The other day I was driving my oldest two children home when they suggested I text their Nana to see if the younger two were asleep so we’d know if we needed to enter in the backdoor.
I told them I couldn’t text while driving, but maybe if I got a red light I could send her a quick txt. (I know, I know….)
Well the light was green and as we got rather close to our street my 5 yr old daughter says, “Mom, you gotta send the text!
Now that my oldest 2 are at their tutorial two days a week, I find myself with just 2 children at home on those mornings. It is a truly odd feeling and a dynamic I am not yet used to. Though I am sure it is nothing compared to the strangeness I’ll feel next year when I am left with only my lil man two days a week. I am hoping to use this time to
Scott and I have a few sayings that we use often with the kids.
Life is not Fair
Life isn’t Always About You
You Can’t Cry to Get What You Want
and….
Never Trust a Bad Guy
1 -3 are pretty self explanatory… in a family of 6, you learn quickly that your not going to get what you want when you want it, you gotta wait, and that’s just the way it goes.
Last week after telling my kids the Bible story of baby Moses, I decided to offer a little application for them. I pointed out how neat it was that God took care of Moses as a baby by allowing the princess to find him. I even told how amazing it was that his own mother was allowed to take care of him before he went to live at the palace. After discussing how Moses grew up in the Egyptian palace, I pointed out how God used that later in his life when Moses led the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt.
One of the many reasons why life is easier this time around is that my older three kids are much more self sufficient.
When we need to head out the door, I can instruct the kids to get their shoes on, go to the van and buckle up. A few minutes later the baby and I arrive at the van. I buckle him in, do a quick seatbelt check on the big kids and we hit the road.
I think there is something about the age of 3 that makes kids say some of the cutest things. Lately, our 3 year old has been cracking me up and I have to write them down lest I forget…
Last week Scott was playing catch with our oldest son.  She of course wanted a turn as well.  Scott said sure and then she said, _**“Dad, can I get closer to you when I throw the ball, since I am a girl?
Yesterday my girls had me in stitches with the things they were saying. I had to go write them down so I wouldn’t forget.
Me:  After you eat we are going to go run some errands 3 year old:  Erin, whose Erin? Me:  no, we are going to go to some stores 3 year old:  Well, can Erin stay with us while you go to the store? My 3 yr old came running to me crying over a boo boo.
Nothing like the holidays, to bring on some humor from the lil ones. Here’s a few I want to record for posterity.
When Scott was talking to my 4 yr old about what she wanted to get me for Christmas, she told him she wanted to get Mommy flowers and she was going to be nice. To clarify Scott asked, “So your going to be nice as a Christmas gift for Mommy?
I found my 3 yr old like this during nap time today… it seems baby doll has been displaced from her bed.
It reminded me of a picture I snapped a few weeks ago of both on my girls as we found them when we peeked in on them before going to bed.
YES… they are both sleeping INSIDE of their drawers!
And since I am sharing sleeping pics, why not share a few of my lil man snoozing as well?
I got a funny e-mail from my mom this morning. She told me to set the DVR to record Rudolph tonight b/c apparently my 3 yr old needed a refresher in holiday pop culture. According to my mom…
“We were walking in the mall on Black Friday. We went to the Build a Bear shop which had been transformed into Santa’s Workshop for Christmas. They had stuffed snowmen and deer and Santa bears.