This is somewhat inappropriate so if you are prone to being judgmental or cannot appreciate a little prayer humor, you may need to skip this blog entry. If you like to laugh...this was funny.
We are trying to be more intentional in our prayer and devotional time as a family, so I got a devotional book a week ago and tonight we sat down for our first family devotional time. We read our book entry and had a quick discussion and then I asked if anyone had any prayer requests. Everyone seemed to have one and all of them were somewhat inappropriate.
Sydney started off by asking for prayer for the cut on her vagina. (Apparently she cut it today while getting off of my brother's pool table.???) Josiah asked that his butt bone wouldn't hurt so much. (I have no idea why it hurt, but hopefully after prayer, it will feel better.) Greg was waving his hand to talk and asked that he have restraint from choking one of his sweet children when they are loud. (Which is all the time, and for those of you who don't know Greg, it was stated with a smile...but I think he was a little bit serious.) Ethan wants prayer to get a Wii. Devon wants the workers to finish his room this week, so he can put his stuff in there, and then to get a safe to put his stuff in and so it can finally be safe from Ethan the thief.
My obvious prayer is that I can raise a sane family. We really did pray for all these things, so when you next pray, please include a little ditty for my somewhat mentally unstable family.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Snowboarding
One of the fun family things we decided to do this year is to go snowboarding as a family on a regular basis. So we took the plunge and bought "new to us" snowboard equiptment for everyone. I already had gear, but we spent a lot of time and money at the ski swap in October and got a Season's Pass for Coffee Mill ski area. The hill is tiny, but 4 members of our family are learning this year, so we thought it would be perfect.
We went for the first time last weekend. It was awesome! All the kids loved it. We were worried about a couple of them. I think when they are little they have such a low center of gravity. They were adorable. The biggest challenge we faced was the bunny hill requires use of a chair lift. Josiah was fine. Sydney and Ethan are too short to get on themselves, so Greg or I has to lift them on. Devon and Josiah can reach just fine. Devon has to go with someone because he is TERRIFIED of the chairlift. He hated it. He said he'd rather walk up the hill every time. In fact he would rather walk to Florida than go on it again. We did get him on it again, but that is 2 adults and 3 kids who need an adult with them. It was quite a whirlwind to teach 4 kids all at once.
Tomorrow we are braving the windchills, winds and snow to try again. Last weekend was 35 degrees and sunny. Tomorrow will be different, BUT Uncle Dan will be there. Mike and Kristine and all 4 of their kids are coming too. So, it should be quite an adventure.
We went for the first time last weekend. It was awesome! All the kids loved it. We were worried about a couple of them. I think when they are little they have such a low center of gravity. They were adorable. The biggest challenge we faced was the bunny hill requires use of a chair lift. Josiah was fine. Sydney and Ethan are too short to get on themselves, so Greg or I has to lift them on. Devon and Josiah can reach just fine. Devon has to go with someone because he is TERRIFIED of the chairlift. He hated it. He said he'd rather walk up the hill every time. In fact he would rather walk to Florida than go on it again. We did get him on it again, but that is 2 adults and 3 kids who need an adult with them. It was quite a whirlwind to teach 4 kids all at once.
Tomorrow we are braving the windchills, winds and snow to try again. Last weekend was 35 degrees and sunny. Tomorrow will be different, BUT Uncle Dan will be there. Mike and Kristine and all 4 of their kids are coming too. So, it should be quite an adventure.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Naughty or Nice?
Our family has had a problem remembering to hang up their coats and backpacks after school, so we started a reward system. I can check at anytime to see if it's hung up and if things are away, the kids get a piece of candy. (We've gotten a lot of motivation out of a tootsie roll!) Well yesterday tragedy struck when Sydney did not earn her candy because she left her shoes in the middle of the back hall. She insisted that she was going to do it, but was just taking a break. So she spent some time lamenting in her room about her poor choices. OK...when I say lamenting I mean screaming and kicking the walls and yelling that nobody loves her anymore.
She did finally come out again and with a tear on her cheek she told me that she was very sad that she wouldn't be getting any presents this year. Sometimes I'm a little slow on the uptake, because I really didn't know what she was talking about. Then she let me know that Santa knows that she's been naughty and that everyday she has done something naughty and now she won't be getting any presents.
I assured her that Santa will be checking his list twice, so there is still time before Christmas to make a come back. I did feel really bad for her. She really believes in Santa even though none of the boys believe. She just told Ethan he was lying when he told her there was no Santa. She's confident in what she thinks she knows.
Moments like this make me feel blessed in the simplicity of a child's innocent belief in Santa...even if Santa is not the reason for the season. It's still part of the magic of Christmas!
She did finally come out again and with a tear on her cheek she told me that she was very sad that she wouldn't be getting any presents this year. Sometimes I'm a little slow on the uptake, because I really didn't know what she was talking about. Then she let me know that Santa knows that she's been naughty and that everyday she has done something naughty and now she won't be getting any presents.
I assured her that Santa will be checking his list twice, so there is still time before Christmas to make a come back. I did feel really bad for her. She really believes in Santa even though none of the boys believe. She just told Ethan he was lying when he told her there was no Santa. She's confident in what she thinks she knows.
Moments like this make me feel blessed in the simplicity of a child's innocent belief in Santa...even if Santa is not the reason for the season. It's still part of the magic of Christmas!
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