Happy Birthday Aunt Sessie!

I have gotten out of the habit of wishing happy birthdays on the blog, because I quite frankly can't get to everyone's birthdays, and I don't like the thought of leaving someone out.  BUT, the big sister is celebrating the anniversary of her world premiere, and the kids and I tried to call her this morning.  But, SOMEone doesn't have voicemail on her phone.  ::ahem::

So, here's a video of Tooter doing a math problem this morning.  Why?  Well, because, Sessie is a math teacher, and I thought she might think this was cool.  :-)  We love you Sessie!!  Happy birthday!!
(Oh, and the video fades too quickly at the end - he does get the answer correct!  Mom would d-i-e if I posted a video where he didn't get the answer correct.  ha!)

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Their Day

This is the day that Moms get celebrated, and I really enjoyed having my sweet babies bring in their cards to me in bed this morning!

But, oh, I wouldn't be a Mommy without them.  Without Jmk... well, I wouldn't have those precious kids.  Without him, I wouldn't be able to do my job or stay sane.  ;-)  And, I was not a Mommy until the day Poodle was born.  And it is only by God's blessings that I have any of them, Jmk or the kids!  I am keenly aware of how much I have been given, and how utterly unworthy I am of any of them.  Of any of my blessings.  Of any of the mercy that God has shown me over my life.

So, I give thanks FOR them and TO Him.

And I am sending out love and happy thoughts to all the women in my life who call themselves Mom.  Developing a human being, training a citizen, nurturing a God-honoring and Christ-loving person is truly a way of life.  There is always a lesson to be learned, a habit to be formed, a mind and heart to be fed.  May the next year bring you all double portions of blessings from God to see to all those needs that the little (and not so little) ones in your life will have!

And NOW, go have some ice cream.  It's Mother's Day.  Calories don't count.  Woohoo!!

TaeKwonDo Boy

Back story!
('cause you KNOW I always have a back story)

A couple of weeks ago, I dropped Toot off at TKD practice because I didn't feel like cleaning up (you know, makeup and matching clothes).  And Jmk watched him during the lesson.  About halfway into it, I get a text from him that says:
"Tooter just broke a board!"

Whaaaaaa????

Yes - Toot broke a board.  On his first try, apparently!  Man, was I beating myself UP for not being there to see it.  So, Jmk brings the board pieces home, and he says "let's show Mommy!"  Toot gets all set up, ready to break the larger piece of wood for me, he's all excited....
Whack.  Board doesn't break again.  Yikes!  We didn't think about Jmk not knowing exactly how to hold it like the instructors do for these little kids with little hands.

So, we're concerned that we may have messed Tooter up.  That we would stick that thought in his head that he couldn't do it.  Enter his very helpful instructor who had him bring that larger piece back up to class, and he held it for Toot today.  And we got it on video this time!  heeheee......  it's so cute!!!!

Manly.  It's so manly.  And future black belt'ish.  And overflowing with manliness.  NOT cute.  At all.  (I have GOT to get "cute" out of my vocabulary when talking about him.  He's actually started correcting me on Sunday mornings.  Mahhhh-um!  I'm NOT CUTE.  I'm handsome!!)

Here's the boy breaking the board.  :-)

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