A Strange Phenomenon!

I'm really not sure what has gotten into my youngest lately.

But this is what I heard at 10:30 yesterday morning.

"Mama, make soup!" "Make soup!" "Mama, make soup!"

And he kept repeating this louder and louder and gathering up all things necessary to make soup!

4 cans of Rotel CHECK

2 cans of Chili Beans CHECK

1 can of diced tomatoes CHECK

1 can of corn CHECK

1 large pan CHECK

1 large spoon CHECK



No, I did not make soup out of that. But we did have a can of vegetable beef soup at 10:30 in the morning!

Fast forward to this morning, "Mama, make tuna!" "Make tuna!"

Yes, my 3 yr old LOVES his tuna! He'd have it every day, if I'd let him.

So, when I tell him that it's 9:30 in the morning, and it's a little early in the day for that, he doesn't let that stop him.

He goes to the cabinet and pulls out the can of tuna.

Then goes to the refrigerator and pulls out the mayo and pickles.

Next, he pulls out the tupperware I put it in.

Then back to the appliance garage to pull out the can opener.

And, finally, tries to pull out a sharp knife! This is where I stopped him.

He did this, the first time, after watching me make tuna 1 time! Needless to say, his favorite thing to say is "watch Mama!"

I finally gave into his request at the more respectable hour of 10:30.

I wonder what we'll be eating at 10:30 tomorrow morning.

The Eldest Learns A Lesson

M decided it would be lots of fun to go and gather up some leaves in the yard and jump in them.

What she should have known, is that little brothers will, also, want to do the same thing.

But instead of being generous, she decided to forbid the youngest from jumping in "her" leaf pile.

Well, he showed her, can you guess what he did?!
















Yep, he peed all over it!

She.Was.Not.Happy!!

I wonder if she learned a valuable lesson today?

Overheard Just Now...

"Kids, Mommy and Daddy are going to be sleeping in tomorrow morning!! There's a bag of donuts in here for breakfast. You had better keep it down in the morning!"

"And it's just the donuts for tomorrow. The blueberry cake is for Sunday!"

Gotta love him!

Now, we'll just have to see how all this goes down!

You know what they say about the best laid plans, don't ya?!

Here's to us sleeping in!

Tell Me It Doesn't Start This Young!

Yesterday, right after picking C up at school, he asks me if we can go to the football game Friday.

I tell him I don't know, we'll see.

Then I ask who said something about it.

He says he doesn't know.

So, I ask why he wants to go.

He replies, "So we can watch the cheerleaders!"

You.Did.Not.Just.Say.That!















And, now for the rest of the story. He told me that the cheerleaders had come and talked to them today.

I asked if they had cheered.

He said no.

I asked if they had done any tumbling and tried to explain to him what that was.

He again said no.

And I asked what they had done.

Stuff. Just stuff.

Stuff that evidently causes a boy to want to go to a game and watch them! ;)

Not Me Monday!

If you're new to the "not me Monday" concept, click on My Charming Kids blog in my Blog List, because I still have no idea how to add links to my posts!

Anyhow, here's some of my Not Me's:

I did not forget to take my sweet Hubby something to drink, until after he had been hard at work on his truck for over 3 hours this morning.

I did not let my youngest, who's currently sporting a very runny nose and croupy cough, go outside in 50 degree weather in only a short sleeve shirt and shorts, because that's what he picked out, and I did not want to fight him.

I have not spent most of my Monday morning reading blogs and looking at photography websites, because I have way too much other stuff to do, and I would never waste time like that.

I did not spend a good 5 minutes punching my son's punching bag this morning while tears ran down my face.

I have not cried myself to sleep any this past week, nor have I cried many times a day.

I do not have a stack of unopened envelopes on my kitchen counter that I can not bear to open, because I know what they say.

I have not lain in bed, several nights lately, praying, ok worrying, about how we're going to pay the bills that are past due, pay the bills that are due, and buy the necessities like groceries and gas.

I have not repeatedly thought about researching bankruptcy, only to go into denial and tell myself I'll do it tomorrow, if things aren't better. Because we would never be at that point now.

I did not raid our "spare change" jar in order to have some money over the weekend.

And I did not "borrow" some money from C's piggy bank so I could take him to McTeacher night at McDonald's. And I did not leave my other two children at home, because I did not want to "borrow" more money to buy them some, too.

I have not gotten the least bit emotional over this election! I do have faith that God's in control no matter who He allows to be President, even if that person will be taking us that much closer to the end of time.

I have not written any run on sentences in this post.

And I am sorry that you get to read about our very real life right now. I, also, know we are indeed blessed.