Little Daily Ponderings

Note to self:
Give Molly a smaller sugar bowl when she is having a tea party with herself (since she will use all of it.)

Communication breakdown:  John has a license now and likes to do his own errands.  While he was out tonight, I had Amy call him and have him pick up a few tomatoes for our dinner.  He came home with two bags of bagels.

Something Fishy Around Here!

John & Ben

These two have been fishing every chance they get. Yesterday they finally brought something home besides stories of the ones that got away.

Ben Brings Home the Bacon Dinner

Ben Letting Molly Hold a Fish

Molly had no problem getting right in to the cleaning of the fish and watching John's attempt at filleting.

Molly Intently Watching

The other note about John and Ben is that they both have birthdays within a week of each other.  John just turned 18!  And Ben will be 14 in a couple of days.

Kid Logic Friday - I Pad 2

Today's kid logic is not the usual.  Today's kid logic led John into talking me into going to the Apple Store at the MALL of all places, so he could purchase an I Pad.  Taking him to the store meant taking everybody; John, Peter, Ben, Amy, David, Sam, and Molly.  It's amazing how many interesting looks you get walking through the mall with so many children.  I love it!  I love it in the sense that I am not ashamed to bring so many children with me-I am so wealthy!  To me, my children are the goodness of the Lord in the flesh.

As far as the I Pad, Peter, Ben, and I pitched in on some of the cost.  We had ulterior motives for pitching in of course.  The boys are wanting to record music and I am hoping to learn how to take, edit, and post video footage.  Hopefully a few posts from now will show footage : )

We also Skyped Seth on the new addition.  That was a treat.

Our Second Son

John @ 17 yrs.

 

It's so easy to post about the younger children with all of their funny sayings, personalities, and perspectives of life. I even have posts about the eldest, but not many about the children in between.  John has been on my mind lately - in a good way.  I was thinking how thankful I am to have him home.  Not home as in living in this house, but home as in his right mind, as in upholding the direction that his dad and other Godly men in the church give and in upholding God's Word; as in giving to his younger brothers and sisters by talking with them - not just at them.

John's Baptism 2006

    

     Anyone that knows John knows he is not necessarily a man of many words.  (Even when he was born I asked the doctor if he was o.k. because he didn't cry-he was very quiet!)  He still doesn't yak like some in our family, he gets to the point in what he wants to say. His middle name, Steven, is fitting because he looks the most like his dad out of all our children.  We call him the "mad scientist" on the piano.  He loves the

challenge of learning the most difficult piano pieces-the "busier" the better.  If he tries anything new, whether it's sports or a new instrument, he makes it look as if he's done it for years.



John playing his favorite instrument



      Most children love to be around John.  He seems to have a way of making the simplest things fun. For example:  Yesterday he came home from work and Molly was so excited to see him.  After saying their greetings John says,  "You want to watch me take my shoes off?!"  And Molly jumps up and down with excitement, "Yaaaaaah!!!!"  She thought this was the greatest event of the day!




John and Molly

   I'm thankful for Godly men and women who help us in the raising of our children and for God's Word which tells us what is normal for children, family, life, etc. 

John teaching a song

".....being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."   Philipians 1:6