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Have you ever seen that movie Bruce Almighty? It’s not new or anything. And I haven’t seen it recently. I’m not really sure why I was even thinking about it. SO…we’ll just…come back to this later. When I actually have something to say about it. Sound good? Good!
You wanna know what drives me crazy about trying to tell ya’ll stuff sometimes? Words just don’t look the way I say them. like, how often do you talk like this? Where every word is just clipped off neatly at the end. NO emphasis. No pronunciation. It’s just …wierd. Ooooor maybe it’s just me? No. You’re supposed to say NO.
I was thinking about when Thing 1 ~9yob~ was like 2. Closer to 3. But still 2. He has always been SO self reliant. He can & wants to do everything for himself. This was an extremely annoying trait to me when he was my only *baby. When I had all the time in the world ~ or atleast all the time in the day ~ to cater to his every little desire. But now, that there are 4 more not~so~self~reliant..make that 5 more, I am singin the hallelujah chorus.
I have a point. I just haven’t gotten you to it yet. Hang on. I’m getting there.
All we need is just a little patience…..
I was talking to a RL friend (1 of the many 2) who I LOVE and we were talking about Thing 4. And how I have to make sure that no matter what I am always always up & at the very least, semi~coherent BEFORE he wakes up. Or Chaos will reign. & that is just *not the way I roll 
That made me remember when Thing 1 was like 2.
& he woke up first. And apparently… had a little time on his hands…before he came into our room all happy & excited. He made us breakfast. Just like daddy does. Cause he loves us so much. Ain’t that just the sweetest thing?
You can see where this is going can’t you? 2 yr old. Unsupervised. Kitchen.
Say it with me now… a recipe forrrrrrrrrrrr…… what? I can’t hear you.
OmGOODNESS let me just tell you what we walked into. A lovely breakfast buffet. Uncooked ’scrambled eggs’ ~the good kind~shells & all~ beautifully arranged on the front doormat. 3 bowls sat ontop of the coffee table. Full of jello. And cheerios. And milk. Yummy. A nice contemporary look ….a walkway made of cheerios & grape jelly …led us into the kitchen.
Need I go on?
I find it oddly funny that the girls *Thing 2 & Thing 3, (Thing 5 is not old enough yet…thankfully;) who love love LOVE to be in the kitchen with me, have never experimented on thier own. And NOT because they are less adventurous. Trust me. I have had walls decorated with you~don’t~even~want~to~know~what that just toss that theory right out the window.
Maybe it’s a girl thing. Thou shall respect the kitchen. The kitchen shall become your friend. I really like the kitchen. Not so much, my kitchen. Just the kitchen in general, as a room.
I don’t know why. I can only cook good enough to not starve my family. That’s about it. OH but I make a *mean sausage gravy & biscuits. And pasta. And chicken. And porkchops. Okay, maybe I’m not as bad of a cook as I thought. I must have gotten a little better since the last time I checked. & That’s always a good thing.
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- Oh what fun memories. They are such a pain at the time…but such sweet things to remember. Noah is SO much more laid back then Anna…buuuuuuuuuuuttttt, I don’t know…they could probably run a tight race in making the biggest mess….remember…boogers on the wall…AAAAAnnnnnnnddd so on. Catch ya later girlie!
Charity - That is great. Seriously. I’d so rather have funny stuff like that to look back on then having the most perfectly well behaved child. We haven’t gotten the breakfast surprise yet but we have gotten plenty of surprises involving spreading diaper messes on walls, crib, blankets, toys, bathtub, etc. My mother in law told me that my husband and her brother once dumped everything ‘dumpable’ in the kitchen onto the floor. Wet, dry – all food that they could reach had been poured out.
- this sounds a lot like what goes on in our house!! Sometimes I have good intentions of making a “teaching lesson” out of me cooking and having my kids watch but it always ends up in disaster!! We have 5 kids too and all of them would love the opportunity to paint the walls with anything lying around!! You’re such a breath of fresh air–knowing that I am not alone in this mommyhood “battle”of wills!
I raise my mostly empty and already spilled, cookie infested, plastic juice cup to you
- No pictures? I want pictures. This is sooooo hilarious. Somewhere I have a picture of my 1 and 2yo’s covered in flour. No one’s ever attempted meals though. I also have a picture of the dandelions my dd picked for me when she was about 4yo. She put them in a dixie cup….’bout 9 dixie cups to be more specific. They were all over the bathroom sink.
Which reminds me, I did blog about the PBJ my 5yo attempted to make awhile back. The photos said it all (all the way down to the shattered jar of grape jello on my kitchen floor).
http://inthemidstofthisseason.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-not-much-of-long-term-planner.html
Yep, would love to see photos of your breakfast chef’s work. You did take them, yes?
