January 7, 2015, at 11:30 pm | Jimmy: “You don’t try to peel your eyebrows off. It hurts.”
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Jimmy: “Mommies cook more and daddies fight [bad guys] more.”
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Becky: “Susie, Daddy’s phone is THIS BIG!!” (holding out her hands)
Susie: “That’s not very big. A phone would be big if it was the size of our house.”
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I was relating the lesson of the boy who cried wolf to Jimmy. He pondered my words a moment. I was impressed that he really seemed to be considering the moral of the story. He then looked up and said, “Mommy…wolves are made out of dogs.”
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I was walking behind Danny when he suddenly looked up at me, laughed, and exclaimed, “No monster, just mommy.”
January 6, 2015, at 10:35 pm | One of the Christmas presents Susie wrote on her wish list this year was a photo of herself. When I didn’t supply one, she took matters into her own hands and made herself a mini-me!
January 5, 2015, at 10:48 pm | The girls may not use these soccer goals for their intended purpose, but they sure have lots of fun with them!
 
January 4, 2015, at 9:49 pm | I’ve never thought Susie looked much like me until my mom sent me this photo of myself as a child – I was sticking out a top loose tooth, just like Susie does!
See the resemblance?
And just for kicks, here’s a picture of my mom and her brother with their own missing teeth!
Thanks, Mom, for sending me the photos – and thanks to my Gramma for saving them! Oh, and a great big Happy Birthday to my wonderful mom! We love you!!!
December 30, 2014, at 11:05 pm | The other night, Becky plaintively asked, “Why do our friends all live so far away?” I felt bad for the poor girl, since I know how she feels! So many of our dear friends live hours away from us, but we are so blessed that they are willing to make the drives (and in some cases, flights) to visit our home. We had a houseful of beloved friends this past weekend, so there were eight children under eight, including a newborn baby! It was so much fun!
Here’s Danny being a reluctant passenger to Breton’s expert car driving (or rather car-sitting, since I won’t let the kids drive the car in the basement, where we store it for the winter!):
Here are all the kids (minus the baby) watching “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” – one of my favorite holiday movies!
Beautiful Kyana holding her newest cousin Selah:
Ashley, the wonder-mom, snuggling with her daughter:
Jim showing the kids how to kickstart a dirtbike (they were very attentive students and later, passengers!):
Then we decided to take an impulse trip to New York City with just the girls, so Kyana could see the Statue of Liberty for a school project. It felt a little crazy to be jumping on the train to Grand Central without any preparation and with a carful of kids, but I’m so glad we did it! My friend Phebe (Kyana’s mom) joined us, and off we went. It was a great adventure – we even navigated the subway, thanks to the kindness of strangers who helped our little lost party of five. It’s such a neat experience to do more grown-up adventures with the girls, especially when we’re blessed with such wonderful company. Many thanks to Ashley and the guys for holding down the fort when we were gallivanting through the city!
       
December 29, 2014, at 9:55 pm | The kids gave Jim and I a great Christmas present by sleeping in until 8am on Christmas morning! I actually had to wake the boys up, with some exuberant help from their big sisters who eagerly announced it was time to open their stockings! My husband is an incredible stocking-stuffer-shopper, and this year was no exception. The kids were thrilled with all their toys and treats – and the boys were especially excited about their very own child-safe shaving kits.
     
We then had a great family breakfast (featuring Becky’s favorite French Toast Casserole and Jim’s favorite Egg and Sausage Casserole) and then dove into the gifts:
   
Some of the highlights this year were a whoopie cushion (presented to Susie by Jimmy, who picked it out for her at the Dollar Store):
Headlamps and musical instruments:
Jim is now an amateur meteorologist:
Danny got his own set of tools:
Here’s Susie inspecting Jimmy’s tools (which are actually regular, non-toy tools – we figured he can start fixing stuff around the house!)
And the crowning Christmas glory was Jimmy’s much-coveted train set, which he earned by stopping thumb sucking about a month ago (which completely blew our minds, since he LOVED sucking his thumb – but he loved that train set more!):
And since the weather has been warm, we ended the day with a muddy Ranger ride around the yard!
It was a great day!
December 28, 2014, at 9:31 pm | What do you get when you cross lots of presents, lots of runny noses, and lots of wonderful visitors? Well, you get our Christmas! All six of us have been battling a head cold in various forms, but we had an awesome holiday nonetheless. It started off with our traditional Christmas Eve dinner at my in-laws’ house with Jim’s aunt and uncle. The kids look forward to it every year, and so do I!
    
Here are the kids sporting their new jammies – all ready for the big day ahead!
December 25, 2014, at 12:32 am | Since it’s Christmas Eve, I’ll share with you the pictures we took of the kids’ Santa visit a few weeks ago. The mall had quite the Santa set-up! There was a “scale” the kids stepped on to measure whether they had been naughty or nice. I think the kids were kinda nervous about what their rating would be! Fortunately, they all made the nice list. ;) You can see the nicknames Jim typed in for them:
 
Next up there was a Santa observation area where the kids can “track” Santa’s flight path:
And finally, the big man himself! He was a really nice Santa and chatted with the kids a long time. Danny made sure to tell him he wanted a “wo-weewer” for Christmas. Santa looked at me helplessly for an interpretation, and I clarified that Danny was asking for a “four wheeler.” And despite Danny’s deer-in-the-headlights expression in the photo (or should I say reindeer-in-the-headlights?), all the kids had a great time!
December 23, 2014, at 10:13 pm | Next steps in independence: making her own PB&J sandwich from start-to-finish. Can’t wait until she can make us all dinner (And I wouldn’t even mind if it were PB&J!)
December 22, 2014, at 10:08 pm | I mentioned in a previous post that Alli made a wonderful (but far too quick!) trip out to see us last weekend. We packed her visit full of day-trips, parties, pictures and lots of hugs. It was the best Christmas present ever to have her here!
   
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ABOUT US I'm blessed to be saved by the grace of God, loved by my wonderful husband Jim, and embraced by my twin girls, Rebecca Faith and Susanna Joy and my sons Jimmy and Danny. I started this blog in May 2008 when I was hospitalized for pre-term labor at 24 weeks gestation. The Lord allowed me to keep the girls inside until they were 34 weeks along, and on July 27th, Rebecca made her debut, followed by Susanna, five minutes later, on July 28th. We ecstatically welcomed Jimmy into our lives on April 25th, 2011, and Danny on August 31, 2012. This blog has been a personal journal of faith and motherhood and the only way I can remember which child did what and when. Thanks for stopping by to share in my Faith and Joy! Feel free to e-mail me at: [email protected]. |
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