I don't want her to grow up.....

Yesterday (Thursday) I took the kids for a bike ride around our loop. It was a fun time and I always enjoy watching them ride with excitement. We have a neighborhood where there are kids everywhere! We happened to walk by a few and I noticed that they were pointing at Reese and laughing. It just broke my heart. It reminded me of when I was little and how much people made fun of me. I get so sad knowing that it is possibly going to happen to my little girl and there is nothing I can really do about it. I just pray that she will be able to understand how much God loves her and we love her. I just want to be able to protect her forever. I think that is partly why I want to homeschool. I am so affraid of what kids might say and the influence they will have on her. "God please protect my little girl!"

Math Problem

Amber wakes up at 7:30am. Reese has to be at school at 9am. It takes her (amber) 1:15 minutes to get all the kids changed, dressed, fed, lunch made and ready to go out the door leaving her 10 minutes to get ready herself. Once the baby comes in May, how much time will she have to get herself ready??


Answer:
Amber needs a nanny :)





FYI- I went to a job interview the other day and they had a "test" that you had to take. For example: You need 40 salads prepped and you have already have 16 done. It takes you 5 minutes to do 10. How long will it take you to finish.
My answer: Who cares I will just get it done! So the math problem above came from my spoof of the test :)

The 7 Year Itch

Collin and I have been happily married now for almost 7 years. March 25 will be our 7th. Lately as we have been approaching this time in our life people have said "oooo, the seven year itch" I never really new the full meaning of the statement so I decided to google it today.

Meaning:

The inclination to become unfaithful after seven years of marriage.

I assure you there ain't no itching going on here! So I can now rest easy at night knowing the meaning of the phrase. And looking forward to our whole life together.

Ecclesiastes

I used to think of this book as "the book of depressing" I got that title from my good friend Amy and I agreed with her. We started going through it at our church and I have been loving it! It is teaching me so much truth and I can't wait to hear more. Yesterday it was going through Chpt. 5 "Taking God Seriously" was the title to the sermon.

Ecclesiastes 5:1-2
Guard your steps as you go to the house of God, and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

Now after going through it for awhile now I don't think it is depressing. A lot of stuff is hard to hear, but encouraging at the same time.

I encourage you if you have time to listen to it. Here is the website. http://www.gracepugetsound.com/sermons/

Flowers for me??

My hubby came home yesterday with flowers! I have to say that my heart leaped inside. I felt special, loved, and most of all cared for. Last Tuesday at MOPS the discusion was on marriage and she was talking about the 5 Love Languages. I read the book before we got married and enjoyed it and at that time I probably could say I was only one, Quality Time. In case you don't know what the 5 are:
1) Words of Affirmation
2) Quality Time
3) Acts of Service
4) Recieving Gifts
5) Physical Touch
I think about it now and I realize I want it all, but it narrows down to quality time. So when he gives me flowers it makes me feel like he spent TIME thinking of me. And to me that is one of the best feelings especially because it was so unexpected. Love you babes!

My tough little Rambo

Yesterday Dallas and Reese were playing outside when I was making dinner. Dallas must of been extra clumsy because he had been getting hurt all day. Well as I am cooking I hear him cry yet again and go outside to comfort him. He didn't cry to long and I am hugging him to make sure that he is okay. As we start to head inside I realize that there is blood all over my hand. Of course I start to freak out (without letting him know I am freaking out) not knowing how big of a cut he actually has. So I take him to the kitchen sink and wash it out with peroxide. Owee. Although it wasn't something that needed stitches there was still a lump and I didn't want it to swell to much. So mommy got creative and tied ice to his head....much easier than him holding it and he of course thought he looked really cool. I love you my tough little Rambo!

Is Mommy an Octopus?

I am not sure how it will look or how it will come about, but I have decided that I want to write a children's book and Title it: "Is mommy an octopus" With having multiple children I am often put in situation where I am helping one child and the other needs help and they want it now! Take this morning for instance. I was getting the kids ready because we have MOPS today and I needed to make 2 bowls of oatmeal and 1 bowl of cereal. Because the oatmeal takes 1 minute to cook I decided to put one in the microwave and make a bowl of cereal to be efficient. Once it the micro beeped I took the first bowl out and put the other in. I then proceeded to give Dallas his cereal and put Ava in her highchair with her oatmeal and as I am doing so Reese looks to me and says "mom, what about me?" I then turn my head to her and say "hmmm, is mommy and octopus?" She laughs and says "no you don't have six arms (I correcter her an stated they have eight)" But in that moment I thought....this would be a great book! So I am going to get my brain working and write a kids book. Unless you all comment and tell me you wouldn't buy it :)

A Fabulous Find!

