End the R-word Day 3-31-09

Soccer

Anna had a soccer tournament Saturday. It was so cold. We watched her first game from the Suburban because Libby had just taken a shower and her head was still wet. The girls played great and took 2nd place.

Way to go girls!

Wordless Wednesday (Almost) - My Sweet Zachary

A little background on why I am posting these pictures today...

I received this e-mail from my sister earlier this week. She is the mother of the 10mo old that I watch one or two days a week.

"Speaking of forgetting to shut the door, this weekend I was sitting in the living room watching TV & I thought the bathroom door was closed. Emily had been close by, but that mother instinct kicked in as I suddenly realized that I hadn’t heard her for a few minutes. So I got up to see where she was & she’d pulled herself up onto the toilet and had her arm hovering over the toilet & was just getting ready to reach her hand in. I yelled “Emily NO!”. I got her & Leo’s attention. I did wash her hands. Now that I think of it, I probably should have washed her mouth & face just in case she’d decided to give the seat a taste test just like she does with everything else! YUCK!!!!"

So I replied with, "I will have to pull out the picture of Zack for you when I found him standing IN the toilet. I will try to keep a better eye on your child."

And then a little "sister love" back from her, "Hmmmm, so you find your child standing in the toilet, and instead of screaming and thinking that you can't get him out of there fast enough, you stop to go find your camera???"

That one cracked me up so I sent back, "Just a little insight into how my brain works... I dare you to try figure it out. LOL!"

So here you are Julie. I love you and promise to keep on taking pictures of my beautiful niece for you. ~Smiles!

See other Wordless Wednesday participants at 5 Minutes for Mom.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

An Award and "5 whatever gal"

Joanne over at Blessed gave me this "sweet" blog award. The rules of this award are to choose 5-10 blogs that show kindness and sweetness in their entries. For times sake I am choosing 5 so without further delay...

Angie at The Knightly News
Mari at My Little Corner of the World
Tonja at Gatherings
Diane at My Journey's Path
Melissa at Melissa's World


Lisa at Extravagant Grace is starting a group called "5 whatever gal". I love it! It is a commitment to get up while it is still dark to have time alone with God. It doesn't have to be at 5am or at 5:30am just 5 whatever time. I had already committed to myself, this past January, to getting up at 5:45am every morning so that I would be up before the rest of the family. I didn't think I was going to be able to stick to it because I am not a happy morning person. But you know what I found out? I am a much happier morning person when I can wake up WITHOUT family pressuring me to start helping them get ready. LOL! So it has become a double blessing for me. I get a set time with God every day and I am able to get myself moving before the family does it for me. Wink!

BREAKING NEWS FOR ALL MY BLOGGER FRIENDS

In 2009 the government will start deporting all the mentally ill people. I started crying when I thought of you.

Run, my little crazy friend, run!
Well what can I say???? I am NOT going alone!


(I got this from a friend in an e-mail and thought it was too good to pass up. LOL!)

I have great kids!

I love it when my kids get inspired to help each other. While I was gone this past weekend my older two girls helped my youngest clean, organize, and re-arrange her bedroom. I couldn't even walk into this bedroom before I left because Libby is known for trying on clothes and leaving them on the floor and bringing up clean clothes and not putting them away. It was a mess and a headache for me every time I seen it. I just haven't had the time or energy to help her tackle it and it had become to overwhelming for her to accomplish it on her own. Sisters to the rescue. Anna and Kaylyn spent much of Saturday helping her sort through things that could be given to Goodwill and things that could be dumped. Bless their hearts. I am REALLY glad they showed me her bedroom and the hallway closet (more of their organizing) before I found the results of the cleaning in the laundry. It was much easier to over look the unsorted clothes all on the floor after seeing how much work they put into the closet and Libby's bedroom.

A wonderful worship song