I'm Busy

We were enjoying the wonderful weather today, with a heat wave (55 degrees) moving through the area. Farmer Boy, the Princess and Cookie Monster were all outside playing for a few hours after school. Cookie Monster needed to refuel by filling his sipper cup. So I filled it for him and he took it outside.
An hour later, he came inside and asked for milk. I asked him where his sipper cup was. "Outside in the play house," was his response.
"Go get it," I told him. I'd like to add that I said "please," but at that point, probably not. I know, I'm a bad mom.
So he went outside and quickly came running back in.
"Where is your coat?"
"Outside," he said with his determined voice.
"Well, go get it while I fill your sipper," I said, again withOUT adding please.
"I'm busy," he told me.
What? As you tell me every day, you are "two-halfs." What exactly are you busy with?
Maybe mom better get busy teaching one little guy how to listen....

Glorious noise

When I was listening to music recently for our kids' K-4 grade school choir to sing, may daughter gladly offered her suggestion. We had just finished listening to "Awesome God," a common church praise song, when I got the mood to listen to something, er, what shall I say? UN-church music.
I was taken back to the conversation I had with my sister prior to her wedding. She said she wanted to have a very popular song for the wedding party dance: "You Shook Me All Night Long." I laughed and said, sure, whatever. Inside, I was thinking no way is this pregnant woman (me) dancing to that in front of a bunch of people with someone I didn't want to dance with in the first place. I can't remember what song she even chose.
But I felt the need to listen to that song recently, so I pulled it up on the Internet. When I stepped away from the computer, The Princess cranked the volume and began dancing. I have to admit, I was dancing too.
Then, she asked a hilarious question, "Can we sing this at church?"
I'll have to check with pastor on that one.....