Blessings,
~Toni~ - LMAOO !! I remember when Tristan did that ! haha … well i don’t remember myself … cause i was like … young ? Well . i was like … 9? idk but i remember you telling me about that ….or maybe i actually REMEMBER it … ok bear with me now ..
WHAT ABOUT BRUCE ALMIGHTY ??!?!!? it’s killing me . why would you start like that and then leave us hangingg !! uhhh !
- lol @ charity’s boogers on the wall (only cause I’ve BEEN there!!!)
ooooooh Becca been there too ~ just wait till yours want to surprise you;)
tegdirb92 thank you! I love your blog! And to you I raise my glass…er plastic cup…of cheeto infested sweet tea which is also already been spilled & is half empty.
TOni I KNOW i know but that was like 7 yrs ago BEFORE I got digital. So I have a pic somewhere…
Brit I will call you & tell you about Bruce Almighty. lol. & it wouldn’t surprise me if you remember it
- LOL! I would have freaked at that sight! What a lovely mess, but at least it was made with love. Too funny.
And I’m sure you’re a better cook than you think. There are so many easy recipes out there that you really have to TRY to screw up.
You know that 1 nerve that we all have. Yes, the last 1. As in “You are getting on my last nerve!” How do you really know it’s the last one? What if there are more, secret nerves that come out to replace all of the ones that you’ve lost. And where exactly do all of those nerves go?
I have been on my last nerve for days now. If, in fact it is the very last one. It’s frazzled and frayed and falling apart. And there are these things hanging from it…as in Thing 1 and Thing 2 and Thing 3 and Thing 4 and not~so~much Thing 5 but *most definently the biggest Thing of them all. I think they think it’s a tight rope or something b/c they’re doing tricks on it. Pulling it down. Yanking on it and bouncing on top of it. I’m afraid it’s going to snap, and they’re all going to fall down.
It’s not thier fault really. They are just doing what they were designed to do ~ kinda like monkeys in the zoo, hanging around doing odd monkey~things.
But I have been waiting for a visitor…who seems to have bailed. Maybe it’s lost with all of those nerves. But this is a very important visitor. You know the one that we all dread each month until it doesn’t show up. Ya that’s the one. Have you seen it? Did it stop by to visit you first? If you do see it, please send it my way.
I’m freaking out here. Just a little. Can you tell? I can’t help it. Everywhere I go it’s babies and more babies. Or women who are about to have babies. What if it’s in the water? I should stop drinking water. Don’t get me wrong. I love babies. I’m very very prone to getting ‘baby fever’. That’s why we have 5 already. But I’m trying NOT to get baby fever ’cause Thing 5 just turned 1 yr and it’s about that time…..lol. But right now ALL I can think of are all the reasons that it would NOT be good timing.
Are you listening God? We have NO room. And I don’t mean no room as in, “We could rearrange if we had to.” I mean we have no room as in, we were buying a house that fell through and ended up in a 34ft Rv. With 5 kids. SO either send ‘the visitor’ or send a house. And if You want … I could use some more nerves too. Because as You read above, I’m down to my last 1.
- Hi Heather!
It’s Heather, from Heather’s little hearts, and many other blogs. :OP I have 1 at HSB (for homeschooling etc.) & 3 at blogger. One for my silly children, one for my spiritual/homemaking etc., and eventually the last will be a Home Management Binder type blog–mostly for home stuff.
Your not alone.
Hey, take a breath! If God gives you another child, then it is His will. I know how you feel! I felt SO overwhelmed after I had my fifth child that I was almost ready to stop…the LORD gave me an almost 2-year break, and then I had my sixth. She has been a delight to me!
Then as you read in my testimony, I had an ectopic. That was almost more than I could handle. God had opened my heart to another baby…then took the baby away! I trust in everything the Lord has in store for me, I trust His will completely and I know NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING, happens outside of HIS will. If you need a shoulder, I’m here! But so is GOD.
If you ever just want to vent, send me a message through HSB. I always have a listening ear, even if I have to stay up late for it (hey, who has six kids that doesn’t stay up late?).
Blessings!
Heather - WOW!!! I will be praying for you girl, like you said – either the visitor or a house ~ or both?! Actually it sounds like you could use a house regardless if the visitor comes so I’ll pray for that period. Ha, that sounds different than I intended, I meant I will pray for that regardless.
- Umm . You know if you read that … you said to send a house cause you have no room . Well you have your house now with plenty of room…. THAT DOESN`T MEAN THERE CAN BE A THING 6 !
lollove ya :]
- but BRIT we still have 2 seats left in the truck. What else are we supposed to do with them?????
They said WHAT?