Lily was reading a comprehension story for language arts about Anne Frank, so she comes to tell me how they only had one toilet for 8 people and could only flush it ONCE A DAY. So I said "Oh, you're learning about the Holocaust?" and she looks super surprised and says "How do you know about that?"
Harper eating a giant piece of Mammy fudge and says, "Wow, I just can't resist Mammy's peanut butter fudge...what does resist even mean?"
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Friday funnies
We had a few extra days of Christmas break this week due to the frigid cold..we went out anyway so I must be growing immune to the cold..or numb.
Lacy organized a talent show for our entertainment on Friday evening, I love how Haleys' performance says "cartwheels only" and I'm not sure what mouth singing is either...we were entertained.
Haleys so proud of herself, she put her hair is a ponytail all by herself...something Lily & Lacy still struggle with.
Jason doing Bible time @ dinner...reading and teaching about being "fishers' of men"
Harper has an experiment kit from her birthday so they got it out to "experiment" which means mixing a bunch of stuff up & making a mess of the kitchen but not to worry, she told me "don't worry mommy, I put a pan down in case anything explodes"
Lacy is my child that doesn't seek my attention, doesn't demand much & is so easy going so I HAVE to be intentional about spending one on one time with her. She wanted to make parfaits like in a cookbook so I taught her to make the homemade granola & she put them all together for a treat. I could also tell Lily was a little miffed because she's usually my sous chef..probably good for her to be off her pedestal for a night!
Lacy organized a talent show for our entertainment on Friday evening, I love how Haleys' performance says "cartwheels only" and I'm not sure what mouth singing is either...we were entertained.
Haleys so proud of herself, she put her hair is a ponytail all by herself...something Lily & Lacy still struggle with.
Jason doing Bible time @ dinner...reading and teaching about being "fishers' of men"
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Moments
My sweet sweet Lacy, she's not as much of a talker as some other girls we know but she's a pretty deep & thoughtful little girl. Today, my new iPhone case came & it has a scripture verse on it. All the girls were reading it & I explained its much easier to stay focused on what God wants you to do when you're always looking at it. I was putting napkins out for dinner & Lacy said, "I bet you wish they had bible verses on napkins Mom, then we could read them at dinner" awhile later she puts these napkins writing side down at each of our places. After we prayed, she told us we could turn them over. She wrote different verses for each of us.
These our are new pets, or the big girls new pets. Three fish + a snail. It's not a puppy but they do report every day what the fish are doing, how gross the snail is. Lacy set her radio right next to the tank yesterday so they wouldn't be lonely while they're at school.
Which leads me to the ridiculous conversation in the car yesterday, Lacy asked me how you can tell if a snail is a boy or a girl. I said, "I don't know" the girls responded "ask your phone" So I did. Apparently, most snails are hermaphrodites. I was not going to use that word so I just explained the snail had girl parts and boy parts. The girls then asked which parts it had more of, if it had a vagina and a stomach does that mean it's going to have babies...aaaahhhh!!! Then Lily coined the term shemale for the snail.
Onto the family tree, Lily's working on her family tree which led to discussion around the table about our grandparents. Jason was telling the girls about when his grandpa passed away & he used the money Pappy gave him from his Grandpa to buy Mommy's engagement ring. So, of course Lily responds, "Can I have all your money when you die?"
Harper is forever leaving stuff at school, hats, mittens, stuffed animals, you name it. One morning, she wore my hat to school, of course left it there. I told her, you need to bring home everything in your cubby, especially my hat. She says, Yeah, cause school is almost over so I better clean out my cubby before" I hate to tell her, she's less than 1/2 way through the year....
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Photo dump!
Haley Mae striking a pose before the mall
I don't know why I think this picture is so sweet. It's just a little ordinary moment but reminds me that even though hanging out in a tween store isn't his number one thing he would like to do, he's happy to do it to hang out with his girls. He even helps pick out earrings at Claires. Add to that he's upstairs reading a barbie book to the little ones before bed.
Crazy excited to go to the mall with their first gift cards..ever.
They had an olympics themed day at gymnastics..Haley was a little too into it!
Not Harper's best Christmas, except the excessive screen time she was allowed. Lacy did not think this was fair,
That's Lacy under the crazy hoodie at our favorite Mexican restaurant
This cracked me up when I saw it. I think it's hysterical that Harper thought she needed to put last names on the tag..in case there was any confusion.
Car line selfie waiting to pick up the big kids..it will be a lonely car line next year waiting for EVERYBODY
Haley in her Christmas program at preschool
Lily at her first game, Jason's really happy to have her in a sport he can help her with.
Looking way too grown up lately...before her first band concert. Jason said he thinks they use that music to torture people at Guantanamo
Pretty sure this was the girls favorite Advent activity...kind of looks like a gingerbread trailer park
Caroling at the nursing home with our 4H group...we pulled up at Lily says, "Wow Mom, this is really nice. Do you hope you can live here one day?"
