Dec. 8, 2007 - the voices of little children
I have a cold...a full blown, achy sneezy watery eyed cold. my danny (3yoboy) is very sensitive and caring. He started singing to me-"maybe a song will make your cold go away." adn in his sweet, perfect singing voice, he sang "jesus, jesus, jesus" , adn on the part where he says "tings and tingdoms will all pass away", i cried with joy at the example of reward-How sweet to hear the kids sing the songs I sing to them every night before they go to bed. i dont' know, by teh time he was doen with the first song, the girls were snging too -"i cast all my cares upon you" adn "jesus loves me" and the most melodious version of "abc song" i have ever heard Oh, and andrew was dancing and swaying in the background. Man, how sweet...hwo comforting adn innocent-I think it really did make me feel better :)
ok, so, yesterday they weren't so sweet, at least i didn't think so at that moment. Lately, lana, my 2yo girl, has been hornery as all get out! she will get into things-climb, open, push press, make messes, etc. whe i am busy with other things-like phone calls, dishes, laundry, etc. So , yesterday, I was tryign to get my hubby on the phone, call the lady i had to get food to, find out what time my sil was picking me up , etc...meanwhile , lana had gottne nto the bathroom. She has been doing that, too-gets into the water. and lately, doesn't' turn it off. Well, i finished my last phone call-adn nnoticed water pouring down from the dining room ceiling! it wasn't a drip-there was a puddle on the floor! so, i ran upstairs to see that she had turned the water on and ddn't turn it off! now our sink has not been draining very well, so naturally, it overflowed and flooded the bathroom, leaking through the floor/ceiling...I was distressed, freaked out...I had the ladys dinner in the oven, had to get ready to go somewher with my sil, get the kids dressed for my hubby when he got home...AND clean up that mess!!! I was so afraid of what else would happen-i called my sis and se came over to keep them company while i cleaned up the mess-plus she took care of the food-etc. It didn't take long to sop up the mess-thankfully-and nothing , that i know of, got ruined, except the ceiiling tiles n teh dining room. What a crzy day!
Another silly thing-last week hubby was waiting on a phone call from our tenant who owed us rent. I vaguely remembered his name and had not seen it or heard from him. Well, it turns out that a call i had received from area code 502 (where the heck is that???) (we are 219, 574, MI: 269, chicago: 813, etc-no 502 nearby) so, anyway, when i answered that call, there was noone there...I guess the guy called back and talked to my 3yo son-???-adn gave him a message to tell my hubby to come fix the bathroom ceiling...Who would leave a message with a 3yo child?? well, danny remembered it real well, just didnt' remember to give the message to me or my husband. It is really a pretty funny story adn a testimony to how well the kids can remember things like details...
So, it has been wild adn wooly here in this house-wth cabin fever infected kids-bouncing off the walls, getting into trouble, and in the littel children's voices, singing, laughing, giggling, but yelling, crying, demanding-ugh! i love peace and quiet after they are asleep. :)
Well, did i tel you my sister is pregnant? she is due in early July, i believe. i am concerned for her-i dont' think the guy she is with is good-he is very controlling and degrading to her, even in front of people-even me, here sister. I guess there is a lot more to it-but they are supposedly getting married-and i am tryign to be really supportive and helpful to her. The last thing she needs is another christian condemnign her for the consequences of bad choices. (she is nto a christiana dn quite resentful toward them in general). anyway, i think this guy she is with is searching out truth-and maybe she is in her ehart, too-we have had some great discussions with him...but he isn't where he is broken and sees his need for a savior-just that he wants to do better-be a better person, etc. He doesnt' want to believe the bible but he believes in Jesus. Anyway, that is about it.
i am off of here now-hope whoever reads this is well!
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