The Coveted Blankey

Justus has a white blanket that is his blankey. He loves it. Usually you can find it in his arms, his thumb in his mouth and his finger stuck in the "messy" corner. The messy corner is the dirty corner that is his favorite. Dont ask me why that is his favorite or how he can even tell the difference. Since Haven has come along and is mobile, she covets his blankey. Anytime he is not looking or paying attention she grabs it and cuddles with it. Ive even caught her sucking her thumb a time or two as she loves on it - which normally she doesnt suck her thumb. We have taught Justus to calmly come over to her and say "excuse me Sis" as he gently pulls it away. She often hangs on for dear life. It is rather comical to see Justus pulling her around the house with her clutched onto his blanket. One day Ill get a video of this and share. Well, hopefully, she wont do it for too much longer! ;) Oh, and we have given her her own blankey, but it just isnt as good as Brother's!

Boy in a Bag and Crown Prince

Just some fun pics of the sillyness at the Pettit household...Justus asked to be put in the bag - it was nothing my idea. He called his crown his present cause it has that silver bow on it. Silly!

Kaleigh Cheer Kid and Amazing Haven = First Steps

Leave it up to my niece Kaleigh to coach Haven into her first steps. Thats right, Haven took her first steps today, just one day after turning 9 mos! Kaleigh was playing with her and was letting her balance and then started talking to her saying things like "I have your toy" "come and get your toy." I watched from a distance as Haven took one step. Then as I was putting Justus to nap, she took two more. I came back out and she took three more. When Neil got home, she took two more! How great!! Thanks Kaleigh!!

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!