Sometimes, you disappoint

I know I have disappointed my children at various times in their lives.  They didn't get that extra cookie they wanted, or they didn't get to watch another TV show.  It doesn't bother me when I disapoint them that way.  That's a lesson for them in obedience or self control. 

However, this morning, I woke up to the sobbing, heart broken tears of my dear Hannah, and discovered I had greatly disapointed her. 

You see, for the past couple of days, she has been carrying around all kinds of stuffed animals and dolls, and calling them her "children".  She has an active imagination  and has spent hours caring for her children, feeding them, reading to them, teaching them song, and rocking them.  She is seriously adorable!

Yesterday when we quickly left for dinner and church, she asked me if she could bring a couple of her "children" along.  I allowed her to.  Well, she rode home from church with daddy and forgot to get her children out of the car. 


Hannah reading the Bible to her children, "and God made da whole ting"



Last night as we were tucking the girls in, she began to crying because her "children" were still in the car. At first, we playfully said, "Oh no...you can't leave your children in the car!  You may get arrested and go to jail"  Now, before you send me hate comments...we have joked abou that before...and we were smiling and laughing as we said it.  Well, Hannah was in no joking mood...this was serious to her!  So, immediately I gave her a huge hug and told her she wasn't going to jail and I would take care of her children.

Guess what....I forgot.  I didn't even think about it again!  This morning, a few minutes after six, I was awoken to the sobbings of a three year old.  When I finally figured out what was wrong, I told her that I was sorry...and I forgot to get her children for her.  Oh dear....wrong thing to say! She almost had ME crying.  I can't even call it crying, she was sobbing.  Big, heavy tears with shoulder quivering.  She was so sad that her children were in the car all night long.  Poor little thing. 

That, was one of the first times I felt like I really disappointed her. 

D: Dinosaur

It's taken us a few weeks to get through...but we finally made it through our D--Dinosaur study.  This was fun, when we put the time into it:)  (It's summer...cut me some slack;)

We learned that "Big and Small, God made them all". 

A few of our favorite projects were...

Tracing Dinosaurs.

I got a couple books from the library and the picked out Dinosaurs to trace.  This was their first time really tracing anything.  They didn't love it, but we are going to do it more and more.

We also made dinosaur eggs.  I bought a package of tiny dinosaurs, stuck them in a balloon and blew it up. Then we made paper mache glue (water and flour) and paper mached newspaper around the balloons.

 .  A few days later, we painted the eggs (Hannah did an excellent job...she covered every square inch!).


Nate even got in ont he painting....he loved finger painting, can you tell!

  

Finally, we cracked our eggs open and discovered our baby dinosaurs.


Listening for the baby dinosaur in the egg



 

The other cool thing was when Nicole made a dinosaur diorama.  This was her first ever diorama...but she really got into it.  She spent over an hour painting, coloring, and gluing (I helped her with cutting because we glued the papers onto cereal boxes for structure....which made the cutting hard).

She still shows people her creation.  She really enjoyed  that activity.

We also used a coloring/activity book we got at the dollar spot at Target and looked at Dinosaur flash cards we bought there as well. 

Random pictures

Since I'm a little behind in my blogging...I thought I'd just put some random pictures in this post to catch up the past couple of weeks.

In all honesty....we have not done that many fun things.  Things have been crazy, and fun was just not on the menu.  I am working hard hard hard to change that.  I think the kids have had a fun few days.  We went to the beach on Friday with a bunch of friends....and that was fun (except for clean up when we got home).  Nicole went to her little friend's birthday party today, and to the salon with my mom and I this afternoon (I have a rockin hair cut I really like:) Thanks mom!  That was fun:)

I have some fun activies planned for next week as well, and we are working to get back on the learning and Bible study train we fell off of for a while. 

Anyway...without further ado....random photos....

Goofin Around

Silly mommy

Ready for church. 

Hannah took this picture...didn't she do a great job!

Nate Dawg!

Where are Nicole and Hannah?

Oh, there they are (they were giggling like crazy)

Nicole could not wait to use the sparklers this year.

