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My Life is Far From Boring!

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Apparently, Ace has some sort of rash/hive outbreak on his arm. It looks pretty gross and is slowly spreading from his upper arm down to his elbow on the outside of the arm and then to the inside. I contacted his doctor, and she told me to use an anti-fungal cream on it until we see her on Friday. If it continues to spread, I may try and see her tomorrow. He says it doesn’t hurt but occasionally complains when I touch it or put medicine on it. He scratches it some, but not often. We’re trying to figure out what it could be from. So far, I think it’s either from switching back to conventional milk (we were using organic but the store went up in price on it so we swapped back) or a sudden reaction to his Singulair (that he takes for the unknown allergies that cause chronic rhinitis…aka a chronic runny nose). All that to say, pray that it goes away soon. I always am concerned about my kids and when Ace’s body does something strange (it’s always bound to…especially his skin), I worry more..I know I should pray and I am doing that too.

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Ace’s Birthday Pics

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We’re now in “survival mode” at my house, so I’m trying to stay up to date with pictures. Please be patient with me. They’ll get up when I can sit up!

Here are pics of Ace on his birthday at Granddaddy & Ge’s.

Oh, yes, a soccer ball! I think he’s slept with this ball every night. And he still doesn’t want to take it outside.

What kid doesn’t like bubbles for his birthday??!!
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Happy #4 to my Ace-Man!

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Four years ago today, we were lovin’ on baby #2 to come into this world. Boy, has he been a blessing (but not without his challenges). We’ve been out of town visiting my parents yesterday and today and have just gotten back. He had a good celebration with them and because we had grandparents, Mark and I were able to take him out to breakfast which was a nice treat.

Ace is truly a gift from God as his middle name means. We treasure his silly faces, sweet spirit towards his baby brother and his occasional sweet spirit towards his other brother and sister. He also has such a way to make people laugh and smile. He loves to look at books as he had since he could crawl to the book shelf and pull them all down around him and flip through them. I look forward to seeing how God uses him in the future.

He told us his favorite part of the day was the cake, but I think he liked the presents too. He got a soccer ball that hasn’t left his arms. He doesn’t want to play with it outside because it might get dirty or wet.

He also declared as we were on our way home tonight, “I like being 4.” That’s good, because he has 364 more days of it.

Pictures hopefully will be up tomorrow.

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Not doing too good…

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Liam’s potty training is pretty much…how shall I say…down the toilet! He’s not quite there but I’m not giving up. He goes quite frequently on the potty but he can’t keep his pants dry nor does that seem to disturb him…all we’ve got is time though.

My ear started bothering me last night and continued through the night. By morning, I realized that I was getting an infection and trekked to the doctor with three semi-obedient children and a grumpy baby. After waiting 2 hours, Liam decided he didn’t like my “shoe stays on when we’re out” rule and kept taking them off and pitching a fit…we got in a room and seen quickly 🙂

Ace has a new saying that he made up all on his own. We’ll call it his “mantra” or “motto” although he rarely lives by it: We get what we get and we don’t pitch a fit. A little explanation: Ace has this attitude that he should receive everything he wants exactly how he wants it. Not sure where that came from because we don’t give in to whining or complaining, but it’s there. So if he doesn’t get what he wants he thinks that he can scream and yell and call us names to get what he wants. Again, that doesn’t happen. After having one of those fit pitching episodes at Wal-Mart today, he started saying that. I like it…we’ll use it 🙂

And for those non-Southerners…pitching a fit means a temper tantrum!

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Painting…

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Okay, here’s the set up: I was working on finishing up baby gifts for some friends (lots of friends) and the kids asked Mark if they could water paint…he let them. Here’s the results!

It took Liam a couple of pages before he realized that he was painting with only water. Mark’s so sneaky!

