Saturday, February 27, 2010

Slave Driver

I took this on Presidents day...I just wanted to remember the sight of it. Such great helpers. (BTW, Swiffervac has changed my life almost as much as DVR. My children use it daily. AWESOME!!!!)

Just some random questions I've been asked by the three year old over the last week. I never realized how many questions or the variety of questions a mother gets asked. Is it bad that sometimes I just make up answers when I'm not sure. hehe....
Mommy, do I weigh enough to sit on a cloud?
What is Caroline's name? (translated: how do you spell caroline)
Did you know that a baby looks like a little sand to a giant? Of of of of of course to God. (the numerous of (s) was for emphasis)
Does God have a birthday?
Will Daddy ever get the same age as God? like an old man...(pause) How old is Papaw?
(on our way to a Sunday school brunch) Are they going to have LOTS of donuts there?
This is Caroline's new highchair cover. I had forgotten how disgusting it was when munchkins learn to feed themselves. When I mailed fabric and a 'pattern' to my mom to come up with a second cover, I never DREAMED it would be this cute. It is reversible! How adorable!! Go Gran!
A couple of weeks ago Taylor came into my room after bedtime exclaiming down the hall that 'this is important.' She said, "I think Jesus is asking me into my heart." Could that be cuter? We're now going through this AWESOME book put together by Lifeway for young kids who are ready to take that step. Just as a warning...when that statement first comes out of your childs mouth.....no matter how many evangelism classes you've taken or how well you know the roman road, or how long you have prayed for this, you freeze!!!! It's like a panic that I never expected. What if I mess up and say the wrong thing? It took me a while to realize that contrary to how I had been feeling, this was in fact NOT about me. Maybe God could be a little involved with the process. :) Now that I've calmed down all I can do is be thankful. WOW, what a privilege to watch this little munchkin begin her own PERSONAL walk with God. Thank you God for that amazing gift.
She is a super reader and it is soooo cool to just find her in her room reading her bible.
One final quick story....We had a little gathering to go to this morning. We drove across down and were about 3 min from the house and Taylor (THE SIX YR OLD) said, "Mom, I don't have any shoes." When asked why she didn't wear shoes, she only answered, "because Mommy didn't tell me to." Because it was basically an outside party, we had to do a Uturn and go to the local Wally world to find some shoes. Poor kid. Maybe I'm a little too involved in the day to day of her life. A little independence lesson might be needed.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Outside in Alabama!!





This weekend was GORGEOUS!!! We spent as much time as we could enjoying it. It was also the last weekend of upward cheerleading. T and her squad "the herkeys" did a dance at the basketball game. They also got to dance on stage at the banquet Sunday night. We took a video of the dance, but honestly, the video below is much more entertaining. The lights were on them and it was dark in the sanctuary, so she really couldn't see how many people were already in their seats. She was just jammin' to the music and you could hear little giggles all over the sanctuary. FYI...she gets her moves from her daddy. ;)

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Red Night

Monday night was RED NIGHT at our house. To quote Taylor, "I'll never forget this red night as long as I live." No, drama in this house...The girls ask for a 'Fancy party' almost daily, so we killed two birds with one stone with red night. They dressed themselves down to jewelry and bows. The picked out Caroline's clothes for her as well. We had spaghetti and red velvet cupcakes (not my favorite-probably do something else next year). The girls made a Valentine tree and we finished the night with a scavenger hunt for their valentines. That was my favorite part watching them read the clues and go running through the house. It was great!

These are just a few pic's I snapped on Monday afternoon. You never know when you are going to find a bride running through my house. Anabelle told me the other day that she couldn't wait until she got married so she could be a grown up and dance with "my daddy...I MEAN, the husband." I think it it a hoot that getting married in her mind is much more about her than 'the husband.'

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

name that baby

Now that Caroline is almost 10 mos...name these 9 month olds...