Last week all three kids had strep throat.
Category: carnival
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Wordless Wednesday
Counting to 1,000

5 Let the peoples praise You, O God;
Let all the peoples praise You.
6 The earth has yielded its produce;
God, our God, blesses us.
7 God blesses us,
That all the ends of the earth may fear Him.(Psalm 67)
Mid-Week Momfessions
Random Schmattering
- I think my iPod nano might be dead. This is a tragedy. (You know, if you’re first world and have way more than you ever need and consider luxuries to be necessities, and never worry about things like where your next meal is coming from or if your water source is clean…) But I do like to listen to my tunes in the kitchen…
- Father’s Day is coming. Can I get a whoop whoop for all the baby daddies out there who help their baby mamas out? Hubby is super dad, and I could not do what I do (raise the kids, keep the house, cook the food) without his help. (I would tell you I’ll blog more about him being a great dad this weekend, but I probably won’t, so I won’t. Just know he’s super.)
- I just went into the kitchen after laying all the Bugs down for nap and LADYBUG AND STINKBUG CLEARED THEIR PLATES FROM THE TABLE WITHOUT BEING ASKED. Oh my word. What a good feeling- they are getting it! (If you’re not a mom, you’re probably all who cares, and I care! Because small victories like the kids cleaning up their own mess is huge in a mommy’s day!)
- We went to the park this morning. There were all sorts of things I could complain about (it was H-O-T even at 10am, the grass was wet and it was hard to find shade to sit in, the kids didn’t want to play on the playground, the kids were afraid of bugs and dogs and kept complaining) but I’m still reading one thousand gifts and instead I’ll just say I love city-living where I can walk all three kiddies to a fabulous park and lay out a blanket and relax? This park trip (as well as any outing with three kids by myself) is brought to you by the Ergo Baby Carrier. Thank you Ergo.
- And here are some more of my one thousand gifts…
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45. grass squishing between toes |
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46. loving my little Bugs |
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47. shade to sit in |
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48. awesome playground close to our house |
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49. a baby so cute Mommy can hardly stand it |
Mid-Week Momfessions
I yell at my kids.
I hate it and I wish I didn’t. I don’t everyday. But sometimes (OK, probably once a week) I have a didn’t-read-my-Bible-woke-up-twice-to-nurse-the-baby-last-night-have-a-monster-headache-and-I’m-just-plain-ol’-sinful kinda day and they do things that irritate me act like children, and I just snap and I yell at them.
Honestly, there’s probably not much worse in the world than the quivering of their little chins after I yell at them. The look in their tear-filled eyes after I raise my voice and let them have it.
I’m working on it. Through God’s grace I can hopefully overcome this nasty habit. I want to show them grace and teach them how to gracefully react to others, and yelling is not the way I want to accomplish that.
Hi, I’m Sheila. And I yell at my kids.
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{1000 gifts}
31. Daddy taking the big kids out for “special daddy time”
32. being alone with the baby (who hardly ever gets “alone time”)
33. iced coffee in the middle of the morning
34. hot showers
35. the feeling of Q-tips cleaning my ears
36. anticipating a visit from dear friends
37. lifting voices in songs of praise as one body
38. sharing a meal with brothers and sisters
39. milk chocolate
40. getting mail/messages just because
41. picking out the perfect gift, and wrapping it up
42. sitting on the balcony drinking tea with my love talking about nothing and everything
43. being adopted into the biggest, most wonderful family by the Biggest, Most Wonderful Dad
44. “water from the wells of salvation”
3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 And you will say in that day:
“Give thanks to the LORD,
call upon his name,
make known his deeds among the peoples,
proclaim that his name is exalted. 5 “Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously;
let this be made known in all the earth. {Isaiah 12}
{1000 gifts}
15. starting the day hearing Hubby singing praises in the kitchen
16. ceiling fans!
17. baby sleeping through the night
18. holding the Word in my hands
19. blond boy playing contentedly with trucks and trains all morning
20. goodbye kisses each morning that hold the promise of return by evening
21. fresh fruit
22. curls of red cascading around a sweet girl’s face
23. meeting a new friend at the park
24. brisk morning walk with lungs filling and releasing, body stretching and shaping
25. sugar in my tea
26.pants that don’t need ironing
27. Hubby’s handsome smile
28. the bread and the cup taken with brothers and sisters
29. sweet baby “crawling” on tummy determined to get where he wants
30. turkey pesto and cheese sandwich grilled to perfection
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
{Philippians 4:4}