Tales From The Toybox

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, ‘If I could only see the world, I will marry you.’
 
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.
 
He asked her,’Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?’ The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn’t expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.
 
Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her saying: ‘Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before they were yours, they were mine.’
 
This is how the human brain often works when our status changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who was always by their side in the most painful situations.
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We visited Sea World again this past weekend. We have season passes and want to make the most of it! Olivia LOVES the dolphins and begs us to take her there almost daily. The next trip we plan on spending the entire day at the water park. The $106 we spent will be well worth the money!

Here’s Olivia right outside Dolphin Cove.

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I spend a lot of time making fun of my youngest daughter’s lack of interest in the bathroom, so today I’d like to share a quick story that will show off how intelligent she truly is for her age. Remember, she’s only 2.5!

Last Wednesday Jacqui was over. She is trying out for a leader position in her marching band. She REALLY wants to be a Drill Leader and I think she’d be great at it! So she asked us if she could practice her speech on us and, of course, we agreed. We all gathered around in the living room and Jacqui began her speech. Those of you who know Jacqui know she is very animated, but still, her topic was not one a two year-old is much interested in. About five minutes into her speech Jacqui begins discussing the topic of marching formations and how the freshman always struggle when they first learn the formations. Mind you Olivia has been sitting there quietly (none of us even dreaming that she’s listening) for about 5 minutes. So the speech from there went something like this:

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I tell you, Olivia will make a wonderful mother some day! She already has some of the skills that it takes to raise a child and she’s only two and a half! I am so proud of her. Today she changed a diaper all by herself! Not just any diaper either…no, she changed her OWN diaper. She spent 30 minutes prior to that begging me for a fresh diaper and I told her, “No. I will take you to the potty but I will not change your diaper. If you want a fresh diaper, change it yourself.” And she did! So all you parents out there who are sooooo proud of your little ones who tee tee on the potty…pshtttt! That’s nothing! My kid can change her own diaper, top that!

Now, if she’d just get her own job so she can pay for them!!

The kids had fun this morning playing in our backyard like they do most days that the weather is nice. Carson has decided that the grass is not so bad and it’s easier on his knees than crawling on our rough patio. He really likes to climb up and down the car ramp!

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Olivia just loves to dance. I found this little ballerina outfit at a garage sale and had to get it for her. She has a natural talent for dancing…obviously inherited from me This summer she will be taking a tap, ballet, and jazz class. I can’t wait to watch her in class! With her sassy little attitude she should be very entertaining!

Blowing kisses…

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Thanks to my sister-in-law, I have a new hobby. Lindsay and I are making our very first real-life baby dolls. It’s a form of doll-painting called reborning. So far it’s been a lot of fun and I can tell that it might possibly be very addictive. I found it hard to put my baby down yesterday! Here is what our doll heads looked like before we started any of the painting.
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DO NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY WITH FLIP PHONES! A new study has revealed that flip phones can cause very serious side effects to the reproductive development of young children. Keep all flip phones out of the reach of children. Please send a link to this blog to everyone you know! If it prevents even one injury to an innocent child, it will have been worth it. Do it for the sake of the children. If you doubt the importance of this warning, please continue reading…

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Possibilities

pos·si·bil·i·ty        (pŏs’ə-bĭl’ĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. pos·si·bil·i·ties

1.                Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances.

2.               Capable of occurring or being done without offense to character, nature, or custom.

3.               Capable of favorable development; potential: a possible site for the new capital.

4.               Of uncertain likelihood.

It occurred to me today how much time we humans waste contemplating possibilities. I mean, think about it. Possibilities are intertwined in every aspect of our lives. Jesus tells us in Matthew 19 that, “it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” This doesn’t leave any room for possibilities because seriously, who do you know that is small enough to fit through the eye of a needle? Yet he follows that statement in Matthew 19:26 with, “ Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’”  Did you catch that part? “ALL” things are possible with God.

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Carson’s doctor gave us a prescription for 2 days worth of Zofran so we can get some food in this child! We gave it to him every 8 hours today (and no vomiting…yea!) and tomorrow we are only to use it if he vomits. If he is still vomiting on Thursday, we’ll have to go in for some ultrasounds of his belly. Hopefully that won’t be necessary!