I WANT to love God

This morning before church really even started; Trevor, for some reason, came to me this morning at church, out of the blue and told me "mommy" he whispered, "my head doesn't want me to love God, but I do. In here," he pointed to his chest, "in here I do mommy, it's just that my head doesn't want me to."

WOW, what a statement! Out of the Mouths Of Babes, they say, right?

Our heads tell us, "this is ridiculous, what am I doing? Is God even there? Does He care?" But it's called Faith. And in our hearts, we just have to decide that He is what we want. That we do love Him, because we KNOW that He loves us!

For a SIX year old to share his faith with me like that, all on his little own, I know that My God Real, and I know that He has big plans for my little boy. WOW.

Remembering

I was just (through an odd series of events on the computer and in my head - haha) on another bloggers site. For those of you who know me well, or who have heard me speak and sing and share my story, you know what my family has been through. It's been rough.
This other blog that I was on, brought back A LOT of memories. A mother has been told that her daughter will not be born. I remember the day when they told us the same thing. When the doctor so coldly told us that she probably wouldn't live, BUT if she did, she would/could be deformed or at the very least, very small and might not make it very long.
But I also remember the events in my life over the next days like they were yesterday, and the way that God made it clear to me that HE and only HE was in charge of whether or not my baby girl lived or died. And He made it abundantly clear that she would LIVE!
Not only did she live, but she was my BIGGEST baby!!
Please pray with me for this woman, this sister in Christ for her baby girl. Please pray that the Lord would give them a peace like He gave me that dreadful day. That VERY day he started to speak to my heart. Pray that this will happen for this woman also. God Is Good! If you've never heard about this before, please feel free to read MY STORY on www.jsministry.faithweb.com and again I say, God Is Good

Communion

With just having had Easter, and talking about the Crucifixion and what that means to us, it's been on everyone's minds here in our house.
I thought I'd share a few things about that.
For the first time, on Christmas Eve, the Triplets took Communion. Our church believes in 'open communion' in which anyone who has a personal love and relationship with Jesus Christ, and understands that they are taking it to basically thank Him, and remember Him, are welcome to participate. So we talked and talked and talked it over.
The kids did SO well. They were very reverent. I told them that as we went up to get the bread and'wine' that they should say "Thank You" to Jesus. So they did that.
NOW, here comes Easter. We don't have communion every Sunday like some churches might, so I'm not sure if there was another one between Christmas and Maundy Thursday Service or not. However, we once again decided to let the kids do it. Again, they were full of questions, and were telling US what they knew about it all.
Then there was a conversation something like this:

"Dylan, why do we take communion?"
"Because Jesus died for us!"
"Why did He die for us?"
"So we can LIVE!!"

Just so you know, that is not how I worded things with him when I explained it all, but that's what he got from everything, and I'm SO proud of him.
I'll write more on a couple of things about Abbey and Trevor tomorrow, but my eyes are droopy and my head is nodding! Good Night all.............

Sunny Day Homeschool

Today was SO nice. It's cold, but really sunny and the birds are out and about again!
The kids and I went out, and were going to take a walk or ride bikes, but somehow we ended up picking up sticks instead. We talked about "Community" and what that means, and how picking up sticks and making our community look nice, was a good thing to do. It not only helps our community, it makes God happy.
THAT"S what I like about homeschooling. THAT'S how I want to do things. Not were someone is keeping track of how many hours (5 a day) I'm doing, and what I'm doing. I thought that was what I needed, but I'm finding that I'm a pretty good teacher WITHOUT that step by step instruction. They learned more by doing that today, about community, than if we had done a paper on community.
SO, next year, we are going to home school on our own. No more Internet school. At least not now. Maybe when they're older. I'm excited about next year already. We've got LOTS of books and cool things for school next year already!!! WOOHOO!

Can't Believe It's Been So Long! - Birthday & "Beautiful as a Rose"

I Cannot believe that I haven't written in a YEAR!! What is WRONG with me? (look below, it's like almost a year to the exact day!!! I did NOT do that on purpose! ha ha)
Wow, there's so much to tell, I probably won't get it all in this post. The kids and I are already planning their July Birthday party. We are going to have a Royal Ball. We're all so excited.
Abbey of course wants to be a Princess and the boys decided they would be Knights.
I'm hoping to have it at the Grotto in the back of Nazareth Hall, this BEAUTIFUL place down the street from us, that LOOKS like a castle. The kids think it is anyways. The yard out back and Grotto are Gorgeous. I meet with a lady from there (one of the owners) on Friday, so I'm hoping I can do it there for a VERY reasonable price, otherwise, the party will be in the church fellowship hall, and we'll just decorate it to our liking.

