Disclaimer

"Just Another Day in Paradise" (2 blogs ago) has generated a lot of misdirected adulation, and I would like to insert a small disclaimer in the form of a rundown of the Wednesday following the one featured in"Paradise." 

This past Wednesday, I woke up looking forward to the next minute I would get to continue reading the 2nd book in the Twilight series. Yes, I'm reading them too; I couldn't be left out when people were talking about a work of fiction, could I? ("A Christian's Perspective on Twilight" to follow as soon as I finish the fourth book, which should be about 2 days after my teenage neighbor hands it over!) 

So anyway, back to example Wednesday #2. We had the whole day at home again, and I was wondering how long I would be able to resist picking up my book. Not long. After breakfast and a few morning chores, the kids were happily playing outside and Bethany was napping. I picked up the book, and that was the end of productive Mommy-hood for that Wednesday. I read all morning in between fending off assaults from the kids. I even let them play learning games on the computer by themselves when they insisted on having couch-time. I left them to eat by themselves while I read, and I suggested all kinds of extraordinary play when they got bored just so that I could continue to gluttonously read. My only break was a short family run to the store to pick up teacher gifts for the last days of school. 

For all of you who think I have super-mommish qualities: PLEASE NOTE! Some days I'm on and some days I'm off. And, everyone of you who've commented in that way is my inspiration for the days I'm "on." So, keep up the good work, mommies! God bless every one of you! 

Bethany Still Not Crawling--but moving!

Almost like a magic trick, Bethany gets bigger and bigger! 

She's not crawling, but she's got a cute little gimp, I think.

Just Another Day in Paradise

Today we had nothing on our family calendar. Nothing. Amazing. At first I thought of planning an outing so that we (the kids and me) would not be stuck inside all day by the rain, but then I remembered some advice from a very wise friend, "Just schedule your day." And so I did. We started with eating oatmeal for breakfast and then making chocolate chip breakfast cookies before Bethany even woke up. When she woke up we painted while she ate her oatmeal. 

After painting I shamelessly bribed the kids that if they made an extraordinary train track, they could watch a movie. While they made the track, I cleaned the kitchen including sweeping and mopping the floor. Then we turned on Toy Story. They've actually never seen the first one because I think Sid's toys are so scary. But after the movie was over, Naomi said, "So what was scary, Mom?" After a short ticklefest, we had crocodiles for lunch.

Yes, that is green Ramen. : ) After lunch we've been playing and trying to get Bethany to crawl. 

Not included in the above run-down: the 112 ants I killed in every room of our house (they aren't all in the kitchen anymore, thank goodness!), the pee I cleaned off the bathroom floor, the sheets I washed because a certain someone has stopped wearing pull-ups to bed, the other two loads of laundry I washed, folded and put away, the princess we saved from the pirates by borrowing Noah's ark, and the outfit covered with pee I changed when Bethany's diaper leaked. Oh and this conversation was an interesting part of our day too:

Mom: "Who pooped and didn't flush?"

Naomi: "Must've been Jacob. Oh. Was it in your bathroom or ours?"

Mom: "Your bathroom! Did you poop and not flush in mine?"

Noami: "Yep. I'll go flush now."

So anyway, this is only partly for the people who read this blog. It is mostly so that in ten years I can look back and see what a wonderful, crazy paradise we lived in when our kids were five, three, and almost one. I am so blessed!

Laughing and Laughing Again

I Still Refuse To Crawl

Even when she's grumpy, she's really cute...

Three Crowns

My Grandad