Every night, we TRY to do devotion together. This consists of:
1) reading a toddler devotion book that relates things in everyday life to God (Tonight's was about a trip to the library and pointed out that the Bible is a book full of stories to read.)
2) reading some story from the Bible related to the toddler devotion book - sometimes we act these out and the kids really have fun with that.
3) reading from a Through the Bible devotion book that tells well known and other not so well known stories from the Bible.
4) Bug recites the books of the Bible. So far she knows up to Ecclesiastes. I love the way she says Leviticus and Deuteronomy:). She wants to do this part all by herself and gets mad if the big kids are mouthing the books with her.
5) The twins and I are trying to memorize the Ten Commandments from the NIV. They've worked on memorizing other longer passages of Scripture, but all the ones that they've worked on so far were ones I already knew. This meant that we could work on it anywhere, anytime, and we didn't have to have the Bible right in front of us. The Ten Commandments is the first things we've tried to work on that I don't have memorized, so it seems to be going a lot slower. Jimmy holds the paper that the Ten Commandments is printed on (from the computer) as we work to add a new verse every couple of nights. I've tried holding it myself, but I didn't seem to be able to memorize it as well when I also held the paper. Bug actually knows a lot of the verses because she's with us while we're working on this.
Tonight was the first night that the twins started acting out the Ten Commandments. Bear actually started it, and Lou Lou quickly joined in. Jimmy and I were laughing our heads off. The next time my church has a talent night or family night supper or something, Jimmy said he thought the twins should do it. I don't think they would get into it the same way in front of a large crowd. Tomorrow night we're going to try to video it and put it on youtube. We were all laughing so hard while we recited the part we knew over and over as they acted it out with their hands. Lou Lou said, "Stop, Bear! You're about to make me pee in my pants!" I would try to explain some of their hilarious hand motions, but it is so much funnier in person (or on video) rather than in words.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Pizza Stains
Last night, Jimmy and I went to Greenville and my sister in law, TT, kept all the kids for us. Jimmy picked up a pizza for them to eat for supper. I told her that the baby girls needed to eat naked because pizza stains didn't usually come out, at least not easily.
When it was pizza time, TT told Lou Lou to help Birdie get her shirt off. Bug took her shirt off by herself. Apparently, the twins wanted to eat shirtless too, so TT said okay. Then Bug said, "TT, are you going to take your shirt off too?" :)
When it was pizza time, TT told Lou Lou to help Birdie get her shirt off. Bug took her shirt off by herself. Apparently, the twins wanted to eat shirtless too, so TT said okay. Then Bug said, "TT, are you going to take your shirt off too?" :)
The Original Crazy Face and Kissing
Birdie has started doing the original crazy face. It looks a little like the Incredible Hulk turning into his hulk self. She does it when she wants another bite of whatever she's eating or if she has just handed me something to open. She did it a lot over Christmas whenever she wanted me to help her open presents.
Birdie is everywhere. She's still not walking, but she hangs onto everything as she moves all around the house. She loves these two child-sized rocking chairs we have in the den, and she has no fear as she rocks very hard almost to the point of spilling herself out. She has fallen in love with kissing everybody. If you ask her if she wants to kiss a sibling or other family member, she sticks her chin out, puckers her lips together, and leans her body towards the person she wants to kiss.
Birdie is everywhere. She's still not walking, but she hangs onto everything as she moves all around the house. She loves these two child-sized rocking chairs we have in the den, and she has no fear as she rocks very hard almost to the point of spilling herself out. She has fallen in love with kissing everybody. If you ask her if she wants to kiss a sibling or other family member, she sticks her chin out, puckers her lips together, and leans her body towards the person she wants to kiss.
A New Plan for 2009
This Christmas was over before I knew it. Ever since my husband went to Chicago and my children were off and on sick, I felt like I was just taking one step at a time, putting one foot in front of another until school got out for the holidays. Since I've been home for awhile, it's been nice to think about how I want things to improve during 2009, in relation to household organization. I have written down some ideas and explained some of them to the twins, the major "helpers" in my new grand plan. We'll see how it works!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Crazy Face
When the twins were around one year old, they started doing this strange thing which we now call the "crazy face". They would hold up their arms, clinch their fists, grit their teeth, and make their body tense until they would shake and their face turned red. It's a little bit like what the Incredible Hulk looks like before he changes from a normal person to his hulk self. It was kind of bizarre and so funny, especially when they did it at the same time. They didn't do it for any particular reason and it wasn't a reaction to much of anything. Most of the time, they would do it when I asked, and they knew we liked it because we laughed and laughed.
