Happy Birthday

Today is Jason's Birthday. He turns 32 today. Elijah asked me if he was turning 21 or 22 today. ;)

I LOVE this man so much! We will feast on pizza at his favorite pizza place and then home for some cake made by the kids and vanilla bean ice cream.

Dynamic Duo

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What is the True meaning of Christmas

Pause my playlist below and let Linus tell you what the true meaning of Christmas is.
Merry Christmas to all!

The Fantastic Five

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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

So Elijah is in the very back of the van saying out loud in our louder voice..."God please I am begging you for snow."

Well I am glad he knows who to ask, but it's Southern CA, come on kid, and I'm not breaking the news to him that, well, we won't get snow, so I'll just let him beg. He saw my sisters photos of her house with all the beautiful snow they are experiencing and I am in the kitchen cooking dinner as he looks at the pictures and his response, is.... " I dont want to SEE it I want to FEEL it!" So we were heading out to school this morning and lo and behold, there was snow upon the mountains near us. Very Cool!!! Maybe we can find a place to play in it, so he can FEEL it.

Tradition

Each year I make Gingerbread Men cookies. We love them!! The kids at school are asking if I am making them for the class again this year, and the answer is "No", the kids made them these fun little reindeer instead, because of time. But I did make a special batch of Gingerbread Boys for the older folks Elijah is going to visit today. He keeps calling them "sick in the brain". Poor old people, kids just don't understand. My kids and I are planning on making our own batch of Gingerbread Men during their Christmas break, which I can't wait for, only 2 1/2 more days left.

Christmas Cheer

You can imagine how delighted we were to find this happening in our room.

A Christmas Tag

So I got tagged with one of those e-mails that wants your friends to get to know you. I am posting it here instead of sending it to all of you. Here it goes....

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? - Wrapping paper
2. Real tree or Artificial? - I'm not a big fan of potential fires here in Southern CA so since we have lived here an Artificial, but when we get home Real for sure!!!
3. When do you put up the tree? When we can, usually the first weekend in Dec.
4. When do you take the tree down? Again when we can, usually the first weekend in Jan.
5. Do you like eggnog? Nope
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Cabbage Patch Doll
7. Hardest person to buy for? Not sure
8. Easiest person to buy for? My kids are the easiest for me.
9. Do You have a nativity scene? Dude of course, why do we celebrate Christmas!?
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I am really not very good about getting Christmas cards out but when I do I mail them. Can you e-mail them?
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? A computer mouse, yes a computer mouse!
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? I'm not sure, but I really do love The Little House on the Prairie's Christmas.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? When I can.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Not sure I can say I have. But maybe.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Yummy food. Knot rolls are for sure on the list from my kids.
16. Lights on the tree? White lights
17. Favorite Christmas song? - Lots, but What Child is this, and Immanuel
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? - We are staying home this year.
19. Can you name all of Santa's Reindeers? - Who is Santa? And he has Reindeer? No I can't
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Angel
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Our family opens on Christmas Morning.
22 . Most annoying thing about this time of the year? That Christ is left out of the celebration of His birth.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Okay I have no theme or color but my favorite ornament is my stained glass Clown that I was given as a wee child.
24. What do you want for Christmas this year? I was just asked this question by my teenager last night and my response was ..."I haven't even had a moment to think about it!" But I would say right now a new camera, since mine is broken.

Well there it is! Hope you enjoy

All things Christmas

As you can see I have FINALLY gotten to my blog. I had many things to say in November, but had so little time even with a week long vacation. So all month I will be posting nothing but Christmas stuff. I hope you enjoy the sounds of Christmas on here and the new Christmassy look too. Photo's may be sparse due to the camera issue but hopefully my words will help paint beautiful pictures of Christmas at my house in your minds. So MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all!!

Good Citizen Award

Our Elijah has received the Good Citizen Award for the month of October this year.

Here is what his teacher had to say say about him.

