A Turtle???

We were sitting around watching a show about Creation. They said, "God is eternal."

Wesley turned to Jon and said, "He just said God is a turtle, but he's not."

Haha!

Sweet Talker...

Wesley told me today and yesterday that I'm the best Mommy he's EVER had.

Sure, hearing I was the best mommy in the world might have been a better compliment except that it was said by my sweet Wesley who has the gift of words of encouragement. He always says the sweetest things while wearing the sweetest looks on his face.

He is such a blessing to me- my bonus baby!

Of course, I told him he was the best Wesley I've ever had!!!

 

Monday Mornings with Wesley...

Wesley has a slinky shaped like a heart that is different colors on different ends. He told me "torquoise hearts beat like this (side to side) and red hearts beat like this in and out."

When I asked him how he knew that he said, "Well, I was outside and God told me. I saw His shine come down and he told me something. He said torquoise hearts like to party and beat crazy so that's why I gave you a red heart."

Then he went on to tell me how God came to his room last night and took his brain last night and moved it around. Then he ended his story with "and that was in real life!"

I hope he's always able to listen to God voice that well!

Wordless Wednesday Will...

Yeah, he's cute and he knows it!

Where's Waldo, I mean Will and Wesley...

To say that bedtime is a struggle around here would be putting it mildly. Those two have Twin-a-Palooza in their bedroom every night. The worst part is that they don't stay in their room!

We put them back several times until they finally beat us and we lay on the couch and ignore them! Then when Jon and I finally go to bed it's aways a fun bedtime of edition of

"Where's Will and Wesley".

Believe me, we never know where we will find them!

Bedtime-my least favorite part of the day made a little better when I can at least get some funny pictures out of it.

Laugh or cry, right?

Will's Nonsils...

Wesley just started yelling excitedly, "Will has his nonsils back!"

 

Will ran in hear and said, "You know you had the doctor cut my nonsils out? They grew back!!!" Then opened his mouth wide and made me look.  I had to explain that the dangly thing in the back of his throat wasn't his tonsils, and that they were still gone :)

 

I love that Wesley was so excited for him!

Wesley Wednesday...

After church tonight I asked Wesley what he learned. He very excitedly said, "God loves you and me!"
I said, "He does? What about Jackson?"
Wesley said, "Weeellll, maybe a little bit." then he held his fingers really close to each other and said, "he loves him this little bit."

At Least They Are Getting Along...

I was about to lose my ever loving mind if one more morning I told the kids it was time to start school only to hear, "just let me finish this level"! I'm sure your kids all greet the beginning of the school day with great joy, but mine became even more reluctant once they were sucked into the world of TV or itouches. The principal and I decided that the new policy at Dodd Christian Academy would be NO electronics before 4:00. Thus school would be over and they shouldn't be a problem. When we made the announcement at last night's family meeting Ashton announced she was moving out, but they reluctantly handed them over and never once asked for them this morning. Instead of coming downstairs to the sight of kids vegged out in front of the TV I found all 4 kids working together to build a monster truck land. Let me repeat that in case you missed the most important part of my personal little mini-miracle: ALL 4 kids working TOGETHER!!! So now they begged me a for a few more minutes to finish their land but that is something I can agree to much more readily!

My favorite quote of the day...

While we were watching a movie Jackson said, "I sure hope Jackie Chan is a Christian so I can meet him in heaven one day and learn some moves." I love my sweet boy!

Good Old Peter Pan

This morning the boys came downstairs to see that it was snowing big, giant snow flakes. They were so excited! Then as usual they had funny commentary:
Will: "Peter Pan made it snow!"
Wesley (in a serious voice): "Yeah, Peter Pan and God."
Will: "Peter Pan is coming to our house!"
Wesley (in a sad voice): "Yeah, but not God. He can't fly :( "

Yes, I proceeded to explain that God is always with us, but maybe this week there should be a little more watching of "What's in the Bible with Buck Denver" and a little less "Jake and the Neverland Pirates"!

Don't Mess With Will...

