“I’ve got gardens growing,
got quiet days,
clothes on my back,
food on my plate,
got friends to help me if I call for them,
I don’t need anything that I don’t have
Got eyes to see this beautiful land,
feet to take me where I want to stand,
If theres work to be done, there’s these two strong hands
Well I don’t need anything that I don’t have”
~Glen Phillips~”Don’t need Anything”
Yesturday I walked over to our neighbors house and discovered that the kids had filled their entire porch with dirt about a half inch thick. Then went into their garage where they had torn up boxes and styrofoam to create a house. Today my 2 year old son dumped a bag of rice all over the kitchen table and scooped and dumped. Tonight I sprayed shaving cream all over the tub walls and let them paint themselves. The kids love to make messes, and I actually had fun too.
I am not a morning person, I never ever have been. But my kids are, so I decided that I should wake up at least a half an hour before them each morning, to pray, and drink coffee and wake up, so I am not a morning monster to them all. My husband thinks our kids have radar, because it doesn’t matter what time I get up, they wake up about 5 minutes after. It could be 5am, it could be 6:30am or it could be 7:30. It doesn’t matter, they are up.
Some of my favorite shows are Saturday night live, Mad Tv., and Best Week Ever, because I really love to laugh. The other night I was watching one of those shows, and they had an actress portraying the newly shaved headed Britney Spears, in a straight jacket. Although I laughed when she showed her new tattoo of the nutrition label from a cheetos bag, I had to turn the TV off afterward and pray for her. I’m not a fan of Britney Spears or her music, but I am aching for her, and her two babies at home. She is obviously going through a hard time in life and making crazy choices, but she is still a person, and doesn’t need her mistakes slandered all over magazine covers.
Some may say that she put herself in the spotlight and deserves the ridicule and negative attention, but I am just not sure what that would do to a person. Do you think we should care so much about who is doing what where, or should we recognize celebrities humanity and leave them alone?
Today I was privledged to have a little 3 year old girl grace the presence of my testosterone filled home. She came dressed in pink, with sparkly sandles on. She told me how our dog, (who is a boy) and her dog, (who is a girl) are in love. She said, “isn’t that romantic?” She twirled around in the kitchen as she sung to herself, and walked on her tippy toes as she played “mother” to my sons. She sat quietly while we ate lunch, and chewed with her mouth closed. She colored in the puppy dog coloring book, (the one that usually only I color in) and presented her dad with a picture when he arrived to pick her up. As we watched her skip home, I said to my son, “Girls are different than boys aren’t they?” to which he replied, “Yeah they have different parts.”
I am absolutely thrilled for my friends that were just able to adopt a one month old little girl, out of the foster care system. It is such a wonderful blessing for their family, but also for this little girl. It’s awesome that she gets to start her life in a stable home with a family that will love her greatly. Congratulations,Jessie, and all your family!
Some funny remarks disproving that claim….
(from an e mail my brother sent me)
~They claim they have proof that Jesus had a baby. We can’t even determine the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby. (Jay Leno)
~If you were going to hide a casket, would you put it in Jerusalem and label it “Jesus”?
~Wow! You trust this film more than the Bible? Now that’s faith.
*I let my 4 year old son stay up a little late the other night to wait for his daddy to get home. We were watching tennis, (the only thing I could find suitablefor children on) when a diet pill commercial came on. It showed the before and after pictures of this woman, to which my son commented, “You need those mommy!” ……yeah, thanks…….
Bill Cosby used to have a show called “Kid’s say the darndest things.” I think my son could be on that show, he makes us laugh, cringe, and blush quite a bit with his honesty.
What have your kids said, or shouldn’t have said that is just pure honesty?