Elijah, it is a true blessing to have you in first grade this year. What you have brought to our classroom is

* Joy - in your attitude, in all you do

* Diligence - to do your work carefully and faithfully until it is done

* Perseverance - to not get discouraged or give up, but to ask for help when you don't understand

* Obedience - to follow classroom standards, including self-control

I think the part of this that pleases me most is that you do all of these things because you know it is what the Lord would be pleased with according to His word. Thank You for your desire to learn, improve, and please Him. As you grow may you always find His joy as your strength.

Deuteronomy 4:29 says "...you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul."

I pray Elijah that you would continue seeking Him with all your heart until you find Him as your All-Sufficiency - your personal Lord and Savior.

With His Love for you,

Mrs. Mollica

Shopping

I know you are probably wondering why I would write on shopping, seeing as I cannot stand shopping. I only go to the mall when forced to, like School shopping and we really only hit Old Navy, JC Penney's and maybe the Children's place. But today holds something rare and fun in going shopping.

So I was planning on taking Hannah to Steve and Barry's in Burbank tomorrow (which we still may do) but my only reason for going would be to pick up some cheap clothes, I don't care if they get ruined. You see Hannah and I are going on a field trip next week and we will work eat and sleep on a boat all while pretending to be in the 1800's. So we will be long haired sailors! We will be wet and tired and hopefully we won't get crabby although they fit together so well. Thus the need for clothes.
She needs a coat, not tattered pants (which I cannot understand why she cant wear jeans that are meant for working), and some boots. So among all that this week has to offer, I am trying to prepare myself so as to not get behind in anything and forget things that are of utmost importance, like snacks for Football boys on Monday (yikes that is not even on my grocery list), see the need for preparedness and lists?! My so smart husband said to me, why don't you look at a thrift store, and I would straight up plant a huge kiss if we weren't on the phone, because that is more of a place I would rather go to it's always such fun, it's like a treasure box! I am not kidding, I truly enjoy thrift stores. It is a place that is hard to take a list into and follow, it's all so exciting, so many things need to be paroozed! Now that my husband has given me hope in this shopping trip, I must add that this is not the only place for this busy mom to go.
Grocery shopping is included - Trader Joes, Vons and Costco. But first I will hit the thrift shop.
Thank you for listening to me rant on such a meaningless topic but it had been a while since my last post. Please forgive the bad grammar and run on sentences, but I am trying to run out the door. And thanks Babe for giving me the idea of the thrift store, I love you!

Shaving Cream

I thought I would be a good Mom and get out of my comfort zone and let one of my kids get dirty!
This is what happens when Mom gets an idea....
Shaving Cream
A 2 year old
an almost broken camera
Hope you enjoy this little video of my Shad Man. You will want to pause the playlist at the bottom of the screen before you play the video.
p.s. Mom this is for you, look at what you will be getting a little piece of when you get here.
See ya Monday!!

Growing Up

Okay so about Scott....

His feet are HUGE!!!

He's taller than me.

He thinks he's too cool to hug us.

He gets annoyed with us.

He can sleep for 12 hours straight, then go back for a little nap.

He is constantly hungry.

Yup, he's a teenager, but I am still wondering what happened to my little baby boy, I used to call my little "hunkie". ? I'm telling you everyone said it would go fast and they were right.

Something is Dying

So what do you guess it could be???

Washer
Dryer
Oven
Dishwasher
Hot Water Heater
Car
DVD player (although this is going out too)
Computer
??????
No it's my camera!!! I think it quite possibly could be the most important thing when you have children. So when you see a little pink around the edges of my pictures you can tell it's dying. It's all so DEVASTATING!!!!!
Here's a funny thing though. I tried to take capture a most precious moment that happened the other day and when I turned it on the screen went black and fuzzy, so I couldn't get a picture of that moment. Such a bummer, but the picture will last in my memory forever. So I have been crying and moaning all weekend. Then when we were flipping through pictures from the summer I found that my teenager doesn't even look the same as he did in August!!! GASP, I am now whining a little more seeing as if he is changing so quickly how can I not just snap a few photos of him, it's all so frustrating!!!! So I grab my camera and turn it on and as it has been doing the screen is black and then all of a sudden.....It's clear as a bell. So I grab Scott and we run outside and I snapped some fab pictures. I hope you enjoy them, because with an unreliable camera this may be all you will get for awhile. Stay tuned for the next post!!!

