Its like...

watching your good friends, your comrades, get shot at and fall wounded. You know by Gods grace and faithfulness they will be alright. But it hurts. You can see the bullet coming, yet not able to do a thing, knowing you might be next.



Thats all I have to say about that.

New Stuff

Gigi and Papa surprised Justus with a new bike. We were so excited! Justus has had an aversion to using pedals, he really prefers to scoot. But we thought if he had a bike to ride he would have more incentive. He was so happy when they brought the bike in. So last night we took him out and just kept encouraging him to use the pedals - well, really I told him that if he wanted to ride his bike he had to pedal-when you ride your bike you dont scoot you pedal and if he didnt do that we would be all done and go inside. Of course he didnt want to go inside so with some pushes and lots of encouragement, he DID IT! I was so proud of him. He rode all down our street then Neil got his bike and they rode together. It was so cute. I didnt get pics of them riding, Ill try to get some and post them later.

And miss Haven got some new shoes. That girl, she loves her some shoes. Literally, she will play with her shoes for 20 min at a time. She will just go and sit in her room by her shoe bin and try them all on. Its pretty darn cute!

One of mine

Friday night one of my girls got married. I met her when she was just 15. She and her friends were in my small group when they were in high school. Now, they are off getting married, graduating college, attending Law School in Boston, living in Hollywood and who knows what else! WOW! These girls are amazing. So while I was at the wedding, I got to catch up with one of them that I hadnt seen since high school graduation. I loved it and I love them! These girls truly are one of mine!

Good guy, Bad guy - a work in progress

So the other day, I heard Haven crying. From the sound, I could tell that it most likely had to do with Justus not acting rightly towards her. Sure enough when I got to the scene and asked Justus (which, I have to say, he is always very honest) what happened, he told me "I hit Sis" Well, we all know that is unacceptable. So I proceeded my mom talk of how that is not acceptable and he would be punished. In his response, he told me he was a bad guy, that is why he hit her. As I inquired further I realized that in his VeggieTales movie, there are bad guys that do bad things. I continued by telling him that bad guys get punished but good guys get rewarded. That Jesus likes it when we are good, that makes Him happy. That people dont like to be around bad guys. Well, since then, I continue to bring the concept up to him. However he still thinks he wants to be a bad guy - I guess its a work in progress!

It was...and not as bad as I thought

Justus really did get sick. He was a little pukey and a whole lot of not himself - no energy. Havens sunburn turned out to just be a little heat rash - so not as bad as I thought. Both kids look like they are in the clear as far as tummy bug. Lets hope so.....

Could it be?? And bad Mommy moments

Could it be that Justus is now getting sick? Here he is on the couch this morning. He didnt eat breakfast - which is not my son - he laid around all morning. He spoke hardly at all unless it was a whine/cry. No happy noises, no laughter. So sad.

Then I realized that when I put sunscreen on Haven yesterday, I missed parts of her shoulders and neck. And we spent all morning at the pool. Poor thing - now she has sunburn. To top it off, she is cutting a molar. Misery!

Sticks

That is Haven speak for stickers. She loves her some stickers. Whenever we go to In-n-Out, they always get stickers. She puts them all over her - on her arm, leg, back, belly - where ever she can reach.