This Is Kristin

My oldest boy is so so full of Joy. Sometimes he reminds Brody and I of Will Ferrell in the movie, “Elf.” He gets so excited about everything.

“Mama, we WALKED to our FRIENDS HOUSE!!!! I ran because it was so much fun, and we saw a cat, and a bird, and a……..” He likes every child, and makes friends with everyone in the grocery store, and he’s just so positive.

Yesterday morning after he threw up, I was changing his pillowcase, and he said, “I get daddy’s star wars pillow case, I love that one!” He didn’t complain about not feeling well, even though I knew he didn’t. He spent nearly the whole day horizontal, which for him is an obvious sign that things were not feeling right. He had a fever throughout the night, but I think he’s better today. He woke up asking for pancakes and eggs. Hopefully that is all for the sickness this summer.

~After leaving Sunday school, we were talking about what was learned that day. Both the boys had learned about God’s provision for the birds.

“He gave them wings, and beaks so they can eat, and bring food to their babies.” Eliot said, and Aiden shook his head in agreement.

“How does God provide for us?” I asked

“He gives us restaurants.” ~Eliot said.

~Today I tried to plan the ultimate fun day for a kid to kick off the summer. We started the morning with a “pick what you want” breakfast, followed by a trip to the sand pit park with our friends. Next, we drove through mc donalds and picnicked out on our back deck and ate the fatty kid friendly food, and played with the shrek toys. After a brief nap, friends came over to play, and they had a fun filled few hours eating popsicles, swinging, nature hunting, and jumping on the trampoline. We ate a dinner of p.b. and j. sandwiches, grapes, and yogurt then watched a movie while eating popcorn, then danced around the living room while the credits played.

While tucking in my two year old, I asked him what his favorite part of the day was. I said, “was it going to the park? or playing with LP? or eating popsicles?”

He replied, “spinning round with you, mama.”

~ He finished his first year of pre school! He learned the alphabet, and how to write his name. He made friends with all the kids in his class, and won the heart of his teacher. I am so proud of him, but so sad that it’s over so fast. We’re on to a summer of drum lessons, swimming lessons, and lots and lots of playing in the sprinkler!

This was one of those laugh-at-it- later-but-be-incredibly-stressed in the middle of it moment, that I had yesterday. I had hurt my back earlier in the day and was having trouble getting around. We were driving to a friend’s birthday party, and all of a sudden everything turned to chaos. My baby got hungry and started wailing, my two year old threw up pink chunky puke all over himself, and I was lost. Grinding my teeth, from the pain in my back I squeezed myself into the back seat, where with one hand I fed my baby a bottle, and with the other wiped pink puke from my boy’s face, while my four year old turned on the blinkers, wind shield wipers, and the veggie tales music up loud enough for the entire parking lot to hear.

It’s a test of love when you have to clean up puke, and you don’t throw up yourself. When you care more about getting it off of them, than you do about getting it on yourself. I love my boys, even through all the puke, noise and pain.

I’m starting to wonder.

~My son can catch flies mid air. It’s really weird, he does this all the time. He’s incredibly quick, and his eyes catch a fly buzzing around, he takes his index and thumb, and just grabs the fly.
AND he doesn’t get hurt. He can fall off most things and stand right back up and keep going.
(He’s also got really white hair, and he’s out for the good of man.)

~So I kept wondering who he got it from, and then I remembered some magnetic abilities my husband had with the silverware at a Dennys. Was it just the silver ware, or him?

Hmmmm….

I was praying with my two year old last night, and he said,
“thank you for helplee, (that is his friend), sunshine, and eyebrows.”

soo cute….

“I found a family of worms! Look a toddler worm!” ~Eliot.

“I’m a boy, I can’t give my booby to a baby!” ~Eliot (when explaining why he needed to feed his stuffed puppy in the middle of the night)

“Heflants, (elephants) have sparkles on dem. (them.)” ~Aiden

“My favorite color is blue. My brother’s favorite color is green. I like Florida.” ~(a boy from sunday school)

“Oh yeah, God and Jesus, I learned about you guys today…” ~a friend’s son while praying.

Me: “Does anyone remember what
an offering is?” ~ Little Girl: ” an octopus”

Is it possible to inherit a gene that causes you to sleep walk/ talk? I think my son inherited this (entertaining) trait from my husband. They don’t just sleep walk or mumble in their sleep, they tell stories, steal pillows, and jump off the bed, (just to name a few.)

What is the most unusual sleep walk/ talk story that you have seen or heard?

The other day I was doing a kick boxing workout video with my 4 year old, (we actually made it all the way through without the other two waking up) and toward the end I was getting worn out. My arms began flailing instead of punching the air, my jumping got much slower, and my mind began to drift off. I was quickly snapped back into the present moment when I felt something smack me in the face. I looked around the room in shock to figure out if my son had thrown something at me, when he told me through giggles, “mama you just punched yourself in the face!”