Bye-Bye Baby Boy

I have had the tough job of saying goodbye to my little baby. He is quite a smart little tike. His vocabulary is quite large. He astonishes us everyday with what he picks up and says. He potty trained quite easily, much easier and earlier than my other 2 boys. And this just topped it, as any Mom knows that once you cut off the "baby" hair it is never as soft or ever the same again. And since this is my last baby it has been hard to let him grow up. I joke around that he is a 13 year old locked up in a 2 year old body and he is trying to get out. Anyone who has met him, knows this to be sooo true. He is a blast to be around. But it is so sad to say good-bye to his baby things. I'm glad he still likes his "taggy", but he won't snuggle with me at all. He has too many things to learn and do. So for all of those who have been patiently waiting here is the new and amazingly look alike to Scott, Shad Daniel-Jaxon Schmitt!

Softball

This is Hannah's first year playing softball. She is having fun but a little timid.

Football

Taggy

Shad bear with his "taggy" at nap time.

He rests his head on a cars pillowcase made by his Nana.

So Cozy!

Fred Goes to the Dentist

Okay, I admit it... I love to watch Fred. If you don't know who Fred is, well today is your lucky day my friend. This is my favorite Fred video. I hope you enjoy it too and it makes you laugh!

Caught!!!!

So some things have been going on around here as always. This is the just a few that I have been getting a snap of. Elijah apparently got a hold of my camera, he's been caught!

Yes, those are tiny little feet dangling out of the fridge

See that bowl of watermelon sitting above him? Well he wanted just a taste. Shad has been caught in the fridge getting his own snack.

This is what I found on Wednesday morning when I went to wake up Scott.

He is in bed wearing his hooded sweatshirt that is pulled as tight as it could be so as to not show his new haircut. He was fully zonked out, he has no idea I took this. He's been caught not liking his new haircut. I am assuming that he would have rather taken a detention over the long hair.

I am a Mom who is watching and laughing at every opportunity to catch these kids.

My Sweetest Hannah

I just adore my Hannah! She is so caring and loving. Lately she has been asking me to tell her "my favorites". I tuck her in bed and before my feet can reach the door she will say "Mommy what is your favorite _________?" She has asked me what my favorite baby animal is, my favorite flower, my favorite color and assorted others too. They are all random things she wants to know about me. How special is that?? I'm not sure what she is doing with all her information but that she even cares enough to ask about simple little things that get so lost when you're a busy mommy. I know that she is growing up but she is still my little "Bee" and I love her!

Dodger's Game

Chow Time

Here is what we had for dinner tonight. This is for all the ladies who don't use your crockpot. I have 1 suggestion.... Get it out!! I promise life for a moment will be easier.

Vegetable Beef & Barley Stew

3/4 cup chopped onion

1 can of cut green beans

2/3 cup of uncooked barley

2/3 cup frozen corn

1 1/2 cups of water

1tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. dried thyme

1/4 stp. pepper

1 1/2 pounds of beef stew cut into smaller pieces

2 cans of beef broth

1 can of diced tomatoes with roasted garlic

3 fresh carrots cut into slices

1 8oz. can of tomato sauce

Put it in your crockpot, stir it and put it on the low setting for 8 or so hours.

Does anyone see a resemblance??

I'm not sure this was the look Gramma aka "Papa" was going for with her "free haircut"!

p.s. We LOVE you Stephanie, but how could we resist???????

Skittles & Poop

Yes that is right, Poop and Skittles!

