Poor pathetic mom

So, my Auntie Lue is in the hospital and not well.  She is 98 years old and loves The Lord so there is comfort in that.  Well, we were going to go see her after church.  While we were trying to figure out the weather situation, Benjamin walks up to me and says "Mom, I feel so bad for you because you only have 3 people in your life...your mom, your stepdad, and your real dad." If Auntie Lue goes to heaven I'll be left with only my parents.  No sister, no husband, no kids, no friends, no in-laws of any kind, no neice's, no nephews, nobody!!!!  I'm so sad!  Benjamin, Benjamin...thank you for that glimpse of me through your eyes!

Smooth Talker

1/25/13

Benjamin 6 yrs old/1st grade

Benjamin trying to earn back his lost electronics: "Mom, I'm just trying to figure out why you're the best mom ever."  Well played Benjamin!

Snow Angels

So David is in Arizona (in January-lucky guy) for training and we are just getting pounded with snow!  Four guys from our church were going to people's houses to shovel/snow blow snow for them.  Liz and Karl sent them my way and they got the driveway, sidewalk, and walkway in under 10 minutes!!!  That would have taken me over an hour with my shovel and two little helpers!!  That was so cool of them and they didn't expect anything in return-they were just out showing God's love!!

Well I invited them in for hot cocoa and Oreos and Benjamin heard them (it was probably 11pm).  After they left I went upstairs to check on the boys and Benjamin came running up to me and asked "Are we getting a baby?"  At first I thought he was sleep walking/talking, so I told him that we were still getting her.  He wanted to know where she was, then I figured out that he thought they were there to drop Rissa off to us!  He was so sad when I told him they shoveled the snow and weren't here to bring us a baby.  It was so amazingly sweet to see him that excited about getting his new little sister!!

Tough choices

So sadly David's dad passed away recently.  I'm guessing that is what triggered this conversation tonight...

Benjamin, Dylan, and I were playing a game and Benjamin, out of nowhere says "If Papa Dave and Grandma Lainie both die on the same day whose funeral will we go to?"

Me: "That won't happen"

Benjamin: "But what if they do?"

Repeat several times

Finally I say "because the kids get to choose the day of the funeral and we won't let them be on the same day"

He is good with that for awhile then says "but what if Papa Dave dies when he is 75 and grandma has a heart attack?"

Um...I don't know...where do you come up with these things little Benjamin?!?!?!

Benjamin lost his first tooth!!

Dec 26, 2013

Benjamin 6 yrs old/1st grade

When people ask Benjamin how he lost his tooth he gets to tell them "when my daddy hit me in the mouth". Of course it was an accident, but he thinks it's hilarious!  His tooth was barely hanging on and David and the boys were rough housing.  I seriously think the breeze from David's hand actually made it fall out-it was that loose!!

Well, he has always helped me put money under Dylan's pillow, but he still thinks the tooth fairy is real so he says "mom, don't put any money under my pillow tonight, I want to see if the tooth fairy is really real". 

Anyway, I went to bed and David put some money under the pillow-Benjamin didn't seem convinced...DUH !  He's only helped me with the 8 teeth Dylan has already lost, but oh well :). Lol!!

Christmas Morning 2013

Dylan/9 yrs old/3rd grade

Benjamin/6yrs old/1st grade

So we are very lucky that our kids don't wake us up at 5 or 6 am on Christmas to open presents.  Don't get me wrong-they are always very excited...just at a normal hour! So this year they tried waking us up around 8 and we rolled over and went back to bed.  So they went downstairs and checked out the stocking situation.  Well, I only had 1 thing in my stocking and they felt bad for me so they made us breakfast.  They made me a fruit salad and poured David cereal-milk and all.  We didn't eat til 9:30-so David had VERY soggy cereal and I had brown bananas, but it was so adorable that they did that. Best breakfast ever!!!

That's Some Deal

So the boys love to make me things out of Legos.  One day Dylan brings me this:

Then he goes on to explain what he has made...finally he shows me the Lexus in the driveway.  He then says "I'll make you a deal...I'm going to get dad to buy you a Lexus but you need to do something for me."  I say "oh yeah, what's that?"  He says "I'll get you a Lexus but you make sure it has a TV in the back!"  So funny!  Sold!  But seriously, neither will ever happen!

Dylan/9 yrs old/3rd grade