that one!

So, I want to see if any of you blog readers can do any better. Here's what I'll do: I will send a lil' Halloween treat in the mail to anyone who can guess all three pictures correctly. Please give your answers in the comment section and number them #1, #2, #3. Good luck guessing!

For the record, let it be known that...

See, Makai, I really do love you.

...Thursday night Makai was complaining of stomach pain, as he had for the previous week. It's simply a matter of being backed up, if you know what I'm talking about—a result of his refusing to eat fruit or vegetable in any form.

Anyway, his moans and groans and foghorn-like cries continued until well past midnight; he was keeping the whole household awake, including my visiting parents. After numerous attempts to comfort/silence him, I moved him upstairs so my parents could sleep. But then I feared he would wake the baby.

Frustrated, I informed—okay, I threatened—him that if he could not keep it down, he would have to go sleep outside in the car where we couldn't hear him. (You know, kind of like my dad threatening to make us sleep outside in the woodpile with the skunks.) Satisfied that Makai would finally relax and go to sleep, I went back to bed, only to wake up to an early morning phone call from Aki (who had gone to work in Salt Lake at 4:00 AM).

Him: "Um, just so you know, I've got Makai."

Me: "What??!! What do you mean?"

Him: "Well, I drove to work this morning, and just before arriving there, I heard a little moan. It freaked me out...I turned around, and there was Makai sleeping on the back seat. He had a pillow and blanket and everything. He told me that you had gotten mad at him and said he had to sleep outside. Did you really do that?"

Me: "Kind of."

So, the Funakis had their own version of "Bring your Son to Work Day;" Makai missed school and drove around with Aki and accompanied him to jobs. Shirtless and shoeless and his bedhead at its best, I'm sure Makai's appearance made Aki's customers wonder about the stability of our family life. Luckily one of the homeowners was sympathetic to the situation and let him watch Scooby Doo and eat cereal while Dad worked in their kitchen.

When all was said and done and they arrived home, Aki admitted it had been a v e r r r y l o o o o n g day, and that he had to hand it to me for caring for Makai day in and day out. Tell me about it.

Just in case the future Makai remembers this day, and is prone to think that I was a wicked and evil [biological] mother for coldly and neglectfully banishing him to the outer realms of our driveway, I'll just point back to this blog entry to tell him how it really happened.

The moral of the story is: EAT YOUR VEGGIES