Mindless Monday!

Obviously, they won't be licking the dog's foot either.

Through The Eyes Of A Child...

This past week, my 5-year-old Joey has been learning about the letter 'I' and measuring inches, cuz that's what "Mr. I" does. He's been going around the house measuring all of us and just about everything else. Well, I guess he had to draw a picture of something that he measured and he decided to draw ME!



Can you guess which one is me? Well, in case you can't, I'm the one on the right. I must say it is a pretty lifelike drawing, all the way down to the frown on my face because I had a bad case of the flu when he was measuring me.

He made sure he pointed out to me that he didn't draw the 'throw-up'!

Who is this child's mother?!?!?

Ever been somewhere and noticed a mom who is just on the brink of losing all sanity right then and there in the middle of the store? She's torn between screaming and having a fierce outbreak of physical violence, but she knows she's in a public place, so she must keep some sort of lid on it, so as not to appear a complete lunatic who cannot get a grip to save her life? Who, in the midst of all this inner turmoil is wondering, "I'm in a christian bookstore! Why can't some sort of divine intervention happen here and save me from this mental and emotional anguish???"

Well, I must sadly admit that I am that mom. I realized today that if I have not trained my child on how to behave in public, that even helping my 11-year-old pick out a bible, will not protect me from all the 5-year-oldness that my darling angel may decide to unleash upon me.

My obvious lesson for today was, "You reap what you sow."

Joey's 5th Birthday!!

Joey turned 5 on Sunday and we actually had time to have a relaxing day! After going to church and running some other errands, we were able to come home and enjoy the rest of the afternoon. Joey was quite excited to put the sprinkles on his cake! If you've ever let a 5-year-old do this, you know they should really be called 'dumples' and not 'sprinkles'.

Here's Joey sitting very proudly with his cake. We had also walked to our local store to get some ice cream. He picked out Mint & Chip ice cream without any coaching from mom! Obviously he's being raised with good taste. We will be having a Chuck E. Cheese party in a few weeks when our daughter's out to visit, so it was nice to be able to relax on his actual birthday! After cake and ice cream, we went outside to watch the boys play with the new bat, balls and tee that Joey got. The weather was perfect for being outside. It was definitely one of those days when we could sit and reflect on all the wonderful things God has blessed us with!