Kid-isms

The kids have said several things lately that have made me laugh.

This weekend, the kids were begging for a treat from QuickTrip (they love going for slushies & picking out candy.) Henderson (2 years old) said "Not today!" followed by him also saying "That's what you always say, mom." Made me feel like a heel - although the ever-growing surplus of QT cups in our house would prove this statement is not true!

Hamilton had several questions about being "bapatized" this week. Matt and I thought he said it so cute, we'd do anything to get him to say "bap-a-tized".

Harrison was listening to the radio in the van while we were running errands. "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grench" came on the radio. At the end of the song it talks about a rotten tomato with purple moldy spots....Harrison pipes up and says, "Man, that's one bad dude!"

Santa asked Harrison if he was on his good list and his reply was, "pwolly not." Santa promptly glared at me and explained to Harrison that there was still time to get on the good list. I honestly DO NOT threaten with Santa. Much.

We were explaining why Grandma had an elf on the shelf in her house. Hamilton says "So, you expect me to believe that this elf flies to the North Pole and reports to Santa every night?" Yep. Yep I do. Just like I expect you to believe that Santa takes billions of pounds of toys all over the world on a reindeer-driven sleigh and delivers them to every girl and boy - through a chimney - in ONE night!

Harrison climbs up on the counter as I'm making cinnamon rolls and says "So, whatcha making, mah lady?" Followed by his full on Hessie grin. I melted like butta.

If they get any cuter, I'll turn into a pile of mush - I swear, I will!

Drive - Thru (Deep Thoughts by Janelle)

Henderson and I were waiting in the Walgreen's drive thru Tuesday night. There were 3 cars in each of the 2 lanes. Apparently all of the people before us had major prescription issues - we were in line for over 30 minutes.

I was starting to get impatient and fantasizing about honking and telling people that if they needed exotic drugs compounded, perhaps they should get out of the car and walk IN to the pharmacy. Much like the folks in the drive thru lane at the bank that apparently are re-financing their mortgage through the drive-thru. (Sorry, rant over.)

Then I started looking at the people in these vehicles. Everyone one of them was either sick with something or was there for a friend or family member - someone important to them - picking up a prescription. I felt the urge to pray for these cars in front of me, that God would bring a healing peace to all of these people in whatever trials they were facing that day.

I had a funny thought - one that may be worth sharing - or maybe one of those weird, embarrassing thoughts I should keep to myself (you can be the judge.)

Aren't we all ailing everyday from something. Maybe not a physical, medical thing. But medical or not, we are all in need of RX everyday, are we not? Again, maybe not a chemical, engineered RX, but a RX from our loving God. Or maybe a gentle nudge. Or maybe a stern reminder to right a wrong. Maybe a reassurance that we are good enough. Whatever that RX is, we ALL need it.

AND...aren't we lucky that we don't have to sit in a drive-thru to get it? We can stop our daily lives and talk directly to The Pharmacist through prayer, at any time of the day or night and get our RX. His pharmacy is so good, we don't even have to know our 9-digit prescription code to get a refill - He already knows it. And forget having to have your doctor fax the order & the headache of waiting days on end for the pharmacy and doctor to communicate; His fax line is always open & you'll never get a busy signal.

Soon enough, I got our refill of meds, paid & drove home feeling incredibly blessed to be loved and listened to by my Awesome God.

Photo Shoot Gone Bad

So, if you tuned in last week, you know that had a photo shoot with the kids. It was windy and cold and we had the extended family with us. A few of the older boys were uncooperative at best, and that coupled with the wind and cold demanded we do another shoot. So, we picked another venue - this time inside - where we could try it again. It was Dec. 4th folks....we are getting close to Christmas and my sisters and I desperately need these pictures for Christmas cards. I think we have a few usable shots. I've used the youth area in our church, "The Lodge", for our pictures before, and the lighting in there is ALWAYS a nightmare. But, it was warm & not windy.

We got some good shots of my sister's families.

A good one of all of us...

And of the three of us girls...

But my three boys, were.....well.....three boys...

It pretty much sums up my life. Crooked glasses. Ornery brothers. Cooperation, 50%. I'm loving every minute of it!