A MONSTER

Last night , after tucking in my three year old , he began to call out . " Ma Ma , help me . A monster ." My husbamd and I went into his room to get the monster out . My husband hit the floor yelling for it to leave . I called for to leave also . My son began to say " no , no " , and craweled under the bed . He then pulled out his cookie monster houseshoe . " Here it is ", he said ," the monster out ."

WIZ KID

The other day , we where driving along and came to a stop sign . My little 3 year old says ' " Look Ma Ma , an octagon . What ??? Then I realized , he was talking about the shape of the sign ! Very scary ..... I never have told him that one before .

DON'T MAKE ME GO !

Next week-end , my husband , two boys , and myself , will be headed off to FL . My Father - in - law is receiving his Masters . So , my Mother - in - law bought us air plane tickets to go to St. Petersburg, FL. I do not want to go . ( pout , pout ) Why , you ask . Well , I don't care for my Father - in - law . Many reasons why . As not to embarrass my family I will not go into details.

The plan is to go to the graduation ,then head off to Disney World . This part I am looking forward too. All except , my in-laws will be tagging along .:( It seems that they always manage to be a part of our vacations . Even on our honey- moon . ( Not the night but the next day , they all showed up ) They make me crazy !!!!!! I wish just for once , we could have family vacation with just the four of us . Is that to much to ask for ?

Wish me luck ! A 7 month old and a three year old on the plane will not be fun !!!

FUTURE AMERICAN IDIOL????

My 7 MONTH OLD SON, JEREMY , LOVES MUSIC. HE MOVES HIS LITTLE FEET AND SMILES WHEN A SONG COMES ON HE LIKES . THE FUNNY THING IS , HE SEEMS TO BE SINGING IN BABY LANGUAGE . AND HE IS SOMETIMES RIGHT ON KEY WITH THE MUSIC ! I GUESS IT RUNS IN THE GENS . TAKING AFTER HIS DADDY AND MOMMY. WE BOTH SING AND PLAY THE PIANO . MY HUSBAND CAN PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT AND PLAYS BY EAR . MAYBE JEREMY IS GOING TO TAKE AFTER HIM .

EASTER COOKIES WITH A MESSAGE

I found this last night and though it was really awesome .

Easter Cookies

1 cup whole pecans
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 egg whites
pinch of salt
1 cup sugar
zipper baggie
wooden spoon
tape
Bible

Preheat oven to 300 degrees

1. place pecans in the baggie and let kids beat them with the wooden spoon to break them into pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested , He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19 : 1-3
2. Put the vinegar into a mixing bowl . Let each child smell the vinegar. Explain that when Jesus was on the cross and became thirsty , He was offered vinegar to drink.
Read John 19 :28-30
3. Add the egg whites to the vinegar. The eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life so that we could have life.
read John 10:10-11
4. Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand and let them taste it. Put the rest into the bowl. Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our sins.
Read Luke 23:27
5. So far the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1 cup of sugar. Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.
read Psalms34:8 and John 3:16
6. beat the egg whites with a mixer on high speed for 12 10 15 minutes , until stiff peaks form. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God's eyes of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isa.1:18 and John 3:1-3
7. Fold in the broken nuts. Drop by teaspoon onto a wax paper cookie sheet. Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus body was laid to rest.
Read Matt. 27:57-60
8. put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn off the oven.
9.Give each child a piece of tape and seal the door. Explain that Jesus tomb was sealed.
Read Matt27:65-66
10. Go to bed. Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight and that Jesus followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John 16:20-22
11. On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bit, the cookies are hollow! ON THE FIRST EASTER Jesus followers were amazed to find HIS TOMB EMPTY.
Read Matt. 28:1-9




I thought this was a neat way to tell the story of Easter . Hope you enjoy it and try this . Have a Happy Easter!!

A BLONDE THING

It was getting kind of late and we had just returned from our week-end trip to my parents . Seeing most of our laundry needed to be done , I quickly unpacked and threw clothes in the washer . I thought this would help things along in the morning .

I got up this morning , opened up the washer to remove the clothes ,and place them in the drier . sitting in the right corner was this soggy mass of something . I looked in closer and guess what it was. A diaper ! No , it was not a dirty one ( of coarse it would not have been by now anyway ) . Gel from the inside was everywhere . Not fun to clean up ! But I got it all out and the clothes rewashed .

Most would say , that this was a blonde's way of recycling ! Hope you get a good laugh out of this !