"Great Protector"

The other day I was listening to Jacob and Joshua playing hot wheels together. I hear Jacob say, "Can I borrow your shot gun? I need to shoot a deer." Joshua says, "Just don't shoot the babies...(pause)...and don't shoot the moms either!" So, I ask him why he doesn't want Jacob to "shoot" the moms and he says, "Because they are protecting their babies!" I then asked him if people moms are the same way and he said yes.

It's funny that he said that because Bill calls me the "Great Protector" and maybe I am. If I could I would never let any hurt come into my kids lives. I know that is not possible but what kind of mom would I be, if my natural instinct wasn't to protect. Nothing hurts me more than seeing them go through something that is out of my control or something I don't have answers for.

And just a random tidbit: The other day we were at Steak-n-Shake and there was this couple who were senior citizens. They were sitting next to each other, sharing their food and talking to each other...I hope that I am in love like that after all the kids have gone. It was so nice to see love that is forever.

My coupon book

For Mother's Day this year, Jacob made me a coupon book at school. I just thought I would share with you the coupons I get to choose from.

~I will clean my room

(He forgot to add without arguing and complaining)

~I will make you breakfast

(Bill said, "Oh no!")

~We will take a walk

(Oh, will we?)

~I will let you choose the game

(At first,I was confused but then figured out he was talking about the Wii)

~I will let you pick a show

(This one really made me laugh because the DVR in our living room might as well be labeled, for kids only, because I am not sure there is a show recorded for anyone over the age of 8)

I am sure that I will forever cherish that book, never "cashing" in a coupon because I don't want to rip it.

Life ain't always beautiful...

...sometimes you fight with your husband

...sometimes your teenage son makes you cry

...sometimes your kids tell you to leave them alone

...sometimes when you love someone you have to let them fall as long as they know you are there to catch them

...sometimes life is just hard

but there is always tomorrow and chances are it will be better.

For about the last four years this bird and its mate have made a home on our front porch. That is when I know it is spring. For me, spring reminds me of new beginnings. Often I find myself in a rut, sometimes I think the situation I am going through is the way it's going to be. But as sure as the flowers are going to bloom and those birds are going to come back, things come and go.

And sometimes, no, most times, life is beautiful!

Sometimes I need to be reminded of that

HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY JOSHUA!!

Yesterday, was Joshua's birthday. To celebrate the day and hold him over until his party on Saturday, we had dinner at Dairy Queen and brought home a cake.

I don't know where the time goes, it doesn't seem like this...
was all that long ago!

Go ahead and laugh at me...

almost everyone else has.

Okay, so most of you know this but those of you who don't get ready for a laugh!

Last Friday, I cut my finger while washing my food processor blade. At first I tried to hide it from Bill (I don't know why). So, I ran upstairs to "check" out the situation on my own. Not a good idea, too much blood for me. Then, I go back down stairs with my finger wrapped in a towel and tell Bill, "I cut myself and I am going to pass out!" He tells me to sit on the dining room chair.

I am crying and yelling at him because I can't see and my stomach is sick. He is trying to put a band aid on and I start to fall over, he carries me to the couch. All the time I am yelling at him because somehow this is all his fault!

My poor children...Tyler was turning green because he is as bad as me when it comes to blood, Jacob thought I was dying (his words), and poor Joshua is crying because he is so worried about me. Isaiah, well, he was probably flushing something down the toilet!

But back to the story, after I come back to reality, we eat dinner and I ask Bill to take the band aid off because it is too tight and my finger is throbbing. He said, "No" What?!? I said, "Take this band aid off and change it." So, he says, "They can take it off at the hospital when I take you in to get stitches." Oh no, that is not happening so I start to feel sick again and put my head between my knees and tell him, "I can not get stitches, I think I am going to puke!" I didn't and we left.

The hospital was another story. Have you ever had two needles stuck in the base of your finger? Pukey again! So, anyway, long story short it got numb the doctor came in and I said, "DO NOT tell me what you are doing, just do it." I did not need the play by play.

Two hours, two stitches, an numb finger, $150, and a HUGE bandage later we head home.

Now, let me just tell you, I have given birth 3 times without so much as a Tylenol. It doesn't make sense to me either but these stitches are due to come out within the next day or so and the very thought is making me sick. I am not quite sure I am going to get through it without passing out again!

Enjoy the laugh!

Boy did I let him down!

Yesterday, Isaiah was looking through a magazine we got in the mail from the zoo. He was asking me where the lions and tigers live and I told him in Africa. Then, it was the bears and foxes, I said I guess they would be in the forest. He is content with my answers and goes on his way.

Later, I am going to the florist to get flowers for the secretary at school and I asked Jacob if he wanted to go but Isaiah insisted on going instead. When we get in the car I realize why he wanted to to go...he thought we were off to the forest to see all the animals!

Rock climbers in the making!