Is Mother Nature real?

So that is the question of the day. Jack asked his Daddy last night at bedtime if Mother Nature was real. Mark said no that she was fictional. Jack said, "Well who controls the weather then?" Thomas replied, "God." Mark said yes, God takes care of the weather. Jack said well, doesn't she help God take care of the weather? Mark said no she is not real. Jack insisted that she was real and that she helped God take care of the weather. So then he asked if there was a "Jack Frost?" Mark said no, that he was fictional also. Jack decided that his Daddy was probably right on that one. So then he asked where Santa parked his sleigh. Since we don't have a chimney would he park on the roof or in the front yard. Mark said he parks in the front yard. Mark asked him why he wanted to know and Jack simply replied he wasn't sure where he should put the reindeer food. My kids are so innocent I hope they stay that way forever.
I have a special Santa Key that only Santa can use to get in our front door. I have had mine for years. Back when Christmas Around the World was popular they carried one. I have recently seen some in Hallmark and a few other places. They tell the story that you can hang this key outside your door on Christmas Eve and only Santa is able to use it. Even if you have a fire place with a chimney he would like to use the key, that way it saves wear and tear on his suit. So every Christmas Eve before the kids go to bed they hang Santas' special key on the front door.

Christmas Program

The kids had their Christmas Program at Church yesterday. Our Church gets all the kids involved that want to be involved. Some want to do a little bit of everything while others, like Thomas, only want to do a little. Thomas is a little shy, I know what some of you are thinking and yes he is shy sometimes. Jack was a wise man, Melchoir, and he sang a solo. Thomas was part of the caravan and he only sang when everyone else sang. Thomas also got to wear his pj's to Church and he thought that was the coolest. We have a great director for our Children's programs. She always comes up with something original that gets everyone involved. She does a great job getting the kids to do things they normally would not be willing to do. Like getting Thomas to sing.
My Mom and Dad got to come up for the program too. I am so glad the weather was not bad so that they could come up and see the boys. Thomas told me he was a little scared. He had an odd look on his face through the whole thing. I asked him what was wrong after the program and he said, "Mommy I think I had a little stage fright." I laughed and told him that was ok. All the kids did such a good job.

Catching Up. . .

One of my dear friends from High School got married the weekend before Thanksgiving and I was blessed to be able to attend. I have not seen her in probably ten or more years and it was so nice to see her and to be a part of her special day. I also got to catch up with another dear friend that I had not seen in at least six years, we were both pregnant when we last saw each other. It was great seeing them both. In school we were in separable. We sort of lost touch when we went to college and started our own families. But, you would have thought we were never apart. We picked up right where we left off those many years ago. Now, we all have families of our own and getting together is hard but, I hope we will be able to stay in touch. The one friend is a teacher where my nieces go to school. The one that got married is a little further away.
It is so hard to stay connected to your old friends when life is so crazy and you have your family to take care of. I am going to make it a point this next year to try and stay connected to these wonderful gals. As my Daddy always told me, "You can only go as far as your friends will let you go." That is one I will always remember and has held true for me.

Happy Thanksgiving !

Hope you all had a Happy Turkey Day! We had a big one. We spent lunch with Marks' family at his sisters' house. Then we went to my Moms' for dinner. I ate sooo much food but, it was all sooo good. We came home last night from Moms'. On the way I asked the kids to name some things they were thankful for, here is how they responded: Jack said he was thankful for, "food, shelter and parents." I am not sure if he is thankful for his parents or just parents in general he did not elaborate. Thomas said, "friends, parents, and food." Mark said he was thankful for his job. He has had a rough month with work. I said, "I am thankful for my family and the love we are able to share." That love did not last long, by the time we got home the boys were both fighting over who got to go to the bathroom first ect ect. . .
I am trying to get Thomas to try new foods since his list of things he will eat is very short. So Marks' sister had fixed some really good sweet potato casserole and she added the marshmallows so I did get him to eat some of that. I think he liked it even though he did not want to admit it. Jack still refers to the cranberry sauce as cranberry jello. That was the only way we could get him to eat it when he was little. Thomas tried that too. Again he will never admit that he liked it but he did eat what I had put on his plate.

Teaching the kids

Ok, so I had Children's Church this morning and we were talking about the books of the Bible. I was supposed to do the craft. I thought it would be a good idea to try and start teaching them the books of the Bible. I don't remember when I had to learn them but it was part of our Sunday School. I found some great websites that gave some information on how to teach the books of the Bible to the kids. To start you had to break them in smaller sections. So I decided that we would start with the New Testament and have them memorize; Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, and 1st and 2nd Corinthians. I tested this out on Thomas last night. I decided if he could remember them the other kids could do it too. He did pretty good. So this morning I was quizzing him and he started, "Matthew, Daddy, Luke" ect. . . I stared giggling. For those of you that do not know My husbands name is Mark. So we have told the kids they are not supposed to call us by our first names, we are Mommy and Daddy. So this is quite funny. He was a little embarrassed and I told him he should not be.
During Children's Church this morning Trish our director of education was teaching the lesson about the books of the Bible. She asked a few questions and I was pleasantly surprised that Jack knew many of the answers. The questions were not things that we discuss when we talk about the Bible. We have started our journey now to learn the books of the Bible. This should be very interesting.

School Spirit Week

Ok, so the school is having spirit week. The kids get to dress up and be silly to show their school spirit. Yesterday they got to dress like a Rock Star. Leave it to my kids to pick Kiss and Alice Cooper to dress up like. Thomas went as Paul Stanley from Kiss and Jack went as Alice Cooper. They did not wear wigs though. Today was wear your favorite teams colors so both boys wore their Miami jerseys and their Miami hats. They looked so cute. I will try to attach some pictures.

Tears for the Boys. . .

Tonight our fighting Knights lost their last game of the season. It was a bitter battle to the very end. Our boys fought the good fight but we lost 12 to 8. The team we lost to was ranked #1 and we were ranked #8. We were actually in a three way for 8th place. We had some tears from our boys it was sad. They worked so hard and tried so hard. They played a great game! I don't think I could have been prouder as a Mom if they had won. It is sad to see our season come to this end. I think it was as hard on the parents as it was on the kids. The kids have grown as ball players and have showed great sportsmanship.

Here is to all our Knights! Great job this year boys!