Interesting Prayer

Another funny prayer moment ~ We seem to have a lot of these lately. I guess when you open the floor to a 2 or 4 year old, you just never know what they will say.

Blaine: "Thank you God for Nana and Papaw, and for Papaw and Nana. And thank you God for all the people who live in the forest."

Haven't a clue who these people are...

An Easter Story

This a.m. we got dressed in our new Easter digs and headed over to Nana/Papaw's house for Easter pictures at Papaw's request. These pictures now will serve in part as "before and after."

During the worship service, I get a tap on the shoulder that Blaine had hurt himself and that I should get my things and head to the nursery, stat. Upon arrival, I see little Blaine in the bathroom with blood dripping from his chin. Ick! Turns out he took a stumble into a glider rocking chair and caught the edge just so. Guess he broke his fall with his face because as it turns out, he not only cut his chin open, but bit the inside of his lip, bruised his front gums and knocked a tooth slightly loose. Yikes!

I must say that after 2+ hours in the ER, having nurses/doctors poke and prod, a needle parked in his lip for what seemed like eternity and 3 stitches, Blaine was a trooper. He cried only minimally and greeted his attending doctor with a simple, "What's your name?" amidst blood dripping out of his mouth. The doc was very gentle and nice and responded with, "Jose," instead of "Dr. So and So."

All in all, not the Easter we expected, but not a horrible one, either. Blaine's tough and I'm sure his wound will heal without incident. Brandon says now he's officially in the 'boys club' with his first battle wound.

A Camping We Will Go

We returned today from a 2 day family retreat to the Texas hill country. We 'roughed' it - Ok, not really 'roughing' it, per se. We rented a rustic cabin at the KOA that sits right on the Llano River. Among our activities, hiking, canoeing, cooking out, the boys favored throwing rocks into the river over anything else. Go figure. Who'd have thought the highlight of the trip was the cheapest way to go? Nevertheless, we had a special bonding trip and just let the boys be boys as far as possible. Now we're back, the house is in pretty good shape after a good cleaning and this momma is in need of a good, long shower and a SOFT mattress to sleep on!!

'The Farmer in the Dell'

I woke up this a.m. to a serenade through the baby monitor (yes, I refuse to give it up). Both boys, in unison, were singing, "The Farmer in the Dell" in soft tones as sweetly as they could muster. Good start to the day.

Movie Review: Nancy Drew DVD

Starring: Emma Roberts
Rated: PG

Based on the popular book character, Nancy Drew, teenage sleuth, travels cross-country from River Heights, USA to Los Angeles to solve the mystery of a famous movie star who disappeared for 5 months, then reappeared and mysteriously died in her home. She must hide the fact that she is attempting to solve a mystery from her worried, yet strangely absent, father. Of course, Nancy Drew to the rescue - She solves the mystery and survives being frequently mocked for being strange among her classmates.

Becky's rating: B-

I love a good Nancy Drew mystery. This movie is targeted to pre-teen girls, no doubt. For them, it was surely a big hit. For adults, it lacked a little substance. I figured out the mystery about 25 minutes into the movie. I hoped for a little more 'ah-has' and intrigue. However, young Emma Roberts did a superb job acting as Nancy Drew. The story line, though basic, was interesting.

Bottom line: Rent this for your pre-teen/teen. Otherwise, just read the books.

Close Your Eyes!

While Brandon was praying with Blaine the other night, he was kneeling by his bed and listening intently to what Blaine was praying about. When Blaine brought up an otherwise questionable subject of what he was thankful for, Brandon cocked his eye open and looked at Blaine, who was still just pouring his heart out in prayer. Without missing a beat, Blaine said, "Thank you for...Dad, CLOSE YOUR EYES, and thank you for...." Nothing gets by him!

Reading Books

Every night Braylon and I read 2 books before bedtime. He's been reading me a short, simple book and then I read him a longer one. I've been keeping the ones he reads me extremely easy so as not to overwhelm him. But man, did I underestimate him! Last night I let him pick out the book he would read to me. He picked an easy reader, but it was Level 2 instead of Level 1 (for anyone who knows what that means!). There were harder words in it like 'someone' and 'napkin' and things like that. That kid got nearly the entire book read with very little help from me! When he didn't know a word, he would sound it out just right and wouldn't give up on words very easily. He even laughed at the right spots, indicating he was understanding the material.

WOW! What a difference a couple months make in reading!!