Don't Let Your Kids Grocery Shop.....

So I was at WalMart for a few things.  I usually don't get groceries there but needed milk and a few other things while I was there.  So we go over to the milk section and I tell them to 'get the one with the pink lid.'  I'm the only one at the house who drinks milk so I told them to get a small one.  The next day I pour myself a small glass of milk while cooking dinner. I take one drink, run to the sink, spit it all, and proceed to throw up whatever was in my stomach.  They picked out Buttermilk!!!  OMG it was the worst thing I've ever tasted and even thinking about it now makes me gag.

Note to self:  Inspect what they put in the cart......

The Power of Prayer....

I am sitting here thankful tonight that my kids know God and feel His love for us.  I am amazed at their prayers and the way their little minds work sometimes.  Somehow prayers always leave us chuckling.  Here was Ashlyn's prayer tonight:

Dear God,
Thank you for my friends and my family.  Will you please lay your healing hand on my friend at school Daniel?   He threw up today at lunch and we had to move tables.  It smelled really bad.  Then I think they put the wipes in the trashcan in our room because it smelled in there too.  Can you heal him so he doesn't do that again?  Thank you for the snow today.  Can you make it snow more so I can make a snowman?  I've been wanting to do that.  I know you can do anything because you are God and I love you.
Amen

It's so hard to keep a straight face during prayer time.

Am I raising teenagers???

So it was a good weekend.  However I caught myself many times questioning whether or not my kids were teenagers.  Here's the prime example:

Dress shopping for Easter and picture day at school:  Every dress I held up, Chloe loved.  Every dress that I held up, Ashlyn hated.  She tells me she doesn't like my choices and that I just don't know what a pretty dress looks like.  She also made comments that her friends wouldn't even wear that one.  What, you are 4 years old!!  When I told her that a certain dress was too fancy(looked like a flower girl dress), she said, "Seriously, mom?  I am fancy!"  Oh boy.  So Brandon was on the other side of the store looking at something.  When he came back, she dissed all of his choices too.  So we went home with fancy.

Chloe is a three year old trapped in a teenager's body.  We have said this for a long time.  She is witty, sarcastic, and smart mouthed--all of which we are not proud of......  There are times where I have to try and keep a straight face while punishing her.  For example:

We went to the movies.  On the way out, Chloe had to go to the potty.  I took her while Brandon and Ashlyn went to the car.  We get in there and she won't let me go in the stall with her.  So I stand outside the door.  Nobody else is in there.  Then an old lady enters the bathroom and goes in the stall beside Chloe.  Obviously something didn't agree with her.  This conversation ensues:

Chloe: Mommy are you going potty?
Me:  (quietly) No
Chloe:  What is all of that noise?
Me:  Chloe just go potty.
Chloe:  Wow someone has gas!
Me:  Finish up and let's go.
Chloe:  That's loud.
10 seconds later
Chloe:  Someone stinks!

Chloe then comes out and we raced out of there not even washing hands.  We get in the car and I tell Brandon what happened.....

Brandon:  Chloe did someone have gas in the bathroom?
Chloe:  For REAL!

I can't imagine what the teenage years will look like.

Forgotten Funny

I have no idea how I forgot to add this funny to my last post.  It is from my other kids(students in 3rd grade).

I was teaching reading and they were learning about problem/solution.  I asked the students for examples.  I got things like I spilled milk and had to clean it up, MLK Jr. fighting for civil rights, etc.  Then one kid raises his hand and says the following:

Student:  The problem is the man has erectile dysfunction and the solution is to take medicine.
Me:  (blank stare and a million thoughts going through my head)
Another Student:  Hey I've seen that commercial
Yet Another Student:  Me too
Me: (Quickly changing the subject)  Who can give me a problem/solution using Mary McLeod Bethune?

Glad that was 3rd grade and they didn't ask questions about it.......

Funnies of the Day

Ash:  Do we have bible school today?

Me:  Yes

Ash:  Good.  It seems like a hundred days since we've been there.

Me:  What did you do at school today?

Ash:  I got a new book.

Me:  YAY!

Ash:  (Girl) got one too and said ha-ha-ha-ha haha at me.

Me:  Well that wasn't very nice.

Ash:  Yes that's what I told her and she did it again.  I told her I got one too and she did it AGAIN.

Me:  Well just ignore her.  That's not very nice.

Ash:  Yeah I know.  I told her that it says in the Bible not to say that so she shouldn't.  Does it say that in the Bible?

Me:  Ummmmm I don't think it says those exact words.

Ash:  Well it should Mommy.

Ash:  Ms. Shuford told me to tell you that there would be a calendar next month.

Me:  Did she just tell you?  Why did she tell you?

Ash:  I told her you were asking why we didn't have one this month.  I asked her like everyday.

OH GREAT

Loooooooong Evening

It was just one of those nights.  We came home and made rice krispie treats.  Ashlyn dropped the spoon in the butter/marshmallow mixture and I had to fish it out.  I fed the kids dinner (that they didn't want) and then gave in and fed them  PB&J hold the J.  Then it was a "mommy get me" kind of a night.  Some examples are but not limited to:

Mommy get me a
rice krispie treat
no I want rice krispies cereal instead
water
ice in the water
blanket
bear
markers
paper
book
kindle
pillow

Can we watch Scooby Doo?
No I want Sofia.
She hit me
Ashlyn's not being nice.
Mommy where are you?

That's just a sampling. I also decided to move some furniture around upstairs which probably wasn't the greatest idea with two kids jumping on everything I moved.  Then I told them they needed to get ready for bath and Ashlyn said she wasn't getting in the same water as Chloe because she peed during nap.  We haven't had that issue yet.  They always bathe together and are pretty happy about it.  So, after a lengthy conversation, I bathed Chloe and then Ashlyn got in and bathed herself.  She didn't seem to mind that it was the same water nor did I mention that information.  Off to bed next.  Is it bad that I punished them for 'not being nice to mommy' tonight by telling them they couldn't have a book?  As a teacher, I probably shouldn't punish them by not letting them read....

So now I sit here thinking that I need to clean up the kitchen, pack lunches and bookbags, check papers, get the laundry from the dryer, and who knows what else.  I just don't have the energy.  Did I mention that I had a rice krispie treat for dinner?

PS  At least Ashlyn ended her prayer tonight with "Please let us have a better day tomorrow.  Amen"

Anyone else have those nights?
 

"Abrahams Lincoln"

So I learned from Ashlyn that today is "Abrahams" Lincoln's birthday.  She kept telling me he "got shoot" but she doesn't know why anyone would want to shoot someone else.  She asked if he was being mean?  How do you explain why a President gets assassinated to a 4 year old?  Well, how do you explain why anyone would shoot someone?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgnsCo5uWVM