Time for a new Doctor?

On the way to a doctor appointment this week, my 3 year old had a brilliant plan!

"Mom, you need to change doctors!"
Why?
"You need to see 'that mom's' doctor because her doctor got her baby out and your's isn't!"

I really wish it was that simple...
For now, I will stick it out.  My doctor assured the lad that he would let our baby come out next Thur.  Five more days...unless God thinks otherwise.  I'd be ok with that, too.  ;)

IN the meantime, this weekend, I'll be watching soccer, and more soccer. With a mix of cleaning- mostly sweating soccer uniforms...You get the picture.

Advertising works

Though March Madness may be over, my kids continue to advertise. Their favorite line to mimic has been, "If you don't have an iPhone, you don't have an iPhone." One of my kids has carried this a bit farther. As she begged her little brother for something, I overheard:

"Pretty, pretty please with an iPhone on top!"

Sorry cherry, no more hype for you; technology is more appetizing than a sundae these days.

Daddy's girl

The 3 year old princess went to adoration with her daddy last night.  Since she napped for the day, she was still awake at 11pm. As they went out the door, I asked her to pray for me.  "I will Mommy!" came her response.

This morning, I was asking her how adoration was.  Then I asked if she prayed for Dad, too.  She said, "No, he was with me!"  So I told her she could still pray for him to be the best dad he could be.

Her reply, "I don't need to pray for him, He ALREADY IS the Best!"

Sparkling Spring Carnival!

Gina, on the morning of the spring carnival, "Mom, it's sparkling outside!" 

It was sprinkling.

The proof is on the window:

This was taken on our way to this young ladies' appointment to the orthodontist, as we zig-zaged through the neighborhoods dodging closed roads.

And now her mouth is 'sparkling' as well:

Later that day was our Annual Spring Carnival.  

Spring: because it always seems to rain. 

Carnival: because it truly is an exciting or riotous mixture of something.

Like when we were loading up to go, and half the kids ran up to the park to see if they could locate where the lightening hit ground with an array of fiery sparks during a previous storm.  And in that time, we missed our window of opportunity to arrive at the carnival dry before the next storm came through.

We were drenched, but somehow we survived the excitement

Well, most of the tribe anyway:

There is a reason one baby and two adults are not pictured.

Can we say, excitement overload.

Has anyone seen Mrs. Potato Head?

Umm, yes, 

A Sparkling Spring Carnival

Mother's day notes:

Kids Notes are the best!

For those of you who don't know what I look like:

Blue eyes. Brown eyes. They're all the same, right!

Anyone else like to watch Father Crappy? Or Croppy? Not be be confused with crappie-but, if my fishing son chose to spell it this way, I'm sure Fr Corapi would take it as a compliment.  The crappie fish comes from the family of sunfish in which the male builds the nest and then guards the eggs and young.

Also, take note: the author of the above note did not fill anything in for 'in her spare time'.  

Evidently he doesn't know what that is either.  ;) 

(some days are better than others)

Followed up with,

 "Yeah, since you help me, I don't have to."

I may have to take the contents of this note into reconsideration.

And the one I still question the meaning of is below:

"Your so sweet and kind Mom but you layed Christopher."

Maybe I need to quit being such a chicken about some things...

That's the best I can come up with.

Holy Spirit, may I have the gift of Courage!

I Lave you too, sons!

May we be cleansed of all our offenses;

for Love does wash out a multitude of sin.

definition of lave: (of water)wash against or over (something)

Air Support

As it began to rain on our van, John declared from the back of the 'tank', "We've got Air Support!"
I replied back, "What did you say?"
John, "Yeah, we've got air support, the rain is dropping like bombs!"

Which made me think: Yeah, we do have Air Support! Heaven sends us Air Support! When we are on the brink of despair, Air Support can be called in to give assistance to us on the ground crew.  They've got a better view of things up there! And with Heaven's assistance, it's amazing how industrious we become!  As the Air Support flies in, each droplet/water bomb makes up the communion of saints and angels working to help wipe out the enemy and assist in cleansing us!

