"I don't know??"

Today has been a long day. I now have a new appreciation for the House Parents at the village. I love the children there but after being there and volunteering/helping for just about 8 hours, I am exhausted.  I know taking care of my child can be tiring on a day with little sleep but having 4-6 other kids at the same time is so much. Especially when the ages differ so greatly, I am so greatful the Lord has sent wonderful house parents to the village to work and care for these kids because honestly I do not think I could do for 10 days straight. I absolutely LOVED having fun with them today, but now I am happy to be able to come home and rest and sleep and only have one little boy to bathe and get to sleep.

After talking to one of the younger ones today, I asked "are you excited for santa to visit you this year?". He gave me a puzzled look and I said, "Is santa going to visit you?" I was astonished at his answer...... "I don't know??? Probably not."     Never in my life did I ever wonder if Santa was going to visit me. I always had a Christmas on Christmas morning. It breaks my heart to know someone so small was unsure if Santa was going to visit.  I never want my child to have any doubt that he will not get what he needs and even what he wants especially at Christmas.  It breaks my heart to realize not all children have the opportunity to experience Christmas morning.  I have decided next year we will of course do a 'shoebox' and try to find something better to give to as a family. We will see!

ANYWAY, I love having a 3 yr old. The comments that come out of his mouth are priceless, and even some of mine.  Never did I think I would have to get onto someone for LICKING a public window,  or chewing on a table pretending to be a dog haha.  I also yelled earlier this week,  "HEY, get that dinosaur out of my tea" and lied to him saying there was dirty poop on the floor just to get him off the floor of a restaurant, surprisingly it worked, after he asked who's poop of course.  The things that come with parenting are unbelievable.  His comments tonight were also great.  He said, "we need to put a big'ol piece of tape on the moon, that way it will stay in the sky forever and ever".  Mark asked "Can you reach it to put it up there?"  E said, "NO, but Uncle Baba can fly his airplane up there and do it for me".   Of course he loves that Uncle Bobby flys planes and his faith in people is amazing.

Everyone is in our prayers this week because many ppl will be traveling and some may even try to get out and about on Friday (which is just cray-cray). Keep praying for our family as we keep unpacking and try to meet new families. We have already met many great people at a new church we are planning on joining. It is just hard to realize we will not be members of OUR church in Mt. Pleasant with our friends. Hopefully, we can make this church OURS too! Night

Exhausted

Monday E Quotes

E quote of the day:

E: Mom your hair is so really pretty.
Me:  Thanks buddy
E: It looks like snake hair.... YEAH... snake hair!



E: Mom your breath smells funny.
Me: What does it smell like dude?
E: Like.... PICKLES. and hot hot hot cheetos.

(Seeing as how I hate pickles and hot cheetos I dunno how this is possible but... whatever works)
HAHA

How to bake with a three year old!

As a tradition we make Halloween Cookies and just make breads at Christmas.
SO... Halloween is just right around the corner and you can just guess what we did today.

How to bake with an almost 3 yr old.

Step 1: Pick the best melt in your mouth sugar cookie recipe EVER! Thanks to a super sweet Ms. Nancy Kelly for mine.

Sugar Cookies

1/2 cup conf. sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup wesson oil

1 stick of butter

1 egg

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

1/2 tsp soda

2 cups flour

1 tsp vanilla

 

Cream butter, oil and sugar.  Add egg and vanilla. Gradually add dry ingredients.  Chill several hours.  Form into small balls and press with small water glass dipped in granulated sugar.  Bake at 375* for 9-10 mins.

Proberbs 16:24

 

 

Step 2: Do what the recipe says.  Let "wild man" stir and be excited to make cookies.

 

Step 3: Instead of us letting it cool and presing it out with a cup. We decided to use our halloween cookie cutters and I let "wild man" stamp some out.

 

Step 4: Let "wild man" play with it like playdoh.

 

 

Step 5: Let him throw half of it on the floor and rake flour and cookie dough off the counter onto you and him.

 

Step 6: Make him roll the remaining dough that didn't end up on the flour into small balls while he is screaming at you for taking the rest of his cookies and bake them as directed.

 

Step 7: After cookies are in the oven. Chase him around trying to keep him from putting his cookie dough and flour covered hands all over everything in the house.

 

Step 8: After being unsuccessful at step 7, hold him down to clean him off and then backtrack throughout the house trying to clean and find everything he touched during the rampage.

 

Step 9: Pull out your pretty (um.... not really) cookies and sprinkle with yummy halloween colored sprinkles. 

 

Step 10: Enjoy! And allow "wild man" to eat 4 and feed the dog 3. :)

 

Yes. I love my Halloween placemats that I made last year!





Mayhem :)

I put him into my bed at 10. Took my history quiz in the other room for 15 mins. Came into my bed room to find THIS.........



 

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Speechless right!

 

Yes, that is an entire bucket of brand new Victoria Secret Love Spell Body Butter. 

Yes, those are the clean sheets I put on the bed 30 mins before.

Yes, I had just turned on the washer to wash my only other set of sheets.

 

You bet we slept in sleeping bags after that haha.

 

But boy does my room and sheets smell delicious still :)

 

Just a hint of my mayhem!

 

And I didn't even scream!

 

 

Children are a heritage from the Lord,
offspring a reward from him.
PSALM 127:3

 

This is my reward!

Going to the Zoo, zoo, zoo... How about you, you, you!

After spending almost 5 days without seeing my sweet boy, I decided we needed some mommy-son time. So, yesterday we went to the zoo. He was so excited and he kept saying he wanted to see the fish.  

Im sorry but the FISH.... REALLY!?!? Of all the stinking exhibits and animals at the zoo.  THE FISH?!?!? When we got there we went straight to the fish then over to ride the CAMEL!

I am scared to death of heights and that camel was super tall. Needless to say I was FREAKING OUT! Eason rode that stinking camel with a huge smile on his face he loved every second of the day and I loved spending some quality time with the love of my life :)

They have already started decorating for ZOO BOO and E loved the jack-o-lanterns.

E looking at the koi fish.

He obviously missed me because he has not stopped talking for 2 whole days.

Typical E!

 

 

God's beautiful creatures.

Me and E notice how scared I am and how happy that boy is. haha

 

Loved my mommy-son day!



 

 



I just felt like I needed to say....

When I found out I was pregnant, I never knew how much I would be so madly in love with someone like I am in love with my baby boy. The love of a mother and a son is just completely overwhelming. It is so unexplainable how this is and it is exactly how God planned it.

He is my world and I wouldn't change it for anything.
Some times I just watch him and thank the Lord for giving me the greatest gift.

Thank you Lord for my baby boy.