The Wonder Years: April 2008

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Girlfriends

I rarely post anything that doesn't directly involve my boys, so I thought I'd share a little of the non-Mommy side of my life. My women's Bible study group is selling t-shirts to raise money to help furnish the new building at our church. I have no experience selling anything, so I had no expectations for how many t-shirts we would sell. So far we've sold over 80 shirts and have made $1000 for our church! I have to admit that they're really cute; turquoise & brown is such a popular color combination, and I think that's why so many have sold.

I have to say a big "Thanks!" to my friend Sandra who took my sad little design and turned it into something this adorable.

I know that this idea as well as the implementation of the idea was God's doing because there's no way I could have done this on my own. I hope we have brought glory to him and that the donation of TV's/DVD players for two of the rooms in the new building will allow others to learn more about our gracious, loving God.

15 minutes with Noah

45 seconds - pull all puzzles and several books off the shelf

2 minutes - try to reach stuff on top of the bookshelves; realize standing on books makes it easier to reach more

15 seconds - turn on humidifier

2 minutes - put all diapers on top of changing table

10 minutes - see what's under the crib and play with whatever is found

Friday, April 18, 2008

Silly boys

Playing peek-a-boo through the blinds.

I'm not sure what Luke's fascination is with putting Webkinz in his jammies.

Time flies

Happy 16-month birthday to our little man! Here's a day in the life of Noah:

-Wake up happy as a lark around 7:30.
-Eat breakfast (the one meal he consistently eats.)
-Walk around the house and pull out anything that can be reached -Tupperware, DVD's, miscellaneous bathroom items (including the plunger), diapers, books . . . you get the idea. Say "eh, eh, eh" the entire time.
-Run various errands with Mommy and eat snacks/say "eh, eh, eh" the entire time. Wave at everyone.
-Come home and throw lunch on the floor because there's no more room in a tummy filled with snacks.
-Play for a while, lie on Mommy, beg for snacks at the pantry door, start to get really crabby but be forced to stay awake till Luke gets picked up from school. Say "EH, EH, EH!!!" the entire time.
-Finally take a nap for a couple of hours.
-Wake up happy as a lark some time around 4:00 and have -joy, joy, joy - another snack!
-Play outside if it's nice. Say "eh, eh, eh" the entire time.
-Eat some dinner, throw some on the floor, eat a little more dinner, throw a little more on the floor (I wonder why Molly weighs 80 pounds?!?)
-Play, play, play in the bath with brother.
-Play a little more, read a book, and hop into bed.

Life is good!

Monday, April 14, 2008

Wild weather

We had some crazy weather last week. It's not really crazy by Texas standards, but for those of us not used to growing up with tornado sirens, it's pretty crazy. Last week, strong storms with the capability of producing hail and tornadoes were supposed to move through late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. You hear this kind of forecast all the time out here, so it's not that alarming . . . until it actually happens.

About 4:00 Thursday morning, I heard Noah's monitor beeping, and I realized the power was out. Five seconds later, Luke was in my room. I let him get in bed with me (Gary was, of course, not here), and we were amazed by the constant lightning outside. Not five minutes later, we heard the tornado siren. In retrospect, I realize I should have gotten Noah up and gone into Luke's bathroom (which is the interior most room in our house), but I just wasn't sure what to do. It's hard to make those kinds of decisions at 4:15 a.m. Luke was pretty scared; I was pretty scared, too. We stayed in bed and waited (I did a lot of praying, too.) Not long after the siren went off, the storm started to weaken and move out. By 5:00, it was all over, and, luckily, we never saw a tornado. The power stayed off till about 7:15 that morning which wasn't too bad considering thousands of people still didn't have power on Friday.

I read in the paper this weekend that there was a tornado in Allen which is only a few minutes south of us. Some of my friends did take cover when they heard the siren; others didn't which made me feel like less of a negligent mother for just lying in bed shaking. Next time I hear that siren, we'll be taking cover. Ah . . . spring time in Texas!