people

Jenner was off early today, so after we picked up the kids from school we all went to the mall to get Emma some dress shoes for her first Father/Daughter Dance tomorrow.  After walking around, the kids got hungry.  As we were fixing the kids plates, Jeremiah looks around and says..
There's a lot of dark people here!
Me: Jay, you don't have to say it like that. Everyone is a person, just say 'people'.
Jay: I know that, mommy.  Have you ever talked to a dark person?
Me: Aye! yes, Jay.
Jay: who?
Me: aye, why are you asking that?
Jay: (looks at me suspiciously)  I don't think you have...

Smh. this kid!

Life

I find it disheartening, maybe even a little frustrating when someone gives up on life. When, even at a younger "old"age, they say, 'I'm ready to go'. Really? Are you really ready to go or are you waiting for someone to tell you all the reasons you're NOT ready?
When I leave this earth I want it to be because God tells me that it's my time to go; I don't want Him to say, "well, I gave you that chance, why didn't you take it?"
I know, of course, that when God calls us, he calls us..but before I had kids I used to think to myself that it would really suck if I died because I so wanted to experience having kids..being pregnant, giving birth, teaching my children, watching them grow, go to school, graduate, get married, have kids of their own and even watch the whole cycle of their own kids getting married; me becoming a grandparent..heck, even a great grandparent. I don't understand why one would not strive to live to see the next phase if given a chance. Sure, these chances have risks & might not work, but, for me, I would regret not trying.
You can't tell other people how to live their life or what decisions to make. In the end it's their choice to take that chance that God has given them or to just give up. But why give up? There's always more to experience, more to see, more ways to make a difference, more chances to live life to the fullest...

News flaws

My 5yo daughter took a late nap today so she's up watching the news with me and said, "why do they always NOT tell us good things?"
Oh, from the mouths of babes!

Convos in the van 6

We're at a stop light and Jeremiah sees a man on the center island holding a sign..
J: WHAT?! that doesn't even make sense!..'Need a job. Gobbles.'
Me: LOL! Jay, it says, 'Need a job. GOD BLESS'
The cardboard it was written on was too small and there wasn't space between the two words.
Aye!

Convos in the van 5

After picking up Em from school today, she proclaims, " It's time. I think I'm not gonna suck my thumb from now on."
Me: really?
Em: aren't you gonna say 'good job!'?
Me: oh ya, good job babe! I'm proud of you!

A couple of hours later at home...
Em: nevermind, I'm still gonna suck my thumb.

Smh. So close! LOL.

overheard during play time

Jay was born in 2006, Em in 2008...
Jay: Em! These scissors are really good! They cut better than the other ones. I think they were made in 1995!

LOL!

Money

We were going to a birthday party for a 6yo boy & Jenner got a Star Wars Lego toy as a gift for him. Jeremiah loves Star Wars & just recently started liking legos, so he asked his daddy how much it was. I guess it was $20, so then Jeremiah says, "Daddy, do you have a dollar with a 20 on it?" What a clever little bugger!