Fun At Our House

January 21

Dustin's morning routine... wake up, sit next to the heater, get dressed near it fast once you realize it is about to turn off. (But that is not before sitting there for the major duration in his undies first.)

We invited some friends to come over for dinner in a couple of days and I wanted to clean up. Sometimes it is hard to clean thoroughly while entertaining a 20 month old. So I decided that I would let Kamden help. I gave him a cup, a medicine dropper, and a tray full of bubble water to use while standing next to me. It kept him busy for 35 minutes till I had to pry it away from him since I could not find anything more to do in that area of the kitchen and did not want to leave him on the chair unattended. He would fill the dropper and then 'skeez' it out.

So sweet. Thanks for all your help. Mrs. Cake will be so impressed.

Oh, how these days go by so fast. I just want to capture every hand gesture, every smile...

January 20

I say if you like something... why not do it big? Kamden clearly is an Elmo fan. We don't watch much t.v. over here but if he does get a chance he likes Elmo, Dora, or Wonder Pets. He doesn't care who is in his way when he is taking Elmo for a walk. Out of the way, kids. Notice there is one Elmo in the front and one he is placing in the 'trunk.'

Skylar is another example of doing it big. But then again, what 4 1/2 year old girl isn't, when it comes to costume jewelry?Before nap Kamden wanted to sneak a spot next to Skylar on her mat. He figured he would sit there as we read our story. I enjoy capturing their love for each other. My prayer is that they would always be close. January 19
Peas anyone? If any of you have heard our stories, Kamden has not always been the easiest of the 3 kids to feed. It started with my desire to eat chocolate covered raisins while nursing him, then moved to his intolerance for dairy, then to his refusal to eat any type of meat, now we are faced with his dislike for soft veggies. He is getting much better and we do continue to reintroduce things to him as we eat them. He spotted my sugar snap peas and I figured "Why not?" Knowing he would not eat the crunchy exterior without spitting it back, I opened it up and showed him the 'balls.' He was so excited and now you can not eat a pea without opening it up and sharing with him. He takes after his momma when she was little, I would not eat cooked peas!

Has anyone heard about Dustin's accident? Well, here it is. He has been walking around for days scarring people about this car accident. He likes to ride this flat bed truck from the fridge to the couch like it is a skateboard. Well, the other morning he hit the vacuum that resides at about the halfway point and sticks out a hair in his race track path. The truck stopped but the driver did not. He went tumbling over the truck, knocking the wind out of himself and bruising his eye.Now he wears a helmet. Good thing. Be nice to those beautiful green eyes, boy. They are hard to find.

After dinner, we decided to allow for a game of hide and seek. Yes, we can actually play that in this house. At first you wonder, "Where could anyone possibly hide in that house? I think Andrea has all the hiding spots taken with storage stuff." But we do find places. The most enjoyable part for me is when Skylar was the seeker. She tends to follow this same style of looking for her shoes, if it doesn't jump out and bite me, it must not be here. So watching her search for the others after she found me was funny. I just followed her around with the camera to see things as she did. This is her looking for daddy under the 3 inch underside of the bed. Kamden figured he would help since he does not hide well.

'Nope, not here!'

Daddy hid the best on this one. See I knew that treadmill standing on it's side would be good for something. He crammed himself back there and waited patiently. Oh, how the kids really like this game. Sometimes things do settle down over here and we can catch the kids sitting down for a book.

January 18

The movers are here... now that I have your attention. No we are not really moving. The boys are just returning their car rug to it's rightful place. Nice teamwork.

I know there are many that say we need a bigger house. I have been guilty of that same comment myself from time to time. But I have realized that my children would be just as close to me, physically, if we had a bigger house but may not be as close to me emotionally. Will all that has happened in Haiti it is of bigger realization that we are indeed blessed with what we have. Don't get me wrong, I do long for a phone conversation where I don't have to hide in the bathroom to be able to hear the person on the other end...but it is with the Lord's timing and who am I to go above that. Thank you Lord for what we have.

"Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done. Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts. " I Chronicles 16:8,9