White wash

When is it to young to know about a face wash?  When did you experience your first face wash?  I remember being outside playing when my seven year old was trying to teach my two year old how to throw snow in the air.  Little did the seven year old know that my two year old knew how to do so already.  I know what you are thinking, but no my two year old didn't end up throwing snow in his face.  So the seven year old was tossing snow, then handed his brother some snow.  So Aiden, my two year old, was looking at it and my seven year old thought hey maybe I should grab his arms to help him throw the snow in the air.  Next thing you know Aiden has a face full of snow and the look on his face was beyond a picture perfect moment.  He was beyond disbelief what had just happened.  He was walking around in a circle until his brother got the snow off his face.  This was not his first white wash although it is his first from someone else.  

to dream or not to dream

I have two children that will go to bed if you tell them to, almost like they enjoy that more than anything.    I wonder what they dream of though when they sleep.  Have you ever thought about it, do they dream about crazy things like purple dinosaurs that eat grey trees.  Or cars that actually talk to them.  I look at my children and I have to wonder what goes on in their heads sometimes.  If they are anything like me they probably have purple ponies or flying kangaroos.  I can see my son having dreams about cars driving people.  Or my daughter dreaming about her prince charming also known as daddy.  I think it's more fun trying to imagine what they are dreaming about just how they wake up or look at you when  you go in their room to get them.  like when they wake up in a bad mood they must have had such a great dream they didn't want to wake up.  Or if they are in a good mood the dream finished and they got the ending they wanted.  Or if they wake up screaming you know something scared them.  You can definitely tell a lot about how a child or even just any person wakes up for that matter.  Then with my seven year old you just hear some interesting things from his dreams.  You know how he depicts his family members for example, a bad guy came in and my husband was the hero and I helped protect the kids in a safe place.  He see's my husband as the protector and me as the loving caring type that he can be safe around.  

No school what?

Is it just me or does it seem as if there is a lot of days off for schools now days.  When I was in school it felt like forever since we had a day off or early release.  Having my seven year old in my home makes you realize how many days they actually get off.  I wouldn't go as far as to say I am complaining but you sure don't realize how much more work a seven year old is until you already have a houseful and add that age in.  It's worse when they don't have another child their age to play with.  Glad we have social gatherings with friends or family with children around that same age.  Granted it can be pretty entertaining the things that they can come up with.  But sometimes the kids can just be in your face.  If I think it's bad now wait until summer.  That will be another long 3 months.  Hopefully this summer will be more fun for him and he will hopefully be able to get together with friends near his age or make friends with our neighbor children.  God has a fun sense of humor when He wants to doesn't He.  If you don't think so feel free to hold a conversation with my seven year old any time you please.  I can almost guarantee you will be entertained.  

What if....

What if you could have a super power what would it be?  I would have to say I would have eight arms and super human speed and I would be known as Octoswift.  Keep in mind these powers will only be visible when they are needed, so you don't stick out like a sore thumb.  I mean think about it you would have an arm per child, an arm for cooking, an arm for cleaning, reading a book, picking up toys or whatever else you need to do.  The speed would be so nice so you can clean up a spill or mess before any of your children get into it.  Or if your child decides to run away you can get them while outside and your luck if you have more than one they seem to plot against you.  One goes one way the other child goes the other direction.  Don't you just love how they can be slower than molasses when you ask them to pick up something or do something but boom, the minute they lock their eyes on something at a distance they are quicker than a sled on ice going down a steep hill.  The arms would be so nice especially when you have littler children.  Have you ever had two small children close enough in age where they needed to be carried or held on to in some way?  I mean try opening a car door with two kids in the dead of winter, or even your house door.  You have to dig your keys out, try and find the right key to the lock and then open it.  That's a chore in itself because of course children don't always do what you intend for them to.  They tend to flop whichever way you lean instead of holding on themselves.  Then if you just get home from the grocery store you have bags you are trying to carry.  It's a major juggling trick, probably more fun to watch than it is to be the person doing it that's for sure.