Kindergarten

Since Addison started Kindergarten last week she seems to think that Kindergarteners are pretty big stuff. One of the first mornings she got up and said to me "I think this Kindergartener is going to start doing push-ups when I get up, because Kindergarteners are really strong cause they do push-ups when they wake up." :)

Isaac

Isaac is talking a lot these days. Very funny boy-- assuming he will someday be able to say "Isaac" I figure I need to write down what he refers to himself as right now (age 2). Isaac calls himself "Deeka-deeka" (said pretty quickly). So if he sees a toy that he likes he says "deeka-deeka's car" or whatever. :) Such a sweet boy.

Old MacDonald....

Levi walks around a lot of the day singing.... "Old MacDonald had a barm, Levi, Levi-O".....

10? Like Me?

This past weekend we were at Lake Beauty. During a chapel session I was sitting outside the gym (too loud inside for Levi). Another little boy was playing outside as well. Levi wanted to talk to him, so I prompted him in saying "What's your name my name is Levi"-- Levi repeated the words and the other boy said his name was Jack. Next I told Levi to say "How old are you?" So Levi walked over and said "How old you are" and Jack responded "I'm TEN!" (Which by the way is hilarious cause Levi is determined he's 10-- has been for months). Anyway, Levi looked at Jack and very excitedly said "Oh, you're 10? Like me?"

IN LOVE

My parenting experiences are growing-- and any input would be appreciated!!

Today when I picked up Addison from school she was telling me that she's IN LOVE with a boy in her class. Let's just call him EH. She's so in love with him that she's going to marry him. She's decided he's a good boy to marry because he played at the castle the right way. And he stepped on her foot and he also told her something about someone farting in the barnyard.

The part I'm stumped on is I told her that there will be NO kissing this boy-- etc.... and she just keeps asking me WHY she can't kiss him...... I told her that she's 5 and there will be no kissing, but she still asks why. Then she asked if she can kiss him in the cafeteria, or the classroom, or the playground or at home? But WHY not?!

Boy am I glad summer school will be done in 3 days-- and maybe she'll forget about EH as quickly as she fell in love. And thankfully he's not in her kindergarten class next year. :)

Isaac

Last weekend my dad made a comment that has come true way too soon. Dad commented that he'd be shocked if I don't take these boys of mine on multiple trips to the emergency rooms with broken bones, cuts, falls, etc.... I was a little irritated that he said it, but the very next day while playing at mom & dad's house Isaac was determined to jump off of their mission-style furniture (wood arm-rests, etc...). He was on one chair and jumped from one side to the other and smacked his left eye on the arm-rest-- therefore had a black eye from that.

2 days later, while at home Addison & Isaac were riding on toys through the kitchen. Isaac had the John Deere tractor and Levi commented he wanted to ride-- so ran to the entry way to steal it from Isaac. Pretty soon there were big cries from Isaac and Levi was on the tractor. I picked up Isaac to comfort him and realized his eye (left one AGAIN) was dripping with blood-- his eye lid was cut up. We brought Isaac to the hospital-- they felt that it needed to be glued shut to keep the scar from being bad.

Day after his cut...

Anyway-- 3 days after that Matt & I brought the kids to the playground in town. Isaac is fearless so I try and stick with him on the equipment to be sure he's safe. He was climbing the main stairs-- and I was on the top of the stairs with Levi and he tipped over and fell from the top step to the ground. I was scrambling to try and grab him, but couldn't get him-- and he fell to the ground-- head first onto the wood chips below. What an AWFUL feeling to watch your baby fall to the ground probably 5-6 feet down. His face was full of wood chips-- and it looked like he had cut his tongue and after we got home I found the top of his head was scrapped up too.

I don't need to have another week like this for a LONG time. My dad was quite accident prone as a child as well-- so when he heard about this he just said if my Grandma was still alive she'd say that Isaac is living up to his middle name...... Isaac Michael (my dad is Michael)..... I told mom today that I'm changing Isaac's middle name-- she says it won't help-- he's already got it figured out. :(

Jesus

Tonight when it was time to read books to the kids Addison finally sat down quietly next to me (usually she's the wildest right when I need calm!). I was looking for a good "devotional" book for kids so I could read more about Jesus' death on the cross as I'm trying to implement more and more of this in the kids' daily discussions. And being today is Good Friday I wanted to talk about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins. I read through Jesus dying and also his resurrection with Addison sitting right next to me-- the boys were in an all out fight over a counting book. So in the moment I explained to Addison again all about Jesus dying for our sins so that if we believe in Him and ask Him to live in our hearts we'll get to live in Heaven when we die. I also told her that Jesus lives in Mommy's & Daddy's heart, etc.... She finally listened longer than 20 seconds so I continued on, and then asked her if she'd like to pray and have Jesus come live in her heart too. And she said "YES!"

I prayed and she repeated all the words with me. I was so happy, but I had to deal with 2 little fighting boys, so couldn't dwell on it too long. :) So when I was tucking Addison & Levi in for the night I asked Addison to explain to Levi what she prayed about. She told him "Levi, I prayed that Jesus will come live in my heart. And we're thankful that He died on the cross because it forgives us of our sins". I hope we can continue to teach more and more to our children about Him. So thankful for this houseful of beautiful kids-- and just want them to KNOW Christ as their own.