Lego Friends

As I have mentioned in the past I have some Lego loving kids.  One in particular is a Lego loving Girl!  She loves the pink Legos.  Recently, when shopping I discovered Legos has come out with a new line.  Lego Friends    Oh my, oh my, when my Little Princess discovers these beauties she will be in heaven.  Nope, I haven't told her yet.  I kinda would like to walk non-chalantly down the aisle at the store and see her expression when she discovers them.... Though, I am getting impatient.  We may have to stumble upon them online or something cause I can't seem to get to the store with her lately. 
If I had to choose 3, I think these are the perfect ones for my Little Princess.










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MidWest Hockey League Championships this weekend!

Favorite memories of the weekend so far:

The morning started off early at 5:30.  Had to leave for the ice by 7:00.  But hotel breakfast didn't start till 7:00 so we had to hunt out some food for us and coffee for Fun Mom.  Gotta keep her fun.  Sooo as Big O Daddy O was trying to figure out how to order a Mocha Frappe, Flutter Nutter renames it a Mocha Flabby.  He wants one too.  Anyone who knows Flutter Nutter knows he doesn't need coffee.  He is like the Ice Age Squirrel after 3 pots of coffee on a normal day with no caffeine.  So there was a unanimous veto by the whole crew in the suburban.  Poor Guy!  No Mocha Flabby for him.

Hockey Player was fighting for the puck when his stick was ripped from his hands.  But he kept fighting for the puck.  Shoulders and Feet.  Kept the opposition away by blocking his stick with his feet.  That's my guy ~ warrior through and through!   I would have thrown myself on the ice and hollered, "you can't have my puck!"  Not my boy.  That was big fist bump moment for Mom and son! !

Blue Flowers Make Me Smile!

Little Princess has been busy with Loom Knitting this winter.  Since Christmas she has been exploring how to make flowers.  She makes me smile!  

Flutter Nutter Quoteables

While being forced to do his school work and not liking it one bit Flutter Nutter was fussing and mumbling. 
Then all of a sudden we heard, "HUMBUG!"  "That's the word I was looking for!"
To which Big O Daddy O would not chuckle over because Flutter Nutter was being disobedient.  Unfortunately, Fun Mom and Mom dissolved into chuckles.  The charm of this young man could very well be his undoing.  At least he will know the word for it, HUMBUG!

Life through the eyes Fun Mom!

Pictures I found on my camera when trying to load pictures in the past week

They make me smile!

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Something to smile about

I drove home one night last week and couldn't help but say,
"I see the moon and the moon sees me,

The moon smiles at me"

Little Princess heard me and ran out the door.

She joined me in saying our little sing song poem.

Cause he is goofy and we love him..

Flutter Nutter found a sticker laying around.  Decided he needed to be a little creative and animated. 

His praise hands !

His growl look !

Fist pump!

Check out those bottom two teeth missing!

Hard to believe when he does things like this, that he is six!

BSA Pinewood Derby!

This year Daddy's Buddy chose to be a part of Cub Scouts.  It was a hard choice, but hockey and Cub Scouts were at the same time.  Cloning was just not an option for my boy.  Scouting has been a little nerve wracking for me, cause it is so out of my comfort zone.  Big O Daddy O's work keeps him from participating as much as he would like, so I try to fill in the best that I can.  I am learning all sorts of new things.  And I am learning more about my son as he grows in character and in knowledge of what it means to grow to be a man. 

January means Pinewood Derby time.  Fortunately, I have a bit of experience with the Awana Grand Prix.  7 years to be exact.  So, even though the process was a bit different, I didn't feel like a fish out of water.  I am always nervous about the first year for each kiddo.  Nervous how they will do, and how they will react to the results.  I just want them to be okay, no matter what.

I have this horrid way of going into competitions thinking the worst. 

The wheels will pop off.  I won't be able to help or fix it. 

They will lose and be devastated and cry great big crocodile tears.

They won't have fun.

I have no idea why. 

7 years now and I still get nervous.

We still have fun.

We still end the races talking about next year, what they will do differently and how the next car should be designed. 

