Jude asked me, "Why does Daddy have to go to work all the time?" I answered, "Because he has to make money for us"....After thinking for a minute, he asked again, "Does Daddy work in a money factory?"
I don't know why we thought a real Christmas tree
would be such a great idea this year. The vacuum
cleaner has gotten clogged from all the pine needles,
all of the bottom ornaments have been pulled off and
eaten or broken, and the tree itself has been pulled
over twice. Christmastime with toddlers is so much fun!
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Simeon's destructive side got the best of him again
yesterday when he found a mouse, a rock, and a big toy
truck. The angry neighbor came over to tell me that he
had smashed dead mouse guts all over her back porch,
and that he and her son couldn't play for the rest of
the day. After we talked about it a bit, he was SO
broken and crying. He said, "Mom, I'm so mad at
myself. I don't know why I do things like that!" I
said it's because he's a boy. God made him to hunt things.
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For Christmas, Liesel wants a "real horse", and Jude
wants a "real Barney". The only one who MIGHT get what
he is hoping for is Simeon, who wants a BB gun.
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Tonight as I was telling Jude a story about when I was
a little girl, I explained that I lived with Opa and
Oma, and they took care of me......He asked, "Why, did
your parents die?"
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I realized tonight just how great my kids really are.
Right in the middle of their karate class (the 3
oldest kids are in the same class), a kid vomited all
over the gym floor. I, the kid's mom, and the karate
instructor all ran to get paper towels, buckets, and a
mop. While I was cleaning up the mess with paper
towels, ALL 3 of my kids came over and asked me how
they could help. It was a proud moment. I told them
some kids would be grossed out or making fun of the
sick kid. But not Liesel, Simeon and Jude. (Jude
himself was gagging as he was trying to "help")
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I woke up yesterday morning to the sound of a sock
puppet eating the Cheerios off of Hope's high chair. I
really married a great man!
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When Liesel was sitting on Santa's lap, she asked,
"Are you the REAL Santa Claus?" His elastic beard chin
straps were so obvious, and yet he said, "I am the
real thing!"
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When reviewing our family's house fire drill rules,
Jude says, "It would be so cool if our whole house was
on fire, because then we could roast marshmallows!"
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On our way home from the "Winter Concert" (they're not
allowed to say "Christmas" anymore), we explained to
the kids how some people have gotten colleges and
schools to stop saying the word "Christmas" because it
refers to Christ, and some people don't believe in
Christ so they have influenced the schools to broaden
their audiences. From the back seat, Liesel said,
"Well, Michael believes in SANTA CLAUS". I asked
Liesel if SHE believes in Santa Claus too, and she
said, "No I believe in Jesus, but I DO LIKE Santa
Claus because he brought me some toys one time."
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Tonight we attended the Tulsa Community College's
"Winter Concert" (They aren't allowed to say
"Christmas" anymore I guess. Between songs, when there
was DEAD silence in the auditorium, Jude says, "Mom, I
don't want to listen to this anymore, this is
ANNOYING, it's hurting my eardrums."
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After reading in Proverbs about following wisdom, not
folly, Jude prayed. He said, "Folly, get out of my
heart, or I'm going to get in a bulldozer and run over you!"
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This morning, I asked Jude to help me unload the
dishwasher. He was scooping peanuts up off the table
with his tongue. I asked him again later to help me,
and he said, "MOM, I'm getting power!"
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Liesel got to open a Christmas present early last
night. Her toothbrush accidentally got flushed down
the toilet when it got flung across the bathroom just
as someone else was flushing the toilet. She got to
take it to Christmas show-and-tell today and tell the story.
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Last night on our way home from Life group we saw a
Lifeflight Helicopter landing at the hospital. So we
decided to stop and watch for a learning experience
with the kids. We watched as the pilot, EMTs and a
doctor and a nurse lifted an old man on oxygen onto a
gurney and wheeled him into the hospital. We were all
speculating as to what could be wrong with him. After
several guesses.......heart attack, COPD...etc, Jude
said, "I think he ate a mushroom."
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When John and Liesel were talking about the
appropriate time to use her karate skills...(if her
boyfriend was mistreating her and she might have to
use a karate kick or punch). Jude was listening to
this conversation and he replied, "Yeah, and if my
girlfriend is mean to me I'll just do gymnastics on her!"
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