Just life lately...

A few moments of late:

* Max randomly decided he had a goal of doing 500 push-ups this morning.  So he did them.   Then he made his own lunch and snack, got himself dressed, combed his hair, and brushed his teeth without anyone asking.  Where did I get this little man?

*I learned a warm blanket from the dryer might be the trick to actually getting Jonas to really go to sleep for nap time (well, and bribing him with M&M's for his new gumball machine might have helped too)...

*Two days ago our lovely friend was over right before Valentine's Day.  As she tucked the kids in bed, she said "Kids, I want you to pray for Aunt Sara to find a husband." :)...

A moment later, Max popped up and said "You're lucky you asked me because I have very good prayers!"


*I totally lost track of time today and missed Max's school  pick-up time by 15 minutes (a first)!  I felt awful as I ran up to get him from the office.  His first words were: "Mom, I was freezing!"

Hot chocolate was only a natural part of my penance on that one.  We all gathered around the table with hot chocolate, whip cream, and marshmallows sipping happily.  Sometimes I wonder why we don't do that everyday.

*I have a mean canker that hurts like the devil when I eat chocolate.  This may be an answer to my prayer for help to get some self-control on my love for chocolate!

*Last week Jonas was very sick in bed and I stayed with him to sing him songs and tell him stories. After a while, Jonas decided it was time for him to tell me some stories.  He told me the story of how I got him.  This is it:

In heaven there was a race, and I drove a purple car in the race.  There were loops and a very high jump (I didn't look down).  I won the race and Jesus told me I could pick anyone I wanted.  I pointed up in the sky at Jonas and said, "I want that one.  I want that perfect boy."   And I was so, so happy because I wanted him so, so much.

Completely epic.  I buy it.