Who's a Mess?

Pointing at M, AJ says to me: "You can clean up that mess."
Me to M, with a big grin: "Who's a mess?"

M, who at 18 months doesn't say much, looks at me, points with her fork and says, "You"

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Instruments used for heart attacks

On the way home from church our 5 year old 'E' asked.

"So how did you know that your dad died of a heart attack?"

Me: They use certain instruments to look at his heart.

'E': Instruments like a flute and drums?

ME: No. Not like that. Medical instruments honey. Special tools doctors use.

'E' oh.

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Who are you keeping out?

So we are upstairs putting laundry away, cleaning their rooms together when I went to put some things in the bathroom to discover the door is locked.

Me: Who locked the door?

E: Me

Me: Why?

E: So 'M' (our 18 month old) doesn't go in.

Me: Well, now none of us can get in. Need to think in through just a little more before you lock a door 'E'. You had the right idea, but just shutting the door would have worked fine.

sigh... paper clip in hand and ready to spend time trying to get a door opened.

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When Questions Overwhelm...

So lately our oldest L has been on this kick of asking all kinds of questions. Most of them have been word meanings or figures of speech. Today seemed like an unusual amount of questions and I just was a little tired of it. I honestly just got flustered. So this is how the conversation at dinner went:

AJ: "We have to clean the house tonight because if it is not cleaned I get overwhelmed when I see it the next day."

L: "What does overwhelmed mean?"

Me: "L, that's all you do right now is ask questions. It is getting annoying. That's all you do all the time. I'm tired of it. I'm going to buy you a dictionary for your birthday, then you can look up all these words so I don't have to answer your questions!"

AJ: "You know the questions are good because she wants to learn."

E chimes into the conversation: "What's a dictionary?"

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God's Sovereignty... in Dirty Diapers

So for family devotions tonight we were reviewing the Westminster Shorter Catechism:

Q. 8. How doth God execute his decrees?
A. God executeth his decrees in the works of creation and providence

Tonight's discussion was on God's hand of providence. We talked about the life of Joseph and Genesis 50:20.

Genesis 50:20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.

After devotions:
Me: "L, does M need a diaper change? I think she stinks."
L: "No she's fine."
Me: "I can smell her from here." (I check) "Oh man, it's awful."

While changing her: "L, I should make you change this since you told me she didn't have one."
L: "Hey, it's not my fault, it was God's providence."

dadFAIL

Cross posted at The Voyages.

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18 month old prayers

Praying for lunch w/our 18 month old 'M' goes a little something like this:

Me: Dear Jesus

'M': DDDJJJJJJ

Me: We love you

'M': (puckers up and wants a kiss from me)

Me: Amen

'M': AAAHHHH! (pure excitement, she loves to eat)

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Nap Time!

So I went in to get the 2 younger girls up from their naps. I went into 'S' room first. Woke her up and asked her if she had a good nap. Here is her response. "No, I need to do it again."

Who else could use a do over when it comes to nap time?!

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Gum will grow!

When I went to get 'S' up from her nap I did not notice till we got outside that she had some gum in her mouth.

So since we were outside, I instructed her that since she did not ask for the gum, to spit it out in the garden. She does.

A few minutes later she comes back to me and says, "Mom, my gum will grow now."

Me: Why do you think that? Because it's in the garden?

'S': YUP!

Me: okay

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I'm NOT staring!

'E' and I were sitting on the 2 seater swing and she was turned facing the neighbors yard. They had several older kids playing and she just kept watching them. So I said, "'E' you shouldn't be staring."

'E': I'm not staring, I'm just watching them.

'Me': yes, but it is not nice too just sit here and watch them this whole time

'E': I'm not staring. I'm blinking.

:/

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Word Games

Yesterday when L was told not to do something she went off sulking.

Me: "L, are you sulking?"
L: "What's sulking?"
Me: "Its when you go off and pout?"
L: "What's pout?"
Me: "When you are brooding."
L: "What is brooding?"

DadFAIL

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