Naughty Big Girl

This evening Allen's folks went with us to my home church for supper and lenton service. We were leaving the church shortly after 8 p.m. to head for home. David asked if he could watch a movie, so Allen started the DVD player. At 8:30 we turned Word World off so the kids could settle down for sleep. David got mad when I closed the screen and yelled that he wasn't done watching yet (I don't think he'll ever be "done" watching). I told him he'd watched enough TV for today and it was time to look out the window or go to sleep. He yelled, "You're a naughty big girl!" Allen burst out laughing (I think Pappy was laughing too) and even I couldn't help smiling....just a little bit. Guess he gave me a dose of my own medicine!

Totes of Fun!

The kids and I sorted a few toys out of the toybox and put them in a tote to declutter the living room. Both kids climbed in and out of the empty tote, laughing and talking. Here is a video of some of our fun. Don't worry, Kassy is just fine. She's one tough kid!

Kinda funny that David asks, "Do you want an amulance?" right before Kassy tips the tote over. Guess he knew what was coming! You probably think I'm not a very loving mom, but believe me, if Kassy wants comforting, she'll ask for it. It's better not to pick her up before she asks, 'cause sometimes she's more mad than hurt. She's so adorable!!!

Dear Jesus

David does a fabulous job of praying before we eat : "Dear Jesus, thank you for this food. Amen!" and we pray with him before bedtime. Sunday night as I was getting ready to pray with David before he went to sleep, we were talking about some of the things we can be thankful for. I said, "We can thank God that you have a nice warm bed to sleep in rather than having to sleep outside in the snowbank. That wouldn't be any fun, right?" David replied, "Yeah, it would!" But he prayed, "Dear Jesus, thank you for my bed. Amen." I was really proud of him. So today, as he was washing his hands at the sink, he said, "Dear Jesus, thank you for my mommy and daddy." I was suprised (and pleased!) that he "prayed" that I told him I was going to cry. I tried to explain that sometimes people cry because they are happy. At bedtime tonight he prayed, "Dear Jesus, thank you for my mommy and daddy. Are you going to cry?" This time I was crying because I was laughing!

Latest and Greatest

I haven't done so well at keeping up with this blog but that certainly doesn't mean that we've not been busy! There have been several trips to Sioux Falls for play dates with Grandmas and Grandpas and of course lots of cute "at home" moments. Here are a few highlights.....

Wednesday this past week found us at Bible Study at Brookings Wesleyan Church. As we were picking up David from the two-year-old class room (Grandma Pickard is the teacher) I noticed a little boy sitting on his daddy's foot with arms and legs wrapped around dad's leg. David has been doing that a lot lately, so I joked to Cody's mom that I now knew where David learned how to do that. She smiled at me and said, "let me tell you what Cody learned from David!" I admit, my stomach dropped to my toes, even though I know my little boy is "perfect." It turns out that Cody learned how to pray by listening and watching David! Cody and his mom had come to our house for a play date and David prayed for our lunch before we ate. Cody's mom told me that now he prays at home and even at McDonald's-loudly! I'm proud of my little boy and I pray that one day he will understand what praying is and decide to follow Jesus.

This past Monday my mom came over and stayed with the kids while I went with Allen to a doctor's appointment and while we went to coach 4-H archery. Tuesday morning was Bible study and after lunch Mom headed for home. The kids fell asleep on the way home from Brookings and after I parked in the garage I could hear the funniest/cutest sounds coming from the backseat.....

At the beginning of February, we went to the Children's Museum. The kids love going there--there is so much for them to do and it's entirely hands-on.

Kassy eating her first snow! Yummy!

One afternoon Allen had been moving snow with the tractor and came in the house to get David to "help" him. We helped David get his snowpants, boots, and coat on to go outside. Kassy knew something was going on and she was feeling left out. Allen and David left and she stomped her feet and cried and "yelled" about being left behind. Later, when the guys came back in, she was sitting on my lap in the living room. When she saw Allen, she pointed her finger at him and "yelled" at him. She did a good job of letting Allen know that she didn't appreciate him taking David and not her!


 


This is how David looks when we go down the road and he is watching a video.



David loves to help fix "stuff"

Grandma Pam and kids playing games

David changes a tire at the SD Children's Museum

Kassy playing the cymbols at the SD Children's Museum

My folks have a set of toddler-sized plastic golf clubs that David likes to take apart and play with. He's developing a very good imagination, and still wants to include me in his play. On this particular visit, he had a hammer in one hand and a partial golf club (the handle was missing) in the other. He offered me the golf club and invited me to get on the floor and "hammer" with him. I tried to explain to him that he had a golf club, not a hammer.This little boy is pretty knowledgeable about hammers, so I asked him, "Have you ever seen a hammer that looks like that one?" He held it out to me and said very matter-of-factly, "This one."

It is becoming clear to me how much my relationship with God is revealed through my relationship with my children. I have an idea of how something is but sometimes I take myself a little too seriously.