Shad has succesfully pooped on the toilet without pooping in his diaper first and then taking it off to sit on the potty. He has been delightfully rewarded with a Skittle. Now we just need to work on the pee part if this training. He has it backwards but you know he will get it eventually, just like his "indoor voice". But for now we will settle for Poop and Skittles!

Two of My Worlds Collided!

Yes, 2 of my worlds! My Teenager and Two year old.
Shad likes Sesame Street and Scott loves the original song.
It's too cute not to share. I hope you enjoy!

A Beaming Mother

How can you not beam when your child's teacher says, "He is a wonderful boy, he is a model student."
GASP!!! Of course I well up with pride, saying to myself "huh, would you expect anything less."
But the truth of the matter is he looks good on the outside but let's examine his heart!
I love my little Elijah and I am very proud of him that he doesn't struggle to sit still or be diligent in class that he tries his hardest and is a really good student. But God has given him those strengths, not me. But God has also chosen to give him great weakness' too. He needs to have a heart transplant. My prayer for him is that he will choose to LOVE above all else. It is very hard to love your annoying sister, your too rough big brother and your very loud and disruptive destructive little brother, your Mom who has to ask you to repeat yourself because she has some hearing loss from that 2 year old and your Dad who tells you "no" or catches you asking your Mom for something you were already told no for and getting into trouble. Yeah he's a "model student" but his heart is what God sees and we must train him up to fear God and not man, to care only about what God cares about and not what man cares about.
I love you endlessly Elijah and I am very proud of you!

Ruby is a Jewel

I Love my dog!

Abercrombie & Fitch

Okay so these photo's might not make their catalog, nor would I like to see my child in their catalogs, but these are stinkin' adorable! So lets say, Abercrombie & Fitch for Kids.

All by myself

Well, not really but I was at lunch time once last week and this is what I ate.

It is my FAVORITE lunch ever and if you want to know the way to my heart, this is it!

Menu:

Sandwich-

Miltons Bread with Best Foods Mayo on both slices (please don't skimp, but don't slather)

Tillamook Medium Cheddar Cheese (not too thick of slice, but not too thin either)

Trader Joes Sprouts

Trader Joes Reduced Fat Cheese Puffs

Country Time Lemonade

Reading Material:

God's Word

Morning and Evening with Spurgeon

I'm lovin' that the kids are back at school and Mommy gets some time to herself.

First Day of School

Yes, off they went!

Not a wince of sadness!

These are HAPPY days!

Hannah in 5th grade

Elijah in 1st grade and

Scott in 8th grade.

They had a terrific day!

P.S. Nobody is missing homeschooling.

Dragging me down

Have you ever felt that something was dragging you down?

Well I got rid of mine!

Eventhough my hair was dragging me down, I am blessed to know that it will bless someone else,

I will donate my hair to "Locks of Love".

Gold, Silver or Bronze

Okay so who hasn't been watching the Olympics??
Well for us who have not had any kind of television for 4 whole years not even broadcast,
We HAVE! So we were at Lowes one night and I grabbed an antenea so that we could watch the Olympics and the Debates with election coverage. So far it has been a blessing and a curse.
Curse - because 2 of my kids have never had televison ever in their lives and cannot pull themselves away from it. They are only allowed to watch PBS
Blessing - because we have soooooo enjoyed watching the Olympics (not the commercials).
They have been so fun and exciting to watch. Yup, I am still as competitive as always! But hey it only comes around every 4 years so that's good.

Also Elijah runs around asking me to watch him and score him. He has yet to get the gold although, I'm not sure what would be gold medal worthy. What's really funny is that he was doing it at church and I am sure people heard us talking about what he got. It's funny to watch him yell at the t.v. with who is ahead and behind and then get totally bummed out when USA doesn't make gold. You should hear him talk trash about China. "Man China doesn't even care about their baby girls but they sure care about those gold medals!" "I can't believe China doesn't even believe in God or allow children to read bibles." He learned all about China at the VBS that he attended this summer. It had an Olympic theme and they collected $ for China so that they could hand out bibles. He's a little sponge with a heart of GOLD!!

