Wordless Wednesday: Daddy & Son time

Priceless!!!

(this is C's makeshift bed in our bedroom. He calls it his motor home of course)  ;)

Do you have time to "waste"

If you are a Mommy, then probably not. I know I don't. Well I didn't.  Lately I have not been able to sleep too well at night. P goes to bed around 10-11pm. Now you would think, after a full day of cleaning, cooking, picking up around  here, running errands, dealing with a 3.5 yr old, I would be out before my head hit the pillow. Well, that would not be the case AT ALL. I am wide awake. Usually until 1 or sometimes 2am. (and once in a while even later) WoW...how do I function? I am extremely lucky bc C will sleep in usually until 10-10:30am. (he goes to bed with his Daddy, other wise he is up @ 4AM, NO THANKS)  ;)

So what do I do for this spare couple of hours? I blog, I catch up on your blogs, I catch up on my email, I facebook, I read, etc.

Well that is until I found this website... www.sporcle.com  It is a fun site where time will fly by. I am new to this site, so I am not sure what all it offers, but I am addicted to its game area. It challenges you on all different types or categories. Examples, do you know all the states? or their capitols? or even their largest cities?  Do you know ads or trademarks for companies? Do you know all the Presidents? Or the most popular baby names? Do you know characters or catch phrases from sitcoms? The list goes on and on.

Really, you must check it out. And if you do, let me know what you think.
I am also fairly new to facebook, which is also a great way to "waste" time you don't have.  ;)  Seriously though, it is a GREAT way to keep in touch with friends & family. And even to track down a lost friend or loved one.
There are so many great things out there...we need to go to congress to get them to extend our days to like 30 hours, so we can still do all these things and spend time with our families and friends. 
If you are on facebook and want to be friends, send me an email. I would love to get to know you even better.
Isn't the internet AWESOME?

Boot Camp for little boys

"terrible two's" HA  ...                  "treacherous three's" is more
                                                       like it

    
              C @ 2 yrs                                      C @ 3 yrs

Why do "they" call it terrible two's? We are having treacherous three's here. They are much worse than the two's could ever hope to be. HELP!!!  ;)

C will be 4 in April. (I can not wait) I am hoping that he wakes up on his birthday leaving 3 and the behavior that came with it behind.  :)
This is my prayer. (honest)

In the past few months we have seen a different child. And not for the better. No, for the worse.

Please, don't get me wrong...he has his days, weeks even where he is the best little 3 yr old he can be. Loving, sweet, well mannered, helpful, etc. But then, just one thing goes wrong for him and it is all over. A new boy emerges, one that I do not recognize. And with this "new" boy, comes a "new" Mommy. And I must add, I do NOT like the "new" Mommy either. She is mean and she yells, mainly bc that is the ONLY way she can be heard over the screams of the "new" boy. That, and it is the only thing that has worked so far for the "new" boy. YIKES. It makes the "old" Mommy's head hurt.

So this week we, (I) decided to try something new. Boot Camp!!! I locked C out of his playroom. All he has to play with are his instruments (bc somehow they were over looked and left in the family room), his story book reader, a handful of blocks that came from some hiding spot, one dinosaur, and a small Thomas fire truck. In his bed he has Salty.
He will not be allowed back into his playroom until he is listening a majority of the time. We are also putting him in "time out". I am not sure this works, but we are trying it out. The rule for time out is he has to face the wall and no crying (I am so mean) for three minutes. (one minute for each year). You would think this was easy...no it is not, not for him. He is in time out for two, three or four times longer than he would have to be, just bc he won't stop screaming.  

I guess staying home with him all this time, I have not realized a lot of this until this past week when I took him to church with me while I working in the childcare in the evening. WoW...he really opened my eyes. Out of 20+ kids, mine was the only one that would not listen to me, his own Mommy. He was also the only one that had a screaming fit and chose to sit out TWO different times. What an eye opener.

I am determined to tame this "monster" I have created. Please pray for us. I will keep you updated. And if you have any suggestions, PLEASE send them my way.

Doesn't he look SO innocent? 

              C-3.5yrs

Sunday's Scripture...

My apologies for missing last week's scripture. I took an unplanned blog break for a few days. (need to rejuvenate)

So my verse for the MIL last week was sent to me by MiMi @ He & Me + 3 .
Thank you. :)

Be still and know that I am God
Psalms 46:10

And this week's verse was suggested by Lisa @ MY JOURNEY THROUGH INFERTILITY . Thank you too.

For he will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways
Psalms 91:11


Several of you have written and asked how my MIL is doing. Thank you for your concern and prayers. To the best of my knowledge she is doing ok. I have not spoken to her personally for a while now. She has kind of pulled away from everyone and everything. So we give her space. I am not sure this is the best thing, but it is what she seems to want. We think of her always and keep her in our prayers. I suppose that is all we can do for her now, until she is ready for more.
I continue sending her the verses each week, but have not heard from her regarding them. I hope they mean as much to her as they do to me. I have learned a lot from doing this for her. I am currently looking into some type of devotional for her. And possibly a Chicken Soup for the Soul book.

If you have any more verses you would like to share with me. I would greatly appreciate them.  I love getting them and reading them too. I have a bulletin/dry erase board in my kitchen and write Bible verses on there to go back to through out the week.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Do your kids watch...

PBS is one of the few channels we still get. Which is a good thing, bc C would be lost with out this show. He LOVES it and so do I. It is very educational. We have four or five of their dvd's too. 

If you have not seen this, check it out. You can go to www.pbskids.com to check for your local listings.

Be sure to let us know what you think.