1. What bill do you hate paying the most?
Homecare
2. What's the best place to eat a romantic dinner?
Mr. Rizo's (our anniversary place we go once a year)
3. Last time you puked from drinking?
I was probably 16 or so.
4. When is the last time you got drunk and danced on a bar?
no comment
5. Name of your first grade teacher?
Mrs. Simple....she used to pull my ear when i was bad
6. What do you really want to be doing right now?
Eating a chocolate covered cherries blizzard
7. What did you want to be when you were growing up?
A marine biologist
8. How many colleges did you attend?
zero. zip. nadda.
9. Why did you wear the shirt that you have on right now?
cause it goes with my froggie pj pants
10. GAS PRICES?
might as well fill at canadian tire where you get 3 bucks of canadian tire money
11. If you could move anywhere and take someone with you?
I honestly wouldn't move
12. First thought when the alarm went off this morning?
I get to feel my uterus over my full bladder again!!
13. Last thought before going to sleep last night?
Praying praying praying tons for a couple that is being serverly hurt right now
14. Favorite style of underwear?
that's kinda personal
15. Favorite style of underwear for the opposite/same sex?
personal
16. What errand/chore do you despise?
AGGGHHH.....laundry.......puke.....
17. If you didn't have to work, would you volunteer at an art gallery?
No, I love being with my kids all day! (most days)
18. Get up early or sleep in?
Got up early, got caleb off for his first day of school!
19. What is your favorite cartoon character?
Definitly sylvester! I love when he tip toes around and sneeks
20. Favorite NON sexual thing to do at night with a girl/guy?
watch a movie, eat popcorn
21. A secret that you wouldn't mind everyone knowing?
I know how to fart without making a sound!!! everytime!
24. Your favorite lunch meat?
baloney
25. What do you get every time you go into Costco?
frustrated.....with how big everything is sold......like who needs 5 tubes of toothpaste at a time? and where would you store it all???
26. Beach or lake?
for sure for sure beach!!! tan, build sand castles AND get to swim!
27. Do you think marriage is an outdated ritual that was invented by people who died at 20?
No, it was designed by the God of this universe to display His love for us! It's the most wonderful holy thing ever...and I thank him that I get to be a helper!!!
28. Who do you stalk on MySpace?
What???????
29. Favorite guilty pleasure?
eating when i'm not hungry..although, it's not my favorite thing.
30. Favorite movie you wouldn't want anyone to find out about?
8 mile
31. What's your drink?
coffee for now
32. Cowboys or Indians?
indians!!
33. Cops or Robbers?
cops
34. Do you cheer for the bad guy?
not normally, but if a movie like the fugitive, then yeah....
35. What Hollywood star do you think resembles you best?
I would hope that I don't resemble anyone in hollywood!!!
36. If you had to pick one, which cast member of "Lost" would you be?
don't know the movie? someone fill me in
37. What do you want when you are sick?
drugs, a bed and a quiet room
38. Who from high school would you like to run into?
no one....i would like to leave my past in the past....
39. What radio station is your car radio tuned to right now?
no radio, just cd's a lullaby one that's just awesome
42. Norm or Cliff?
sam
43. The Cosby Show or the Simpsons?
cosby....simpsons are so bad! i can't stand that show
44. Worst relationship mistake that you wish you could take back?
Every single guy before joe and even joe before we were married. By walking immorally, I have stolen good things from my marriage and husband. (Which God redeems back after your consequences have been dished out and you repent)
45. Do you like the person who sits directly across from you at work?
my kids? of course, they are cool little humans!
46. If you could get away with it, who would you kill?
ummmm. what kind of questions are these??? no one....
47. What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
amy grant
48. What famous person would you like to sleep with?
sheesh....
49. Have you ever had to use a fire extinguisher for its intended purpose?
no! I realized that last year when the kids and I were learning about fire saftey and never did get one
50. Last book you read for real?
the konos compass (a biblical curriculum we are using for school this year)
51. Do you have a teddy bear?
no, just a feather pillow to hug
52. Strangest place you have ever brushed your teeth?
at my mom's maybe using her toothbrush
53. Somewhere in California you've never been and would like to go?
to see joe's uncle and aunt's in temecula
54. Number of texts in a day?
i don't know
55. At this point in your life would you rather start a new career or relationship?
neither, I am planted where I need to be!
