Twenty Feet of Grace: The Adventures of Swifty: The Elusive Mouse Who Made a Family Paranoid and Unable to Sleep For 3 Nights

Thursday, November 4, 2010

The Adventures of Swifty: The Elusive Mouse Who Made a Family Paranoid and Unable to Sleep For 3 Nights

Ok, though the title may give a clue, I won't bother posting about it. Just be glad you weren't in my closet at 6:45 am Tuesday. Thankfully, some good things happened that day as well, like watching the midterm election results. It was also the day Nathan turned one. Actually, we haven't even celebrated yet. It's not really required if the birthday child has no clue what a birthday is, right? Anyway, enough about Tuesday.
Today we hired yet another realtor. The ForSaleByOwner attempt just hasn't generated enough interest, and the agent we're with now - Brent - has an honest and successful approach to selling homes. We met him a few months ago and have been able to observe his business practices and integrity. He's a genuine Christian man who is sympathetic to our situation, and after a lot of prayer and consideration we decided hiring him is in our best interest.

There's been plenty of ups and downs this week. Matt and I feel at our wits' end as each day passes without a job offer or movement on the house. However, God has brought my attention to Jeremiah 31:2-3 several times this week:

"Thus says the LORD: "The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest, the LORD appeared to him from afar,

saying, " I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you."

Grace in the wilderness... such beautiful words to a parched soul!
And with those words, I'll close. My brain is tired and the kids are ready for bed. In honor of my new one year-old, I'm posting a few pictures.
Goodnight, dear readers!

Nathan Joseph, 2 weeks old

3 months

6 months. What a cutie!

Nov. 2, 2010 My truckload of mischief....Happy Birthday, Nate the Great!

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02/20/2012 ~ Luke has some unique observations about his baby sister. Yesterday he commented that my belly isn't big anymore because "I don't have anymore people in it". Today he asked me why Karis hates me. A little shocked, I replied that she doesn't hate me. He then asked why she's always mad at me. I guess he assumes that her crying means she's angry?
10/08/11 So excited to see a hard rain in our parched area, Luke looked out the window and exclaimed, "Mud pubbles! I wuv mud pubbles!" (I love his vocabulary!)
Me: "Seth, I've told you a hundred times not to leave your cup at the water dispenser while it's filling." Seth: "It's fine. I won't forget about it." ....Three minutes later Seth runs frantically from his bedroom into the kitchen:"Dang it! Mom! Quick - I need a mop!!!"
The younger children are really into Star Wars right now. Katie was drawing a picture of some of the characters and wanted to make sure she labeled them correctly. "Mom, how do you spell Qui-gon Jinn?" I told her that I wasn't sure, to which she replied, "That's okay. Can you tell me how to spell "Big-Headed Guy"?"
Sometimes, a single letter in a word can change the whole meaning of what one is trying to say. For example, Abby said, "This gravy I made is so good because I added turkey droppings to it." After we all gagged, I asked her if she meant to say "turkey drippings". Oh yes, that's what she meant.
Katie, Katie, Katie... (shakes head in laughter) When asked what she saw at the museum the other day, she replied, "a dinosaur and lots of dead animals!" And later, when she was talking to Luke -- "I went to the museum with the girls because I wanted to see dead animals." So, nevermind all the cool stuff like pottery from 315BC or ancient Roman coins; nope - that place was just full of deceased creatures.
We've been working with Luke to help him speak more clearly. He's often hard to understand because he can't form some of his sounds correctly. Today he asked for a "nanana". I corrected him by slowly saying "ba-na-na" and asked him to repeat it. He tried but still couldn't pronounce it correctly. I urged him to try again, and he replied, "I tan't! My boice is goken!" (Let's see if you can decipher that one...)
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Ok - I talk with my hands, alright? I'm just very expressive when it comes to body language. Anyway, last week the kids watched one of the old-school Star Wars movies, and a little while later I witnessed the funniest moment: Katie was telling Nate all about the movie, and she said "...And then Darth Vader "died". " She made quotation marks with her fingers when she said the word. She didn't know I was watching until I laughed out loud. When I asked her why she made the gesture she replied, "because that's what you do, Mommy!"
Luke looooves bugs. If he sees one on the porch, he'll step on it and then run inside to get a tissue, use the tissue to pick up the dead bug, and then bring it inside to flush in the toilet. The other day as he was following the routine, he decided to try something different. I asked him where the bug was, and he replied, "in my mouth!". I was speechless.