Almost a year: I’m BACK!! I hope!

May 4, 2016

It’s kind of hard to believe it has been so long since I posted, but then again it’s not. At first I was just too tired to post, then I didn’t feel like I had time as every time I would sit down I would be interrupted. However, I think it then became a habit to not post because I would think that I didn’t have time, but would then spend hours in the evening surfing fb or amazon etc, really just killing time non-productively. I have always thought that you make time for what is important so if you say you don’t have time you are really saying that it isn’t important enough to you to do it. With kids that is partially true, there are days that you are prevented from spending more than 5 minutes on any one thing and that you have 10 partially completed tasks and nothing gets finished, but there are other days that if you tried to do something you actually would have been able to finish it had you started in the first place. Lately, I have had a lot of those. Late in the day I will think/realize that I could have done more had I actually worked at it. So anyway, I’ve been thinking of starting up again here. I will even plot out a post in my head as I’m doing laundry, dishes, or cooking, but then FAIL to actually write it out that evening, instead surfing online, playing multiple games of candy crush type games, or reading.  I am planning to post at least once a week now, hopefully a little more often, but at least once every week for the next several months. Then we’ll see how things go. I know of someone who has been posting every day for weeks now and has been doing great! I haven’t read them all but have been encouraged by what I have read. I’m pretty sure that I would fail massively if my goal was every day, so instead it will be every week. Feel free to send me a message if you see that I’m slacking off or just to say “HI”. J

Random moments, events, and sayings over the past months

Here are the things my Hubby or I have recorded on Fb over the last months. Sadly, we didn’t record many of them. It’s amazing how easy it is to forget these things. L

 August 27, 2015

Today was Princess’s first day of Preschool!! She thought it was great and wanted to know why she couldn't go every day. J

            (She still LOVES it. She didn’t like snow days or breaks because she couldn’t go to school!)

Oct 5, 2015

I'm very thankful for the Lord's protection and care of my children. Two years ago today, we were supposed to take Buddy home from the hospital, but instead he spent two days in the NICU. We never really got an answer as to what caused his problem but we know that his quick recovery was from God.
This evening as I was cooking supper, a dish exploded in the open door of the oven. All but one small chip of glass stayed inside but sauce splashed the base of the bouncy seat where Blue Eyes was sitting. Nothing got on him, and Princess and Buddy were playing in another room instead of being in the kitchen where they like to be while I am cooking, so they were safe too.

From Hubby’s fb:

Oct 7, 2015

Tonight Emily came running out of her room upset because she couldn't find her glasses. I got her calmed down and said, "Honey, they are on your face." She reached up and touched them and was then relieved that they were ok. I guess she is getting use to wearing them. J

Note: She got her glasses in July. I don’t think I put that in the last post I wrote.

From my sister’s fb: (there was A LOT more to this conversation so this is a paraphrase)

Nov 7, 2015

Mom: is mommy the prettiest girl? (The “Mom” here is my mother whom the kids call “Nana”)
Buddy: yeah
[Uncle J]: are the nursery girls prettier?
Buddy: yeah

Later

[Uncle J]: is [Uncle B] going to take your girl?
Buddy: (looks at [Uncle B]) growls!

Later

[Uncle J]: are you saving all the girls for yourself?
Buddy: yeah

Hubby’s Fb

Nov 22, 2015

Today in church Princess (4 years old) tenderly whispered into my ear. "Daddy, I love you, and I want money." (sigh). They start so young. J

            She actually wanted money to put in the offering plate! She has done this a few times since, and not always for the offering.

Jan 3, 2016

Princess is walking around the house singing "Gloooooooria, in a shell stable" at the top of her lungs. J

Jan 30, 2016

Wow! Today Blue Eyes is wearing this outfit that Buddy wore a year ago! (I mean this literally, before seeing this post [A picture from the previous year as a look back.] I put this shirt on him! Only difference is that Blue Eyes is wearing 12 mon pants and Buddy was in 9 mon pants.)

            Yes, my baby is bigger than the other two were at this age and a lot older than he is now. Blue Eyes is just a few pounds less than Buddy and a couple inches shorter. They can almost wear the same clothes. Not sure what I’m going to do this summer if Blue Eyes is the same size as Buddy because Buddy does not like seeing Blue Eyes in his clothes.

Hubby’s fb

Feb 3, 2016

We were answering questions related to marriage today from Princess, and she was concerned that she didn't know who she was going to marry. Then, she was VERY distraught because she didn't want to have to wear a wedding dress. She just wanted to wear a normal dress.  J

Feb 21, 2016

Today on the way home from church we passed a pet store that we have visited before. Princess asked if we could go back sometime to see the animals. I said that we could and added that we could even buy some fish to take home next time. She liked the idea, but added happily that we could take the fish home and mommy could cook them and we could eat them. Apparently, she needs clarification on what having a pet means. Of course, she is probably thinking of the times when I told her that I was going to take her fishing. Oh well!

April 5, 2016

Princess (our 4 yo) has developed some interesting doctrine. Earlier she found out that daddy was a teacher. She immediately announced that daddy couldn't be a teacher because teachers had to be girls. When asked why, she responded that it is in the Bible. I then asked her to give chapter and verse. To this she responded, "The entire New Testament."

Later, she informed Mommy that "The Bible says children can do anything they want as long as its not bad." J

April 21, 2016

SO about an hour ago the kids came racing into the family room from playing in the other side of the house. Princess had liquid dripping down her chin and wet spots on her shirt. Buddy's face, shirt and pants were soaked.
Princess: Mom, we had so much fun we were taking drinks of Buddy 's drink and spitting them out at each other. We are wet!
Buddy: Yeah! (Gobbledygook)
So I wipe their faces and search the couch for clean pants for Buddy --A full couch and NONE to be found! Grabbed a pair that is too short for him and headed upstairs as it occurs to me to ask WHERE this wonderful fun took place.
Princess: We were behind the couch. Don't worry Mom I don't think any got on the floor, it just went on the blanket that was back there!
Where do they come up with these things????

May 3, 2016

So Buddy still doesn't have a lot of understandable words, but the ones he does have...WOW! About six months ago he started saying "girl" & "pwetty". He might go weeks without saying them then he'll do something like this:
I was on FB this morning and saw that a couple people had shared a song about kids growing up to fast and needing to slow down. J At the end of the song Buddy looks over and says: "Girl, pretty, mine please?" 
Me: You want to hear the song again?
Buddy: Uh huh!
Me: Okay, lets change you first. (We then head upstairs.)
Buddy: Girl, pwetty!!
Me: Do you think girls are pretty?
Buddy : Uh huh! Girl pwetty Daddy?
Me: Does the Girl have a daddy? I'm sure she does.
Buddy: Daddy's pwetty girl?
Me: She probably is her Daddy's girl, Buddy. Are you Daddy's boy?
Buddy: Uh huh, daddy's boy. Pretty girl, Mine?
Me: Someday you'll have a pretty girl.
(We head back downstairs.)
Buddy: Pretty girl Please Mine? Please?
Me: yes, you can watch the video.
Buddy: Ok!

I forgot the second part of the story about Buddy. I told Hubby about the conversation at lunch. Then this happened...
Hubby: So you like pretty girls?
Buddy: uh huh!!! Girl. Girl. Pretty.
Hubby to me: I can see we are going to have to watch him. (Meanwhile, Buddy is chattering away and the only words we can understand are girl, please, and pretty.)
Hubby to Buddy: Son, we are going to have to have a chat about girls and cooties.
Buddy: WHY??? Why?
Hubby: You don't think we need to talk?
Buddy: No.