56. Do you go to church?
Yes, and love my family!
57. Pencil or pen?
Pen
59. How many jobs have you had?
one, got fired for stealing in grade 10
60. What do you want to achieve in life?
To know, love and experience God, to make disciples(priority in my kids right now), to love the world as christ would.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
WE HAVE A ROOM
Just so that everyone is all clear. When we got pregnant with Faith, Joe and I decided to move our bed and dresser downstairs to an unfinished basement, while our kids had the nicely finished rooms upstairs. So for the past 2 years, Joe and I have been sleeping in our "room" with our bed in the corner of an unfinished basement with no door, no walls, and spiders in the fall.
Last night, I was getting up for my usual pregnany bathroom break and turned on the light. On my pillow was a HUGE spider crawling right where my head was resting!!!! HELLO!!! (This spider here is the breed that I found on my pillow.)
Like I'm sleeping there ever again. I woke up my hubby and said, "THERE WAS A SPIDER RIGHT ON MY PILLOW!"
He didn't believe me....again
Just like the time I felt something between my legs and pulled a beattle from under the covers!
Just like the time there was an ant crawling up my leg under the covers.....He didn't believe me.
Well, this time, I had the evidence! "LOOK>>>>>IT"S RIGHT THERE!!"
He leaned over, skeptical and saw the big guy crawl towards the night table.
Needless to say, he also came upstairs to sleep....
Today, he moved our whole room into Noah's room. Noah into Isaiah's room and Faith at the moment has no room.....Might as well prepare for the reno's now....then later.
I know God is faithful and will take care of each one of us. Even tho, I'm alttle panicked with the order of our home shaken up a bit, I know that I can trust God to give each of us what we need in this transition. Noah and Isaiah are just thrilled that they can have a "sleepover" EVERY SINGLE NIGHT!
Faith will sleep between Caleb's room and in our room. She will be put to bed in either room, depending on the circumstances. She's a good girl and will adjust to where ever we tell her to go to sleep, so that's a blessing.
THat's a little update for you for now
Friday, August 25, 2006
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Time is precious
Even though from our perspective and our own circumstances, it seems that life can halt for you, IT DOESN"T. God is still moving, working and wanting you to join him.
I've been getting my home ready for the next season of our life, which are some big things...as you know. Baby, reno's, new home and school.
Everyday is an oppurtunity to grow or not grow. we all have the same amount of time on this earth. 24 hours a day and we live in the present. we can't live in the past or the future, so all we have is right now. Some of us may only have a few years left, some may have a lifetime. But I know that me, and only me will be held accountable for the way that I spent my time. I've just been convicted of this time thing.
It's so precious. It only comes once. Once it passes, it never comes back. Once you say mean words, sleep in too long, stay on the phone too long(which i do too often) you can never get that time back. But investing it in the word of God, learning who He is, will be invaluable to you the rest of your life.
A few years back, I was going through the Bible on CD. going through the books and made it up to 2nd Samuel. Last Sunday, as Dale was talking about the endtimes, and what's going on in Israel, I was totally convicted that I haven't even finished reading the old testament! I really really desire to know His word. The more I know, the more I realize HOW CRUTIAL it is that I know it and believe it.
I also know that a desire is great and all, but desire doesn't make it when the rubber meets the road. The desire is a start, but only that. a start. Then you need commitment, discipline and perseverance. And constant prayer for power and grace.
I refuse to let this precious time pass without the eternal things being sown into. I look back at the last 10 years and realize that in that smae amount of time,
Noah will be 17! Isaiah will be 15! Caleb will be 20!!!
The baby will be 10! 2 Of my kids will be driving, near graduation and making choices of where God will lead them as adults! Joe and I will be 38 and 40! We will have been married 20 years!
