what do we do all day?

(First, I have to let you know that some "deeper thoughts" will be coming soon. I know the recent posts have been pretty child-focused lately!) ;o)

That said....

The other day I was thinking about how I am regularly asked what the kids and I do all day. :o)

Well, many mornings we have a loose schedule consisting of things like breakfast, clean-up, play time upstairs, a little laundry, play time outside/a play date with friends/story time at library, etc., lunch.

Then again... there are some mornings where we stay in our pajamas, make a fun, late breakfast, let the dishes remain... and we dance. ;o)

I thought I'd share a little clip with you. Here's Seth dancing to "Mighty Good Leader" by Audio Adrenaline. (Make sure your volume is turned up - hehe!)

Have a great day everyone! (The dishes can wait, right?) ;o)

Out of their mouths...

Our kids are always cracking us up. :o) Here's a little bit of what we've heard in recent months...

*(This one reflects how different the two of them are.) On our summer vacation this year, Seth was playing with some jumbo plastic lawn darts, saying things like, "Blast off!", "Pow!" "Zoom, Boom!" and "Full Speed Ahead!".
Haddie found them later, gathered all of them in her arms and said, "Ahhh, group hugs." :o)

*The place we were staying at was a town called Park Rapids - except in Haddie's mind it was "Park Rabbits". Hehe.



*Speaking of towns, we were on a trip a while ago and went through a town called Hitterdal. On that trip Seth was asking us what each town's name was. Later that week we had to travel again. We were going through one small town and Seth asked us if we were in "Hit-er-baby". We were confused for a minute, and then realized he was remembering Hitterdal as "Hit-er-doll", and thus, "Hit-er-baby" came to mind! We got a good chuckle out of that one.

*Recently we decided to go out to eat Chinese with some extended family members. We were excited because we don't too often go to restaurants any more. Seth picked up on our enthusiasm and exclaimed, "Wooo hooo! Yes! Hee hee, Chinese! .... do they have cheeseburgers?!"

*Then, the other day, we were eating whole sugar snap peas in a stir fry at home. Seth was very curious why there were "Peas inside the beans."

Seth and Haddie were having an interesting conversation at the supper table recently. Steve and I were amused at their early interpretation of gender roles at the beginning of this conversation....

*It started with me mentioning that Daddy is "Pastor Steve." Then I asked Seth if one day he wanted to be "Pastor Seth."

Haddie: "I want to be Pastor Haddie."

Seth: "Girls aren't pastors."

To which, Haddie said: "I'll get married". ;o) And then, "I'll marry Seth."

At that, Steve told her: "You can't marry your brother, honey."

So Haddie thought for a moment and said: "I'll marry Jason." (Jason is her uncle.)

"Sorry Haddie," I said. "You can't marry uncle Jason either. You could marry a friend. Like... Jude (just to throw out a name of a one of her friends so she would get the idea).

Haddie: "I marry Jude."

Me: "Well, I guess honey, you should marry whoever God wants you to marry. We'll have to pray about it."

Haddie: "I'll pray about it. Dear God, pray for Jude, amen."

Funny kids. ;o)