The "crazy face" tradition continued. On her own, without being taught by anyone, Bug also began doing the crazy face. The women at the daycare asked me about it, very concerned, and wanted to know if that's what she did when she got mad. Haha! At the table, she would point at us grownups or the twins and want us to do the crazy face. She really liked it when everybody did it.
Birdie has done just a little bit of the crazy face on her own, but she didn't continue it. Last night, I showed her the crazy face and told her to do it. After I said, "Do the crazy face" about three times, she put her hands on her cheeks and said "Ahhhh!", much like Kevin in the Home Alone movie. It was so hilarious! While we were sitting at the table, she would point to people and want them to do her new version of the crazy face, just like Bug. When I was holding her and asked her to do the crazy face, she grabbed my face and yelled!
The "crazy face" tradition continued. On her own, without being taught by anyone, Bug also began doing the crazy face. The women at the daycare asked me about it, very concerned, and wanted to know if that's what she did when she got mad. Haha! At the table, she would point at us grownups or the twins and want us to do the crazy face. She really liked it when everybody did it.
Birdie has done just a little bit of the crazy face on her own, but she didn't continue it. Last night, I showed her the crazy face and told her to do it. After I said, "Do the crazy face" about three times, she put her hands on her cheeks and said "Ahhhh!", much like Kevin in the Home Alone movie. It was so hilarious! While we were sitting at the table, she would point to people and want them to do her new version of the crazy face, just like Bug. When I was holding her and asked her to do the crazy face, she grabbed my face and yelled!
Home Alone with 4 Kids
Jimmy went to his cousin's wedding in Illinois. He left on Thanksgiving Day and was supposed to return on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Because of weather and delays, he spent Monday night in the Philadelphia airport and came home on Tuesday morning. It was a very stressful time for him because he had school work due on that Tuesday and he had to attend class in Chapel Hill that same night.
It was stressful for me because of the length of time he was gone. I'm typically very independent and I'm fine with doing things on my own. Many times I prefer it that way. However, because I'm used to two when you're used to two grownups being here during the nighttime sleeping hours, I found it tough to get to sleep. I seemed to hear every little noise, and lack of sleep for several days seemed to wear me down. I was already feeling sick myself, and listed the children's daily sicknesses in a previous entry. I think I listed up to Saturday, Nov. 29.
On that Saturday night, it seemed that Lou Lou could not stop coughing, and she'd had the cough for awhile. Typically, on Sundays if there is a child sick, Jimmy takes the child to the doctor while I go to church and play the piano because it's my job. However, since Jimmy was gone, I called and told them I needed to take her myself. When I called them, they asked me if the cough went away with cough medicine. Duh! I had heard some bit on the news a few months ago about not giving small children cough and cold medicine, so I hadn't even considered this for Lou Lou. It was like when I heard that, I immediately and permanently threw that option out of my brain. So...I ended up staying home from church to go to Walmart and buy cough syrup. However, I certainly didn't mind and it gave me a much needed break.
On Monday (Dec. 1), the daycare called and said that Bug wasn't feeling well. She didn't look herself. I think this was the last day of sickness with all the kids, thank God!
It was stressful for me because of the length of time he was gone. I'm typically very independent and I'm fine with doing things on my own. Many times I prefer it that way. However, because I'm used to two when you're used to two grownups being here during the nighttime sleeping hours, I found it tough to get to sleep. I seemed to hear every little noise, and lack of sleep for several days seemed to wear me down. I was already feeling sick myself, and listed the children's daily sicknesses in a previous entry. I think I listed up to Saturday, Nov. 29.
On that Saturday night, it seemed that Lou Lou could not stop coughing, and she'd had the cough for awhile. Typically, on Sundays if there is a child sick, Jimmy takes the child to the doctor while I go to church and play the piano because it's my job. However, since Jimmy was gone, I called and told them I needed to take her myself. When I called them, they asked me if the cough went away with cough medicine. Duh! I had heard some bit on the news a few months ago about not giving small children cough and cold medicine, so I hadn't even considered this for Lou Lou. It was like when I heard that, I immediately and permanently threw that option out of my brain. So...I ended up staying home from church to go to Walmart and buy cough syrup. However, I certainly didn't mind and it gave me a much needed break.
On Monday (Dec. 1), the daycare called and said that Bug wasn't feeling well. She didn't look herself. I think this was the last day of sickness with all the kids, thank God!
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