I started a policy at our house a few months ago which said, “Dessert only on Weekends.” My son is a great policeman on this and will ask throughout the week, “Is it the weekend yet?” If I serve dessert during the week, he often calls me out on it, but always happily partakes. I must confess the last few weeks I have really gone lax on this policy… it was his birthday, or we had company over, or ummm we had leftovers….. Yesterday, the excuse was, “Mommy just craved chocolate.” I wanted some chocolate. I know what you’re thinking. I had a weak moment and opened a bag of Oreos. Nope. There were no Oreos in the house (remember, its wasn’t the weekend). So, what is a girl to do? Turns out some sugar accidentally fell into the mixer. It’s curious but if you add some oatmeal and a little choclate you’re almost ready to eat some no bake cookies. The no bake part is important. How can someone go so far out of her way to break the very rule she created? Not me. I’m a woman of principal, I certainly didn’t bake. Does that make it any different then opening a bag of Oreos?
So I got busted on this too. After dinner my son asked if he could have a cookie for desert. My husband, intending to support my policy, replied, “No, it isn’t the weekend.” I then had to confess… “Um I kinda made some cookies.” BUSTED! I had no excuse, I didn’t accidentally grab the butter, pour the oatmeal and mix up the cookies….
Mothering takes a lot of hard work and a lot of late nights. While I only have four years of experience to look back on, I’m pretty sure it is moments like these that I will cherish when I’m old and gray.
5 Minutes for Mom is hosting a Mother’s Day Photo Contest asking bloggers to post a picture that defines motherhood; I knew right away that I had to recycle this previous Wordless Wednesday. It’s hard to capture the happiness my children have brought to my life, but this picture comes pretty close. Click here to see others mommy moments or to enter yourself.
I fear I have become a gadget person. I don’t know how or when it happened, but recently I have noticed the signs. Two weeks ago when on my date night with hubby, we had some extra time after our Toys R Us date, so I asked if we could run in the mall to look at the new iphone at the apple store. Yes, you read that correctly. I asked my husband if we could go look at technological equipment that I knew we couldn’t afford and weren’t going to buy, just b/c I wanted to play with one. This is not good.
My fascination with the iphone started last month when I saw my husband’s cousin’s itouch. He was showing us how you can scroll through pictures and albumn covers and even zoom in and out just by using your fingers. Prior to this I have been totally against PDA’s. I have prided myself on the fact that I keep a mental calendar. Ask me when Flag Day is, I can tell you. When is the first day of summer, got that too. Hey honey, what are we doing on the 21st of next month… “ah let me see, that is a Wed… you have a sailing race..” When my husband got a used $40 PDA a few years ago, just for fun, I rolled my eyes and complained. “Why do you need a PDA when you have me?” Eventually he stopped using it b/c the battery didn’t work right and he kept losing the info and having to rely on yours truly. But this itouch, this is different. They lulled me in with the pictures. In case you haven’t picked up on it yet, I LOVE taking pictures of my kids. I’ve got them scrolling through on my screen saver, and digital picture frame, in addition to lining the walls of my hallway. The iphone would allow me to carry around GIGS of pictures AND videos of my kids to look at whenever I wanted. AND I can check e-mail, compulsively check my blog for comments, listen to music, talk on the phone (imagine that using a cell phone for actual phone conversations) and even check the weather! All this and I can carry it around in my pants pocket. It’s awesome! Maybe I could even remove the useless calender function to leave more space for pictures 
. Of course, my husband pointed out the fact that it costs more than an actual laptop. hmm…..small detail I thought…. and THIS proves that I have become a gadget person. We’re in trouble!!!
Last week as we were running errands the Christian radio station played one of those 60 sec minisermons. The person was speaking on 1 John 4 and read the passage which states, “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
Son: ” Mom, why did she say we don’t love God?”
Me: “They were saying that we didn’t love God first, but that God loved us and then we loved him.”
Son: “Well I have always loved God. Since I was a baby I knew that He was my Savior.”
Me: “How did you know? Who told you?”
Son: “I just knew”
Me: “What did He save you from?”
Son: “My sins”
Me: “What is sin?”
Son: “The bad stuff we do”
This conversation touched my heart on many levels. Since before my children were born, it has been my prayer that they would know Jesus as they Savior from a young age and that they wouldn’t ever know a day where they didn’t know him as their Lord and Savior. We’ve had several conversations over the past few months about death, Jesus, sin and my husband and I are both convinced that our son recognizes he is a sinner, knows that He needs a Savior and knows that Jesus is the one who took the consequences for his sins. My son’s statement have showed me that God has answered that prayer in His life. It was awesome to hear him say, “Mom, I’ve always known that Jesus is my Savior.” I thank God for that answered prayer. It is a thrill to watch the Lord working in his life.
Thoughtful Thursday:
Those of you familiar with my blog know that my posts typically relate funny anecdotes about the happenings of a stay at home wife and mom with three kids. While i suspect my days will seldom be “normal” enough to leave me without a “post worthy” moment, I intend to take some time on Thursdays to highlight something from my week that’s a little more “thoughtful” and significant. God is such an integral part of the way I see the world that my “Thoughtful Thursdays” will often reflect on the Lord’s work in my life and in the life of my family. If you had a post from this week, or choose to make a specific “Thoughtful Thursday” post, that relates any significant development/observation in your life (spiritual or not) please feel free to post a link to that blog entry in the comments section. I’d love to see how others are developing as well. (Oh, and please don’t feel like you have to have a blog or post a link to leave a comment 
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I have been singing the praises of oxiclean for some time now. It has gotten poop, tomato sauce, mud, and spit up out of my clothes for years. This Easter I REALLY put it to the test. We were dying eggs with the kids. My two year old had just plopped her egg into the red dye when she tipped the mug to peer into it and check out her handiwork. I am sure you can imagine where the story goes from here. I thought the shirt was a goner, but we decided to try and soak it in oxiclean just in case.
Oxiclean worked for me, hope it works for you too! Check out Rocks in My Dryer for more Works for Me Wednesdays!
Tonight I was out all evening. I met a friend for dinner and then went to a steering meeting for my MOPS group. My wonderful husband stayed home with the kids. He made them waffles for dinner and they had a super hero night. My son received a Super Hero Starter Kit for his birthday which included an instruction book, real cape, eye masks and shield stickers. My son has been wearing his cape for days and my hubby has been teaching him how to be a super hero.
He taught him how to ward off the bad guys in order to protect the girls and I.
The training session on Sat was a hoot! Tonight they had a movie night where they wore there eye masks, capes (Daddy had to don a towel) and watched The Incredibles. I instructed them to take pictures since I would be out.
When I got home and looked at the pictures, I couldn’t help but think that I am married to Mr Incredible! He works diligently to provide for our family without complaint. When I want an evening out with a friend or have a meeting at church he NEVER complains about coming home early or watching the kids while I am gone. In fact he encourages me to go. He makes me feel so cherished and loved. I have never doubted his adoration for me or our children. 
The minute he walks in the door he greets all of us with enthusiasm. He truly plays with the kids (I think he was just as excited if not more excited about the toys my son got for his birthday as my son was). He convincingly falls on the floor when injured in battle, cooks dinner in the play kitchen, and sings his very own ballads. He is an INCREDIBLE father to my kids and husband to me! I feel richly blessed.
