As I was praying with the girls tonight, this was Elly's prayer:
"Lord, oh Lord...Happy Birthday to Jaren tomorrow. Can we set some cake on the ground and you give it to him? Can you? Can you see how he digest-es-es? Can you?"
Not sure what the Lord, oh Lord part was, but it cracked me up.
23 May 2011
More from the Eldest...
This afternoon, Elly wanted to eat some ice cream and she found a half-eaten ice cream cone re-frozen in the freezer. She licked it and said, "This is gross!" and set it on the counter and then left. So I tossed it in the trash. A few minutes later, I was rocking Esias on the couch and the girls emerge with the previously trashed ice-cream cone. Eden was licking it and said, "We got this out of the trash...I swear nothing was touching it...it's fine...so we're eating it...we're a couple of nasty monkeys."
20 May 2011
Nature Girl Elly.
Today Elly said, "Mom, I want to be a nature girl, and like eat leaves, and say to other humans, 'what's a computer?'"
16 May 2011
More Edenisms.
I thought that once Eden became a kid and not so much a toddler, all the funny things she said would go away too. Not so.
Today she told me that tomorrow is "International Hide from Your Siblings Day."
Yesterday, we were getting ready to head home from Clarinda (we were there for our twin nieces graduation party) and Dan took Elly in to the gas station with him to get her something to eat since she had not eaten anything at the party. Eden said, "Dang...too bad I just ate like a pig." I laughed and said, "Oh Eden, you got that from your momma." She said, "Yeah, it's a blessing and a curse."
Today she told me that tomorrow is "International Hide from Your Siblings Day."
Yesterday, we were getting ready to head home from Clarinda (we were there for our twin nieces graduation party) and Dan took Elly in to the gas station with him to get her something to eat since she had not eaten anything at the party. Eden said, "Dang...too bad I just ate like a pig." I laughed and said, "Oh Eden, you got that from your momma." She said, "Yeah, it's a blessing and a curse."
10 May 2011
What's Shakin'?
I have not been able to blog much...has something to do with the two ornery, er, active two-year old boys that occupy my house most days. I do want to write down a few things though, so here goes.
Eden- Eden is almost done with SECOND grade! She's had a fabulous year. What i love about her is that she is extremely intelligent but without the perfectionist baggage. Love that. She regularly misses spelling words that SHE KNOWS HOW TO SPELL because she is a daydreamer and a spontaneous person who doesn't go back and check her work. You might think that would disappoint me, but I actually love it. Sure, I talk to her about slowing down and doing her best work, but I love that she doesn't draw her self-worth from her performance. I know someone who did that and it hasn't served me, ahem, her well. Her teacher, Mrs. Schroeder is amazing and I will miss her so much. I love knowing that Eden is in good hands all day.
Elly- This gal is non-stop chatter. She talks for hours on end. People in public notice. She goes to school in the fall and I think she is more than ready. I hope she can socialize with other children and not just adults!
Esias- His speech is making improvement! We hear sentences! Albeit hard to understand, they are sentences. He says, "I want Papa" "I want pizza" "I don't want more" it sounds more like "ah-ahnt-papa" but we can understand it! Unfortunately, his feeding is not going as well. He is regressing on his desire to eat. When he came to us, he had a strong desire to eat. Sometimes kids who are tube fed lose their desire to mouth-feed. Esias didn't and it was a blessing and answer to prayer! Then we were able to stop most of the tube feeding and work on his chewing and swallowing. Unfortunately over the past few months, I see him struggle to eat things that other children eat without issue and he gets tired of trying. If it gets on his pallet or at the back of his tongue, his tongue doesn't know what to do with it and he sort of freaks out. He gags and spews and usually ends up needing his mouth swept out. Soemtimes he can sweep it out himself but usually he asks for help. And then, he is done. Like wipe my mouth, unbuckle me from the booster, I'm outta here. Even if that was his first bite. Ug! So we are quite sure he will need more feeding support than we are able to give him for the next several years. We are doing Bolus feeds (or just giving him pediasure orally) to make sure his cals are sufficient.
Gotta go- crying and carrying on in the basement!!
Eden- Eden is almost done with SECOND grade! She's had a fabulous year. What i love about her is that she is extremely intelligent but without the perfectionist baggage. Love that. She regularly misses spelling words that SHE KNOWS HOW TO SPELL because she is a daydreamer and a spontaneous person who doesn't go back and check her work. You might think that would disappoint me, but I actually love it. Sure, I talk to her about slowing down and doing her best work, but I love that she doesn't draw her self-worth from her performance. I know someone who did that and it hasn't served me, ahem, her well. Her teacher, Mrs. Schroeder is amazing and I will miss her so much. I love knowing that Eden is in good hands all day.
Elly- This gal is non-stop chatter. She talks for hours on end. People in public notice. She goes to school in the fall and I think she is more than ready. I hope she can socialize with other children and not just adults!
Esias- His speech is making improvement! We hear sentences! Albeit hard to understand, they are sentences. He says, "I want Papa" "I want pizza" "I don't want more" it sounds more like "ah-ahnt-papa" but we can understand it! Unfortunately, his feeding is not going as well. He is regressing on his desire to eat. When he came to us, he had a strong desire to eat. Sometimes kids who are tube fed lose their desire to mouth-feed. Esias didn't and it was a blessing and answer to prayer! Then we were able to stop most of the tube feeding and work on his chewing and swallowing. Unfortunately over the past few months, I see him struggle to eat things that other children eat without issue and he gets tired of trying. If it gets on his pallet or at the back of his tongue, his tongue doesn't know what to do with it and he sort of freaks out. He gags and spews and usually ends up needing his mouth swept out. Soemtimes he can sweep it out himself but usually he asks for help. And then, he is done. Like wipe my mouth, unbuckle me from the booster, I'm outta here. Even if that was his first bite. Ug! So we are quite sure he will need more feeding support than we are able to give him for the next several years. We are doing Bolus feeds (or just giving him pediasure orally) to make sure his cals are sufficient.
Gotta go- crying and carrying on in the basement!!
More Edenisms. And it's not even 8am.
This morning Eden is on a roll. She's already had us in stitches before breakfast.
She was going to wear a dress today, so when I found her in her room wearing something else she felt the need to explain herself:
"Mom, we had a bit of a wardrobe mix up. I was going to wear this dress, but then I remembered I am riding my bike to school and there is a 98% chance that my dress would get caught in the chain."
and at breakfast...
"Elly you have too much dimples. That means that you are so cute you should be locked up in a secret laboratory."
I might agree with her on that one!
She was going to wear a dress today, so when I found her in her room wearing something else she felt the need to explain herself:
"Mom, we had a bit of a wardrobe mix up. I was going to wear this dress, but then I remembered I am riding my bike to school and there is a 98% chance that my dress would get caught in the chain."
and at breakfast...
"Elly you have too much dimples. That means that you are so cute you should be locked up in a secret laboratory."
I might agree with her on that one!
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