WRIGHT ONE'S: May 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009

how you like them strawberries?

Beautiful, yummy, sweet, huge, red!

I think these will make nice snacks on our 5 1/2 hour drive to Gainesville to visit cousins and an aunt.

more fun with picasa

A collage of Princess and me; my friend since 3rd grade.

fun with picasa collages

I think someone was teething!

The twins last summer when they were 2.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

when toddlers are photographers

This is how the pictures turn out.

rainy afternooon

Marcail relaxed on the couch after her nap and read some books.

i couldn't help myself

I thought these were too cute not to post. Henry is enjoying his strawberries.

I am so happy that all three kiddos love "dawberries"! The strawberries have been so good this season. We've found that if we get them at BJ's or Wal-Mart they are HUGE!!! and sweet! They've also been on sale at all the grocery stores we frequent; Publix, Winn-Dixie, Wal-Mart. Usually 2 for $5.oo and sometimes 2 for $3.00 for a regular sized container. How many oz. or quarts is that? I just don't pay attention to those types of things because I'm a horrible comparison shopper and stink in the math department.

P.S. Did you notice that Marcail has strawberry in her teeth? Hee-hee!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

kid-isms 12

Every afternoon when I put the kids down for nap and everynight when they are going to bed we tell the kids to "sleep sweet". Naomi is a sweety because she always repeats it to me,
"Seet Seep".

Monday, May 25, 2009

billboards

On our way home from Wal-Mart tonight I noticed a billboard for a lawyer. The following just goes to show how much bodily functions amuse me/us!

The lawyers name on the billboard was Lou Stoolz.....say it fast! I found this highly amusing! I snickered and shared my humorous find with James.

James said that the guy was probably the butt of a lot of jokes in school.

honesty and ugh!

Sometimes I have good days baking a "perfect" loaf of bread and others aren't so good. I know that my yeast was active because it was foaming and frothing but for some reason my dough has not raised as I know it should have and it's taking forever to "raise 1" over the top of loaf pan". What's that about?

I also made "Cracker Barrel" biscuits that did not turn out the way I had hoped. They are way too flat and I used the self-rising dough it called for!

All this time in the kitchen and all I have to show for it is a bunch of stinkin' dishes to do. Ugh! I am totally having one of those days that should have been spent in front of the T.V. or outside instead of in the kitchen.

James isn't home today because he has a job he's doing with his Uncle Dave painting a deck for someone. His mom took the kids today so I could have a day to myself. I know I should be happy for this alone time but it's really just proving to make my loneliness more blatant. I would rather spend the day with James who has the day off but it didn't work out that way. He and Dave were going paint that man's deck on Saturday but it rained on and off all that day so they postponed it til today. Horrible timing in my mind.

I feel this way but then feel guilty because I feel that maybe I'm being selfish and ungrateful. James' mom, Lynn didn't have to take the kids today but she offered so I wasn't going to reject the offer. But, I didn't really want to go hang out at Lynn's house today if the whole point was for me to have some time away from the kiddos. I don't know. I just miss my friends in Kansas, my mom and sister, Liv and her kids; my sweet nieces and nephew. It's hard to make new friends, especially when you're happy with the ones you already have and it's doubly hard when you are a one vehicle family.

I am also sad because my best friend, Princess and my sis, Liv, and their kids are getting together today for a picnic and outdoor play. This makes me miss home all the more since we always do this together whenever Princess visits her family in Salina. I am so happy that they are all able to get together and I wouldn't wish for it any other way. I just hate that I'm not there with my friends and all those kids. We always have so much fun together even if it is a little hectic with 9 kids running around. There would be 10 kids total today, but Chloe doesn't run around yet.

I really am trying to savor this time that I have with our children because this time and age won't last forever and one of these days I will look back and wonder where the time went and wish for it back. I know this because I have already done that. Wishing for the newborn stage back. Also, because I've been told this so many times from countless people. Even complete strangers have shared this truth with me. My mom has told me how lonely this time is too. But, that doesn't seem to make it any better (Sorry, Mom.). It just makes me want to be closer to the ones I love who are far away from us.

I know that James is doing what he needs to for our family and I am thankful for that. I know that if he had a choice he would be home far more often and sooner in the day than he is but with the new company starting and all that goes along with it it's not manageable. Still, I struggle with how often he's gone and how often I still feel like a single mom.

I also know that I'm not the only one who feels this way but it's so easy to feel like I am the only one. I know I'm wallowing in self-misery. Sorry, what a depressing post. I'm ok! Really I am. I'm just being honest and hope you can understand that I'm not trying to complain. I'm just sharing.

Ok, I'm being way too "woe is me" so I think I'll end this post and get on with my bread. It's finally tall enough and ready to be baked.

P.S. My bread is really starting to smell good!

