Moses' Finger

Last night Moses got his finger smashed in the door. I shut the door not knowing he was there, let alone had his fingers in the way. It ripped the nail half off, from the bottom. (oh it looked so bad...) We took him to urgent care just to get it checked out. No broken bones thankfully. They snipped the nail back and bandaged it for us. It's probably the worse smashed finger i've ever seen, and we had a few growing up in my family of six kids! He is doing fine today, but it was a a long evening last night. However, God gave Moses much strength and grace, and us too. When it initially happened on his own he was praying, "God please help me." --so precious-- Anyways, so, when we were at the clinic, the dr. came in to examine his finger and he started crying before she even touched him. (he has been calmed down for quite awhile), and she said, "what's wrong?" and he said," i want you to be happy." Kids are so discerning of people. He could tell she either had a long day or was stressed or something. She didn't know what to say to that! Anyways, Moses did pretty well overall. We took him to the store after wards and got him a treat:) Needless to say I'm going to be way more careful from now on when I shut doors. It was so hard on me as his mom to have been the one to hurt him. So hard.

Pets

So, I think we might be naming our fish Blueberry! We will see. The boys seemed to like that one, and especially since we've been eating lots of berries lately!

A kitten followed us home today on our walk. I fed him a bit of lunch meat(not sure if that is good for him or not, but I wasn't sure what else to feed him). The kitten seemed awful hungry and skinny. So, he's been sticking around all day. We will see how long he hangs out. He is cute, although it might be a she. I asked the boys what they wanted to call it and Moses replied, "Blueberry!" How funny! My husband will be so tickled to see the cat when he gets home from work. He is the biggest cat lover of anyone I've ever met. I'll have to post a better picture later.

Include Your Children in Your Work

"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ."
~ Colossians 3:23-24

It is good that our children see us working in our homes with a glad heart. It is good for them to learn at a young age that work is not a negative thing. In addition to that I am learning what a blessing it is for them to join me in my work. Though they are boys, they will learn much by helping mama in what I do. They also help Papa when he is home, but since they spend a good amount of time with me during the day, I am slowly learning the benefits to having them help me with my chores.

Elijah is almost 2 and Moses is almost 3 and today they both helped me vacuum and empty the dishwasher. Sometimes they also help me "wash" dishes (aka: play in the bubbles!). But I've been impressed with how they learn, I should not be surprised, but I am still, they are so smart. Kids are capable of far more than what is often expected of them, which is usually very little. So I'm trying to teach and train more...I feel that I lack so much, but that is good because it makes me far more dependent on the Lord. Better to feel needy for HIM rather than feel like I can do it all so well on my own. Anyways, Moses has been trained to put the utensils away (ahem, it's like a matching game!) and he and Elijah can hand me items from the dishwasher that go in high cupboards. Usually, I think that I need to occupy them with an activity or wait until naps for me to do chores, but it's been wonderful incorporating them to help me with the chores. Granted, what would take me 5 minutes might turn into 10 minutes with a little one helping. But the extra time is worth it as they learn that work is what we're made to do and that we should do it with a glad heart.

Children are a gift from God

and so is my husband behind the pillow:)

Here is a link to a video of our little boy laughing. Makes you smile!