I can't trust myself

Last night Belle called Chris a mean name (AGAIN!) and he told her that he wasn't going to help her to clean the playroom since she used a mean name...and she screamed at him "But I just can't trust myself Dad!"
So true, so true!

I don't want to be boring!

Belle decided to climb into Derek's jumperoo even though I've told her time and time again she is too big...and now she can't get out. So, instead of fussing at her or punishing her, I'm not helping her get out (for a few minutes). I told her that I tried telling her not to climb in but she choose to do it anyway, so now she has to wait.
She started crying saying "But it will be boring in here! I don't want to be boring!"

Granddad, the tin man

So mom and I were discussing Halloween today at lunch and trying to figure out who's going to be who. We decided dad could be the tin man and that it wouldn't be that hard. I said he could just wear gray sweats, and paint his face silver and wear a funnel on his head.
I added "We'd just have to spray a funnel and make it black" (accidentally)
to which Belle replies "what color?"
and I again messed up and said "We'd have to spray his hair silver"
to which she (without skipping a beat) replied "Why would we paint his hair silver? His hair is already silver!"

Elmo visits dinner

So, I was feeding Derek some sweet potatoes when he kept trying to suck his thumb every time I'd go to put his spoon in his mouth. So, I started talking in my Elmo voice to get him to stop doing it...

"Derek, get your thumb out of your mouth! Don't eat your thumb! Elmo doesn't want you to eat your thumb and go your whole life without a thumb!" Etc, etc, etc.

Belle of course chimes in "We'll just have to take him to the hostiple"

Elmo replies "Where do you think thumbs come from? Do you think they grow on trees?"

"They do"

"Well, I've never seen one. Have you ever seen a thumb tree?"

"Yes"

"Where? Do you have a thumb tree in your back yard?"

"No"

"Then where did you see one?"

To which Belle casually replies "Tendy (twenty) miles back!"

who's going to the beach

So today Belle says "Mommy is grandmom and granddad going to the beach with us?"
"No" I say.
"Is Nonni and Pappaw?"
"Yes"
"And Aunt Tracy and Uncle Brian?"
"Yes"
"And Meme and Poppop?"
"Yes"
"Yey!"
"And Dennis and Penny will probably be there too, do you remember them?"
"Who's Dennis?"
"Pappaw's Brother"
"Dennis?"
"Yes"
"Isn't that like a ball?"
I couldn't stop laughing! "Well, no that's Tennis, his name is Dennis with a D"

Uh-uh!

So today, I was nursing Derek in the front of the house (front of playroom) and Julie was across at the back of the house (back of playroom). She has 2 ear infections so I've been letting her have her binky a lot. Anyway, she's got her binky in her mouth and looks at the floor and starts screaming "Uh uh! Uh uh!" I kept trying to figure out what she was saying, but I just couldn't with the binky in her mouth. So I told her I just couldn't understand her with her binky. So, she goes over to her music cube toy, pulls on the itsy bitsy spider so it starts vibrating, and points to it, screams "Uh uh!" and when I said "Julie, are you saying spider?!" she ran back over to that spot, pointed again and screamed "Uh uh!". It was a dead fly, but close enough! What a smarty!

Woops, did I just toot?

Belle asked to play VSmile, so I got it all set up for her and looked at her with that "OK, now what do you say?" look. She looks at me, says "Excuse Me", sniffs, and adds "But I don't smell it!" I said, "No Belle, I was looking for a thank you" LOL!

Graham Cracker Puzzles

graham crackers
2 pieces broken apart

belle said look at my puzzle "together apart together apart"
you wanna see a different puzzle? i said yes. she turned them around so i was now looking at the backs.
"together off...i mean together seperated together separated"

Too Cute Belle!

During dinner, I mentioned spraying the bugs on the window with acid. When Annabelle asked what acid was, Chris proceeded to explain that it was a liquid with a high concentration of Hydrogen atoms.

Then very seriously, Annabelle asked, "does that mean they hide?"

Phrases I never thought I'd have to say:

Sept 11 2008
Phrases I never thought I'd have to say:
1. No Julie, your sandwich is NOT a tissue! (as she blows her nose into her slice of bread, repeatedly)


We were at the hair place getting Belle's hair cut and the hair dresser was talking about all of her kids. Belle says "What number are there?"
"Oh, how many kids do I have?"
"Yes"
"Seven"
"Then why aren't you in heaven with God?"
total confusion on the hairdressers face.
I explained to her that when I was pregnant with Juliana, Belle wanted me to have 10 babies in my tummy, and I told her that if I were to have that many babies all at one time, I would end up going to heaven to be with God.
"Well, only 4 of them were ever in my tummy...and not all at once! But, you're right, if I had had all of them in my tummy at one time I probably would have gone to heaven like your mommy said!"

The chocolate cross

So after lunch today, Belle asked for a snack. I offered her a banana, and she opened the closet just to "look". She started for the candy, and before she could ask, I said that I offered the banana, so she could have either a banana or nothing.
You could see the wheels a-turnin in her mind. So, after just a second she says "Well Mom, I think I need to have the chocolate cross so that I know that God is real!"
What a little manipulator! :-) Of course, ultimately, she ate the banana!

"Hey Everyone out there in TV land!"

I finally decided to start blogging. I'm not sure why, or even what I'll write here...but it seems like a nice way to keep track of the little amazing nuggets of times I have with my 3 beautiful children, my husband, and my friends. We all have them...only we don't usually remember them.
Like today.
We're in the car, having just strapped Belle into her carseat when I realize that after having to fuss at her (A LOT) about eating breakfast, I had forgotten to have her go potty before leaving for church (it takes about 35 minutes to get there). Of course, I didn't want to bring it up and make her REMEMBER that she hadn't go potty...so, I casually say to Chris "Did Belle um...urinate this morning?" to which she replied confidently "Yes! And I ate it all up!"

As for my title...In her video from A Beautiful Offering, Angela Thomas talks about Sloshing out Jesus to those around you so they get a taste of His love and Amazingness! I think it's a great image! People sloshing out Jesus to everyone around them...and, when we've sloshed out so much that we feel like we don't have anything left, we go to Him and ask Him to fill our cups even fuller. Overflowing! I want to make this not only my new goal in life...but more than anything, I want my kids and my wonderful husband Chris to feel His presence every single day, just by being near to me! I want my kids to grow up KNOWING Christ and His love because they saw it lived out by their mom and dad every single day. That's a big goal...probably unrealistic even. But, even if I don't succeed totally, I want them to know I tried!

"Hey Everyone out there in TV land!" - What movie is this from? Check back tomorrow! :-)