My mom was here visiting and helping take care of our new born daughter Teagan and she has helped relay some of these stories to make this issue of "It is the small things" possible. I guess 2 sets of ears are better than 1 because these antidotes accumulated quicker than usual.
Sword vs Teagan:
My mom bought the kids gifts out of the dollar bin at Target (Btw, she has done a fabulous job spoiling the two older children while she has been here-making sure they still feel special in the midst of the new arrival of Teagan). So as Will swung his sword from side to side my mom asked him, "Will, do you love your new sister, Teagan?"
He exclaimed, "I love my new sword!!"
Over hearing this conversation I chimed in and asked, "Hey Will, do you love your new sister more than your sword?"
He quickly responded, "Nope."
Fire Truck prayer:
My mom took Will to the store with her to pick up a few things. Alaina decided she wanted to wait on the porch when it was almost time for them to return home. So I said ok. (I may have shared before that growing up my mom always taught us to stop and pray whenever we heard a fire truck or ambulance.) This is a habit I have continued through to my adult life and I too have taught my children to pray during these times (which mainly occur while driving in the van). So as Alaina was waiting on the porch I heard her yelling something to me and as I got closer to the door I realized what she was saying was, "Mom we need to pray for the fire truck!" Apparently she had heard one pass by on the main road and she insisted that we pray for it and the people who needed help.
Pants on the ground:
Ok so I am sure that many people have heard of the newest craze about an original song sang in the auditions of American Idol. To my surprise my mom, who does not watch Idol, has heard of it too. And thought it was a good idea to teach it to my kids.
This is the same woman who at Halloween was teaching them to say, "Trick of Treat, Smell my feet, Give me something good to eat, If you don't I don't care, I'll show you my underwear!" So just as I said in October I looked at my mom and said, "What are you teaching my kids?"
As she sat chuckling at herself, then we hear Will running down the hall singing, "Hands on the ground, Hands on the ground!" He almost got it?
Big 'knockers':
Later that evening my mom asks Will as he is looking for something, "Are you going to use your eyes to find it?"
He answered "No, I am gonna use my really big knockers!"
Mom feeling very shocked that after the lecture she received earlier about teaching my kids inappropriate things that my son knew and said the word 'knockers.'
Just as she is about to address the issues she hears Alaina say, "Will you don't have binoculars!!"
Playing house:
So Alaina and Will are not typically allowed to play in our room, but one evening they had decided to go in and play house. Will was the daddy and Alaina the mommy and then they had 2 children (Alaina's doll, Kaylyn, and Will's stuffed animal, Doggy, who they both sleep with at night.) So as they got quiet I sent Aaron back to check on them (A very good mommy skill that I have learned.... if it is quiet you go immediately to see what is going on.) So Aaron goes in and sees Will and Alaina in our bed 'sleeping' and their 'children' are in Teagan's bassinet 'sleeping' as well. So as he walks out of the room to come report to me his findings. Alaina says to him, "Thanks for coming visitor!"
Here are a few more stories that I thought you would enjoy:
The kids have been very intrigued by the newest member of our family. Just a day after we were home I was changing Teagan and Alaina was observing. Then she pointed to Teagan's belly button which still had the piece of umbilical cord attached and asked, "Mom, is that her mabizzy?"
Alaina and Will have reached the stage in their relationship as brother and sister where they don't always get along and sometimes they are just plain mean to each other. So as an argument was about to take place over a puzzle my mom stepped in and said, "Alaina don't get mad."
Immediately Will chimed in, "Get glad!"
Mom and I were so surprised we looked at each other and both began to ask where he had heard that and before we could ask Will says with a huge smile on his face, "I saw that on TV!"
So as I sit out here typing this is the lyric I hear Alaina singing in her bedroom as she plays: "Praise the Lord I am happy!
And I have to agree!
"Thank you Father for all the many blessings in my life, none more special than my children and definitely none more humorous. It is good to laugh and be happy!!" Amen