Happy Birthday!

Today my Hannah Banana, Banana Bee, Beetle Bop, Bee girly turns 10!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH!

I love you and will always love you.
You are a special gift to me from The Lord and I thank Him endlessly for you.
SO on your birthday to give tribute to you I would like to make a top 10 list of reasons why
I Love you!

10. You aren't afraid to try new things

9. You always find the good in all people

8. You have a spunky little personality

7. You remind me of your Daddy whom I love

6. You are a beautiful little girl inside and out, eventhough we know that the inside counts the most

5. You are an incredibly loving little girl, you amaze me with the love you harbor in your heart for the homeless.

4. You're a very forgiving person

3. You're smile and laugh melts my heart

2. Your heart is teachable

1. I know that you want to live for Jesus

Hannah I love you dearly and my prayer for you is that you will set aside all things in the world to follow Christ with all your heart.
I LOVE YOU BEE!
~Mom~

Experiences

Life is filled with experiences. Hannah is experiencing being in a state without her parents, she is experiencing independence. Scott just took the dog to the pet store to have her nails clipped, he is experiencing trust, freedom and independence. Shad is eating lunch and he is experiencing a yummy turkey sandwich. Elijah says to me, "I want to experience a broken arm", puzzled at such a comment I said "so you want to experience pain?" he replied, "yeah! I want to know what it feels like."
What can I say other than, HMMMM.

"I Love You"

Since Shad was a tiny little baby he has been told numerous times a day by everyone that he is loved. I was sure that his first words would be "I Love You" but nope it was "IYAH" (Elijah) then came "Dadda", and many other things followed although Momma wasn't last "DOT" (Scott) was. He is talking in little sentences and it's soooo adorable to hear. He even has a "big" voice he uses, aHHHH we just want to eat him up! I have been working on getting him to say "I love you" he has said it but not without alot of work. So my dearest Hannah was working with him last night and YUP, she got him to say "I Wuv ou Mom" it's sooooooooo monsterly cute. All day today I have heard his little mouth saying "I wuv ou Dot, I wuv ou Iyah, I wuv ou Dadda, I wuv ou Mom". Since Hannah has left today she has missed out but I'm sure she will hear him say it to her on the phone when she calls.
And just in case you dont hear "I Love you" very often.....
I LOVE YOU!!!!

A teenager and a two year old

Well today was filled with a few very serious things but some funny things to make us all giggle!
I was helping Scott learn how to make numerous calls to his friends. He wants all his friends to go to the beach on Friday with his youth group Xchange. So he needed to have handy all the info and what he was going to say. He was very uneasy about this task that I had given him so, being his biggest cheerleader I was helping him recite what to say and we practiced many times with each other. Well as I am trying to teach my oldest son how to use the phone with manners, Hannah was playing with the boys in the backyard so it was quiet in the house for Scott to make his calls. We were interrupted a number of times, but one that just cracked us up was when Hannah called, "Mooooom! Shad took off his diaper again!" (this is little habit he has seeing as he wants to potty train but who has time for that) I replied back "It's okay you guys are outside so he'll be fine." She then replied "No it's not okay he's trying to poop in the yard!" Please remember she was outside and I was inside so she was yelling this to me! Our neighbors have just got to love us!

I went to the Dollar Tree and bought soap as I went down every aisle stating to Hannah, "this is my favorite new place to shop". I got to the very last aisle and there they were right before my very eyes, ARMY MEN in 3 different colors just as the boys have dreamt of and been asking for all summer long. I of course feel like it's such a deal, I mean 53 army men for each boy and I will only spend $3. YUP it was a deal! I brought them home and the boys were so elated that Mom could possibly think of them while she was out with Hannah, no not really their dreams just came true they were only thinking of themselves! But none the less they were thrilled!!!
A few hours (yes hours) all three boys are playing and I hear Elijah say to Shad "Shad would you shut up please!" I of course gasped and promptly told Elijah, "Eli we don't say that! That is mean!" He says "But I said "PLEASE"!" Okay I can give him that, he was being polite in his manners . The little stinker.
That's today's funnies!

