Weekend Away

A couple of weekends ago we headed to GA to see some family.

It was a whirlwind trip, but we had a lot of fun and saw family from both sides.

This first picture is from our quick stop to see my grandparents. The weather was beautiful and when we pulled up, everyone was outside. My uncle and grandpa were both resting their feet on his walker.

After seeing my grandparents we headed down to Georgia to see Jon's Uncle Tom and family. The cousins hadn't seen each other in a very long time. So they enjoyed getting reacquainted.

 Drawing while Uncle Jason and Daddy talk.

We had a fun weekend. Cohutta Springs is beautiful.

Choosing battles

As a parent you pick which battles are worth fighting for. Some things just aren't worth it. 

And in hindsight, some should have been fought.

This is the story of a battle that should have been fought.

Caitlin has hit a growth spurt and so early this week I pulled all of her 4T pants out of the storage containers and washed them. But baby girl was reluctant to give up her beloved 3T pants and begged (pleaded, cried, and whined) to wear them. It wasn't a battle that I was willing to fight, so I let her.

This happened early one morning before we took Dominic to school. About five minutes before heading out the door I hear her crying and Dominic beginning to panic.

Turns out she couldn't get her pants down to go pee because they were too tight. She hadn't peed since waking up and was getting desperate. But being an independent soul she didn't want to call mom until it reached desperate measures. But she miscalculated and ended up peeing buckets onto the bathroom floor.

We had seconds before we had to leave for school. I shoved her in the tub and gave her the fastest bath of her life while Dominic ran to get new clothes (4T ones). When I returned from dropping him off I set to cleaning the bathroom from top to bottom. It took FOREVER!

A few days later the weather turned cooler and we turned the heat on. The smell that came out of the vent in the bathroom was horrific. It dawned on us very quickly that quite a bit of pee must have flowed into the air vent. Sigh!

Long story short - Jon spent some time under the house and our bathroom is beginning to return to normal. And I am wishing that it was a battle I had chosen to fight. 

Live and learn!

Prayers

Every night after worship the kids get into bed. Then Jon and/or I go into their rooms to tuck them in and pray with them again. This second prayer is usually very short and asks for sweet dreams and God to send His angel to be with them while they sleep.

Caitlin was having difficulty settling down tonight and apparently didn't pay attention to my prayer. So she used this as a ploy to get me to come back.

She wanted me to pray again.

So I told her that I'd already prayed. Now it was her turn.

She didn't want to at first, but then agreed.

"Dear Jesus, I'm praying because Mommy told me to. Amen!"

Dominic's 6 year pictures

Around town

I've been working quite a bit on the school auction. This entails going to a million businesses to ask for donations. It's quite a bit of boring and Caitlin has been a trouper.

So I took her to Cream City for ice cream and then to the museum to play.

Fall Fest

A couple of weeks ago we took the kids to the Fall Festival.

 The police department was giving away these little stuffed animals.

 I think their favorite part was the face painting.

 

Happy Fall!

My Friend

"Look Mommy. Take a picture of kitty and me. He's my friend and he loves me."