Up For Suggestions

In lieu of the traditional family vacation, this year Matt and I are opting to take the kids on a couple day-trips, or perhaps even an over-nighter depending on the decided destination(s). I thought this would be a good place to ask for suggestions--Where are some favorite places (not terribly expensive places) you all have taken your families?

You've come a long way, baby!

Only a couple short years ago, this child would not let medical personnel of any kind come within 10 feet of him without screaming his head off. Now look at my brave boy, courageously enduring his first dental appointment. Is this not the face of utter fearlessness?




**Note of apology to anyone whom I've previously made fun of for taking their camera to the dentist's office. :)

Quote of the Day

Erin: "Mom, are people who don't like vegetables called meatatarians?"

long pause

"Mom, I'm a meatatarian."

Perks

There are perks to this job after all.

After spending the last 72 hours "holding the bowl" for three children, cleaning up their messes when they missed the bowl, doing COUNTLESS loads of laundry, and going on little- to-no sleep while my husband, quarantined to the bedroom, suffered in his own misery, he came home today with a "thank-you-for-cleaning-up-puke-present".



I must say--I've got myself a good man.

Question of the Day

What do you do when you are in the middle of brushing child #2's teeth, and you realize you are using child #3's toothbrush?

A. Stop immediately. Throw away the tainted toothbrush and finish brushing with the correct toothbrush.

B. Stop immediately. Put aside the tainted toothbrush and plan to boil it later, and finish brushing with the correct toothbrush.

C. Finish brushing with the wrong toothbrush and throw it away afterwards.

D. Finish brushing with the wrong toothbrush, rinse it out, and let the rightful owner of the toothbrush brush with it a few seconds later.

E. Other?

"Two Hands"

You see, this is why I don't write songs; somebody else always finds a way to articulate my thoughts/feelings much better than I ever could. I heard this song for the first time over the weekend and ran home to look up the lyrics.

It's more than a little comforting to know I'm not the only one frustrated with the battle...


"Two Hands" by Jars of Clay

I've been living out of sanity
I've been splitting hairs and blurring lines
I am a house that is divided
In my heart and in my mind

I use one hand to pull you closer
The other to push you away
If I had two hands doing the same thing
Lifted high, lifted high

I have a broken disposition
I'm a liar who thirsts for the truth
And while I ache for faith to hold me
I need to feel the scars and see the proof

I use one hand to pull you closer
The other to push you away
If I had two hands doing the same thing
Lifted high, lifted high
If I had two hands doing the same thing
Lifted high, lifted high

And if we just keep digging we can reach the foundation
Of our souls
And if we just keep cutting all the chains from our hearts
We'll lose control

And it feels like giving in
It feels like starting over
It feels like waking up, and you know it's coming
It feels like a brand new day
Open your eyes

If I had two hands doing the same thing
Lifted high, lifted high
If I had two hands doing the same thing
Lifted high, lifted high
Lifted high
Lifted high



One Day, I will
unashamedly,
ever-so-confidently,
without restraint,
permanently,
have TWO HANDS lifted high.