Suspicious

During naptime the doorbell rings not just once, but twice.  Very annoyed, I grumble about who would ring the doorbell at my house.  Open the door and nobody is there.  Are you kidding me?  Then I hear my name.  It's one of my boy's friends.  He's about as far away from my house as he can be while still in view of the front door.  Wearing safety glasses.  Yelling to let me know there is something on my front porch that my son made for me and not to peak.  Ya.  Nothing to be afraid of.  Only because I trust my son do I pick it up.  And put it in the backroom until he confirms I shouldn't be wearing safety glasses too.

Good Morning

This morning started out just like any other morning.  The regular tip toe quiet stuff so I won't wake Dustin up stuff.  Have my face washed, teeth brushed, and the mascera is going on the 2nd eye when I think to myself - wait a minute.  I don't remember turning my alarm off.  What time is it anyway?  Sneak back into the bedroom to look at the clock.  3:45 am.  I'm wide awake.  Makeup is already on.  Nice.  Well there is one Christmas present I haven't been able to figure out yet, guess this is a good time to look.  Hope ya'll have a great one out there today!

Names

There's this adorable little boy that comes to church with his grandma every week.  His name is Chris.  While flipping through the Bible, he gets very excited and tells her, "Look - my name is in the Bible!"  Looking what he's referring to, she can see that it is actually Christ, not Chris.  She lets him know and his response is, "You mean that Jesus was named after me?"

Love, Dad

An update on the Christmas present I already opened from my dad (October's posting, "A Gift for Me").  Just wanted to let you know that my older sister opened hers early too and got the same thing.  :)

Learning Experiences

Thursday night was my son's first band concert.  (They combined with the choir.)  They have A & B days with only 12 weeks into the school year, 99% of the students never having any previous instrument / reading music lessons.  I wasn't expecting much.  A few highlights from the evening:

• In the choir, there were 2 girls that must have been sisters.  A bit into the song, the older one reaches across and starts pushing her sister - who is in the row ahead of her and about 3 people over.  It didn't make much sense to me till the next verse when the younger sister walked over and sang a solo.  The really funny part is that she was smacking on gum the entire time. 
• The band is about to play.  The audience is quiet.  The director stands to the side of his box stand and waits till he has their full attention.  When he's satisfied they're watching him, he takes the stand.  As he raises his hands signaling the students to ready their instruments, the students immediately respond.  In the process, a boy in the front row knocks something off of his stand shattering the silence as it hits the floor.  As quick as only a 6th grader can, he pulls an innocent face and points to his female stand partner.
• The choir participants left their programs by their feet when they stood to sing.  There was one girl whose program must've been bugging her because through the entire song she didn't sing a single note but was looking down at her leg and rubbing it with her other foot, trying to shift her weight, and finally just bending down and picking it up.
• The band was just getting ready to start and the boy responsible for the bells was trying so hard to keep them quiet.  He was doing a good job considering the task when the boy sitting next him whispers quite louding, "Shut up!"
• The band director, in his zest during the last number, moved just the wrong direction and knocked out the support on the left side of the box-podium he was standing on.  Very loud bang when it hit the ground.

Overall, I think it was the absolute best "1st concert" I have ever heard.  I was very impressed with how much the director accomplished in such a short amount of time, so much better than I was even hoping for.  If I can figure how to get anything off of my camera, I'll post a song.  They did awesome!

Speaks for Itself

While brushing my daughter's hair this morning, a little 4 year old boy wanders in and stops to watch.  After a while he states, "Wow.  Her hair is really long, just like a real princesses."

Peas Please

Yesterday for lunch our vegetable was peas.  Guess how many got eaten?  Not many.  Even with butter & salt.  When my husband got home, he pulled out some blue colored white chocolate.  (It isn't just women that go for chocolate.)  When the little ones asked him what he was eating, he happen to say, "It's blue colored peas.  Do you like peas?"  Of course after not eating for lunch, there was a blank look on the face and asking if it was really blue colored peas.

Today while getting lunch ready I was enthusiatically asked, "Can we have peas today?"