It just has me all thinking that's all. God has given us free will...THANK YOU FOR IT! Cause you can CHOSE him, which is so beautiful!
I've been getting my home ready for the next season of our life, which are some big things...as you know. Baby, reno's, new home and school.
Everyday is an oppurtunity to grow or not grow. we all have the same amount of time on this earth. 24 hours a day and we live in the present. we can't live in the past or the future, so all we have is right now. Some of us may only have a few years left, some may have a lifetime. But I know that me, and only me will be held accountable for the way that I spent my time. I've just been convicted of this time thing.
It's so precious. It only comes once. Once it passes, it never comes back. Once you say mean words, sleep in too long, stay on the phone too long(which i do too often) you can never get that time back. But investing it in the word of God, learning who He is, will be invaluable to you the rest of your life.
A few years back, I was going through the Bible on CD. going through the books and made it up to 2nd Samuel. Last Sunday, as Dale was talking about the endtimes, and what's going on in Israel, I was totally convicted that I haven't even finished reading the old testament! I really really desire to know His word. The more I know, the more I realize HOW CRUTIAL it is that I know it and believe it.
I also know that a desire is great and all, but desire doesn't make it when the rubber meets the road. The desire is a start, but only that. a start. Then you need commitment, discipline and perseverance. And constant prayer for power and grace.
I refuse to let this precious time pass without the eternal things being sown into. I look back at the last 10 years and realize that in that smae amount of time,
Noah will be 17! Isaiah will be 15! Caleb will be 20!!!
The baby will be 10! 2 Of my kids will be driving, near graduation and making choices of where God will lead them as adults! Joe and I will be 38 and 40! We will have been married 20 years!
It just has me all thinking that's all. God has given us free will...THANK YOU FOR IT! Cause you can CHOSE him, which is so beautiful!
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
For a friend that needs the truth of God's goodness
I was talking to a friend earlier and God played this song.....I felt that my friend needed to hear these lyrics
Avalon/The dreams I have for you
You taste the tears
Your lost in sorrow
you see your yesterdays
I see tomorrow
you see the darkness
I see a spark
you know your failures
but I know your heart
the dreams I dream for you
are deeper than the ones your clinging to
more precious than the finest things you do
and truer than the treasures you pursue
let the old dreams die
like stars that fade from view
and take the cup i offer
and drink deeply of the dreams i dream for you
you see your shame
but I see your glory
you read one page
but I know the story
I hold a vision
that you'll become
as you grow in truth
as you learn to walk in love
The dreams I dream for you
are deeper than the ones your clinging to
more precious than the finest things you do
truer than the tresures you pursue
let the old dreams die
like stars that fade from view
and take the cup I offer
and drink deeply of the dreams i dream for you
Monday, August 21, 2006
bragging on joe again
super quick, before I nod off to sleep in front of this screen, I just wanted to say how happy I am with the hubby God gave me.
He doesn't point out my faults, like I do to him. He has true faith in the God that lives in me that I'm going to fulfill my purposes and callings. He doesn't doubt me. He trusts me, loves me and takes care of me. He works hard at providing for us, leading us and playing with us.
Tonight, he went off to work for the evening and came home to help me finish my work. With a sincere heart of servanthood, he helped me plug away at a job that I've been avoiding for weeks now. The hall closet...(aarrrgghhh, puke, barff...) I've been wanting to reorganize it before our homeschool starts, but dreading going through all the puzzles, the paints, the endless markers, playdoh tubs.....
As I type and blink lots here, Joe is upstairs, finishing the job that I just couldn't look at anymore. He will come to bed, kiss me goodnight and he never forgets to say I love you beofre we fall asleep.
I am so thankful for him. These days, there hasn't been a day that goes by that I am not amazed at his heart, his attitude, his love for me and the kids. He gave me the cheque book today and said, "we are now going to mark in the back of this book when and how much..."
I gave him a funny look and with humor, I sarcasticly nodded. He's really a totally different person than when we met 11 years ago.
