Backyardigans

Like most preschoolers, Zachary likes to watch Noggin. We watch it ALL the time and love most of the shows. However, last night we were watching the Backyardigans and I was very disturbed to see that they were promoting Greek gods. It so happens that it was raining and two of the characters wanted it to stop so they decided that they needed to go and ask the goddess of weather to make it stop. They proceded to go up into the clouds where they met the god of laughter and the god of naps. Both of which tried to make them laugh and take a nap. When one of the characters refused the god chased them around trying to force them until the character offered an offering to the god. I did not make it to see what happened when they reached the god of weather. I am a Christian and I try to live my life accordingly. I don't beat people over the head with theology or try to persuade them to believe as I do because I think that my life should be the example. I will defend my faith and tell of how it has changed my life. I guess what I want to know now is, why can television teach our kids to pray to other gods but it better not even remotely mention or reference the God who created it all?? Just my thoughts today. I don't think that we will watch the Backyardigans anymore.

Spring Break 2009

Our spring break this year did not turn out exactly as we had planned but we did have alot of fun. We started out headed to the beach but that got changed through a series of events andwe ended up doing a variety of things.

We stayed at my parents house from Friday until Tuesday. There we had an Easter egg hunt with family and friends. The kids all had a good time coloring eggs and then eventually throwing them up against trees (all I can say is that they are boys!!). Joseph got to visit his friends Cameron and Colby. I got to visit with Sherri and Jen (Sherri and I were SO glad to catch up with her...love you, Jen!!!). After the egg hunt Sherri, Jen and me went to Applebee's in Seneca to catch up.

Wednesday my sister and her family came up for a couple of days. Thursday we went to Dollywood for the WHOLE day. We also got to hang out with Bryan, Joy, Nate and Henry...we had such a good time.

Friday after my sister left we went to the library, and I tried to take the boys on a picnic but neither of them thought that a picnic was a fun idea, so, we ditched that idea and spent the afternoon at the flea market. Later, we met our friends from SC for dinner.

Today, I have cleaned the house, caught up the laundry and, can you believe, am writing a blog post!!?!?! I think I will get ahead on some homework now so that I won't have so much to do next week.

Day Off With Zach

Today Zach and me had the day all to ourselves. We took Joseph to school and then came home and watched The Incredibles and read a Diego book about telling time (twice). Then Zach helped me clean out my closet for the yard sale next week...for some reason he liked the robe that I put in the pile and kept dragging it out. After that we got ready to go to Food City where I spent about $15 more than I planned because things just kept appearing in the cart!!! We had to load the groceries in the car in the rain...we got very wet! It was 2pm by this time and we had an hour before time to pick up Joseph. Zach fell asleep in the car, I took the groceries in the house, in the rain again, and then went through Wendy's drive-thru for a late lunch. We got to school at 2:30 where Zach slept and I read some of John Grisham's The Appeal. Now we are home watching Bolt!

Blogging

Everyday I think that I am going to write something on my blog but when I login I can't think of what I want to write..lol...There are 100 (at least) things that I think about or that happen when I am away from the computer but for some reason they flee my mind or don't seem quite as interesting when I start to write them. Oh, well, maybe inspiration will come to me one of these days.....

Joseph and Nadja

Joseph and Nadja have known each other since they were born, literally. And, they have the same birthday, just a few hours apart. When they were little we always had joint birthday parties and they were huge. Joseph and Nadja were inseperable and so cute. We haven't seen our friends since we moved to TN...we have talked on the phone and such but haven't been able to get together. Well, we were finally able to get together at Zach's party a couple of weeks ago. I love my friend Theda. She is so special and I was very glad to be able to catch up with her while the kids hung out for a little while. It is hard to believe that they are 11 now. I hope they always remain good friends! Here are soe pics although I could not get Joseph to be serious in any of them...he was cracking Nadja up!!

The Case of the Missing Toothbrushes and Remote Control!

I know, weird name but that describes this post. Saturday we spent the whole day cleaning up and cleaning out a lot of clutter. One part of that cleaning involved a small cabinet in our bedroom. That is now empty but not before it played a little role in a mystery.

At the end of the day Dan was looking for the remote but could not find it. We looked everywhere but he finally went to bed without watching the weather. Then, when I got ready for bed, I couldn't find a single toothbrush (mine or otherwise) or toothpaste!! I woke Dan up, he didn't know. I asked Joseph, he had no clue! Finally Zach piped up and said, "I know"!

He then ran into the bedroom and opened the cabinet and declared that he was "just playing". For some reason and without any of us noticing he decided to put the remote, our toothbrushes, and toothpaste inside the cabinet we cleaned out! What goes on in the mind of a three (about to be four) year old?!?!?

Bye 2008, Hello 2009!

2008 was year that often had surprises for me, and not always good ones! But, I still learned some leasons....What I learned in 2008:

Sometimes you have to just wait because no matter what you do, say, or think, the situation will not change until the time is right (God, I'm still waiting, and not very patiently at times)

Even 11 year old boys like to wrestle with Mommmies and they never let the mommies win (mostly because when the 11 year old and 3 year old team up together, mommies don't stand a chance!)

Babies grow up WAY TOO FAST! This hit me like a ton of bricks earlier this year....now I take more time to snuggle and say I love you and read books....it won't be long until they won't want me to do those things anymore

Going back to school was tough but it took much more for me to get enough courage to take the first step than it did for me to take the classes...finished first semester with 3.75 GPA!

Loosing weight wasn't hard at all once I put my mind to it....I feel much better being 20lbs lighter.

Jesus really does love me

Things I need to learn in 2009:

That the number of friends you have isn't important, it is the quality of those friendships

Let go of the past and stop comparing myself with others who seem to have the "perfect" life

Happiness is a choice, I must choose to be happy and content with whatever place I am in and trust that God has a plan for me

And the list goes on! Too many lessons to be written.....I have many "resolutions" but ultimately, in 2009, I want to be a better wife, mother, friend, and most importantly, reflect Jesus in all I say and do!

Happy New Year!