Little Farmer boy
Carrots
Green Beans
Sweet Peas
And my field of wild daisies! :)
Friday, June 26, 2009
sweet dreams
Dragon tales and the water is wide
Pirate's sail and lost boys fly
Fish bite moonbeams every night
And I love you
Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams
The rocket racer's all tuckered out
Superman's in pajamas on the couch
Goodnight moon, will find the mouse
And I love you
Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night
on angels wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams
God bless mommy and match box cars
God bless dad and thanks for the stars
God hears "Amen," wherever we are
And I love you
Godspeed, little man
Sweet dreams, little man
Oh my love will fly to you each night
on angels Wings
Godspeed
Sweet dreams
Monday, June 22, 2009
Time is precious. Days go by to fast and little boys grow into young men.
Today i was watching my boys play and i realized that this is such a short season. One day they aren't going to run to me for hugs when they get hurt or run around the house pretending there are pirates chasing them. One day they will grow and be gone and i will be left with the memories that i am making with them now. I am making tomorrows memories today, and i sure hope that it is a good memory for my boys. I only pray that they feel loved and cared for and that they feel the most blessed to have the mother and father that they have. And one day they will look back with good memories and be able to say that we showed them the love of Christ in our every action.
Today i was watching my boys play and i realized that this is such a short season. One day they aren't going to run to me for hugs when they get hurt or run around the house pretending there are pirates chasing them. One day they will grow and be gone and i will be left with the memories that i am making with them now. I am making tomorrows memories today, and i sure hope that it is a good memory for my boys. I only pray that they feel loved and cared for and that they feel the most blessed to have the mother and father that they have. And one day they will look back with good memories and be able to say that we showed them the love of Christ in our every action.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
If you don't finish sweeping the floor,
who will remember or care?
if you don't get his blue jeans washed,
he'll find another pair.
the dust can sit right where it is,
for tomorrow there will be more.
If the day's too short to bake the bread,
you can always run to the store.
but if you fail to stop and chat
when your children are filled with joy,
to join into their laughter
while playing with a toy,
if you forget to wipe a tear
or kiss an injured knee
if you miss a chance to see the world
the way your children see,
then you might miss sharing a day
with the one you hold most dear;
when children come knocking at your heart
....don't be to busy to hear.
-adapted from M.D. Nanny
who will remember or care?
if you don't get his blue jeans washed,
he'll find another pair.
the dust can sit right where it is,
for tomorrow there will be more.
If the day's too short to bake the bread,
you can always run to the store.
but if you fail to stop and chat
when your children are filled with joy,
to join into their laughter
while playing with a toy,
if you forget to wipe a tear
or kiss an injured knee
if you miss a chance to see the world
the way your children see,
then you might miss sharing a day
with the one you hold most dear;
when children come knocking at your heart
....don't be to busy to hear.
-adapted from M.D. Nanny
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
I will not give up hope. I will not give in. I will strive each and ever day to give the most i can give and be the best i can be. I will allow the love of Christ to flow through me to all i meet. I will give up my needs, wants and desires to serve my family. I will choose joy, i will choose not to be negative. I will choose to see the blessings. I will play with my children. I will love them no matter what they may say or do. I will walk through the valley of "special needs" and come through stronger. I will walk through the pain in order to receive the blessing of the Lord. I will see the best in my boys. I will speak lovingly. I will not let go. I will choose to raise my boys with the fear of the Lord and teach them that God has great plans for them. I will pray for wisdom. I will strive to be the wife and helper my husband needs and desires. I will go through many hard and dark times, but i will come out stronger and more beautiful with the loving hand of my lord leading me all the way.
I feel like the world teaches us to focus on the negative. For so long I've had a mindset of focusing on the negative. I would cry over the things i didn't have... verbal children, family to help when i needed it the most.. things like that. Those are some of the less frivolous things but the point is that i was focusing on what i didn't have and all of the "problems" that i had/have. I was looking past all of the beautiful blessings in my life. Especially our journey with Joshua. The hardest journey i have ever had to walk. I never wanted or expected to have a special needs child... let alone possibly two. But God has taught me so much more about His character though having a "special needs" child. Only the Lord knows how many times i have cried, and he knows my feelings very well.. the sadness, the anger and the frustration. But along with all of those things he has given me joy.. oh so much joy and a greater understanding of His love.
Okay.. there's some depth that has flowed out of my heart to share. Sorry if it doesn't flow well... i always desired to be a writer, but i don't think i am gifted in it ! :)
Maybe more will come later...
I feel like the world teaches us to focus on the negative. For so long I've had a mindset of focusing on the negative. I would cry over the things i didn't have... verbal children, family to help when i needed it the most.. things like that. Those are some of the less frivolous things but the point is that i was focusing on what i didn't have and all of the "problems" that i had/have. I was looking past all of the beautiful blessings in my life. Especially our journey with Joshua. The hardest journey i have ever had to walk. I never wanted or expected to have a special needs child... let alone possibly two. But God has taught me so much more about His character though having a "special needs" child. Only the Lord knows how many times i have cried, and he knows my feelings very well.. the sadness, the anger and the frustration. But along with all of those things he has given me joy.. oh so much joy and a greater understanding of His love.
Okay.. there's some depth that has flowed out of my heart to share. Sorry if it doesn't flow well... i always desired to be a writer, but i don't think i am gifted in it ! :)
Maybe more will come later...
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Joshua likes to go though our clothes... and this is what he found to put on today...
Hopefully he won't want to dress like this as a teenager.
This is what i go into the boys room to find every morning (well almost every morning) when i hear that Daniel is up.
He's starting to get his joyful self back! We had a long stint of cranky clingyness, but he is starting to be the sweet, joyfully guy that he usually is. Also he is starting to communicate more and he is trying to use words! Just today while he was at a friends house he was saying "john john"(that is the name of the little boy). Daniel was looking for him. Yippie! Another starting to communicate verbally!
Oh my boys! :)
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
food
Joshua really wanted to help cook his dinner tonight, so we let him. Here he is cooking his eggs and ham.
yes he really was cooking them and doing a good job! I know.. crazy to let a 4 year old cook... let alone our 4 year old.. but he did a great job and listened very well!
Elijah has started to eat solid foods. He's loving it for the most part. He makes a hilarious expression every time we feed he him something but he still eats it.
Mmm apple and butternut squash
(for the record that's Matt's hairy arm... not mine)
In other kid news, I set Elijah down on the floor to watch the boys play in the play room so i could get some breakfast. After i got my breakfast i came back and the boy was in the hall.. a few minutes later he had scooted himself backwards into the laundry room! And of course a trail of drool where he had been. Wow.. mobile at 6 months, life is going to be fun!
yes he really was cooking them and doing a good job! I know.. crazy to let a 4 year old cook... let alone our 4 year old.. but he did a great job and listened very well!
Elijah has started to eat solid foods. He's loving it for the most part. He makes a hilarious expression every time we feed he him something but he still eats it.
Yummy cracker
Mmm apple and butternut squash
(for the record that's Matt's hairy arm... not mine)
In other kid news, I set Elijah down on the floor to watch the boys play in the play room so i could get some breakfast. After i got my breakfast i came back and the boy was in the hall.. a few minutes later he had scooted himself backwards into the laundry room! And of course a trail of drool where he had been. Wow.. mobile at 6 months, life is going to be fun!
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