I loved school as a kid. The line from You’ve Got Mail about a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils gets me every time. I am taken back to the excitement of a new classroom, new teacher, new friends… new beginnings. I suppose that is the best part. The chance to start something new and to move ahead in […]
A Bright Light in the Darkness
I wrote these words this past spring and they did not make it up on this blog then. I would like to share them with you now. For three and a half years, I slaved away at Denver Seminary working towards my Master of Divinity degree. The last nine moths of those years I was […]
Conversations between a Toddler and a Pr...
A few weeks ago, Ben was still learning to talk and many of his words were gibberish. Sitting at lunch one day, Ben starts “talking.” Ben: I giiaaeeemaameeeya. Me: What? Ben: I giiaaeeemaameeeya. Me: (blank face) Ben: I giiaaeeemaameeeya!!! Me (trying so hard!): You got a mommy? Ben (screaming): No!! I giiaaeeemaameeeya!!! Me (sigh): You […]
Four
Jack is now four. There is no baby and barely any toddler left in this little boy. He keeps me on my toes every day with his imagination. Nothing is what it actually is. The laundry room is the train. The couch is the silly car. The basement is the machine. And on and on […]
A Birthday Party
I now have a one year old and a four year old (well, almost four). Here’s their day. Jack insisted on a yellow teddy bear cake. He’s obsessed with yellow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9SnLxar9E8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrWMXz2f9uU
How to Slow Things Down
Jack has it down. We tell him it’s time to put on his shoes and this is the conversation: Me: Jack, please put on your shoes now. Jack: Weeellll (you gotta drag out the “well”)… I need to drive my car first. Me: No, Jack. We need to go in the van. You need to […]
Mommy, I have a problem.
“Mommy, I have a problem.” “A problem?” I straightened up as I pulled one more weed from our overgrown backyard. Jack and I were outside, I was weeding, he was running back and forth along our sidewalk. “Problem” was a new word for Jack. “What’s your problem, Sweetie?” “It’s about Jesus.” “Jesus?” “Yeah. He died […]
Quotable Quotes – or something like them
Today, Jack keeps asking me if he can eat his lunch: Can I eat my cheese please? Can I eat my crackers please? Can I drink my milk please? With every single bite. Cute? Endearing? Becoming monotonous? A little of each. Remembering he won’t always be 3 1/2 and I can both enjoy and be […]
This kid says the darndest things
Counting has progressed to 1, 4, 5, 6, 7… After counting anything, Jack throws his arms up in the air, triumphant, “I counting!!” He often asks, “Is it fun?” or “Is it funny?” Jack often mixes up my sister Shelby and me in pictures. Today he saw her picture and said, “Eah? Eah? Eah?” (Leah) […]
Just Jack
Before April comes, I want to give an update with some pictures from the last few months! As I was looking at the bookshelf and Jack’s long neglected baby book, I was inspired to document a little more of his life both here and there. Let’s start here. I continue to be amazed at how […]