Zoe the “artist”

Ace hard at work with Black! It’s a dark world he lives in sometimes.
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On the Hunt and More…

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We traveled to downtown to go on an Easter Egg Hunt. Zoe and Ace really got into the hunt and loved grabbing up eggs. Liam, not so much. I think he thought it was too much like “clean up time.” And so, he protested the whole idea. He liked seeing that there were prices (junk) in the eggs but only wanted to get that out, not actually pick up eggs. After going on the hunt, we went to Fort Discovery. It’s a National Science Museum and we all had such a good time. We only got to play on one level because the elevator was broken and if you think I’m lugging two kids in a double stroller up stairs…you’re crazy! Oh, Zoe and Ace wanted to get their picture made with “the bunny” as they called him. They had no clue who he was supposed to be. Personally, I find a mutant bunny to be a little scary. Oh well.

Zoe and Ace searching for the perfect egg.

“What am I supposed to do??”


At Fort Discovery…

“Cifford, mommy, Cifford.” Apparently, Clifford needed to hold Liam for a little bit.

My children–magnetic forces of nature!
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You’re A…

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When I was little, I got in trouble for calling people names. So, as I was put in time out for doing something (I got in time out a lot), my mom said that I turned and looked at her and with my meanest voice said, “You…you…ALLIGATOR.”

Well, today during school Ace wasn’t listening to me and so we put up the craft we were working on. He looked at me and said…

“You…you’re a shoo fly. You’re not the mommy, you’re a shoo fly.”

I lost it and just started laughing at him. Such a good mommy!

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Creative Correction

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I have discovered that we have one of “those” kids. You know, the ones that throw toys, objects, etc when they don’t get their way. He also hits. If you must need me to tell (like most of you can’t guess), it’s Liam. It’s mostly at tantrum stage that he starts this, so I really am at a lost what to do. He’s already broken a glass and toys because of this behavior. I asked the experts (okay, one, my mom) and they (she) didn’t have a clue what to do.

So, last night, we flipped through Creative Correction by Lisa Welchel to see how to thwart the behavior. One of her suggestions was to send him outside until he can change his attitude. This being done with the purpose of removing them from where they are getting attention (if I walk away from Liam he follows and continues).

I can’t really send Liam outside because he’ll play. I don’t like for them to go outside without me anyway. So, our solution is this (please don’t think me cruel). We set up the playpen in our closet and yes, it’s that big. When he starts a major tantrum, I send him there for a couple of minutes and then talk to him. So far, it’s working! I do give him a warning. I do not close the door or leave the light off. He’s just removed from the rest of the household and in a safe place.

Next up, Zoe and Ace have been using ugly words to each other. I’ve thought of this before but forgot about it until last night. So, when they use ugly words to each other they have to literally hold their tongue. “Keep your tongue from evil…” Psalm 34:13

And finally, Ace has been having a real hard time with his attitude and chores. I read in Creative Correction about adding chores to his list every time he pitches a fit about doing his jobs. These are extra jobs on top of his regular jobs. Needless to say, I have some clean windows and the living room is dusted! Mark’s getting help with the trash and Zoe got to skip carrying her clothes down for laundry day! I’m going to have some shiny windows out of all this since he can’t really do or reach a lot for his chores.

Just thought I’d share some new discipline strategies…life’s been a little bit easier around here today 🙂

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Object Lessons from Ace

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The other night, we were having dinner and Ace was in one of “those” moods. He demanded more ketchup and when no one answered, he decided to ask for ketchup. However, he still had plenty of ketchup on his plate. He had taken a fry moved the ketchup around and then asked for more. Mark told him that he couldn’t have more but when he ran out of ketchup he would get more. Ace felt perfectly sure that he deserved more ketchup because he had smeared what he had around on the plate so that it didn’t look like so much. He pitched a fit. He left the table. He cooled off. And while he was cooling off I looked at Mark and said, “How often do we do that?”

How often do we take what God has given us and spread it out and then demanded more? See, I only have a three bedroom house…if I cram more “stuff” in to it, there’s not enough room for anything else…I WANT MORE GOD!

I guess we live in a day where we think we deserve more. However, what God has given us is enough! I’m learning, since the “ketchup” incidence to be content with what I have today. My babies, my house, my busyness, my wonderful husband. Content because they were all given to me by God. He knows better what I need and what I can handle. He only gives me what I need and what I can handle. So, I’ll be content in him.

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