Listen Live!

I wanted to share with you all, that while I sit here(at home) Sunday morning, not counting my chickens before they hatch. I miss attending church with my family but I am so blessed to be able to hear the teaching online. You can too! Here's how:
Visit our churches website at www.gracecommunitychurch.org when you get there, erase the "home" in the browser bar and type in "live" then a An Audio Broadcast window will pop up. Password is : sermon
I pray you take an opportunity to listen on some Sunday morning, believe me you will be blessed!
You can listen at 2 different times, 8:30am and 10:30am.

I'm not counting my chickens until they have hatched!

Friday night Shad didn't sleep well at all. He woke up at 1:46am and I finally had to boot him out of our bed at 3:30am. He was running a slight fever but nothing he needed Motrin for. Anyhow the next day Saturday (our Family Beach Day) he had little red bump like bites on his back and tummy, a few on his legs and some on his face. Only one had a little tiny pin prick head on it, so we weren't sure what was going on. So after much thinking, Fever, rough night, nap at the beach, red dots, maybe it could be a virus! Chicken Pox is a VIRUS!!!
WoW this could be it, my DR. keeps telling me my boys aren't going to get Chicken Pox because they are almost non existent since the vaccine. Which I won't give my boys.
So I am not counting my chickens until they have hatched!

Quite Yummy!

So the boys want Beef Jerky for their hike on Whitney. Well guess who is online?!
Dougs Quality Meats http://www.dougsqualitymeats.com/index.html
Yeah that's right! So I am ordering it for them.
If you haven't ever had their beef jerky you are missing out boy!
Okay so I can't take all the credit, here's how we know about them.

When we were kids my Dad Ron would get us this beef jerky in our stockings at Christmas.
This was our favorite item right next to the Frangos. We all would not want to open our package for fear that it would be eaten by everyone else. So we had to be tricky about it. Well Dad is still faithful to get us this yummy snack and yes Jason and I get seperate bags. I am a savor each bite kind of a person and Jason could eat his all in one sitting.
THANKS DAD!!! You know what we like :)!

We've been busy as usual!

So here's a brief recap of what we have been up to this week.....

*We had Scott's small group leader and his wife over for lunch on Sunday.

*Hannah has been working very hard on her blankie for her small group leader at church. She unexpectedly had her baby 12 weeks early. They named her Suzie. She was 1 pound 14ounces. Please be praying for her health. They say she already has severe to moderate brain damage. Check her out on their family blog. http://thesandersonfam.blogspot.com/ They say she is looks bigger inn the pictures than in reality. I guess her ears are the size of your pinkie fingernail. YIKES Tiny!

*Elijah and Hannah have been going to VBS at a local neighborhood church in the evenings,

*We went to the beach on Tuesday, it was beautiful as always, nobody got burnt.

*Shad went to the Dr.'s for his 2 year well child check, and he's not autistic according to the questionnaire I filled out. But he ways 26 pounds and is in the 25th percentile for his weight and height. Dr. Greene says "he'll grow out of his loudness and orneriness", well we sure hope so!

*Scott went to a friends house on Wednesday and had a good time.

*Hannah delivered her blankie to baby Suzie, although we didn't see her we saw her lovely parents and they are doing well, trusting in our God.

*Today the dog almost had the mailman for a snack.

*We are hoping to go to the pool tomorrow and swim.