If you mess with Will like Wesley did today when he threw his chocolate milk in the sink Will might say, "Mommy, Wesley makes the whole world stupid." Of course, since he can't really say some of the letters in that sentence I asked him to repeat himself (all the while hoping I didn't hear what I thought I'd heard, but no such luck!). He spoke a lot slower and included his arms open wide to make sure I understood "the whole world".

I said, "Why do you think Wesley makes the world stupid?"

Without missing a beat for even a second he said, "Because he scratches me, hits me, pushes me, and scratches me and pushes me!"

Oh well, I guess they can't love each other every minute :)

Wesley said...

Out of the blue Wesley walked up to Ashton and said, "Ashton, you and Taylor Swift are my 2 favorite girls!" and hugged her. He sure loves his sissy!

1,000 Gifts...

8. I'm thankful that I happened to get sick on my mom's day off and for a mom willing to watch my kids on her only day off in 2 weeks!

9. I'm very grateful for a hubby who drives home on his lunch hour to bring me crackers and Coke. God blessed me with a good man :)

1,000 Gifts...

7. Sunday afternoons on Mawmaw's porch hanging out with family. NOTHING is better than hanging out with my family. I am so grateful to have them all so close!

1,000 Gifts ...

5. Right now I am thankful for yard sales that are over, cleaned up, modest profit, garage much less cluttered, and leftovers donated to a friend.

6. That my 2 boys are playing pirate ship so well together.

1,000 Gifts...

Today I am seeking things to be thankful for amidst the overwhelming to do's, but it only takes seconds when you stop to try. There's a lesson there.

2. Waking up with one child's body wedged on my right side and one on my left. Then the latecomer had nowhere to go and is sound asleep on my back!

3. Snuggling my growing too fast daughter and naughtily laying in bed way longer than I should while listening to two boys giggle downstairs.

4. Seeing my daughter trying to teach her baby brother to read any reading him lots of books over and over and whispering the words in his ear and her not even realizing all the while she's becoming a better reader, not to mention a better person.

1,000 Gifts…

While at the beach I splurged and bought myself a book I had been wanting, 1,000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp.

I have been reading her blog for a while and absolutely love it. I’d been wanting to get the book when I could savor it, thus the beach. This is DEFINITELY a book to be savored! I once heard someone say that there are different worship styles just like there are learning styles. Some feel closest to God through music, some through ritual, and some like me who feel closest when studying God’s word and making discoveries and connections therein (there were other worship styles but I can’t remember them right now).

This book spoke to me like few others before (and I’m not even half way through!). There’s a saying about something being a feast for the eyes, but this book was a feast for the soul for me. God truly blessed Ann Voskamp with the gift of prose. I love reading her descriptions of things.

So, I have to join her on the challenge to chronicle 1,000 things I am thankful to God for, though I don’t believe that will be hard as He has blessed me abundantly. I am so excited to chronicle them on my blog and to get into a habit of thankfulness. What a gift that would be to pass on the my children- the ability to always find something to be thankful for during the sunshine and especially during the storms! I can’t think of much I’d rather pass onto them. I tell them all the time that people want to be around people who reflect the joy of Jesus. I’m hoping this habit of thankfulness will make me into one of those joy reflectors.

Wow, number one is kind of daunting. It should be really elaborate and profound and wonderful and the perfect kick off. For once, I’m going to keep it simple. Simple, but fathomless:

1. Jesus.

Wordless Wednesday…

Remind Me Why I Spent Money on Bunk Beds…

Every night as I go up to bed I am never sure where I will find the kids sleeping. Sometimes they are all in one bed and sometimes they aren’t in beds at all!

I love when I find them all in Sissy’s room because I know that means she was reading to them:

Jackson’s room is a very popular stop. Half the time he encourages it and they stay up way to late playing. Other nights he locks his doors to keep out nighttime visitors. Usually, it is Will I find in Jackson’s room because they are my night owls while I will find Ashton and Wesley up playing long before the rest of the house. On this night I took a picture because they were both snuggling their stuffed dogs. Every night I still find Jackson snuggling his Sparky is like a gift because it seems he is growing up way too fast!

All this just goes to prove my case that we should just throw them all in one room and use their bedrooms for other things!