Fun With Our Sons: 15 Years

Friday, July 6, 2012

15 Years

Our 15th wedding anniversary was sandwiched between our camping vacation and a trip to Illinois. You know, typical summer stuff. :) We celebrated by eating out at a new BBQ place in town...Derek knows how much I love BBQ. He ended up enjoying it as much as I did! After dinner we went for a walk at a favorite state park of ours. As we approached the trail, we saw a large doe standing just 20 feet from us. I've never been so close to a deer before! She stood there and stared at us, flicked her white tail, and disappeared. As we walked and talked, I thanked God for my husband.

June 21st, 2012

Standing on the bridge overlooking a river, we spotted more deer in the distance. We had Ginger with us, and I think she wanted to jump off the bridge and play with the deer. This was the most beautiful summer night, a perfect anniversary night. I can hardly believe we've been married for 15 years. 3 apartments, 2 houses, 2 states, and 3 kids later....here we are, hand-in-hand through the ups and downs of our lives, committed to each other for life. A happy anniversary indeed. :)

Thank you Pam and Brandon for keeping our boys on this evening. Their eyes always light up when we tell them they're going to your house. :)

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What I've Learned While Raising Boys

You know you're a Cub Scout mom when you end up teaching the salesperon which neckerchief slide goes with which age level.

The boys want to be just like dad, but they want to snuggle with mom.

Snuggling and cuddling can quickly turn into a tickling match with daddy, but mommy avoids the tickling to keep snuggling longer.

A carpeted floor always turns into a wrestling mat.

I don't care how old (or how young) you are; if you are male, you will wrestle on the carpeted floor.

I've never heard the words 'belch' and 'fart' more in my life. Nor the sound effects those words represent.

They'll carry toads and eat dog food. Hand them a toilet brush and they think it's gross.

Why mop the boys' bathroom floor when I can wait for them to do it for me? Three showers later, a towel makes a nice mop.

Courtesy flush=an adult walks by the boys' bathroom and flushes the toilet. Courtesy flushes are standard around here.

Hearing me count to 5 changes my child's behavior, if only for a moment.

I get more practice counting to 5 than I did when I was learning how to count.

Pull-ups should never go in the dryer.

Vacuuming the pull-up pieces out of the dryer at midnight is not unheard of.

Rocks, cars, coins, chapstick, crayons, army men, kleenex, and stickers are all washable, but shouldn't be.

If I want a child to be sick, give him clean sheets.

Band-aids really do make it all better.

My camera batteries will die at the worst time. Like they did at my wedding and the birth of my first son.

When I get mad at my son for spilling his drink, I'll spill mine that same day.

Just when I'm ready to sit down with my lunch, my kids need cleaned up from finishing theirs.

The game "I Spy" works great in a restaurant; not in a moving car.

Dandelion bouquets should be checked for ants before gracing my kitchen counter.

I should always accept a dandelion from my son with delight, for someday they will just be weeds in my yard.

I really do have eyes in the back of my head.

The messier the better--living room, kitchen, toy room--for it means my kids are here with me.

I never turn away a hug from my son--soon enough he won't offer them to me.

Things are always better in the morning.

I can never find the scotch tape in my kitchen drawer, but my son has at least 3 rolls in his desk.

My 5 year old can remember attending a funeral when he was 3, but he can't remember to flush the toilet or shut the front door.

I shouldn't be surprised that my 5 year old thinks I was friends with Mary, mother of Jesus, when he thinks 7 year olds are big kids.

Hiding a purchase from an inquisitive child looks like shoplifting.

The number of bathrooms in a home should equal the number of children. All 3 bathrooms have been used at the same time more than I ever would have imagined.

I'm a selfish, self-centered person. God's cure for that? My 3 blessings.

They really are little for just a little while. . .