What Faith said

"I have my Elmos on the table."

"Faith, those are called elbows," instructed Grace.

"Bud-bud"

The kids have taken to calling Zeke by the nickname, Bud-bud. You needed to know that to understand the Line of the Day, which was from Isaiah's lips.

"Hey Mom! Bud-bud has strong toes. When I ran over them with the scooter he didn't cry."

Also, today I'm kicking off another series titled "Mess of the Day" and there are two for the day both involving Bud-bud. The first was discovered when Kristin found Zeke perched on the dining room table happily shredding paper napkins. The second occured when Zeke cluster-bombed the kitchen floor by emptying the whole containter of Beta fish food that he lifted unknowningly from the girls' room.

Daddy Adam, mommy Eve

I really have to video Faith doing her catechism, it's a hoot, but I doubt that she'll "perform" for the camera. The question we've been working on lately is "Who were our first parents?", which is to be answered with "Adam and Eve."

Faith is clearly puzzled by this one. She knows that I'm her daddy and Kristin is her mommy so why this talk about some couple named Adam and Eve? The expression on her face when she parrots the answer makes me want to know what she's thinking. "Is Adam a different name for Dah Dah (her grandfather)?"

I wonder what she'll do when she meets someone named Adam or Eve!

Are they all in your group?

by Kristin

I like to read and hope that all the kiddos will grow up loving to escape with a good book as much as I do. Albuquerque has a wonderful summer reading program. This is our 3rd summer, and today was our favorite show of the summer (Mr Stinky Feet). We did not get to go to our favorite library (Ernie Pyle) to see the show, but all the same I think the kids liked that the show was inside. They got to—were even encouraged to—yell UNDERPANTS as loud as they could along with the song inside the library! Isaiah is still laughing about that--it was a rare treat.

We baffled yet another adult, though. The library-lady trying to make sure each child got adequate rewards for time reading wondered aloud if the kids were “all in your group?”. My response, "Yes, I'm the mom." (I’ve never thought of myself and the kids as a group before.)

And I think Faith should get the line light again today. She said, “Shadow licked me”. I replied in the affirmative. Faith then comments, “I no licks cats”.

I didn’t look if she had a mouthful of hair; some things a two-year old says you just take their word for it.

2-for-1 "Line of the Day"

I missed my chance to blog last night so here are two "Line of the Day" entries.

At the sprayground recently, Little Chole asked Kristin if boys could have babies. She was satisfied with Kristin's answer and added, "it just looks like Zeke has a baby in his tummy."

Kristin asked if anybody wanted anything from Walmart yesterday. Isaiah blurted out that he "doesn't want pictures of people and things on [his] underwear." Apparently, he's become a boxer man.

Oh no, not again!

There are so many notable sayings (most funny, some really great) by loved ones in my life that I think there's enough to post something in this category (Line of the Day) almost everyday. That's if I remember and the internet connection works.

Today's Line of the Day goes to Grace for making this remark while holding baby Jonah at church today:

"Mom, can we please get another baby, I don't even care if it's another boy!"

Getting a kickback on my prayers

After a tough day at work and after whining about one of my bosses for a while to Kristin, she said this, "'It is the Lord Jesus you are serving'; he's your boss." (Col 3:24). That verse is now posted on my desk at work.

I've been praying for Kristin more faithfully with help from Water of the Word. I should have expected that these prayers would come with a guaranteed kickback.