"I have told you these things that you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.  But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33

Catechism 101

In conversation:
Mom: "Let's name the sacraments to remember how many there are."
Boy: "Which ones are the sacraments again?"
Mom: (Describing baptism...)
Boy: (with a hint of pride)"Oh yeah, Eucharist!
Mom: "Good!" (but then tells what Eucharist is and hints to describe baptism again)
Boy: "1st Communion, 2nd Communion. (pause, then counting on fingers) Eucharist, 1st Communion, 2nd Communion. That's 3!"
 
I think we have a little more work to do!

Just a little Upgrade

John asked when we were going to the short Mass at night.
I responded, "That's tomorrow with soup supper."
His reply, "Oh yeah! Is soup supper gonna have another UPGRADE?"
Me: What do you mean?
John: Well they upgraded last week and had green cookies!

Dear St. Patrick, my kids thank you for enabling an upgrade to our soup supper last week.  They loved the green shamrock cookies.  What do you think you can come up with this week to appease my squirrelly kids?

Maybe I can do these in honor of St. Catherine of Sweden when we get home tomorrow night.  They appear to be a very lenten type of dessert. We'll definitely use the whipped type of cream as my kids would not eat the sour cream, and maybe substitute with cherries in honor of the Order of the Holy Saviour, the convent that her mother, St. Bridget, had founded.
I hope Saints Catherine and Bridget don't mind us celebrating with them this lent.  :)

From the Pond...

Who Let the Frogs Out?

Frogs are awakening from Hibernation!

Kids are excited

Even kids at heart!

Dad says, "We might have to get some minnows to feed them."

  Gina says, "I want to go with you!"

Dad, "What do you think they would eat?"

Gina, "They'd eat what they like!"

Love, Measured in Distance

A while back, Daniel came home from school and stated, "Mom, I missed you."
Continuing, "But I missed Dad more, his office is way farther away from school than our house is. That's why I missed him more."

The fine art of asking nicely...

Gina:  Gimme some milk. Gimme milk now.

Mom: I'm waiting for some nice words.

Gina: Please!

Mom:  Try, "May I have some milk please."

Gina: May you Gimme milk PLEASE!

Mom: May I have milk please.

Gina: May I (pause) Gimme milk please.

Mom: May I have milk please.

Gina: Will you gimme milk please, I asked nicely!

Mom: May I have milk please.

After a couple more tries...

Gina, in the sweetest voice: May I have milk please.

Mom: Oh, Yes, you asked so nicely!

Gina: Well, gimme it.

...is not so fine.  Yet.

Sigh...we'll keep practicing! 

Bowel Milestone

Boy:  "Mom, the poop, yeah, I could handle it!  Because it just stopped wanting to come out.  I don't know when it's gonna happen aga-in, but, I don't have to go anymore!"

Good News:  No poop in the underwear!

Let's hope he doesn't get constipated, now.

 

Thank God for siblings...

So we were in the van to go pick up Kathryn.  John and Gina asked to listen to their favorite song.  I told them no because a few minutes prior to that, they were not behaving well.  So Gina pipes up, "Well, can Vincent listen to it, he was being good."  Followed by John, "Yeah, Vince and Chris are both good, so they should be able to listen to it!"

Jeremiah 5:1
Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note, search through her squares.  If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.

They got their music...

Hidden Eyes

I heard Daniel's stroll going through my room as I was tidying up the bathroom, and before I saw him, I said, "Hello Danielson!"

Daniel replied, "How did you know?  Oh yeah, mom's have eyes on the back and sides of their heads!"
Me, "Oh, who told you that?"
Daniel, "I just knew it!"

Thank God for hidden eyes!  They may come in handy more than I think...

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

Herbivores, and Carnivores, and Omnivores; Oh My...

John's thoughts:

"Mom, so does that mean Christopher is a Milkivore?"

Answering his own question, "Yeah, Chris,  you are a milkivore."

Makes sense to me.