P.P.S. Well, I think it's safe to say that my loaf of bread turned out just fine! It even raised a little more while it was baking. Maybe I was being a bit dramatic.

yesterday

As we were driving home from church yesterday I was in my sweet after-church haze. Everything seems right with my life after fellowshiping with fellow believers and being uplifted and exhorted in the Lord. We were stopped by the drawbridge as a tall sailboat passed through. I happened to look over at a Scion xB that sported a bumper sticker that said, "I hate God." What????!! There went my little happy bubble. Don't those people know what a horrid thing that is to say? I was immediately shocked and disturbed and frightened for these people who felt the need to let everyone know that they hated God, the One who so lovingly created them! It seemed worse to me to proclaim that than to profess to be an atheist. Hating God means that you know that God exists. But, to claim that you don't believe in God or His existence will be proved to be wrong in the end. I mean, I know that there is disdain and hate for our Lord but to so blatantly profess this was so shocking to me.
I thank God for his grace! Without that I don't like to think where we would be. It really made me want to start trying to show God's grace when I'm out and about shopping or hanging at the beach to those that I come into contact with.

kid-isms XI

It's been raining a lot lately with thunder and lightning. Henry is a bit frightened by the thunder and one night it stormed hard! I woke up that night to find him sleeping on the floor by my bed. I said, when he stood up next to me and cuddled his face into my neck, "Are you scared?" He said, "Dose funders care me." I told him it was ok and that it was all done since it had quit raining. So, I took him back to his bed and tucked him in.
That morning, he told me, "Dat funders care me, Mama. I close my eyes. No see dat boo fing (blue thing). I no like dat." How sweet was that? He was scared of the lightening too! He then asked,"God cared of dat funder?"
"No. God made the thunder so we would know that it's raining. He's not scared of it."
"Yes, God is cared of it!" He argued. I guess he needs for someone else to be scared as well.

On a lighter note: The kids pronounce milk as moak.

I don't know if I should post this but it was kinda funny to me. I was holding Naomi and she was patting my shoulders and chest and then further down. She looked at me and said, "Mama have boo boos like me have!"

Saturday, May 23, 2009

our new living room set

James and his uncle Dave went to pick up our new used leather sofa, chair and ottoman (not pictured) this morning. We bought it from a seller on craig's list. I absolutely love it!!!!!!

Naomi is trying out our new couch.

James looks like the king of the castle in the chair. He is so pleased with his find on craig's.

As I am typing this post Marcail is lying on the ottoman singing her own made up song. She has told me a couple times, "Dis is a cool couch!"

photohunt:: plastic

My son, looking through the plastic climbing wall at the playground we frequently play at!

Friday, May 22, 2009

this is what happens when....

I think that my boy is quietly reading a book in the other room. Then, I think it seems a little too quiet for my boy if he's reading a book. Where are the sounds of pages turning? Scrambling off the couch to get another book? Whispering words to himself about the book? I get off my bed in the other room to go investigate. Oh no! How dangerous could this have been? I was so happy to find that he hadn't gotten cut by the sharp knife. He was trying to fix himself a snack. I cut open the pear, slice it into pieces and give them to him on a plate at the table. He is pleased, I am somewhat amused. Do you see the way he placed his peelings on the plate? What a sneaky, funny boy. I think I will keep my knives a little higher and out of reach from my Henry.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

artistic mind at work

Do you remember these painful and annoying headbands? I really don't know how we came to possess one of them but Marcail found it this morning in our barette drawer and was fascinated by it. After breakfast she came over to me and said, "Look, Mama! It has a "M" like my name."

debi pearl would not be pleased

My sweet husband is certainly not afraid to do some of the domestic duties that his wife should be doing. In fact, he's actually quite pleased with himself that he is able to do those things. James is quite a good seamstress, er.....I mean, tailor. He has mended quite a few skirts, shirts and teddy bears for me that I would not be able to do. He's sewn on a few buttons that have come loose on my pants as well. He also enjoys cooking and has told me he would be willing to make the meals but his work schedule doesn't allow for that and my lack of organization in the kitchen kind of puts a halt to that as well.

I don't know too many people that are fans of ironing and I don't believe James is either, however, he gets up every morning and irons the shirt and slacks that he will wear to work that day. He does this without any grumbling or complaining that he wished his wife would do this for him. So much for being his helpmeet. :-)

So, yesterday, it shouldn't have come as any surprise to me to find Henry "inoning" his blanket like daddy does. He was using his play hand-held vacuum that attaches to a kid-sized upright vacuum. Was he ever pleased as punch to have been so creative in the land of imagination!

Our little boy is a great source of frustration to me because he whines a lot and is very sensitive. He is also very much a mama's boy. But man, does he make me smile! He tries to be so much like daddy and works very hard to help mama whenever I ask (and sometimes when I don't!)