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Reflecting on Kids

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I made the comment to Mark this afternoon how I thought it kind of interesting how we ooh and aah over every little thing Josiah does like we haven’t seen it three other times. I guess we both are amazed at God’s handiwork and how precious these little ones are to us.

Getting ready for Halloween, so I’ll give hints as to what the kids are going to be:

Zoe will be representing her favorite fruit, although she won’t be dressed exactly like her favorite fruit.

Ace does not want to grow up and it’s very hard for him to make up his mind.

Liam will be looking for buried treasure or sailing the seven seas.

Josiah is carrying on our dressing up tradition for the first Halloween.

So, vote in my polls to take a guess and I’ll reveal the answers on October 31st 🙂

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Car Update

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It looks like the end cap, which is plastic, is busted. The part should be here on Tuesday. Mark’s going to arrange to drop the car off on Monday and then we will, prayerfully, have it back by Wednesday afternoon. No fun, but we are blessed that it’s not much worse.

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Today

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Well, today was quite a busy day. I can’t go into a lot of details. Let’s just say, I spent the day with two friends “doing unto others as I would have them do unto me.” I am grateful to all my friends who allowed me to do that by watching the kids. It was tough work, but worth it in the end.

It was also a day when God reminded me, once again (He has to do this often), that His ways are not mine. Ughhh, it’s hard when he changes my plans, but it is a blessing all the same. He did that when He gave us Zoe…and what a blessing she has been. I guess I really do like it when He changes my plans…and I’m being sensitive enough to see where He wants me to work. It adds “spice” to my life 🙂 So, thank you God for allowing me to work where you are no matter how dirty I get in the process!

I have to say that the kids were wonderful and very adaptable…although very tired because nap time was the trip home in the car and that was only 20 minutes.

Paci Update:
Liam had a tough time last night and of course, no problems during nap this afternoon due to being in the car. Last night, my smart little explorer kept trying to stick things in his mouth to simulate paci. He then started trying to dig around at the head of his bed for a rogue one but he couldn’t find it. One of us is staying in the room with him until he get adjusted to this big change.

We’ve moved Josiah’s bed away from ours to see if that will help him sleep better…of course, lazy me will still probably curl up with him in the morning in my last great attempts to get some shut eye. So, he’ll probably be in our room for a little while longer. He goes to sleep so much faster and earlier than the other boys, that it will take some time to adjust. Plus, I don’t trust Liam in the same room with Josiah right now. Josiah’s going to have to learn to fight back before being in a room alone with Liam.

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Just a Josiah Picture

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He really enjoys his swing because of the animals that await him. He’s starting to reach out more and today, I put him on his belly and he quickly rolled over. I’m enjoying watching him grow and smile so much. He loves his brothers and sister and will smile at them in a heartbeat. They’ve figured out that he’ll smile almost instantly if you “cluck” your tongue. I caught him trying to “cluck” his tongue today.

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Sue the T. Rex

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We took a trip to the museum of Natural History near where we grew up this past weekend. We met up with Abbie’s sister and her two kids for a very adventurous trip. Of course, my kids fly threw exhibits and as you start to tell them about one thing they’re bouncing off of that exhibit on to the next one. It’s quite fun. The museum actually had a to scale replica of the t. rex that is on exhibit at the Field Museum. Knowing that we were heading to a “secular” museum, I downloaded information about the t. rex named Sue from Answers in Genesis. Armed and ready, we were able to present our belief in the Creationist theory and how no theories have been proven…including the evolution theory. Zoe enjoyed looking for the different parts of Sue that were noted in what we had already learned.

On that note, Zoe’s been asking me what happened to the dinosaurs, and since I’m not good with Science, I haven’t really brushed up on the subject. It just so happens that Dr. Ken Ham will be coming to our church the first of next year. So, I kept telling them to save up their questions and ask Dr. Ham when he came for a visit. When we left the museum, Ace kept asking me why we didn’t ask Dr. Ham about the dinosaurs, etc. He has no concept of time which is really driving me crazy because he wakes up every morning asking me if he’s four yet (he’s really dreading the 4 year shots).

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Visiting Family

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We were blessed to be able to spend time with Mark’s brother, wife, and four children, while we were up for the reunion. Not sure why I don’t have that many pictures but here are some of the sweet ones. I guess Papa and others took all the pictures. I was a little preoccupied playing with my nephew and nieces and taking care of Josiah. Here’s what I have:

I absolutely love this picture of two of my four. How sweet is that!!! And that they did it volunt

Ol’ blue eyes!
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Reunion Pictures are Here!!!

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So, Mark’s 10 year reunion was this weekend. It was a lot of fun to see old friends. For those that don’t know, Mark and I went to the same high school together. I graduated a year before he did. I don’t remember half of his class which was proven when people kept coming up to me and I had no idea who they were. A lot happens in 10 years. Speaking of which, I didn ‘t realize how much weight I had truly gained with Josiah until I looked at the above picture, ugghhh. Workin’ on it!At the picnic on Saturday, we got to see some friends I did recognize. It was two of Mark’s college roommates who also went to school with us. They enjoyed holding Josiah and playing with Zoe and Ace.

That evening, we went to a very nice restaurant, ate wonderful food, and stood around and talked while “others” got on the dance floor. We did get to dance to a few songs. I like swing music and shag music (I’m “old” for my age) but everyone else was requesting the more hip hop music that was popular when we were in school. Of course, there was the inevitable Electric Slide, Macarana (not sure that’s spelled right) and now the ChaCha Slide. Loads of fun to do…not really. We really enjoyed visiting and watching everyone act crazy. Not much has changed since high school for some people. Yes, we did get the reward for having the most kids. Among Mark’s classmates, we counted numerous engineers of some sort. Very funny. My class was full of teachers.
I had to include this picture of one of Mark’s college roommates, high school classmates, and best man at our wedding. I caught him talking mid sentence and this was his goofy face…hehehe…toldya I’d include it!

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Busy Day

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Today we had a school break as we are sticking closely with the school calendar allowing them to be off when friends are out, etc.

So, we headed off to the gym after laying around and then went out for lunch with some friends from the gym. The kids had a great time. Who wouldn’t? An hour working out in exchange for chicken nuggets and greasy unhealthy fries, swallowed down by a nice soft drink…yummm! But the kids had a great time 🙂

Now to our car woes. While visiting family (which I should be posting pictures on soon) this weekend, Mark and his dad noticed a slow drip from the anti-freeze. Mark checked the levels and they were low and then they were low by the time we reached home. A leak in or near the radiator. We thought it might be a hose that he could work on with a friend, but now, he thinks it is part of the radiator something or other (give me credit, I did know what the radiator was and anti-freeze). He saw it “oozing” out of one area on the radiator. Now, he’s got to leave work early today and take it in to get it checked out. However, if they have to repair it, we may be without transportation next week which looks like this: Monday: speech (and Zoe’s reeval), Tuesday: Ballet (which we pay for and I don’t want to miss because then that means we’re not getting our $$ worth), Wednesday: speech (possibly), Thursday: MOPS, and Friday I have no clue but I’m sure we have to be somewheres. We’re looking into renting a van (yippee, new car to drive that doesn’t belong to my car payments). But, that is expensive and we’re not sure we’ll be able to do it on top of the fix on the van. Otherwise, I think I might be able to work out transportation for all our troops to all their events. I can only imagine how confusing this would be if they actually had to go to school building other than our home, yikes!

And as a finale to the day…breakfast for supper…yum yum!

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