Pillow Talk

Emma has never been known for being a great (or even a good) sleeper. Most nights she is up at some point and wants me to come and lay down with her in her bed. Usually, just about the time I have almost fallen asleep again, she will want to talk. And she usually wants to talk about God. Here is a sampling of our conversations:

Emma: Is it raining?
Mommy: Yes.
Emma: God is watering the flowers.
Mommy: Yes.
Emma: Is God going to take a shower too?
Mommy: Not right now, God is just watering the trees, grass, and flowers.
Emma: I don't want the trees to get wet.
Mommy: Sorry honey, but God needs the trees to grow too.
Emma: No
At this point I try to change the subject.....
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Emma: Where is God?
Mommy: God is everywhere.
Emma: Everywhere?
Mommy: Yes.
Emma: Is God in here?
Mommy: Yes, God is in here.
Emma: Is God in the tress?
Mommy: Yes.
Emma: Is God with Daddy?
Mommy: Yes.
Emma: But where is God's house?
Mommy: In heaven.
Emma: Where is heaven.
Mommy: Up high in the sky.
Emma: God has airplane. Can I go on the airplane?
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Emma: Does God have a car?
Mommy: No honey.
Emma: Oh.............his car broke. So he has a truck.

Emma: What color is his truck?
Mommy: I don't know. What color do you think it is.
Emma: Red.
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The other night when it was thundering, Emma woke up, looked at me and said:
Mommy, can you tell God to shush. I is sleeping. He can play after he turns on the lights.
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And just so you know, Emma saw the angels again last weekend outside our living room window. She was playing just before dark (when God turns out the lights) and she tells us that the angels are there. I asked here where they were and she points to the window and says they are outside. When Steven asked her what they were doing, she looked back at the window and just stood there. Then she told him they were flying away. "Bye Angels, I love you".

After she informed me that one morning back in June that the angels were in our bedroom, she mentioned them a couple of times after that but if we asked her if they were still there, she would tell us no. I have to say, I felt pretty good knowing that the angels had come back for a visit and that my girl was blessed to see them.

There are many more little conversations like this that I have had with her in the middle of the night. I really should write them down. But I just can't make myself get up at 3:00 a.m. to go look for a pen and paper!

Well, we have another busy weekend planned. We are supposed to attend a party at Steven's Regional Manager's house. Not something I am really looking forward to and would love to find a way to get out of it. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Stay cool!

Have you ever had one of these mornings?

I got up late (nothing unusual there), got my shower, discovered that since I hadn't finished the load of laundry last night my pants were still in the washing machine, so I switched out the laundry so I would have nice clean, dry pants to wear to work. Went to get something to eat, but Emma showed up so I got busy with her and decided to go dry my hair. Got the blow dryer out, plugged it in, turned it on.............and nothing! I turned it off and turned it on again.........nothing! I hit the reset button...............nothing! I started trying different outlets...........nothing! I started banging it on the counter...................nothing! So hear I am...............wearing my shirt for work (but no pants)..........my hair is wet and I sort of start to freak out. I still have to get Emma ready, get her bag packed, keep her occupied while I get ready and my pants are still wet along with my hair. Now I wish I had a head of hair that I could just let air dry, but I do not. It looks really, really bad if I just let it go. So Steven calls his mother and I start packing up my toiletries and get Emma's bag ready, and get her clothes packed up (I decided that she can get dressed at Grandma's house) and I start to pick everything up to go get in the car when I realize that I DON'T HAVE ANY PANTS ON!!!!! So what is a frazzled mommy to do.............her pants for work are in the dryer, she hasn't done any laundry for a few days............................she goes in the laundry room and picks up a pair of jeans and puts them on, grabs her wet pants out of the dryer and heads off to Grandma's house.

Now long story short.............we got to Grandma's in the pouring rain, so I got all wet, but that was okay, because my head was already wet............put my pants in the dryer........left Grandma to entertain my daughter still in her PJ's and her bed head..............used her ancient blow dryer to dry my hair (which worked great!)........ironed my now dry and toasty pants and Emma's dress.............got Emma's hair looking presentable only to have her tell me that she no longer wanted to wear that particular dress. So I left for work and left her there still in her PJ's, but her hair looked great. I wonder if she will be dressed when I go to pick her up this afternoon? You know - I really don't care :-)

Oh yeah..........I never did get to eat anything!

I've Been Tagged

Carla tagged me so here goes....

A- Available or Single: Neither - I've been married for 14 years
B- Beach or Lake: Beach
C- Cake or Pie? Both!
D- Drink of Choice: Route 44 Diet Vanilla Coke from Sonic
E- Essential Item you use every day- lipstick/lip gloss/or some type of lip balm
F- Favorite Color: Purple
G- Gummy bears or Worms: Bears
H- Hometown: Bowling Green, KY
I- Indulgence: A day spent loafing with friends or family
J- January or February: February - it's by baby's birthday month
K- Kids & Names: Emmaline
L- Life is Incomplete without: A kiss each day from my husband and my daughter
M- Marriage Date: June 11th
N- Number of Siblings- None
O- Oranges or apples: Oranges
P- Phobias: I don't have a real 'phobia' of anything, but I am not real fond of bugs of any sort or riding in elevators
Q- Fave Quote: don't have a favorite
R- Reason to Smile: When Emma reaches up to hug me and say 'I love you' without being prompted
S- Season: Spring and early Summer
T- Tag 3 or 4 people... Angie, Brandie, Jody and Tiffany
U- Unknown fact about me: I went to college to be a nurse and changed my major to Fashion Merchandising than to Marketing
V- Vegetable you don't like: Brussel Sprouts
W- Worst Habit: Worrying
X- Xrays: I have had a few, but have no idea how many. I never thought to keep track of them :-0
Y- Your favorite food: Anything high in carbs. ie. Bread, pasta, potatoes. I am a carb addict!
Z- Zodiac Sign: Aries

