Sweet Pea Momments / 1st Day of School

The Kids had a great day. Everyone was up and ready on time. We all walked to school together and Kay and Reye went off to breakfast while I looked into who would be putting Petra on her shuttle bus to Ed Franz. So often times I don't take pictures and I was so excited that things were going smooth enough for me to take some good shots. After I got Petra on the bus the twins and I went hope to drive over to Ed Franz to join Petra for Breakfast. Why wouldn't I just drive her? Well I want to get her trained to be able to go on the bus by herself. Eventually Kay and Reye will be walking with her to school without me.

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Sweet Pea Momments / Naked Tears

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I had a great chance to teach my oldest about managing her emotions. I have spent most of my life feeling trapped by the tears that want to fall every time i need to talk about something that is challenging, frustrating, makes me sad, or gives me pain. This has left me quiet when I needed to speak or feeling humiliated or embarrassed when the tears start of fall.

Randy wanted to watch a movie with me before their bedtime and the kids were not paying much attention to him till he barked out that they need to get out of the living room and go to their rooms. Kay in her surprise began to cry. Randy followed up with a rather hash conversation about how he didn't want her to cry when he told her to do something.

At 1st my sympathetic heart went out to Kay but after talking to Randy I realized that this was the time to teach her how to choose when and with whom she would let her deep emotions be shared.

It was awesome. I really hope she can internalize this concept. Don't bottle up your emotions just make a choice as to who and when you are going to share them. If you let your emotions out as soon as you feel them then you are not in control and they will end up controlling you. Our heart felt emotions should be shared on purpose after prayer and only with those that we can show the nakedness of our heart. Keeping your nakedness private made sense to her and now that she can see it in light of her emotions I pray that she will make some better stronger choices.

I also see letting your emotions out without a plan is similar to starting a boat getting it going full tilt among many boaters and then running to the back and covering your head hoping not to crash before you run back to catch the wheel. Exhilarating, freeing, dangerous and possibly deadly.

Sweet Pea Momments / Your REALLY Big Shirt

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Ouch. I know my oldest loves me dearly but she really can stick it to me where it hurts. She wants to make this wrap around dress and said we could use one of my really, really big shirts.

Well I have gotten an excersize ball to sit/work out on while I am on the computer. I just find it so hard to multi task when it comes to exercise. Other women must do it or everyone that has children would be big. Sometimes I just consider it another one of the sacrifices I have made to have 5 kids in 8 years. I try and exercise in the room with the kids and the babies climb on me, I try and go for a walk but I don't have a triple stroller so when I am walking at Petra pace it is just to slow to be worth it. I don't have the time or money to go to a gym with child care, etc, etc, etc.

God Momments / Gardener

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Praise God. Kay was in timeout for being in someone eleses busness, one of her Key Areas. Then from the corner she buts into a conversation I am having with Reye to tell him exactly what I just said. I told her that I didn't need her help and that she wasn't to get in the middle of someone elses conversation. She began to cry and told me that she was sad because she thought I didn't need her. Praise God for a little Godly wisdom on the spot. I told her to think of all the ways that I need her and that I wanted her to pray and ask God to show her what a silly lie she was believing.

I saw a garden. At 1st I thought she was the flowers but no, my children are the garden and I am the gardener. As the gardener I must point out and pull the weeds out. I told Kay their is no shame to be felt when we discover the weeds for she is the garden. Can the garden stop the weeds from growing. The garden just needs to remain soft (her heart) so I can pull the weeds out before they take over. Kay has so many beautiful flowers in her garden and we talked about how much I am loving watching them grow.

Sweet Pea Momments / Mornings

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Oh the typical spills of our morning. To start the day I take 4 Motrin to take the edge off my head/back ache. I change the twins and make my way to look at e-mail and facebook. In my blurry eyed state I forget to gate off the kitchen only to hear something fall off the counter. I call Petra to the rescue. "Mommy your medicine is all over the floor, but the babies only ate a few." Flying off my chair over the gate to extract pills from the twins. Now I have 3 eager helpers picking up pills as fast as they can as I pry them from their fingers. I ask Petra to move all the benches out the of the kitchen and I place the twins in their play area. Back to e-mail I go, only to hear Cd's being played with. Out I go again to find that Petra put the benches in with the babies so they are having a hay day with all the electronics by the TV. Now it is time for breakfast. I get the babies set up, everyone is dressed and Kay is in charge of the babies. I take a shower to return to flying cereal bowl at the hand of Grant. Now the big kids are doing chores and the babies are playing. Randy came home for a few minutes to find the twins picking apart their disposable diapers. I guess I will be vacuuming soon. Kay has taken till just this minute 12:12 to finish cleaning up after breakfast. "Hurry up Kay, Hurry up Kay, don't you want to play before we set the table for lunch Kay."

God Momments / Harry Potter

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Kay and I are reading the Harry Potter series and I was a little concerned that she may find the witch craft parts so fascinating that she would want to try it. Well I was right. One day she was talking about how she was imagining herself doing all the crazy things done in the book. Well I told her that I wouldn't be able to continue to read her the book unless she could just enjoy it but not want to do it. That this was a test of her ability to put God 1st and to not displease him by wanting to do witch craft. Well to my surprise and awe she came up with the best idea. She said that God showed her that He would be her power, that the angels would be her protection and His Spirit would be in her wand.

I just thank God for this. This just confirms that I am Not to shelter my children completely from what the Devil is doing but empower them with enough info so that they can seek God's Revelation under my care. "Train up a child in the way he is bend and when they are old they will not depart from it." Praise God. Now when approached with witch craft latter in life she will have the tools to fight.

Sweet Pea Momments / Brothers and Sisters

Kay is such an awesome big sister. Watching her grow into an amazing young ladies with values and interests that a mom can be proud of. She is loving, kind, has a servants heart, hates injustice and wants to invent things to make life easier.

I am just so thankful for how my kids get along. They help eachother, love eachother, and even when they want space it is rarely spoken in anger. They love to horse around and ocasionally someone get's hurt but it is rarely done to hurt the other.

Day to Day / Kay Found Retro Bill

Retro Bill came to Kay's school today and it was a big hit for her. She likes that he does safety tips and how his hair looks.

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