Every day

I need this every day:

"Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken."
Proverbs 16:5-8

Thanks to Sarah Wyatt who put it up on her blog! It was just what I needed to hear, and I want it on my blog so that I will always remember.

Great Quote

One of my good friends just made this comment to me and I found it to be very profound: "Kids are great! They touch a mommy's heart in an unexplainable way." I think this is so true.

Here is a funny story. Today Justus was coloring with his crayons while I was playing with Haven. Justus called over to me and said "Mommy, what's this on my hands?" I looked over and his hands were black. Apparently he had chipped up his black crayon and got it all under his nails and all over his hands. It looked like he had played in coal, Im not kidding. I did not know this was possible - I always thought crayons to be safe! But leave it to my son to figure a way to make a mess. Kids can truly make you laugh at the weirdest things.

Another funny story. Yesterday while playing at a friends house, Justus found a square plastic pink basket that had holes all in it and white handles that folded down. He put it on his head and proclaimed it to be his helmet. He ran all over the place with it on his head. It was such a funny sight. It touched my heart in an unexplainable way!

One night stand

I have two boyfriends. Their names are Ben and Jerry. Tonight I met up with them. It was just me, a pint of Everything But The, and a spoon. It was all over in less than 30 minutes. Neil looked on in bewildered approval.

Oops!

Parenting is so complex. I definately had one of those bad parenting moments the other day. Let me share. As Haven is getting older and more interested in what Justus is doing, Justus has learned he can dangle a toy in front of Haven and then pull it away as she is reaching for it. I have told Justus that is teasing and not to do it. Its a "no." I tell him it is mean and we should be kind/sweet to Sis. Well the other day, he came over to me with Speedracer car in hand and said "I teased Sister." Well, since I didnt actually see him do it, I didnt want to punish him. In my great efforts, however, to explain to him how mean teasing was and we arent to do it I gave him the example that if I tell him we can play play-doh and then tell him I was just kidding that is teasing and Justus would be sad. Ok, I completely lost him and alls he could talk about was playing play-doh. He did not understand my "great" teachable moment at all. So I told him we could play play-doh when Daddy got home. Oops! So much for the great lesson!

Cousin Love

Family is such a blesssing. Today and on Wednesday I got to watch my niece Ali while her dad worked, sister was at Hartland camp and mom was at cheer camp. Justus just loves his cousin Ali! He was constantly saying things like "Ali play with me" "Ali play too" "Where'd Ali go". He wanted Ali to do everything he was doing. Of course Ali is great and always joined in. He had so many kisses and hugs for her. In fact, it seemed that anytime he was having fun he was talking about Ali - even if she wasnt around. So cute!

Bottles

Yesterday I took all of my little 4oz bottles and threw them in the trash! That was so exciting for me. That means my baby is less and less of a baby. For those who know me well, or know me at all, know that I strongly dislike baby stage. Toddler stage is more my thing. But back to the bottles - I threw away all my level 1 and 2 nipples, all my little breast milk storage bottles (dont ask why I even kept those this long). This was indeed exciting cause this is all stuff I had kept from when Justus was a baby for my next baby. But now that Haven is getting older and no more little babies should be appearing in the Pettit household, I can clean my cupboards of baby stuff!! Now there is more room for girly sippy cups and princess plates (Justus already has a cupboard for his). There is a big smile on my face! :)

July 4th Fun

I really love the Fourth of July. I am a super patriotic person and I love the reminder of the cost of our Freedom. I really dont know much about our history, but I do remember that when I took American History in college, I LOVED my class. I remember leaving class so excited to come the next time to hear more of the story. I just wish I could retain more of it. I love explaining it to Justus. It truly is thrilling for me. Speaking of thrilling, I am so jealous of my friend Renee and her husband Nick cause they got to spend the 4th right in our nations capital, right by the Jefferson Monument. Amazing!

Anyways...Justus, Neil and I spent the 4th BBQing at my sis's house. It was lots of fun. Somewhat crazy tho cause of all the kids. There were kids from age 12 to almost 1 and it seems they were all over the place. Justus had a good time swimming and eating hot dogs and cookies. Haven got to spend the evening with Gigi and Papa Rog. She is a little to young for the craziness at the Mendenhall's. But both were in bed before fireworks. I know, how sad for my children. But those of you who know me well, know that I dont do difficult. Justus seemed a little young still, even for a sparkler and Haven, well her bedtime is 7 so needless to say I wasnt going to keep her up 2 hours past her bedtime. Its not like they will really remember. But they both looked really cute!