Well, goodnight. My sis moves in 2 sleeps!!!!!!!!! soon to be 1 sleep, right next to me!!!!!
He doesn't point out my faults, like I do to him. He has true faith in the God that lives in me that I'm going to fulfill my purposes and callings. He doesn't doubt me. He trusts me, loves me and takes care of me. He works hard at providing for us, leading us and playing with us.
Tonight, he went off to work for the evening and came home to help me finish my work. With a sincere heart of servanthood, he helped me plug away at a job that I've been avoiding for weeks now. The hall closet...(aarrrgghhh, puke, barff...) I've been wanting to reorganize it before our homeschool starts, but dreading going through all the puzzles, the paints, the endless markers, playdoh tubs.....
As I type and blink lots here, Joe is upstairs, finishing the job that I just couldn't look at anymore. He will come to bed, kiss me goodnight and he never forgets to say I love you beofre we fall asleep.
I am so thankful for him. These days, there hasn't been a day that goes by that I am not amazed at his heart, his attitude, his love for me and the kids. He gave me the cheque book today and said, "we are now going to mark in the back of this book when and how much..."
I gave him a funny look and with humor, I sarcasticly nodded. He's really a totally different person than when we met 11 years ago.
Well, goodnight. My sis moves in 2 sleeps!!!!!!!!! soon to be 1 sleep, right next to me!!!!!
Saturday, August 12, 2006
3 things....
3 Things that scare me:
1. Getting cancer.
2. Not raising my kids to be responsible, selfless, productive, God fearing worshippers.
3. Being somewhere really high up with no railings
3 People who make me laugh:
1. My sister who I can do "instant replays" with
2. My kids, who do and say the craziest things sometimes, like when Noah said, "mom, i'm a big helper! I help you eat ALL the food!"
3. Anyone who gets hurt and it looks super funny
3 Things I Love:
1. Hot and spicy food...anything that burns my tongue off.
2. Joe having the day off and spending time just walking, or going to the mall, hanging out together
3. Getting out with my friends, usually spending it in the saskatoon asian resturant, eating deep fried vietnamese rolls dipped in super spicy hot sauce (I must be craving this or something!!)
4. And of course I LOVE being pregnant!
3 Things I Hate:
1. I hate when my house is super messy and I don't know where to start
2. Feeling really hot or really cold
3. people who aren't honest
3 Things I don't Understand:
1. Most history, higher level math, higher level science....well, pretty much anything past grade 8, I probably don't understand it!
2. Where malaysia is, I just know it's far
3. How we can get so self focused and foget about our purpose so easily
3 Things on my Floor:
Only 3!...
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9... Clothes, toys, a bowl and spoon, spilled baby powder, pony tails, a winter boot, a suitcase, books, a christmas wreath, a make up pencil, a popcorn seed, a safety pin....nufff said....
3 Things I'm doing right now:
1. Listening to my darling children play so nicely together (they are playing "farm")
2. drinking my coffee, so that I can be kick started into today
3. hoping that Faith actually fell asleep
3 Things I want to do before I die:
1. Go on a rollercoaster tour around the world, riding the world's craziest most daring most scariest rollercoasters!
2. Travel to nature's most beautiful breath taking places with Joe and be all in love
3. Be a cross country runner and do the splits
3 Things I can do:
1. I can clean a super dirty big huge basement in 15 minutes flat!
2. I can multi task a ton of things in my home with many kids, chores, phonecalls...etc..
3. can love my kids more than anyone else in this world! (other than God)
3 Ways to describe my personality:
Sanguine through and through
1. Energized by people
2. Discouraged when disorganized
3. Love to be in the lime light
3 Things I Think you should listen to:
1. The holy spirit that lives in you, the only source of truth and life and will tell you the heart of God for you
2. My sister's cd
3. to a baby laugh especailly faith!
3 Things I Don't think you should listen to:
1. Those voices around you that tell you you're no good, not good enough and that you're never going to make it
2. Any kind of heavy, hard, metal which has many gross messages that go against God's will and way or bad rap that swears and talks about rape, racism, woman discrimination, sex, drugs...
