Mama said there'll be days like this!

The lyrics, Mama said there'll be days like this, There'll be days like this Mama said. Ran through my head all day. All 3 kids have colds and Titus didn’t sleep well. So I was behind the eight ball just starting my day. Most days I try to maintain some kind of balance. Yeah, that didn't happen today.


It started this morning when Josiah ran into the living room with scissors and said, “I cut my hair!” Which thank God he didn’t, but he sure scared me. He climbed the potty to get into the cabinet, got the scissors, Then he ran with them. And as we all know running with scissors is WRONG! But someone forgot to teach Josiah. I guess I'm that someone.

Then I thought I would channel some Michelle Duggar and try to have the kids work and have fun as we washed a play set we were given. It’s one of those hard plastic kind and it was filthy. I figured it would be fun to get the kids outside and get a little wet as we washed it. Needless to say Josiah found the mud puddles much better than washing the house. He was covered in mud instantly. As I was yelling at him to stop jumping in the puddles, because you know those Duggar kids would wash and obey the first time, Eden pushed Titus in the stroller (Because that’s what older siblings do) and somehow she managed to have it fall backwards. No worries, I had Titus strapped in so it just scared the both of them. And me. Lesson learned, stop trying to be the Duggars, and be the Gilbreaths!

After nap time (when only Titus slept) We started to do some coloring sheets. That’s when Josiah announces,” Momma, I pee peed in my diaper.” To which I replied, “Buddy, your not wearing a diaper, you’re wearing big boy underwear.” He smiles and said, “Momma, I pee peed in my big boy underwear!”

Hoping tomorrow is better!

Friendship

Eden is gettng to the age where she loves having friends to play with. The other day we joined Kelly's family and Eden was able to play with Lydia. It made me smile to see Eden grab Lydia's hand as they ran off to play. The best news is that Kelly's family is about to move even closer to us, so days like these can happen more often.

A little eye candy to drool over :)

Here's a little more eye candy of my sweet Titus along with a little drool :)

Dancing with the Sun

This is one of the neatest pictures I've ever taken. I'm still trying to learn how to take pictures into the sun. So I asked Eden to dance for me and started clicking away. I love how it looks like she's holding hands with the sun, touching it, dancing with it. It's gloroius!

Big Smiles :)

What brings about smiles this big?

 What can bring this kind of focus of attention?

Funny faces from a sweet sister :)



3rd times the Charm

Our sweet Titus is growing so fast! He continues to amaze me with his good nature and easy smile. His laughter brings joy to our whole house. Eden and Josiah are able to enjoy him a little more now that he's big enough to handle some of their attention. We have worked hard at teaching SOFT  TOUCHES!

Titus made an excellent travel companion to Florida, but I'm afraid our time there got him off his schedule. Traveling combined with a time change, a cold and a growth spurt have lead to him getting up multiple times a night to eat. I feel a crash course in Baby Wise in our near future. But for now. We're trying to enjoy our middle of the night time together knowing that this sweet age doesn't last long. 

Veteran's Day

In an attempt to train our children to be civic minded we took them to a Veteran’s Day Parade and Veteran’s Ceremony. Our hope is that they might gain an understanding that our freedom has come at a high price. For those who have served our country, Thank you!

Josiah with a better view.

 It's hard to see things when you're only 3 feet tall.

 Ms Heather joined us. Eden had a blast with her.

Thank you Ms. Heather for all your help!

The kids got to see some really awesome things like:

The biggest Tractor we've ever seen.

                                                        Guess where we ate for lunch?

                                                            Some really neat old cars.

 And Roger and Meme with the wagon.

Learning to be a Man.

I love these photos! They bring me deep down joy that comes from seeing love in action.

 You can feel the love that Larry has for his sons in these.

 Larry has the awesome responsibility to teach our sons how to be men.

That is not an easy job in our culture.

I am confident that if his sons follow his actions that we will have two amazing men of God in our future.