What's Wrong with Me?

The other night I was carrying Blaine into the bathroom to brush his teeth before bed. I accidentally knocked his foot against the wall, causing him to grimace in pain. I rubbed his foot while saying, "Oh, Blaine, I'm so sorry, what's WRONG with me?" Blaine very innocently said, "Are you stupid or are you smart?" When I didn't respond fast enough he said, "I guess you're stupid about my foot, but that's ok Momma." Now, if you had heard this conversation, you'd know that he was not insulting his Mom's intelligence, just asking an honest question.

Sometimes I wonder, though...

Hide and Sleep

The other morning I came into the boy's bedroom to wake them up for day school. They have a bunk bed and Braylon sleeps on top. I saw Braylon in bed as usual, but Blaine was out of bed with his covers pulled back. This is strange, I thought, because Blaine is very much my difficult morning child. He would like to sleep until 7:45 every morning if he had his way, but he must get up at 7:15 to keep our schedule on track. Anyway, where was he? I looked up on Braylon's bunk again, no. I surveyed the room, nowhere. Hmmmmmmmm....

So I pulled back his covers all the way down...Blaine was sleeping horizontally in his bed about 3/4 of the way down - About where an adult's shins would be in a twin sized bed. I can only assume he was having a dream about a hibernating bear...

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.