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Beth is such a smartie.?? She knew that it would please me if she looked the part so she began to lick her paws for effect.?? Wasn’t that so thoughtful of her??? :)?? And Luke…another great example of why I think smile pictures are over rated.?? Gotta love a good pout.?? Folks – I would say the Fall pictures were a success (if I do say so myself LOL).?? Now cross your fingers for Tori, Tanner, and Ty this week.?? I haven’t managed to schedule them in yet.??
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Prayer requests today:
1.?? Tanner is having dental work tomorrow and they will be using laughing gas.?? That scares me.?? Please pray that all goes well for him.
2.?? Tori is sounding croupy when she cries.?? Praying it doesn’t develop any further.?? Babies with croup are so scary.??
There are a zillion reasons why I am in love with my husband.?? Here is one:
Before we had kids, Jim and I dreamed a lot about being parents.?? I remember one particular talk we had beside Lake Pleasant years before Tanner came.???? While I don’t remember all the details of the conversation, I remember enough of it.?? My husband made it abundantly clear that day that if he ever had the blessing of being a Daddy – he would own the role.?? He has made good on that.?? Putting the boys to bed has always been Dad’s job.?? It was never discussed or agreed to – just something he started doing very early on.?? Brush teeth, prayers, and then story time with Daddy.?? The boys rarely ask me to be involved.?? They don’t like my stories as much.?? I don’t tend to relay tales about squirrels with machine guns.?? :)?? (True story – imagine the laughter in this household when a commercial came out with a squirrel and a machine gun after the fact).
Tonight though, the boys asked me to read a story because Daddy had disappeared from view.?? Not knowing what Jim was doing, I grabbed a book and cuddled in bed with them to read Jack and the Beanstalk.?? I was just about to start when Jim walked in and asked me what I thought I was doing.?? :)?? When I told him we had picked “Jack and the Beanstalk” he said “Oh no.?? The boys are ready for a big boy story tonight.?? We are going to start reading Old Yeller.”?????? Ten years ago if I had to visualize my dream future I just know it would have included a still frame in my mind of a Daddy and two little boys huddled in a bunk bed reading this old familiar classic.?? Tori’s drinking her bottle beside me in her glider (yes she can feed herself – has been doing that for at least a month – and yes she is still in our bedroom).?? All is right with the world tonight.
3 responses to “Pouting, Kittens and Yellow Dogs”
I hope all goes well with Tanner at the dentist. Praying things go well. I also hope Tori doesnt get the croup, I agree that sound and kids dont mix. It is scary. I will never forget the first time Andrew got that cough sound. Thank goodness we live in a colder climate, it helps to bring them outside in the cool air.
Speaking of cool air, please pray for us today/tonight, we are supposed to get between 15-20cm of snow. Gosh mother nature doesnt reall think about things to well. Could she at least wait till Halloween is over. Its bad enough we have to dress the kids in layers on Halloween, boots and hats will only make things harder 🙁
I hope it goes well too! Clarisse had that a few years ago and did really well, I will hope the same for him!
YOu know, Minsan has had the tuck the babies in role for about 4 years now and I just LOVE it. By the end of the day, I am so thankful for that help and that they get that special time with him. What caught my eye though was that your husband brought in an old classic to read to them…Just Saturday evening Minsan decided that it was time for him to read, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” to the kids. He also thought it was time. Interesting!!! ALthough each night has been busy at our house since then, the kids have been begging for it. Such sweet memories these will be!
you had me until you said ‘old yeller’… i can’t STAND a story that involves and animal, ESPECIALLY a dog or horse, being hurt, run off, or dying! 🙁 but i GET the scene – the image is breathtaking in my mind and i’m not even there. 🙂 precious. GO JIM!
i’m looking forward to reading ‘big boy’ books to seth… chronicles is first on my list too april. 🙂