Nathan even got a chance to try:)

Hannah got a "big idea" the afternoon of the Fourth of July.  She decided to make a fruit salad for us.  She started with a mashed banana and pieces of bread torn into small bites.  She mixed these in a bowl, then spread them out in this pan. We baked it at 350 for 3 minutes (because she is 3 of course).  Then, she added strawberries, blueberries and several other toppings.  While watching the fireworks that night, Hannah exclaimed "OH, I got!  I got mommy!  My fwuit salad" (I got means I forgot).  She ran inside, got her fruit salad and brought it out to serve us.  The kids at a ton of her fruit salad...somehow, Jeremy and I got away with not eating any of it ;p

Pictures are Updated

Last week, I posted a few blogs with pictures that did not work. I have updated those posts so you can see the pictures.  Either scroll down a couple of posts...or click Fourth of July Parade  and Girl's Night.

A little Birdie

Yesterday, we discovered there is a bird's nest in the bougavillia tree outside our front door...and an even greater surprise are the three little birides we heard chirping away.  They just hatched yesterday (in fact, earlier in the day I only saw two...later I saw the third).  I've been watching the mommy and daddy birding quickly flying back and forth with food.  It's amazing to see those new little animal lives.

The nest is a little high for me, so I can't get a great picture (maybe Jeremy can help me out later).  But, here are shots of the the tiny beak. (if you click the picture, it will zoom in)

When I was outside near the tree...the mommy and daddy birds didn't attack me (surprisingly), but they did watch me.  One stared at me from the power lines, and one watched me from the roof, just above the tree (again, if you click the picture, you ought to be able to see the food in the bird's beak).

I'm hoping this video will work...fingers crossed!

Pictures

Hey ya'll.  I've had a few people tell me that you can't see the pictures I've posted.  We upgraded our computer recently and are using a new system...and I still don't have the hang of it yet.  Hopefully this evening while jeremy is studying, I can sit down and figure out what I did wrong:)  I promise to re-post!

Funny Sermon Notes

Yesterday, I stayed home from church with Nathan because he was a little under the weather.  Nicole said to me as she left with her daddy, "Mommy, I will make sure daddy takes notes so you can hear the gospel". 

She did not disapoint.  Apparently she would tell Jeremy to write down what the pastor just said at different parts of the sermon.  When I read it...I was crying because I was laughing so hard.  It was a guest speaker from Orlando, and Jeremy said it was a good sermon....but, the notes....well, I'll let you read them:)

2 Samuel 9
I conversation
39 days   Just go home   covenant.  God's grace is bigger. God knows we are all cripples.  We are spirtually criples.  Gad wants to do something  Adam and Eve disobeyed God.  What does God do   some kind of animal.  Sacrifice.  That's what sind does.  People in the   He likes animals.  He's been living in the woods  He put some food down.  God's beat em up.  Grace knows we're all criples.  Spiritually.  It doesn't keep us from loving us.  God has yes face   yes face and no face.  We do know we have.  A murderer.  Grace.  God has a yes face.  God's table is a buffet.  Maphibesheth  God to eat at the king's table.  Grace is more than we can imagine.  She came up to me.  What did I do wrong   Got to sit at the presdient's table.  He gets down.  Where is Maphibesheth.

And that, my friends...is a sermon through the ears of a child.  Maybe this is why I have to explain things a thousand times a day...she's only catching a word here and there and none if it ever makes sense. hehehe.

Another funny story...Jeremy had the girls at church by himself.  I put a new dress on hannah.  It had two ties on her shoulders.  He saw her playing with the ties, but didn't think about it at all.  Well, when the preacher came up to preach, he asked everyone stand in honor of God's word.  Everyone stood....and....Hannah's dress fell to her ankles!!!!!  Ahhhhh hahahahaha.  She had untied the bows over her shoulders.  Poor daddy was trying to re-dress his daughter while everyone around him was giggling.  I wish I would have seen That one!