Haley Mae helping me bake!
Look how big she is! Not too big for Pappy's lap...
Shopping with the big girls @ Target
This is a great example of the random craziness in our house. Hey, let's stack our gymnastics mats, crawl to the top in our pajamas, grab our purse and a stuffed dog. Now, take a picture...
Haley Mae helping with dishes, she LOVES to wash dishes.
Harper the peacock in motion...I've already told Haley she has to be a peacock next year...spent way too much time on that costume for just one person to wear it.
Jason with some kind of weird facial hair going on, taking a nap with his favorite nap buddy..Harper
New Years REVOLUTION
On New Years Eve we told the girls how some people set goals in the New Year and call them New Year resolutions. Lily, who only half listens to every conversation because she's so busy thinking about what she wants to say must have heard "revolution" because when asked what her New Years Resolution would be she answered:
"I want my New Years Revolution to be having better hygiene. I'm going to brush my teeth every time I eat something, always wear deodorant, wash my face and brush my hair"
We congratulated her on a great revolution. The next morning getting ready to head out to the mall she informed us that she had brushed her teeth SIX times. However, like most New Years Revolutions it faltered a bit by the next day. I had to remind her to brush her teeth and brush her hair.
I also asked the girls if they had any goals for me, like things I could do differently. Lily told me I should wear less makeup (not happening) and not talk on the phone in the car (which I rarely do), Lacy told me I should do less chores..BLESS HER!
We do have some goals for our family, mostly faith based that sometimes get lost in the day to day. At church tonight, they used the example of filling up a container with big rocks, little rocks, sand & water. Basically, you won't be able to fit the big rock (GOD) in the container if you've already filled it up with the little stuff (everything else in your life). Instead of looking at our calendar & saying we have too much going on to get to church, what needs to come off the calendar to make that happen? If Jason isn't here to do bible time with the girls, I need to pick that responsibility up, not just wait until he is home. Making time to pray one on one with the girls & making time for my own bible time & making sure the girls know this. Practice makes progress as I tell the girls every.single.day.
"I want my New Years Revolution to be having better hygiene. I'm going to brush my teeth every time I eat something, always wear deodorant, wash my face and brush my hair"
We congratulated her on a great revolution. The next morning getting ready to head out to the mall she informed us that she had brushed her teeth SIX times. However, like most New Years Revolutions it faltered a bit by the next day. I had to remind her to brush her teeth and brush her hair.
I also asked the girls if they had any goals for me, like things I could do differently. Lily told me I should wear less makeup (not happening) and not talk on the phone in the car (which I rarely do), Lacy told me I should do less chores..BLESS HER!
We do have some goals for our family, mostly faith based that sometimes get lost in the day to day. At church tonight, they used the example of filling up a container with big rocks, little rocks, sand & water. Basically, you won't be able to fit the big rock (GOD) in the container if you've already filled it up with the little stuff (everything else in your life). Instead of looking at our calendar & saying we have too much going on to get to church, what needs to come off the calendar to make that happen? If Jason isn't here to do bible time with the girls, I need to pick that responsibility up, not just wait until he is home. Making time to pray one on one with the girls & making time for my own bible time & making sure the girls know this. Practice makes progress as I tell the girls every.single.day.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Finding Gratitude
I love Christmas, Christmas Break, Christmas cooking/baking, decorating, Advent and the list goes on. I was especially excited about this Christmas since last Christmas break I was still in a shoulder brace. This Christmas did not meet my way too high expectations and that should be a lesson to me about my ridiculous expectations.
I expected no one would get sick, we would get to do our fun advent activities like volunteering at the animal shelter, making Christmas cookies without worrying someone was spreading their germs all over, we would actually get to church, family board game night, etc. This did not happen. Our sweet crazy Harper has had a fever for 8 long days, tomorrow will make 3 dr visits in a week. Am I worried? Yes. Am I disappointed that we all didn't make it home to KY for Christmas? Oh yes. Do I feel like I'm going to be quarantined in this house for a month if this gets passed on to anyone else? Yes. But I also had some quiet moments today while cuddling up with Harper that made me see once again that God is always in the little things.
I'm grateful Jason & the other girls went to KY instead of hanging out here with our germs. They get to be loved on by everybody else that loves them, I love sharing them & having everybody else see their awesomeness! I never get this much one on one time with Harper, it's weird and wonderful. She's perfect company even when she crawls in bed at 5 am and thinks an appropriate conversation for that hour is "Why is it never nighttime in the movies?" She also asked me if Santa will bring her more presents when she's feeling better. Sometimes it's hard to focus on each girls' individual needs/wants when I have the whole gaggle together. It's a good reminder to make sure I'm taking time with each of them.
Even amongst the chaos, plans changing, sickness, worry, etc. I'm still overwhelmed by my blessings.