3. Gossip, slander, foul talk....we need to learn to just say, "please, I don't want to hear that, can we talk about something else, more uplifting"
3 Favorite Foods:
1. HOT SPICY, onions, peppers, garlic anything to enhance flavour
2. Mc donalds big macs (blush)
3. bean burritos from taco time
3 Beverages I drink regularly:
1. Caffiene drinks (tea, coffee, diet coke...)
2. milk
3. crystal light
3 Shows I watch:
1. Borrowed the dvd set of "24" with keifer sutherland....oh my gosh...good show!
2. I like to watch AFV (America's funniest home videos)and watch people get hurt like fall off trampolines, trip on things....
3. worship videos as I clean (hillsongs mostly)
Join in if you have the time! it was fun!
1. Getting cancer.
2. Not raising my kids to be responsible, selfless, productive, God fearing worshippers.
3. Being somewhere really high up with no railings
3 People who make me laugh:
1. My sister who I can do "instant replays" with
2. My kids, who do and say the craziest things sometimes, like when Noah said, "mom, i'm a big helper! I help you eat ALL the food!"
3. Anyone who gets hurt and it looks super funny
3 Things I Love:
1. Hot and spicy food...anything that burns my tongue off.
2. Joe having the day off and spending time just walking, or going to the mall, hanging out together
3. Getting out with my friends, usually spending it in the saskatoon asian resturant, eating deep fried vietnamese rolls dipped in super spicy hot sauce (I must be craving this or something!!)
4. And of course I LOVE being pregnant!
3 Things I Hate:
1. I hate when my house is super messy and I don't know where to start
2. Feeling really hot or really cold
3. people who aren't honest
3 Things I don't Understand:
1. Most history, higher level math, higher level science....well, pretty much anything past grade 8, I probably don't understand it!
2. Where malaysia is, I just know it's far
3. How we can get so self focused and foget about our purpose so easily
3 Things on my Floor:
Only 3!...
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9... Clothes, toys, a bowl and spoon, spilled baby powder, pony tails, a winter boot, a suitcase, books, a christmas wreath, a make up pencil, a popcorn seed, a safety pin....nufff said....
3 Things I'm doing right now:
1. Listening to my darling children play so nicely together (they are playing "farm")
2. drinking my coffee, so that I can be kick started into today
3. hoping that Faith actually fell asleep
3 Things I want to do before I die:
1. Go on a rollercoaster tour around the world, riding the world's craziest most daring most scariest rollercoasters!
2. Travel to nature's most beautiful breath taking places with Joe and be all in love
3. Be a cross country runner and do the splits
3 Things I can do:
1. I can clean a super dirty big huge basement in 15 minutes flat!
2. I can multi task a ton of things in my home with many kids, chores, phonecalls...etc..
3. can love my kids more than anyone else in this world! (other than God)
3 Ways to describe my personality:
Sanguine through and through
1. Energized by people
2. Discouraged when disorganized
3. Love to be in the lime light
3 Things I Think you should listen to:
1. The holy spirit that lives in you, the only source of truth and life and will tell you the heart of God for you
2. My sister's cd
3. to a baby laugh especailly faith!
3 Things I Don't think you should listen to:
1. Those voices around you that tell you you're no good, not good enough and that you're never going to make it
2. Any kind of heavy, hard, metal which has many gross messages that go against God's will and way or bad rap that swears and talks about rape, racism, woman discrimination, sex, drugs...
3. Gossip, slander, foul talk....we need to learn to just say, "please, I don't want to hear that, can we talk about something else, more uplifting"
3 Favorite Foods:
1. HOT SPICY, onions, peppers, garlic anything to enhance flavour
2. Mc donalds big macs (blush)
3. bean burritos from taco time
3 Beverages I drink regularly:
1. Caffiene drinks (tea, coffee, diet coke...)
2. milk
3. crystal light
3 Shows I watch:
1. Borrowed the dvd set of "24" with keifer sutherland....oh my gosh...good show!
2. I like to watch AFV (America's funniest home videos)and watch people get hurt like fall off trampolines, trip on things....
