Monthly Archives: January 2012

What about the boy?

Kids

In looking through my recent posts, I noticed I’ve been writing a lot about Grace and Ada.  But what about the boy?  Surely we don’t want to leave him out!

Eli is a talker.  Lately he likes to play the Wii (Lego Star Wars or Mario Brothers mostly) andcomment on what’s happening.  On everything that’s happening.

  • Mom, do you like this music?  It’s calming, isn’t it?  I wish we had this m
  • usic on the iPod so we could listen to it all the time.
  • Mom, I bet you wouldn’t like this level.  Do you know why?  Because there are
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More About Grace

Kids

Grace is getting another post.  She is getting a lot of my parenting focus right now.  And a lot of my prayer focus, a lot of my energy… a lot of me.  She doesn’t feel like she gets a lot of me, but if she new my heart and my thoughts, she would know that she is.

Grace is my “broken bucket”.  We pour into her what we can when we can, but it’s never really enough.  She also tends to feel she is the victim in life.  This is something that drives me crazy about people, but God is … Read the rest

Wednesday Wit: January 4, 2012

Wednesday Wit

Waitress: (to Ada) I just want to look at you!  You’re so cute!
Ada: With my bow and my glasses (she stated as fact with her head tipped to one side). 

Ada: Last night when I was sleeping with my eyes open…

Ada: I splitted the cheese!
…CUT the cheese. 

Me: Ada, there is dried up pepperoni in your bed!  That’s disgusting!
Ada: I did that when I was five.  I certainly wouldn’t do that now that I’m six.
Me: You just turned six last Monday.
Ada: I know.

Grace: Ada, … Read the rest

A Note from Ada

Kids

I love finding notes that my children have written, it seems to be where they are the most honest.  Now that they all can write well, I can find notes from all three of them.  If you’ve been a reader for any amount of time, you know that I’ve found many, many notes from Grace.  Many of them are directed at me.  This weekend I found one from Ada.  It was in one of her many notepads.  It says three simple words.  “I will not.”  It isn’t written to anyone, or about anything specific.  It applies to any situation … Read the rest