Day of LOVE Day 8

I love a good sale!

Between the three boys, I got 2 pairs of pajamas, 2 character hoodies, 3 short sleeved shirts and 9 long sleeved shirts for just under $75!

I also love that my kids were just as excited about my purchases as I was. Elizabeth exclaimed, "Wow!!!  You didn't even hit $100! That's impressive for Target."

Indeed it is!

My life in FB updates

"I love all my children equally and don't play favorites. However, three of my four children are making it easy to pick a favorite today."

"Proverbs 16:24 Thankful for friends who spoke words of gracious, sweet, health-ful words to me today."

"Timothy to Curtis Krajca: Surrender or die!!!
Curtis: I surrender!
Timothy: Actually, that's not a choice. Die or die!!!
Curtis: I guess I'll die."

"Exciting evening! My costume for the Girls 5K came!! Elizabeth's should arrive in the next couple of days."

"Can you come sit with me because I'm scared when its just me and God."

"2 pieces of toast, 4 eggs, 8 pieces of bacon, 1 omelette, 2 orders of hashbrowns, 18 pancakes. The Krajcas dominated National Pancake Day!"

"Ben took one of my cents.  Ben stole.  Stealing is a sin.  Ben is a sinner."

Timmy-isms

While making Timothy some toast for breakfast, I asked if he wanted jelly.  I received an enthusiastic, "YES!!!  Strawberry jelly!"  I was a bit surprised since he's not usually a fan of strawberry.  I pulled the jar out and asked, "Is this the one you were wanting?"  Timothy took a minute to inspect it before asking, "Are there little seeds in that one?"  "Well, yes...." I replied, slightly confused.  "I want the strawberry jelly with no seeds, the seeds make my mouth feel funny."  "Do you mean you want grape jelly?"  "YES!!!  I want the grape strawberry jelly because it doesn't have seeds."

Last night at Covenant Kids, a program at church which exposes children to the catechism, Timothy informed his teachers, "No one can play hide and seek with God and win.  You will always lose."  (The Question I believe he was thinking of is: Does God know all things?  And the answer: Yes!  Nothing can be hidden from God!)

A couple Questions

I believe this to be totally true!!  

In the past minute, Timothy has asked me.....

"Why don't you buy softer toilet paper?" "Why do you press so hard when you wipe me?" "Did you hear that noise?" "Why do my feet make that noise?" "Did you hear my feet make that tingly noise?" "Is there something wrong with my feet?" "Can you measure me on the scale?" "Have I grown?" "Is that why my legs hurt?"

Month of Thankfulness... Day 21

I'm thankful for fun moments where I don't have to act my age.

Month of Thankfulness... Day 15

I'm thankful to have working smoke alarms.

That's what I kept telling myself this morning when Timothy and I were woken up by all the smoke alarms in our house going off.  Curtis turned the heater on this morning for the first time, and apparently there was a little dust on the heating-coil-thingy.  By no means was our home filled with smoke, so it's nice to know the smoke alarms are working well and are highly sensitive.

When I was a little girl, I had reoccurring nightmares of our house catching fire.  I remember my parents walking me through the house, showing me that the stove was off, the blinking light showed the smoke alarm was working, and going over the family escape plan.  Now that I'm the mommy, I still like the reassurance of the blinking light, showing me the smoke alarm is working.  And this morning, I got to see first hand how well it works!

I'm also thankful that my the oldest children are aware of the escape plan.  When Timothy and I came out of the bedroom, the older kids were nowhere to be found.  When they heard the alarm and saw a bit of smoke, they booked it outside.  Yay for being prepared!!

Tall girl problems

And the tall girl's classic problem.....

or volleyball!!!!

Conversation

Curtis: I don't think we should let Elizabeth fill up the bunny's water.
Me: Uh Oh.
Curtis: The lid was off and there's water filling the bottom of his cage.
Me: Well, in her defense, she filled up the water bottle at the same time Benjamin tried to catch the bathroom on fire, so she was a little distracted.
Curtis: True!

Oh, how crazy my life is!

Conversation

Me: Micah, did you spit on Timothy?
Micah: Yes.
Me: Why?!?!
Micah: I thought it would be funny.
Me: It's not funny, it's gross.
Micah: I'm sorry.

The thing that astounds me about this conversation is how calm, and ordinary it went. Even I shake my head at my life, thoughts and conversations.

My life....

.... in Facebook statuses.

Kierstyn Krajca:

Me: Benjamin, why are you being so naughty?
Benjamin: Because I'm a dirty little sinner.
Yeah! No joke.

is having a classic Monday. Bummer.

is trying to convince her children that there really isn't enough snow to sled. :-) Sure is pretty though.

is wishing I had a personal assistant, a maid and a baker.

must have looked rough when the Schwans man came to the door. He recommended the margarita mix.

is thinking that for Timothy's b-day, I'll just add batteries to all the old, dead toys and wrap them up.

is so sleep deprived I messed up a batch of boxed brownies. That's new mom tired, but I have an almost one year old. Hurry up and feel better, baby!!

needs to know how to spell my name phonetically.

Fa ra ra

Elizabeth is getting ready for her Christmas piano recital, which is in a week. One of the songs she's playing is Deck the Halls. Every time she plays it (which is a lot!!) I think of this.

A couple more... :-)

For Daddy

I have no clue.....

Not sure why Benjamin's shirt says what it does. But I do love how it shows his sweet, three year old personality!

Things that make you go hmmmm......

A baby sucking on the paper towel holder. What?! Why?! How?!

"I put gum on my eye!"

First Grade Drawing

I got this in an e-mail. Hilarious!!!

A first grade girl handed in the drawing below for her homework assignment.


The teacher graded it and the child brought it home.

She returned to school the next day with the following note:

Dear Ms. Davis,

I want to be perfectly clear on my child's homework illustration.
It is NOT of me on a dance pole on a stage in a strip joint surrounded by male customers with money.
I work at Home Depot and had commented to my daughter how much money we made in the recent snowstorm.
This drawing is of me selling a shovel.

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