My momma always said...

I've found myself having to tell (shout at) my kids some very intuitive things lately:
1. "Do NOT stick your hand down the garbage disposal!"
2. "No, you can NOT microwave finger nail polish to make it softer."
3. "Do not lick your sister's face."
I thought everything we needed to know, we learned in kindergarten????......

My little task master

So how much homework can one little kid have?? Cookie Monster-- says he has homework. And tonight, even though there is no school for 3 days -- he needs to do it. His homework is "memorys." He hears about memory work throughout the week.

This comes from our little 2 year old (pictured in the Preschool shirt). Or, as he says, "two and halfs."

In addition to homework, he thinks he must prepare his own meals. One day he brought me a pile of cheese slices when I was scrapbooking. I told him he could have 1 slice and rest needed to be put back in the fridge. "OK," he said, running back upstairs. He returned with a knife and loaf of bread. Guess maybe we should feed him once a week or so??

Max Lucado Rocks!

These words are wisdom are from my favorite author! Enjoy!
Some words of wisdom from Max Lucado's Book "When God Whispers Your Name"
Pray all the time. If necessary, use words.
God forgets the past. Imitate him.
Greed I've often regretted. Generosity--never.
Don't ask God to do what you want. Ask God to do what is right.
No one is useless to God. No one.
Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.
You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

Amazing Thought

This was in one of my daily devotionals:
"God is more interested in our character than our comfort. He desires that we produce more spiritual fruit. Therefore, He's always at work pruning the areas of our lives that don't match His plans. So, when God allows our world to be turned upside down, we are not experiencing a "setback" but rather a "cutback." In God's economy, a cutback can be a good thing because it makes room for more good stuff to come."
It's based on 2 verses:
"He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that is will be even more fruitful." John 15:2 (NIV)
Galatians 5:22-23, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control..." (NIV)
(Thanx Micca Monda Campbell)

Our Hired Hand

We have a new hired hand at our house. He's about 3 foot tall, carries a couple of pacis and loves to drink from a sipper. Lately, Cookie Monster thinks he decides when he and dad will be going to the farm. Even with 3 inches of rain, when asked if they were going to the farm, Cookie Monster replied: "Yes" (with a paci in his mouth of course).
If dad tries to leave without him, I am left peeling our strong hired hand off of the floor and comforting him with .... a paci.
If Cookie Monster gets to work, he says they are "going to the 'arm." At least gramma has a supply of chocolate donuts there to reward him for all his hard work:)