My kids just love Applesauce! I hate buying it for the very fact that we can go though a normal size jug in about 1.5 days. And if you want the good stuff with no added sugar you have potential to spend a lot of money (at least in my house). I went to Costco awhile back and decided that I was going to buy the big industrial can of applesauce. I didn't even look at the ingredients because I loved the price to much. $2.67 I believe. When I got home and opened it I was shocked at what I found.

That's right....Apples and Water baby! So I will forever be a purchaser of Costco Industrial size applesauce. And my kids will love me for it :)

The Belly

So I thought I would post a picture of my ever so growing belly! I would love to say that I won't get any bigger, but reality is I will.

The good things about being sick.....

Friends buy you flowers

Husband takes a day off work

Husband watches the kids you were supposed to babysit

Friends call to see if you need anything at the store

You can eat lots and lots of popsicles

You can lay in bed all day and not feel lazy

You can get the homework done for your bible study

If you normally can't nap, you can when your sick

You don't smell the dirty diapers

You don't smell your husbands burps and farts

The Letter of the Day

Reese: "Look mom it is an 'L' "
Mom: "huh?, Oh you are right"
Reese: "Now I will make and 'O' "

I don't like being sick!

Last night I started coughing and by the time I went to bed I had a sore throat. If being pregnant isn't hard enough there is absolutely nothing I can take to make it better. I think about the days when I could call in sick and lay in bed all day long watching TV. If I were working now I still wouldn't be able to do that because I have 3 cute little buggers in my face saying...."Why are you sick mom?" They assume that mommies have superpowers and should never get sick. So my medicine today has been rice topped with buffalo sauce so that my nose will clear up and I can breath for a few minutes.....Might sound a little gross to you, but my # 1 craving right now is Hot wings, so it was really good! So I pray that my recovery will be quick and my whining will stop.

My blogging obsession...and a Collin quote

First I have to say that I am starting to begin to obsess what I will put on my blog. Things keep happening and I say "oh, that is definitely a blog moment!" I enjoy reading about the lives of others, so I can only assume that people feel the same way about me. I mean I am just plain interesting....right? J/K.
This morning at church I had to adjust my headband without a mirror. It is one of those ones that has two headbands in one so there is a chance you can have some hair sticking up in the middle of it. So I turned to Collin,
"Does my headband look funny?"
Collin: No, it's not making me laugh.
Well honey.....there is one thing, you always make me laugh!

Our Little Minds....

Last night was my friends baby shower. Any time I go somewhere I have to tell my kids so there is no hearts broken when I get my coat on.
Reese & Dallas: "Well who is going to watch us?"
Mom: "Your dad"
Reese & Dallas: "oh....well make sure they don't eat all the cake"
Mom: "Don't worry they won't I will save you a piece"

This morning Reese woke up and was all excited to eat her piece of cake. It is the All American Chocolate cake from Costco. Yum! I advised her that we will have it after dinner tonight.
I then started to make them breakfast and we are all sitting around the table. She looks at me in deep thought...
Reese: "Mom did you take ALL your clothes off at the shower?"
Mom: (I giggle) No dear, you shower with presents....it is just an expression."
Reese: "oh (still not fully understanding) when I am a mom I will go too"

Collin Quote:

Waking up from a nap on the couch to Amber Blogging....
Collin: "Lets name our son Blog"
Amber: no response
Collin: "if it's a girl....Blogette"
Amber: still no response
Collin: wiggles the end of Ambers nose

Color is Fun!

My new challenge

So I have decided to challenge myself and try to attempt to teach Reese how to read. I have been recommended this book by several people and I am hoping it has the results it "guarentees". I have been struggling greatly on which road to take on my childrens education. I love the idea of sending them to a private school, but financially it just can't happen right now. I am sure if we really wanted it to we could pinch things and make it work for one kid, but we have 3 more that will shortly follow and that is just so overwhelming to think about. And just to clarify I have nothing wrong with public schools, I would just prefer to send them to a Christian school. My other challenge that I will shortly face in the next month or two is making the descion on wether I will homeschool or not. I for the longest time said I wouldn't do it for fear that I would not be the best teacher. I just never thought I could have the patience to teach a child how to read. So I am looking forward to this book and if it works I think that I will have my answer. I will keep you posted on the progress we are making :)