Rough Day

We woke up to "snow" this morning and I use the term snow very loosely. We have about 1/2 inch. Our girls were thrilled and the preschool was cancelled due to in climate weather. (I can just imagine the laughs coming from all the Northerners and Mid-westers who are reading this). The morning started off fun! We got to go to our church and decorate sugar cookies. From there the day spiraled downward with varying degrees of craziness. Then my husband came home from work and we went to meet my friend to go to a consignment sale. It was great and I got some real deals, but I noticed our oldest was being really good. Does anyone else have a child that when they don't argue and are acting compliant they make you freak out? We do. And it is her. I noticed she kept saying she was cold. Needless to say by the time we got home she was sick. Her fever is around 101. As we were coming in, she held the door and started bawling. I picked her up and she says, "I can't keep holding that door. It's too hard and it hurts me!!!!!!!!! I can't do all these things everyone wants me to do!!!!! It's too much!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I almost lost it. I think that is so cute and FUNNY! Then I deposited her onto the couch and she asked if she could have plain, warm water. Then she beams her big blues up at me, tears hanging on her eyelashes and said, "I've had a rough day". You gotta love it!

Elmo is God?

Tonight as the girls were bathing I overheard one of the funniest conversations ever! They have this huge Elmo and a tiny little Barney figurine. The youngest was telling me about Awanas and hearing that Jesus walked on water. The oldest said she heard this too. I was telling them the story. The youngest picks up Barney and says in a weird wobbly voice, "God, I am walking on water. Come save me!" Elmo, quite proud in his role of Jesus, quickly plunges through the bubbles to save Barney (who is now HOLLERING, "I'm DRAINING") and says, "I'll save you! I made the world and I can save you too! Just put your feet on TOP of the water instead of draining!" Somehow I heard God laughing from Heaven! I also think that somewhere there is a great analogy or sermon illustration here, but I have not yet found it.

Dreams really do come true....

Everyone knows someone who has gone through massage school. People crack the same joke, "let me know if you need a volunteer! HAHAHAHAH!" Guess what? Someone really DOES need volunteers and I AM ONE! On Friday night, I go over to a friends house and get a completely free one hour massage! I do have to fill out a paper saying it really took place. I am very, very excited!!
More good news, the girls were much well behaved today! I got a great workout at the gym and got a lot done here at the house. I am beat!

Tired

I am tired! I had a good workout at the gym this morning. Plus all the things we are trying to clean out around the house. The girls also wore me out. They were very "anti-cleaning" today, which is exhausting! Then our youngest attended a midnight conference titled, "how to try and manipulate your parents through utter cuteness mixed with sadness". We were on our way to the gym and she was bawling her little eyes out. I asked her why she was so upset. Her reply...."I am not ready to start missing my Daddy. I want to be with him right now." I told her he was at work. She said, "That's ok. I can go sit by his desk." Seriously, where do kids come up with this stuff????

Red Neck Central

It's official. Our house looks like a red neck headquarters!!! We have been clearing out and have lugged a ton of stuff "out to the curb". Including, but not limited to, a bed, wood, old toys, old books, branches and even some old washing machines (or worshing machine if you prefer). Now we are just PRAYING that we are correct and big trash pick up day is right around the corner.
Today I took the girls to a party for a friend of theirs who is now 6! They got to get tattoos and have their hair sprayed. We made them wash it out though, much to their dismay. I also took them to the bookstore after church and they saw a little boy they know from the gym. A little boy who they always see with his mother. Today he was there with his father. Our oldest says, "Whoa! Mommy! I always thought he was a little boy like me, 4! He must be big because he is all alone here at the bookstore!" She was SHOCKED! I told her he was with his daddy and she said she did not think he had one! =D

Fun Day

Today one of my closest friends had her fourth baby. They had their fourth little boy and I was among the first to see him! He is so cute! Seeing a new little baby just makes you feel so excited!
Meanwhile, on the home front, my husband began demolition in our bathroom. We have a few repairs to make in order to be able to list our house.
Our girls made us feel like such jerks today. They have been having a problem cleaning up their toys. We had been telling them for at least 20 minutes to clean up their playroom. They kept getting "distracted" so we told them we were giving them till nap time and whatever was not picked up we were giving to other kids. They came up at the end of their time and said, "well, we are giving a bunch of babies, a parachute and some dress up clothes to kids that really need them." We felt like an inch big, but we still followed through on it. Kids have an uncanny ability to make you feel like queens or in our case jerks.
At the end of the day though the toy room is officially clean! =D

Nice

Last night we listed some items for sale. They are ALL sold!! We sold out kayak, trailer, rototiller and stained glass equipment! I was so excited!! I really need an eye exam and we had to buy new tires for the van. These items will cover all these expenses. That is SO nice.
Not much is new other than that. I have barely seen my husband today and he will not be home for several hours yet. Ugh.
The girls are both fine. They had good days! Tomorrow is our friday fun with gymnastics and we always hit a fast food joint with a playland!!! That is pretty much the ultimate for young ones!