BETTER THAN HOUSEWORK: May 2012

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Telephone

CO was relaying a message for me tonight. We had just gotten home from swimming and RO jumped in the shower. Since he is notorious for taking LONG HOT showers, I told CO to go downstairs and say "Everyone needs to take a shower, so no long showers, just rinse the chlorine off, shampoo your hair, and get out."

She relayed most the message perfectly. CO said; "Okay, guys, listen to me now. This is a very important message from Mom: No long showers. Just rinse the caffeine off and get out!" Kids make me smile.

RO reported after his shower that she added her own directive: "And if you don't get out right now Mom's going to ground you." She might be the youngest, but she's no pushover.

Blogging about these guys is waaay better than housework!

Ben is a sweet daddy, a funny guy, and my best friend. He makes life happy.

Tewlve year-old, RO, makes friends easily and is the student body vice-president at school this year. He eagerly awaits puberty, is a fantastic helper and a fabulous cook. His specialty is chocolate chip cookies.

JO is also 12 and loves doing stunts--I'm surprised he hasn't broken his arm yet. He is fascinated by repetition at school, on the trampoline, and in soccer drills. JO also collects bottlecaps and facts about "roller coasters and such."

SO is nine and still loves the monkey bars, reading, and math. She tolerates pink and purple only when mixed with all the other colors. SO faithfully empties the dishwasher and .
loves coloring and crafting.

CO is five and is at that cute age where she doesn't make messes constantly and is learning fast. She's a reader! CO can empty the dishwasher (kind of) and is learning to put dirty clothes in the right place.

The names of my children and hometown identifiers won't appear on this blog. If you know us, you already know their names, if you don't, you shouldn't! (If you forgot, e-mail me and I'll remind you.)

ABOUT ME

With me, what you see is what you get. I am a 37 year-old mom to four (adoptive mom to one). I have been lucky enough to be able to stay home with my kids, though I have been an in-home day care provider and secret shopper while at home. Before I was a mom, I was an elementary school librarian and reading teacher. I adore, love, and laugh at my annoying kids. I spend my free time planning home improvement projects and not finishing them. My pet peeves are untested idealism and ignorance. Someday (soon!?!) I want to learn to build cabinetry. Thanks to my brother Steve's pottery wheel and my sister Jamie's patient expertise, I got to throw two bowls this summer. Jamie will be the first to say the first one didn't count (it was NOT pretty)!

Quotables

"However strange it may well seem, to do one's duty will make any one conceited who only does it sometimes. Those who do it always would as soon think of being conceited of eating their dinner as of doing their duty. What honest boy would pride himself on not picking pockets? A thief who was trying to reform would. To be conceited of doing one's duty is then a sign of how little one does it, and how little one sees what a contemptible thing it is not to do it. Could any but a low creature be conceited of not being contemptible? Until our duty becomes to us common as breathing, we are poor creatures." ~from The Wise Woman by George MacDonald

"But the medium for discussing “sensitive” political issues is so important. Facebook and Twitter (and even blogs, I think) are not a good forum for meaningful political discussions that will broaden understanding or change points of view. In my experience they seem to incite controversy rather than understanding, so I try to avoid those topics online." ~Red

"We need not wait for a cataclysmic event, a dramatic occurrence in the world in which we live, or a special invitation to be an example--even a model to follow . Our opportunities lie before us here and now. But they are perishable. Likely they will be found in our own homes and in the everyday actions of our lives. Our Lord and Master marked the way (Acts 10:38). He in very deed was a model to follow--even an example of the believers. Are we?" ~President Thomas S. Monson

"No amount of gussying up the outer vessel can make up for a vessel that’s empty on the inside." ~someone at Segullah

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Telephone

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