I have to share this tidbit. The other day, the kids and I went to my friend Mary's house to bake Easter Cookies. The kids went with her to walk the dogs, while I stayed at the house to read my book and just vegetate. I gave Trevor my cell phone, and told them that if they wanted to call me, that they could, but only if they needed to, and not too much. So, of course, they were ecstatic. I put her house number in, so that all he'd have to do is push the Send button twice, and "viola!"
SO, of course, not long after they left, the phone rang. It was Trevor, and he told me "I love you mommy."
I said "I love you too."
Then he said "You Are As Beautiful As A Rose." aaaaawwwwwww

Kid's, er um Dylan Says the Darndest Things!

First of all, I need to tell you that my kids LOVE glow sticks. They particularly love the bracelet ones. As a matter of fact, they ask for one every night, it's sort of like their night lights. (I can buy a pack of 15 of them for $1 at the Dollar Tree)
Dylan likes to be "tickle rubbed" with his. I'll rub it up and down his arm and over his face, and it tickles, yet feels good, ya'll know what I mean? Sort of like when kids like getting their backs rubbed lightly. Anyway, my arm was getting tired last night of doing this, so I quit, but then I absentmindedly was rubbing it against my hand and watching TV. All of a sudden, Dylan looks at me, looks at the glow stick and says "Mom, get your own!" LOL
THEN tonight, Trevor was talking about how the medicine I gave him last night didn't help his stuffy nose. I told him I'd have to give it to him earlier tonight, so hopefully he'd sleep better. Dylan asked what we were talking about and I told him that we were talking about getting Trevor's nose unstuffed. And he said "well, mines not stuffy," as I was leaving the room, and I said "I know, we're talking about Trevor's nose." and he followed me and said "well, mom, if mine gets stuffy, I just pick my stuffy out!!" and demonstrated this by picking his nose. I just laughed, and because it's a lost cause telling that boy to NOT pick his nose, I just said - "well, just make sure you wash your hands when you're done," and thought the conversation was over. OH NO. Dylan took his finger out and said "but mom, there's no stuffy on it!!" And I said, "Ok, well if you get some stuffy on your finger, make sure you wash it!" ROFL
KIDS!

It's Been A While

Hey all. If you are paying any attention, you'll know that I've not written in a while. A long while. Look below once in a while, and if I remember something that happened or the date, I may add it. Any-hoo, We've been keeping VERY busy. We joined COSI, and have been there recently to their 10th Birthday party (me and the kids) it was SOOOO crazy that day. But I met a friend, and we chatted for a while in the kiddy room and exchanged phone numbers before the day was over. So that was good. It was all good, just crazy, chaotic.
Oh, I have to tell you this. Trevor yelled and yelled for me today, and when I went upstairs to see what the problem was, he said he needed me to "wipe his butt!," and I said "Trevor, you just went this morning and did that yourself, why do you need me to do it now?" and he said "well mom, I wanted to share my butt with you!" ROFLMBO. What a goof!!

We are planning a Vacation Bible School of course, for this summer, but we are also changing up our Children's Sunday School program. It's going to be awesome!!
We will have FIVE rooms. They will learn the same lesson 5 Sundays in a row. In one room, they will learn by listening and watching a drama play out in the "tabernacle room" They will even have to take off their shoes and get into a Bible Costume and sit on a pillow or rug while they listen and watch.
Another room will be the "music and puppet room." This room is going to be all decorated up with different Bible stories on the wall like Jonah and the Whale, Jesus calling the disciples from their boat to be "fishers of men" Noah's Ark, Jesus walking on water. Different things where God/Jesus called people to do something for Him, Ministry! This is where we will worship him and learn the story in a different way.
A "craft room" where they will do crafts that pertain to the story at hand. A "Lab" where they will do either a computer game/quiz/etc or a science experiment that will go along with the lesson. AND a "Movie Theatre Room" where they will get to eat popcorn and watch a movie about the lesson. The rooms are all getting painted and decorated soooooo neat. It will be really cool!
I'm excited for all of this.
I'm gonna have to go, everyone is erupting. UGH. Another Day In The Life of TAD!!!