cracking me up!

Big G- "Mom, will you help me go potty?"
Me--"Sure!"
Big G--"Mom, did you HEAR those FIRTS?? I LOVE firts!"
Me--"We call them toots."
Big G--"But mom, I love those firts!"


My girl freaked out on Monday night, and therefore got grounded for a week, and couldn't watch TV for a night. She actually THREW herself on the ground because she couldn't wash her barbie's hair at 9 at night! AHH! After the initial ground throw, I heard the dramatic, "Why didn't someone else just ADOPT me?"
On an up note, I had a parent teacher conference with Mrs. S. today and my girl is doing SO great at school! She has already mastered most of the words on the 1st grade reading check (in Kindergarten) and is doing math and other skills like a champ. She got her accelerated reader certificate today and a reading medal. She is so smart. Hope she uses all of that energy for good!

Little G has been nicknamed "The Brut" by some of our friends, which at first kind of made me sad, but it's TRUE! He's such a bully! Last night I cut up 2 apples, one for the little and one for big. Little went and sat right by big on the floor and wouldn't eat ANY apples unless they came off of Big's plate! I honestly think he did it just to get a rise out of big....and he's only 19 months old! He actually got bitten on the arm by a girl in his mom's day out class the other day. Her mommy felt so bad, but I told her Little probably just did something right before the teachers looked!

My girl and Big G are both starting YMCA soccer soon...I fought and fought and fought having 2 kids in something at the same time. I'm just not ready! BUT, when Coach found out had bad she wanted to play, he couldn't say no! Before I knew it, she had shin guards and soccer socks. I give up!

Took a trip to visit the cousins over spring break. It was awesome! We went to Jumping Party(an inflatable play place), the Ft. Worth Zoo, and spent HOURS on their trampoline! My girl and Big G are the same age as their cousins, which means an instant buddy! Unfortunately, little is often left out of the mix, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't try to keep up! OR just terrorize whoever is leaving him out.

Latest cute kid stuff

Little G--loves to hit! Throws stuff off of the table when he's done with it, kicks the soccer ball non-stop, but says "kick" with a "d" at the first (nice), and since the Big 12 tourney started on tv, is now also trying to DRIBBLE the soccer ball with his hands. He's so confused! Eats most anything now, but will spit stuff out at the drop of a hat if he sees something else he wants to eat! LOVES apples and wants to eat them all the time, but has to have a spit bowl because he was just sucking out the juice and spitting the rest out all over our house! Now he will sit with a bowl in his lap and just go to town on an apple...HAS to have the whole thing, of course.
Middle G--constantly wants to make our living room a "movie veeter" to watch power rangers and/or "engine turtles" (ninja turtles). Loves any action figure and always has to wear "tiny shorts" under his pants to school. He is SO excited to start outdoor soccer with the YMCA! Sign-ups don't even end until next week, but he is already bugging me about it all the time! What color shirt do I get? What team am I on? Can we call the coach? Do I play tomorrow?
My Girl--is using the finger quotation marks when she talks about ANYTHING now, although when I read my stuff above about the boys it's not hard to see why! Wonder where she gets it? She is reading like a champ and loves the Junie B. Jones books...I read most of it to her right now, but soon she'll be on her own! She reads shorter books, and I hate to admit it, but I'm so impatient! By the time we settle down in her bedroom to read her book at night, I just want to do it FOR her so it will go faster! I've got to get better at that. We just got done with Upward cheer season and she did great! She has crazy rhythm (and I'm not just saying that because I'm her mom) and she loves to sing and sounds pretty stinkin' good for a 6-year-old! I think she will be a performer for sure. If she ever gets a taste for a stage where she has a bunch of people's undivided attention, I'll never get her away! She has started coming to KidsChurch (where I volunteer) every week even though it's a little early, but she is learning so much!

DANG

So obviously keeping up with this on a somewhat regular basis ISN'T going to happen. Good news is, I actually remembered my password since the last time I was on here! Yipee! Life has been weird lately....our sweet neighbors lost their daughter by their grandson's hand last week. Talk about something you just don't get over. They have an amazing faith that I know will guide them through, but what do you do just to get through the days? I went to check on THEM tonight and they made ME feel so much better! They miss their girl and always will until they get to the life beyond this, but they way they talked about how God has carried them through it all just made me feel so comforted. I love the Lord. My relationship with Jesus has grown so much over the past few years and I do call Him my Friend as well as my Savior......though I know I have such a long way to grow. I still wonder at times though if something THAT BAD happened to me, would I be faithful, like Job? (and my neighbors?) Or would I abandon my faith for bitterness? I want to believe that I would lean on what I know and not on my own understanding, but I still wonder. Life is hard and keeps getting harder. I find out and see things everyday that reflect how terrible people can be to each other and how bad our sinful natures can get. What I saw tonight made me believe that true faith is possible. They are in the middle of losing a child, and a grandchild in a way, but still celebrating how good God is in the middle of all of it. It's like that Natalie Grant song that I love..."Held." God's promise isn't that He will take away all the pain and experiences in life that will mold us, teach us to trust Him, and make us who we are. Instead, he will hold us through them, cry with us, hurt with us, and help us to heal. What a wonderful Father! My neighbor talked tonight about a verse in Isaiah...I couldn't find the exact one she mentioned, but I found a couple of great ones that I love, especially Isaiah 40:31..Yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. YAY! As a mother of 3 I can get pretty excited about a day when I won't get tired! Really though, what a wonderful promise. Don't let the trials and sad news of the world get you down....just wait on the Lord.