3. worship videos as I clean (hillsongs mostly)
Join in if you have the time! it was fun!
Friday, August 11, 2006
I've been imprisioned by my own opinion.....of me e e....
Saw my sister's house today....inside is so beautiful. All she could say is, "i'm changing this, I'm changing that, I CAN change this IF I WANT TO,....." She even pointed to a square mirror in her bathroom and said, "I can change this!" Of course, I wondered, what on earth for....it's a mirror!
The joys of renting for our childhood throughout our married life! Not able to paint a drop, or change a knob. I think it's so neat that my sister and I are in the same stages of life. Buying a house, having a baby, finishing a basement, living on the same street....but yet spending time with God this morning, He was reminding me of how different we really are. I look up to my little sister alot and sometimes it's hard to remmeber that God made me to be different than her. Our whole lives, we were unseperable...for the most part. I was like her mother hen, I practically raised her in some ways! I convinced myself that we were the same, we thought the same, acted the same and when someone would ask me what would ninette do, I would just tell them what I would do, cause for sure she would pick the same thing as me! Till one day several years back, ninette said to me that she was a melancholy and I was a sanguine.....long pause, in shock, I couldn't believe she would be different. I'm so thankful that God showed her who he made her. And she continues to grow THE WAY GOD MADE HER.
God's been trying to talk to me about embracing me for me for years. To love who He made ME to be. This morning as God was talking to me about how unique and special I am and how the purposes He has for me can only be fulfilled by me, I am heart broken. I am broken that I still am not confident in who I am in Jesus. That I am special and there's no one in the world like me. No one will homeschool my kids like me, no one will renovate my house like I will. No one will handle and raise 5 kids like I can. No one will witness like me, pray like me, worship exactly like me. These words, I need to think of these things. I have spent most of my life trying to be like people I look up to and then miss the special things that only me can do.
This next year is a huge one for me.
I am buying my first home
I am having a new baby
I am renovating our basement
I am homeschooling a grade 2, a kindergartener, and a toddler
I am going to be a new auntie
I am going to grow in Christ
A song my sister wrote for me still plays in my head:
Well I am headed for the unknown
Sometimes it feels like im walking this road alone
this is the most bitter-sweet road I've known
This road I'm headin for I know will come with trials
To fully understand why I know will take a while
Still I will trust you for many unknown miles
And I'll do it all with my own unique bent and style
For You lead out the prisoners into prosperity
I've been imprisoned by my own opinion of me
Well, I've been called to go against the raging flow
This means I need to let go of everything I think I know
Cause I know I'll never walk this road on my own
You will never forsake or leave me alone
I will fix my eyes on you and you will give me strenght for what I need to do
for You lead out the prisoners into prosperity
I've been imprisoned by my own opinion of me
Written by Ninette Moore
Pray for me if God leads you. Love you all!
The joys of renting for our childhood throughout our married life! Not able to paint a drop, or change a knob. I think it's so neat that my sister and I are in the same stages of life. Buying a house, having a baby, finishing a basement, living on the same street....but yet spending time with God this morning, He was reminding me of how different we really are. I look up to my little sister alot and sometimes it's hard to remmeber that God made me to be different than her. Our whole lives, we were unseperable...for the most part. I was like her mother hen, I practically raised her in some ways! I convinced myself that we were the same, we thought the same, acted the same and when someone would ask me what would ninette do, I would just tell them what I would do, cause for sure she would pick the same thing as me! Till one day several years back, ninette said to me that she was a melancholy and I was a sanguine.....long pause, in shock, I couldn't believe she would be different. I'm so thankful that God showed her who he made her. And she continues to grow THE WAY GOD MADE HER.
God's been trying to talk to me about embracing me for me for years. To love who He made ME to be. This morning as God was talking to me about how unique and special I am and how the purposes He has for me can only be fulfilled by me, I am heart broken. I am broken that I still am not confident in who I am in Jesus. That I am special and there's no one in the world like me. No one will homeschool my kids like me, no one will renovate my house like I will. No one will handle and raise 5 kids like I can. No one will witness like me, pray like me, worship exactly like me. These words, I need to think of these things. I have spent most of my life trying to be like people I look up to and then miss the special things that only me can do.