Another One Bites The Dust

As I was driving home from the grocery store today I had to laugh and thank God for His goodness to me.
You know that free cookie that the kids get from the bakery at the store? Well they always offer me one and I never take it. From now on I'm taking it, you know why? Well you see when we get to the store Elijah always says "can we get a cookie?" and I always say sure and then I ask if they do the free cookie thing because one time they told the kids no and there were tears and it was horribly sad. Anyway so each of the kids got a cookie, BTW- the lady opens the whole cookie container in front of Shad and offers him 1 well he has 2 hands to grab with and 2 cookies get touched. She then offers me one and I of course laugh and tell her "no thanks", okay now the kids are happy and so we are off to get the food! Well Elijah is done with his cookie by the middle of the first aisle. I only go down the aisles I know we need stuff on, but if the kids talk to me then I forget something and have to go back down an aisle I have already been down. You know it's hard reading my list and watching 3 kids. I am going as fast as I can so that we can get out of there before things get out of control, because they are bound to with Shad. So I am picking out my produce this is the last food that gets placed in the cart so we are almost done, Hannah is playing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" with Shad because if we keep him happy everyone is happy. Okay we have made it to the check out and I have to be sure the girls takes my $10 off $50 or more coupon and my 25cents coupon off the ziploc bags. The bagger asks if I "need help out " I respond "I would appreciate help out" because I wasn't feeling the "NEED" just would have liked the help. We get in the van and are heading home and the song "Another one bites the dust" comes on the radio, I turn it up. The kids are happy and I am not dead it's all good right? Well I was thinking maybe I should have taken that cookie and shoved it my purse for when Shad was ready to blow. Yeah I'm definitly gonna do it next time. You know it was a good trip to the store, Elijah only fell down once from running, Hannah only pushed Elijah once cuz he wasn't moving fast enough, No one got sassy and no one asked for anything. Yeah it was definitly good that the song that was on was not true to my life at the moment! I also thought WOW nobody is going to send me a thank you card or pat me on the back and tell me I did good today or praise me "Oh Mommy thanks for shlepping us to the store so you could slave over all this food that you will serve us!" But I don't need their thanks or praise because I served my God when I went to the store today and He held me up and just knowing that, is Thanks enough! But I want to thank my Mom for taking me to the store with her and getting the cookie for me and letting me sit under the cart, Oh those days were fun for me and Mom I know they weren't always for you, so THANK YOU!!!!

Differences

Of course each of my children are different, this I know.
For Example:
Scott will eat his sandwich first and leave his fruit for the very last, not even to eat it but to throw it in the trash.

Hannah always begins with her fruit first, because she will always opt to eat it for her snack.

I have always seen the differences in my kiddos but I thought it was interesting to hear yet another difference.

When talking about going to friends' houses Scott would prefer to leave our house and visit someone elses.
Hannah on the other hand, well she would just like to stay home and have a friend come to her place.
This is making for an interesting summer here.
Hannah is doing alot of things that she has not done before like leaving for Summer Camp for 4 days and of course traveling by herself to visit our family in WA she will be gone for almost 2 weeks.
Scott came to me the other day and said "This is the most boring Summer ever! I haven't gone anywhere (I guess Summer Camp for 5 days and Yosemite for 4 days is nothing) all I have been doing is 8 pages of math a day and only getting a half hour on the computer each day and going to bed at 9 o'clock!"
Now as I type this out each child is experiencing something different today,
Scott is enjoying himself out at Zuma beach with his "peeps" and some very (hopefully) responsible youth leaders.
Hannah is at a friends house where the Mom of her friend would like to keep her until Sunday! YIKES!! Jason and I keep laughing, this is not a typical sleepover and she will for sure be coming home on Saturday morning.
I'm sure she is having a good time being out of her house, but she would prefer to have her friend here and Scott is going to come home and be happy for one day that he got to go out and do "nothing" as he will remember it.

Celebrate National Hot Dog Month

Okay so we took the kids to Wienerschnitzel last night for FREE Kids Cones and Classic Chili Dogs.

We have never eaten there but thought the free ice cream would be of some fun.

So I made Scott get the chili dog cuz I wanted a picture of him eating it, to gross you out Stephanie!

Jason says he's gonna have diarriah for a week! I guess we'll find out.