Busy, Busy, Busy

I feel like we have constantly been on the go. But .......we have been able to do it as a family. Well most of it anyway :-) We did help our friends Kevin and Terri move into their new home Saturday and since we didn't want Miss Emmaline getting in the way we took her to Grandma's house to play. While we were at the new house unloading, Lee showed up with his three and I was able to love on baby Will for a while. Saturday was the 20th day since they got him, so...........it is official! He is theirs! Terri had Allison and Garrett with her and if I had known, I probably would have let Emma come along. Allison wasn't too happy with me at first - she wanted to know where Emma was.

We went to a great Greek restaurant, Anna's, for an early dinner and I ate way too much. Our server was Greek and from New York City so we had a great time talking to her while we ate the dishes that she recommended. Emma ended up falling asleep on my lap while we ate, so we loaded her in the car and headed off to the mall where we loaded her in the stroller. We stayed and shopped until the mall closed and she slept the entire time. It was wonderful!

Sunday we went to a congregation located downtown that was celebrating their 78th Anniversary. A lot of people showed up to help them celebrate. It was good to see a lot of old friends. We enjoyed visiting with quiet a few people. Afterwards, there was a luncheon and we went and ate and visited some more while I took a bunch of pictures for them. It was a good day! It got even better when we got home and I managed to convince Emma to take her first nap in THREE days! I put my own head down on the pillow and I was out! We had church that evening and then we went to visit Steven's sister and her husband.

So after all of that, I realized one thing..............even though I got nothing done this weekend...........it didn't go anywhere. It is all still sitting there waiting for me. But that is okay. I think I may have made peace with my piles of laundry, my dishwasher that needs to be empty and my clutter on the dining room table. None of that 'stuff' will hug me at the end of the day and tell me it loves me after having spent the day with it ;-)

I don't need to be clean

"I want to put on my Snow White dress, Mommy."
"You need to take a bath first. You are filthy!"
"I not fillty. I clean!"
"You are not clean! You have dirt all over you. You need a bath."
"No bath. I not dirty"
"Yeah, you are dirty."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"Yes!" (Now, I know she is three, so why I sat there driving doing the whole "Yes/No" thing with her I have no clue! But it was pretty funny!)
"I am clean."
"Nope - not clean."
"No, not no! YES! I don't need to be clean. I be dirty!"
Well.....at least she finally agreed that she is dirty :-)

This picture really doesn't do her face justice. It was covered in dirt! How she does this to herself most days is beyond me.

She comes home with these stains on her body and her clothes. Apparently, there is a tree with berries on it next to the playground. The kids seem to take great pleasure out of smashing the berries on their bodies.

Her feet. How on earth does she get them so filthy every day. This actually isn't that bad today. Yesterday, it looked like she had stepped on a pile of those berries.

But, even though it bothers me that she is so dirty at the end of the day, as you can see....she is very happy with herself!Once I finally convinced her to get in the bathtub she was happy as a little clam.

Here she is "helping" me wash her hair...
....washing her tummy.
Still happy with herself!
This is the washcloth after I washed her face - YUCK!
She was in the tub so long, she never even made it into her Snow White dress. We went right into jammies, had dinner and she is already asleep.

You know you are getting older when...

It is Friday night. It is only 9:00 p.m. You daughter is asleep. Your hubby is asleep. You have the remote control. But you start to think that you may go to sleep :-)

How is that for an exciting start to a weekend?

There is a lot going on this week-end, so I guess this is a good sign that maybe, just maybe we will have some energy for it all.

I do have a question for you ladies......Do any of you notice any behavioral changes when you have your kids on antibiotics? Emma has been on hers for 8 days know and I would almost swear that the devil has taken possession of her little body. If one little things sets her off or strikes her the wrong way, she is a screaming, kicking, hitting, contrary little mess. That said, I will say that even though this morning was almost enough to send me to the corner store on the way to work, she was a sweetheart this evening. After being so frustrated with her for the last few days, it just made me fall in love with her all over again.

Easy Recipe Thursday

Believe it or not.............I had actually planned on posting a recipe today. And since Terri tagged me for it, it worked out perfect. My SIL gave the the following recipe and it is incredibly easy and incredibly tasty.

Kentucky Pie

1 Pie Shell

1 Cup Sugar

1/2 Cup Flour

2 Eggs (slightly beaten)

1 t. Vanilla

1/2 Cup Pecans

1 6 oz. package Chocolate Chips

1/4 Cup Butter

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Combine flour and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla, pecans, chocolate chips and butter. Mix and pour in pie shell.

Bake for 1 hour.