This next year is a huge one for me.
I am buying my first home
I am having a new baby
I am renovating our basement
I am homeschooling a grade 2, a kindergartener, and a toddler
I am going to be a new auntie
I am going to grow in Christ
A song my sister wrote for me still plays in my head:
Well I am headed for the unknown
Sometimes it feels like im walking this road alone
this is the most bitter-sweet road I've known
This road I'm headin for I know will come with trials
To fully understand why I know will take a while
Still I will trust you for many unknown miles
And I'll do it all with my own unique bent and style
For You lead out the prisoners into prosperity
I've been imprisoned by my own opinion of me
Well, I've been called to go against the raging flow
This means I need to let go of everything I think I know
Cause I know I'll never walk this road on my own
You will never forsake or leave me alone
I will fix my eyes on you and you will give me strenght for what I need to do
for You lead out the prisoners into prosperity
I've been imprisoned by my own opinion of me
Written by Ninette Moore
Pray for me if God leads you. Love you all!
Monday, August 07, 2006
owning our first home! THE ONE WE"RE IN!!
my hubby said it mostly, so i'm going to be lazy and guide you to his blog for you to find out!
don't feel like typing much these days, so this way, just read his for this post.
don't feel like typing much these days, so this way, just read his for this post.
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
The older training the younger
In a few months, I will be trying to nurse a baby, school an older child, and my little dearest Faith will be getting into trouble, and I will need the help of one of her siblings to keep her safe and follwing the rules of our home.....What will this all look like????
Our little baby is now entered into "toddlerhood".....SIGH......
Her new word is "no" although she doesn't use it to defy her authorities, she uses it to defy her silblings.
Ever since birth, Joe and I have been diligent in loving her will under our authority. We have trained her where she is generally a very pleasant happy camper. She comes when she's called. She mostly stays in her toddler bed, she doesn't touch forbidden things and compared to my other kids, she is very obedient and delightful.
But I realize with another baby coming, I am going to need some more help.....from my older children. When I talk to the bigger families (you know those with 6 to 8 kids) I ask how do you do it??? And the most common response is that the older help train the younger.
That gets me thinking about Faith's direct relationship with Noah and Isaiah. Unfortunatly, these relationships are not set up properly for the older to train the younger. I do notice that there are some good foundations laid, but more work needs to be done in order for our home to run smoothly when our baby comes.
Faith knows to submit to adults. (as long as the adult asserts their authority) She does not generally battle with mom, dad, aunts, and grandparents. Her silblings are a different story.
Faith and Isaiah share a room together. And I have been paying close attenetion to the way Isaiah talks to faith and the way she is "training her" Just because Isaiah is only 5, by her actions with faith, she is developing the kind of relationship they will have. They have a very good realtionship. Isaiah plays with her and tries to "take care of her"....if Faith will allow it. Both Noah and Isaiah are very kind hearted towards her. I have never seen them be mean to her....rough with her, yes, but never mean.
These foundations I am thankful for, becuase without this love that they have for her, the following wouldn't be able to happen.
I'm excited about this because this next season will be character building for the older kids. They will have to learn to grow in being patient, leading a younger child, having unconditional love, and serving. That part I see more fun to work along side of them and teach them how to train Faith. But Faith.......sheesh, that's going to be a challenge....
She is so defiant towards them. She doesn't even want them to push her in the stroller! If they say "come" she runs the other way. If they say "no" she says no right back.
I will not allow my older children to spank her, so Joe and I will be praying this one out as to how to teach Faith to respect and follow her older silblings.
If you have any thoughts on this, please share. I know God is faithful and will reveal His plan for this family.
These are my thoughts...blessings
By the way, my hubby posted a good post. sometimes, I feel bad for him that no one comments on his blog...that just my protective self coming out...
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