Last One

I completely forgot about this story but it is so "David" and it makes me laugh. When I thought about it I knew I had to post it to remember forever. A few weeks ago we were getting ready for church and it was dark in the bedroom when I dresses David so he wasn't really paying attention to what he was wearing. We were in a hurry so once I got him dressed Glenn put his jacket on him and they were off to get in the car--breakfast was in the car. I got the next kid dressed and paid no more attention to how I had dressed David.

Fast forward to church.

David walks over to me and in a very agitated voice whispers in my ear, "Why is my shirt purple?"

Me: "David, you look sharp. It's a nice shirt" In my defense it was a purple t-shirt with a black, grey, white and black plaid button down shirt. It DOES look really nice.

David: "It does not look nice. It is purple and purple is for girls." He is saying this while tugging at the shirt to show me how much he dislikes the purple.

Me: "Stop pulling at your shirt. You can't change it and it looks nice."

David: "This is disgusting."

Disgusting.........was it really that bad to put the boy in a plaid purple shirt? Being clear hear--the shirt DOES NOT look girly at all. Just to clarify.

One More

I just thought this conversation was humorous:

David: "Pa, how many guns do you have?" He was in awe of all the guns.

Pa: "I have 37 here but there are some more I let people use."

Hahaha--I think David was thinking the answer would be about 5--his world was rocked.

David's Funnies

He seems to be obsessed with dying these days--maybe it has to do with the fact that Glenn told him one day mommy and daddy will die. Way to freak the kid out--now he's concerned about being an orphan and he's 4.

"Mommy, do you think when your heart stops beeping that you can hold me really tight so I can go see Jesus too." I just love that kid.

The other day in the back of the van this is the conversation that I hear:

David: "Sugar, do you know where your testines (intestines) are?" (Not sure as to why the sudden obsession with intestines, but he talks about it a lot.)

Sugar: "testines?"

David: "Yea, Sugar your testines are right here (and he points to the area of his intestines). When you eat too much food it goes there and then to your leg and your foot. That's why sometimes your foot hurts and then you can sleep in mama's bed"

Now I know the reason why he wants to sleep in my bed--he ate too much and his foot hurts.

Thankfulness

"Always be joyful. Keep on praying. No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus."

1 Thessalonians 5:16

Many times the days are long when parenting, but I am reminded to be thankful for the little people God has entrusted to our family.

A little bit of thankfulness: We have started to play a new game at our house--it's not really a game but the kids think it is. We role play different situations and then ask them (mainly David) to give us the proper response. Tonight the scenario was this, Mommy is talking on the phone and you need a drink of water. Do you scream, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy I need some water or do you wait patiently until Mommy is off the phone to ask for some water. As we were "playing" this game I kept laughing at how funny David and Sugar thought it was. It was so awesome to be able to "parent" them in a time of non-conflict rather than waiting for them to misbehave. It made me thankful to just be able to watch them and to see that they really wanted to make the right choice. Now the challenge is to see if they actually do it the next time I am on the phone. :-)

Bath Time

Random

Another reason as to why Elijah just goes with the flow.

First Tooth

The little man is sporting his first tooth!