Fourth of July Parade

Happy Birthday to Our Country!
That was the first thing Nicole said the morning of July 4th.  She had been looking forward to this day for a week or more.  The first thing she did when she woke up was grab some paper and some stickers...and make her very own flag!  I had no idea what she was doing until it was almost done.  I was so proud of her.  She wanted to take it to the parade we were going to later that morning.

At our city's  4th of July parade.  It was hot...but Not humid...and there was a nice breeze, so it was totally bareable.

This is Nicole's flag.  The other one she colored the day before in Sunday School.  Nicole was photographed by our local newspaper.  She stood in this position for quite a while as we were waiting for the parade to make it to us.

There were several color guards that passed by.  I think these are the marines. 

Nicole and Hannah loved the parade.  The stood up the entire 1 1/2 hours, grabbed candy that was thrown at them and waved to all the "floats".  They had a blast.

For some reason, Nathan sat on the curb almost the whole time.  He was funny...if a piece of candy would land next to his shoe, he would reach for it.  But, if he had to move to get it...forget about it.

Nate, just watching everything pass by.

I wish this was a video.  Hannah stood in this spot and waved her hand for several minutes.  There must have been a lull in the candy throwing or something.  She had a sort of expressionless face...just stood there, in a daze, waving.

Chick-fil-a!!!

The girls love monster trucks

One float thought it would be a good idea to pass out baloons (it wasn't).  Our kids popped lots of balloons...but people near us kept given them theirs.  Nate popped one while he was hitting it on the ground.  It scared him and he cried.

This was a fun way for us to kick off the 4th July celebration. The kids really enjoyed it and it was pretty fun for us too. 

Girl's Night

We have a tradition that when Jeremy is out of town, we always try to have a Girl's Night. Nicole decorated the door with a flag and party toys. The girls got comfy in our bed and watched the first hour of The Sound of Music. Because this movie was so long...we had three girls night. Each lasted an hour or so. One night my mom made it over and painted toe nails with the girls too.

Hannah found my tiara from my wedding and decided it was a fitting accessory

Not that we ever want daddy to go away...but when he does, I want the girls (and later Nate) to have a special time with me and something to look forward to.

Is Anybody Out There?

Hello.

It's me.

Do you remember me, or us?

We are that crazy family of five that is always on the go.

Seriously...I am sorry I have not updated my blog in SUCH a long time.  I am sorry to YOU, my readers, and I am sorry to my family because I know how precious this blog has been to us over the years.

As the children have gotten older, I find myself with less and less time to do "my" things.  Like blogging.  This was something I would often do at nap times...but, I don't get full nap times anymore, because Nicole is up and needs constant entertainment or chores (which I do with her).  My breaks during the day have become non-existant (doesn't that violate some sort of  employee law?).  So, my blogging has taken a major hit from that.

It has also taken a big hit from my new business.  You HAVE heard of my new business...right?  I have been an Avon rep for about 6 weeks now, and it's going great!  The first few weeks, I spent a lot of time figuring out my organation system and learning all of the products. Lately, I've been thrown into leadership roles and so now I'm learning how to train and recruit new reps.  Yikes!  I have had great campaigns and have actually been making money:)  So...when/if I get computer time...it's been spent working on Avon, not blogging :( sad, I know.

So...Here's a recap...and hopefully I can post some pictures tomorrow of different events.

Jeremy went to Canada for several days, my in-laws went on a mission trip in Central America, and my mom and dad were all gone...at the same time.  Kind of.  My mom hung around for me at least until Jeremy got back from Canada (I'm pretty sure I begged her to...thanks mom!)

The kids are growing really fast.  Nicole is learning how to ride a bike with no training wheels.  At first she wanted to be a dentist, then a missionary...and now she wants to be a scientist (and a mommy).  Hannah is funny and always makes us laugh.  Nathan is growing way to fast.  He is saying more and more words and really has a cute sense of humor.

Life is crazy and stressful a lot of the time....but we are thankful for each other and our families.  I know I have the best husband in the world.  I appreciate his support and love and need him more than ever. 

Pictures to come soon.