Takin' a Jab
This is a scripture we've been discussing a lot with the boys. (Although not when Dylan tries to give Ryan pink fork....cause that's just hysterical. I generally encourage that kind of behavior.)
But we have been talking a lot about "giving preference." Such a counter-cultural concept. Hard to teach it I need to learn it! For me, this means doing things like putting away Jonathan's socks when I would rather be blogging, or vacuuming the house and dusting for the sake of my family's health, when I would rather be reading Jane Austen. Instead of thinking of it as doing boring domestic chores....I'm practicing giving preference. It helps me swallow it!
I could have just provided a link to the scripture, but I thought you would appreciate the hot dog celebrating God's word with jazz hands as much as I do.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The boys help me pack their school lunches in the mornings.
When it's Dylan's turn to pack the plastic forks, he inevitably tries to put this one in Ryan's lunch sack:
What a cute little stinker he is. Usually his giggles give him away, and I rescue Ryan from the horror of using a pink fork at a table full of second grade boys.
Also, pun intended with the blog post title. Get it? Get it? It's a fork? "Takin' a Jab"? Yeah...maybe it's not that funny.
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The above story is nice lead-in for this verse we've had hanging on our fridge a week or so:
This is a scripture we've been discussing a lot with the boys. (Although not when Dylan tries to give Ryan pink fork....cause that's just hysterical. I generally encourage that kind of behavior.)But we have been talking a lot about "giving preference." Such a counter-cultural concept. Hard to teach it I need to learn it! For me, this means doing things like putting away Jonathan's socks when I would rather be blogging, or vacuuming the house and dusting for the sake of my family's health, when I would rather be reading Jane Austen. Instead of thinking of it as doing boring domestic chores....I'm practicing giving preference. It helps me swallow it!
I could have just provided a link to the scripture, but I thought you would appreciate the hot dog celebrating God's word with jazz hands as much as I do.
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In other kid news...can I just say that Lauryn is a total joy right now? She is growing into quite a little ham and I LOVE it. We sing and dance (with the blinds closed, lest anyone think I'm having seizures) and put on plays and make up stories and it's all fabulous. I enjoy her so much when she's not driving me crazy and making me confused about how to parent.
She regularly says stuff like "Mommy, let's take crazy pictures together because I am SO FUNNY. Just do what I do and you'll be funny too." And so then we take pictures. Girls are way fun.
I made that collage on www.photovisi.com; super easy and fast web-based collage maker. Should you be in need of one.
She regularly says stuff like "Mommy, let's take crazy pictures together because I am SO FUNNY. Just do what I do and you'll be funny too." And so then we take pictures. Girls are way fun.
I made that collage on www.photovisi.com; super easy and fast web-based collage maker. Should you be in need of one.
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Random Alert. More total randomness ahead.
If you ever buy a whole fryer and cook it in the crock pot (which you should because it's cheap and you can get at least 2, maybe 3, meals out of one chicken), try this tip I read this week:
Make 4 balls out of foil, and set them in the crock put under the bird. It will lift the chicken up out of the juice so it's not so soggy, and taste more like a rotisserie chicken. Tried it this week. Pretty good.
The above chicken tasted great. But the poor girl didn't photograph well. Poor thing. Wow. That's kind of a disturbing image actually.
Happy Wednesday everyone.
If you ever buy a whole fryer and cook it in the crock pot (which you should because it's cheap and you can get at least 2, maybe 3, meals out of one chicken), try this tip I read this week:
Make 4 balls out of foil, and set them in the crock put under the bird. It will lift the chicken up out of the juice so it's not so soggy, and taste more like a rotisserie chicken. Tried it this week. Pretty good.
The above chicken tasted great. But the poor girl didn't photograph well. Poor thing. Wow. That's kind of a disturbing image actually.
Happy Wednesday everyone.
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