Nina's Latest Recipe

"I cook for you Dad."
"What are you going to make?"
"I cook you stomach-ache pie!"

I am so behind! So many things to talk about like Nathan learned to walk this month and Nina is growing up in front of our eyes. But for now I will just leave you all with a few funny things NK has said lately.

I pick her up after a nap. She looks me straight in the eyes and says:
"Mama can't suck her thumb."
"That's right. Mama doesn't suck her thumb because she is a big girl, a grown up."
"Seven years old?"
I laugh. "Twenty seven years old. But your close."
"Nina is 2 and a 1/2" she informs me.

Then today while the kids were eating their lunches Nina looks at Nathan with a huge goofy grin and says "What's brot'er doing. Tasty brot'er. I eat him. I eat his ear."

Another Shopping Fail (when will I learn to just stay home?)

So the last time I blogged it was about a shopping disaster.  And here I am yet again with the shopping disaster hopefully of my life (but I highly doubt it).

To make it short and sweet I literally just picked Nina Kate off of the Target floor (kicking and screaming and rolling around of course) yielded her with one arm over my shoulder (still kicking and screaming of course) and proceeded to push Nathan and a cart mounded with party supplies and toilet paper out of the store.  It was such an epic tantrum that a kind and sympathetic mother sent her 10 year old after me to push my cart while I carried a screaming Nina across the parking lot under the storm filled skies hoping they didn't break until after we all got in the car and my sweet Angel Helper got back into the store.

Grocery Shopping Woes

No matter how well a trip to the grocery goes, there are always a few incidents or casualties (my pride is always one of them).  Today for example, even though the children were very well behaved Nina still managed to open up the yogurt we were about to purchase.  At least she tends to tell me when she misbehaves. "Nina open it herself," she exclaimed as she looked up at me with giant eyes.

The central pitfall of today's adventures was much worse than the usual mess or tears, I suffered an injury.  I would like to say this is the first time I have injured myself at the grocery, but shamefully it is not.  As we were checking out a woman was picking up an empty food pouch Nathan tossed on the floor.  I turned to her and thanked her and then with my usual haphazard speed I turned around with gusto to hop back in front of the credit card machine.  Instead of moving forward however I bounced backward as my thigh collided with the a plastic edge jutting out for grocery bags to be filled on.  Everyone of course saw this and heard my exclamations of shock and pain.  I limped out of the store, both pride and thigh muscle damaged.  It has been less than an hour and my leg is swollen and beginning to discolor.

Maybe one day I will learn to slow down and do things carefully.  Or maybe I won't.

Wishing you all a wonderful day and safe shopping!

a home for the granny china

After hanging out in the dark cupboard Granny's china has finally found a suitable home.  We picked this up at an old local estate who is downsizing.  I loved it's simple and classic lines, it's age, it's smaller size, and the price tag was surprisingly pleasing as well.  We took the 3 (yes three) strollers, pack n play, toys, etc and shoved them around the kids feet.  We scooted all the chairs forward until I was driving closer to the steering wheel than my mother (sorry Mom), and squeezed the new old piece of furniture in the back of the van.  Have I mentioned how amazing modern day minivans are?

Anyway!  I get off topic easily.  I'm very pleased to have another little piece of our family history gracing the walls of our home.  However, my biggest desire still remains for the rooms of this house to be filled with the love, peace, and joy of Our Father.  Blessings to everyone this weekend.  Hope it is a good one, filled with warmth and joy.

Mother's Day 2012

Loving my sweet kids and extremely supportive husband.  I have been a little tired and cranky lately.  We have had lots of minor illness over the past month and this week the kids got hands foot mouth.  I've been missing family and friends.  My kind David was so helpful yesterday and smothered me with homemade cards complete with kids handprints, gifts, and back rubs.  

Here is a pic of the kiddos from today.  Praising God for his goodness and mercy even in the midst of challenges.  And especially for his grace and forgiveness.  

May 9, 2012

The whole family headed out to the local jewelers to get a Mother's day gift for David's mom.  It was close to closing time and Nina Kate was showing her love for reading Pandora Catalogs.  The jeweler was being so nice to her and then he asked me if he could do something special for her.  He got out a box of baby rings and let her pick one out!  She was thrilled of course.  I was honored and so appreciative of his kindness and generosity.  I'm sure it will be a treasured keepsake.