I expected no one would get sick, we would get to do our fun advent activities like volunteering at the animal shelter, making Christmas cookies without worrying someone was spreading their germs all over, we would actually get to church, family board game night, etc. This did not happen. Our sweet crazy Harper has had a fever for 8 long days, tomorrow will make 3 dr visits in a week. Am I worried? Yes. Am I disappointed that we all didn't make it home to KY for Christmas? Oh yes. Do I feel like I'm going to be quarantined in this house for a month if this gets passed on to anyone else? Yes. But I also had some quiet moments today while cuddling up with Harper that made me see once again that God is always in the little things.
I'm grateful Jason & the other girls went to KY instead of hanging out here with our germs. They get to be loved on by everybody else that loves them, I love sharing them & having everybody else see their awesomeness! I never get this much one on one time with Harper, it's weird and wonderful. She's perfect company even when she crawls in bed at 5 am and thinks an appropriate conversation for that hour is "Why is it never nighttime in the movies?" She also asked me if Santa will bring her more presents when she's feeling better. Sometimes it's hard to focus on each girls' individual needs/wants when I have the whole gaggle together. It's a good reminder to make sure I'm taking time with each of them.
Even amongst the chaos, plans changing, sickness, worry, etc. I'm still overwhelmed by my blessings.
Friday, December 19, 2014
Our day...because there's just no way to catch up!
I'm going to try & keep up but I know I can catch up the past few months so I'll start with today!
Last day of school before Christmas break, HALLELUJAH!!! I think I was more excited than the girls, I love having them home, not having to rush out the door, not having to tell them to hurry up & eat their breakfast 12x...we had snowman pancakes complete with bacon scarves to celebrate this morning. Dropped off big kids, hung out with Haley at her Christmas party, lunch, baked cookies for neighbors, was 1st in car line to pick up the girls...should have been a spectacular afternoon.
Got the girls, headed to a lab because Harper needed a blood draw. She's had some unexplained nasty bruises, a few nosebleeds & the ped wants to check for bleeding/clotting disorders. Harper has been worried about this all week because she's so squeamish, when we got there she was so nervous like I didn't know if I was going to get her in the door. The super nice tech puts the tourniquet on and Harper is freaking out, kept trying to rip it off so the lady told me she needed to sit on my lap so I could hold her down. Harper is freakishly strong, she's yelling and gets so upset that she throws up ALL over me, my coat, my pants, my boots, down in my boots, her shirt, her pants, her boots. Keep in mind she had just come from her school Christmas party where she probably ate everything in sight. During the freakout and vomiting, Lily had started sobbing because she's sensitive and gets upset when anyone she loves is hurt or upset.
This lab had nothing but those cheap paper napkins you use to dry your hands in the bathroom, not so good for cleaning up vomit. Of course we have to walk back out to the waiting room to a room full of staring strangers with vomit all over us. Harper of course is totally fine by now because they're done with the blood draw, Lily's still crying and we head home to clean up the disaster.
And in true Harper form, I get the giant pile of stuff to start rinsing it all and she yells from the shower, "Make sure you get all the throw up out of my jingle bell necklace" Yep, Harper that's totally my first priority.
Last day of school before Christmas break, HALLELUJAH!!! I think I was more excited than the girls, I love having them home, not having to rush out the door, not having to tell them to hurry up & eat their breakfast 12x...we had snowman pancakes complete with bacon scarves to celebrate this morning. Dropped off big kids, hung out with Haley at her Christmas party, lunch, baked cookies for neighbors, was 1st in car line to pick up the girls...should have been a spectacular afternoon.
Got the girls, headed to a lab because Harper needed a blood draw. She's had some unexplained nasty bruises, a few nosebleeds & the ped wants to check for bleeding/clotting disorders. Harper has been worried about this all week because she's so squeamish, when we got there she was so nervous like I didn't know if I was going to get her in the door. The super nice tech puts the tourniquet on and Harper is freaking out, kept trying to rip it off so the lady told me she needed to sit on my lap so I could hold her down. Harper is freakishly strong, she's yelling and gets so upset that she throws up ALL over me, my coat, my pants, my boots, down in my boots, her shirt, her pants, her boots. Keep in mind she had just come from her school Christmas party where she probably ate everything in sight. During the freakout and vomiting, Lily had started sobbing because she's sensitive and gets upset when anyone she loves is hurt or upset.
This lab had nothing but those cheap paper napkins you use to dry your hands in the bathroom, not so good for cleaning up vomit. Of course we have to walk back out to the waiting room to a room full of staring strangers with vomit all over us. Harper of course is totally fine by now because they're done with the blood draw, Lily's still crying and we head home to clean up the disaster.
And in true Harper form, I get the giant pile of stuff to start rinsing it all and she yells from the shower, "Make sure you get all the throw up out of my jingle bell necklace" Yep, Harper that's totally my first priority.
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