Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Change my Heart


Every couple of weeks I make a "to-do this week" list. I like adding "this week" because it gives me a 5 day time frame rather than 1 day. Right now the list beside me says clean bathrooms, vacuum, donations to pink door, deliver bed to Lori, get bed for S, new shower curtain liners, clear out pantry, change air filter, store (and under that the list is diapers, milk, clorox wipes, Bruce floor cleaner). Today two things I got accomplished from my list: cleaned one bathroom and made a trip to the pink door. Ok, technically I didn't get to cross bathrooms off because I only cleaned one. Since I was already over that way I exchanged a pair of boxers for Josh (I know), and by that time we were hungry and I stopped at Taco Bell. After a load of dishes, a load of laundry, filling up the kiddie pool, picking a few tomatoes that didn't have huge bites out of them from the rabbits, serving a well-rounded breakfast of nutri-grain bars and yogurt, helping H through his "poopy-hurrt, poopy-hurrrt" dilemma, answering questions about a neighbor (who is wanting to leave his electrical business and do SOMETHING I can't quite recall) from a guy that stopped by from the Bureau of Investigation, the morning was over. We ran those errands then came home and scarfed some refried beans and nachos. We were (they were) swimming a little while S heard a big truck in the front of the house, so we went and watched the Oversized Load be slowly manuevered down our street and around the corner. The boys were mesmorized. We went inside, dried off, read Llama, Llama Red Pajama, There's a Wocket in My Pocket, Snow, and Missouri's top 50 Bugs book, then placed each booger in their respective beds and sat down at the computer. And I looked at this list. Uhmmmmmm.........ya that will have to do for today. I just don't feel like doing those other things. I know. I know this is not what God intended, it is not the attitude I should have. I know it is wrong. Today I just don't care. Change my heart, O God. Put a fire in me. Make me more like You. Help me see your Sovereigny as I do this homework for Bible Study tomorrow. Because You are sovereign. What does that mean? In charge? You can do anything, You are in control? Teach me, Lord.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Torn



Oh, it wasn't long ago that I had a toddler toddling beside me, wanting to do all the things that I do, wanting nothing else but to be "heard" and feel understood. Now that toddler is a little boy who CAN do some of the things I do, wanting nothing else but to be "bigger".

He now has a little brother that not only wants to do everything mom and dad do, but mostly everything that little boy (the one that is one head taller than him) does. Every puzzle, every climb, every light switch, every tower, every sentence, every sound...

And when he can't, he's frustrated.

And when his hands don't have the motor skills, he's frustrated.

And when he's on his tip-tip-toes and is still not tall enough, he gets a step stool:)

Monday, July 5, 2010