Too Smart

I believe that Super C is too smart for his own good! He always seems to surprise me with his newest knowledge about something or how to say a certain word.

Today while driving to drop off Bleu (our lab) at the groomers, we were going through the animals. It started with something like this:

Super C ~ "If I were a dog, then I would have to go to the groomer to get a bath."
Me ~ "Yes, you are correct"
Super C ~ "If I were a horse, then I would eat hay"
Me ~ "That is right"
continues on with other animals for a bit (duck, cat, bird, and then cow.....)
Super C ~ "If I were a cow, then I would make milk."
Me ~ "So what does that make Mommy?"
Super C ~ "A COW!!!" (Laughing follows from both of us)

That boy, he makes me smile..... a lot!

1st Time Out

So Sweet A had her first time out today. Over the past few weeks she has definitely began testing boundaries in a very small way, but all the same, she is not so keen to listening to "no" being told to her! :)

While we were playing outside this afternoon, she kept running out into the street. For the life of me, I can not remember how we taught Super C to not do this, so I decided to give time out a try. To my surprise, Sweet A handled it GREAT....in fact she was smiling and laughing the whole time. (ugh!)

She sat there so nicely and would look at me (I could only see from the corner of my eye) and then slowly lift herself up. I sat her back down a few times and was greeted with a BIG GRIN (mind you, this was all within about 40 seconds). After the third time of sitting her back down, I went to get her out of time out and while talking to her about why she was in time out, I asked her if she understood (yeah right!)....so she lifted her shirt and poked her belly button....laughing even more. After a big hug and little dance, she was back at playing.

I would say it was successful! Or at least not a big ordeal....just one more thing that she does that makes us smile.

And then something to SMILE at!

So, through my emotions today, I laughed a lot! A phrase to sum up my afternoon...

Monkey See....Monkey Do!

Super C and Sweet A have become quite the duo. I have learned that if I want both kids to go upstairs, I just ask Super C to lead them up the stairs and Sweet A will quickly follow. This evening during bath they were practically playing a game of "copy cat." After washing Super C, I went to wash Sweet A and did not have to instruct her on standing up, sitting down, etc....she did the motions just as Super C had done them!

It is awesome to see them slowly enjoy playing together, making themselves laugh, and loving each other. (side note - yes we still have plenty of the "Sweet A is pulling my hair!" or from Sweet A saying "NOOOOOOO!!!") This is a nice glance though at hopefully the friendship and love they will grow to have for each other. I just hope Super C likes being copied for the rest of his life! :)

New Adventures

Today marked a new adventure for me. One that I know the Lord will bless and bring joy from. It feels refreshing to have followed the instruction that the Lord has been telling me. I won't lie, I cried when I made the decision to embark on this new adventure and I even cried when I informed others of this turn in my life. Although, they are not tears of sadness, well maybe a few, but rather tears of joy, gratitude, and appreciation.

It's no secret that as we grow and enter new phases in life, we will leave certain experiences in our past. Of course it is apart of life, although sometimes it can be difficult. My faith is in the Lord that he truly KNOWS and CARES about what is best for myself and my family. I look forward to the new experiences that are to come and the memories that are to be made. For those will be a reminder to me that the process to enter into news areas of life are worth every tear.

Neighborhood Mom

There comes a time in everyone's life that they realize they have grown up. While I'm sure that I have had this moment many times over, today it happened again! I have decided that like it or not, I am the Neighborhood Mom. Now, this title holds the responsibility of having enough balls (soccer, football, basketball, baseball, etc) to go around for all 8 boys on my one little street. It also requires me to have enough fruit snacks and juice boxes available for a "break time" from playing.

I do enjoy this "responsibility" because in the end, I have to be outside either way if Super C and Sweet A want to play out front. As a side note, it does make me wonder at what age the kids will be when I am okay with letting them play out front without me....16 is a good age for that right? :)

Today while we were out front playing, the boys (ranging in age from 3-10) decided to play football...Super C being one of them. Now, Super C KNOWS what football is and says daily that he will be a football player for TX A&M, but when it comes to him actually playing it, he hasn't the slightest clue as what to do.

The boys decided to play tag football (thank goodness) in the street (oh yeah, Super C now gets to run and play in the street....WHAT?). So, they were hiking the ball and then passing it or running with it....Super C just chased whoever had the ball. (I laughed) Then when someone would get a touchdown, he would say "No, I don't think that is a touchdown". (Again, I laughed) My initial thought was that the boys would get annoyed with Super C playing like this (but wait.... his mom has the snacks and toys. Just kidding, I hadn't brought those out yet). So, I was helping Sweet A with a toy when I look up to see all the boys cheering Super C on while he ran passed each of them "so fast" and scored a TOUCHDOWN!!! He was SO HAPPY and the boys were genuinely happy for him.

It made me (and my heart) smile. All of the neighborhood kids that were playing come from a single parent home. 3 of them do not have dads around and their moms are always gone (thus why they are always at their Grandmother's house....our neighbor). Even though I could find the reasons why it bothers me to "have to watch" kids that aren't even mine, instead I decide to be thankful that I can help them have a great afternoon...even if it is just for 1 hour.

Then came the fruit snacks and juice boxes! :)

The Big Red Barn

Do you have this wonderfully written children's book? It really is a fun book to read and Super C has enjoyed reading it for the past few years. Tonight though while reading it, he became a very good narrator. He was doing a great job throughout the entire book. We came to this one page that has a Mama Cat with her babies running after her and then a Mama Dog with her babies walking next to her. As I finish reading the words on the page, Super C puts his finger on the page with the Mama Dog and says (while pointing at the exact location) "Look! That Mama Dog can feed her babies too!" (Implying that it is the same as how I can feed Sweet A) I just couldn't help it, I laughed....out loud. He was right, and I could not tell him that he was 1 bit wrong about that statement. I will never be able to read that book in the same manor. :)