 Daddy's Buddy was all business. Serious, matter of fact and watchful.

He was a great sportsman, which made this momma happy.

He was the kind of competitor this momma hoped he would be!

To top it all off, he WON!

Even better is first through third place in each den gets to go to District.

A new change.

Which means all 3 boys in the den get to go together! 

They were all so excited for the news.

Counting...

My Joy Dare finds me at 109 and sometimes I just want to keep counting.  Here are just a few since I left off at 40
43.  A goofy dad that just can't help himself
51. (A grace in the kitchen) no dishes, Dinner is bought for us, a self-motivated princess empties the dishwasher just because!
58.  Lessons learned in washing feet.  The work that is done in my heart.
62.  Learning that Trust is my staff for the difficult parts of the journey
64.  When my mind wanders, He knows and He understands
71.(a gift before 9 am)  The comfort of banking from my warm bed.
72. (a gift before 2 pm) The last minute thought to grab Granny's hat before leaving
83.  20 year old friendships that are alive and beautiful
89.  No stitches needed
92. (3 things overheard) Daddy's Buddy reading aloud while his dad and I are parent-teacher conferencing
93. Christmas carols in February sung by Little Princess
101 Snuggly blankets
102 Birthday mail
105 Paper roses
106 My teapot
109 A new to him car and his joy in sharing in it

They didn't believe me! A Troll in our City???

They seriously didn't believe me! 

Aunt Wendy came to visit and we were talking about going for a walk.  Somewhere from deep in caverns of my memory out popped, "Let's go find Wichita's troll!"

They scoffed and laughed at me.  They didn't believe me that Wichita had a troll. 

I looked up the directions.  Checked out the backgrounds of the pictures, got my bearings and had them load up in the suburban.  Something I had wanted to do for a while now.  Ever since our "relatively new" Children's Pastor told all of us in the 'Awana Kitchen' about the troll.  I  mean seriously, how did this get past me, I used to adventure around quite a bit.  How could I have missed this one. 

Yep, it is right there!  Hiding below ground!  Right where you would expect a troll to be!

Impressed, Little Princess can't help but keep checking out this creature.

Both arms chained and he can't get out.  Someone tried poking him with a stick, I guess.  The kids felt sorry for him and wondered if we could find a way to remove the stick from his mouth so he could talk. 

There he is! 

They believe me now.  Dad isn't much of a believer yet. 
We will have to take him out soon. 

I Love My Maids!

Tonight is one of those nights I am in love with my maids.
I lay here in bed getting things done on the computer and my laundry is being done. The dishes are being washed. Lunch for tomorrow is being prepared and bread is being baked. Before you think I have gone off the deep end and I keep my children up all night doing chores, my maids are my tools.
Over the years I have read about the Proverbs 31 woman. She is a bit on the perfect side. To measure one's self to her can be quite disheartening. Especially, when there is a toddler undoing all I have done and I am tired cause I was up with the baby all night. Now the years have passed and my babies aren't babies anymore. But they make bigger messes.  They forget we don't have a housekeeper designated to clean up after them.  Oh wait, that was suppose to be me, right? HA!  There are weeks, I am only at home in the evenings in time for bed, the day is full of errands, school and to do lists.  To do lists that don't include household chores. 
Somewhere along all these years, my sister shared a gem of truth with me that changed my perspective and loathing of this perfect Proverbs 31 woman who gave her servants their portions each morning.  I have servants/maids too.  They are not of flesh and blood.  But they are no less valuable and important to my daily living.  I do my best to give them their daily portions.  Today my washer has worked hard.  Catching up on the laundry of the weekend.  Ever so grateful for the work accomplished today.  Tonight in the kitchen my daughter joined me in serving up the portions to our servants.  Lunch in the crockpot, ingredients in the bread machine, another load in the washer ready for morning drying and dishes in the dishwasher to be ready for breakfast!
Ever so grateful to the wise words once shared with me.  Maybe just maybe one day, I might begin to look a bit more like the Prov 31 woman from the inside and out.