no cuchara

so this blog is for funny stories and pics of my kids right? well, can't i just share one about my man too? great.

so, we own a landscaping business. kenny has some fabulous guys working for him. a couple speak english, but most are of the spanish language persuasion. this particular day, the english speaking guys weren't there i guess, and kenny was telling- no wait, trying to tell- his crew to go and cut the bushes. so he says to them "um, cuchara el shrubberio". they just stare. at him. so he does hand motions. just imagine, that now he is doing hand motions. "cuchara el shrubbery". the guys are like WHAT the heck is he trying to say. finally one of them is like um spoon? yes, that's right ladies and gentlemen. kenny was telling his crew to spoon the shrubs. they had a fantastic laugh about that and kenny is now looking into spanish classes.

what makes it even better is that this morning, i found this. he created this in photoshop with much detail and carefulness a month or so ago. i pray that he never ACTUALLY put these around a property. yes. that says "do not trim." and "no spoon."

to my tati and my nono

a very special surprise came in the mail today for little miss i'm about to be three. well, this mommy doesn't know how to NOT open gifts the second they are given, so that is what we did. heaven forbid we wait til her actual birthday. my mom hates when i do that. :) she was more than delighted that that pretty pink envelope had HER name on it and could not wait to rip into it. she pulled out the gift card, and JUST like my girl, exclaimed "MOMMY its MY CARD!" its like she knew exactly what we would do with it. a buggy, coke, popcorn and SHOPPING. :) the potty book is NEAT. it makes these terrific noises of a toilet flushing! over. and over. and over. and it is so special to us, that carey and arnaud, when you have children, we will DEFINITELY be passing it back your way. :) thanks guys for making her day. she can't wait to pick out some fun stuff! aislyn keeps talking about these beautiful fall decorations and some new hand towels for the season... i'm KIDDING. we'll spend it on toys. :)

last days of summer

any of you who know me, KNOW that when fall comes, i am happy. not that i don't love summer, i do. but there is something about the changing of the leaves and the pumpkin patch and the apple farms and the smells in the air and the smells in my house (i have thousands of pumpkin candles, and they do not go to waste) that just make me relax or something. i can't explain it. anyway, aislyn grabbed a dandelion in the backyard the other day, and it reminded me that these are the last days of summer. it has blown by as usual and now its almost gone. i think, correct me if i'm wrong, that monday is the first day of fall. and i shall celebrate. :) but for now, i will bid farewell to summer for it is on its way out... happy fall everyone.

blue

this one needed it's own post... :)

three

so, as previously mentioned, aislyn has been quite the model this week. she has WILLINGLY let me take pictures of her, and even pulled out some poses. which is weird. she generally says "no more pictures mom", just like that. maybe its that she's almost three, i don't quite know. but it's been fun, and she thinks it's so fun to have pictures taken. so anyone who knows me, KNOWS that i'm in heaven. and she is an angel face. i really really can't believe how beautiful she is. oh. and hornery too. i have no idea how to spell that word, so i will spell it just like my grandma prounounced it. except she left out the "h", so it was orn-ery. anyways, onto some from the 3 year old session...

and then there's my boy. i put him on this chair, got him to say the word cheese (the actual word, it was cute...) but he was done quickly.

and this is what he USUALLY looks like ....

model anyone?

so, aislyn picked out a cute little suit to wear today, this the first day of fairly chilly fall weather, so i wanted to take advantage and practice a bit with the camera. this girl WORKED it. this is the first of many more i intend to post. she was so funny. i told her to do nothing, she just posed. i was crying, laughing so hard at her talent. so weird. on the other side, she was promised a lollipop, and i think that was the driving force. at any rate, here's one i liked of my 2 year old model....

the prayer

i have to share. please check out this post on lyss' site. this was so sweet....

intrauterine salvation...and then some

my daughter is smart. she just is. she's pensive and she says things that blow my mind. alot. i've posted some of them, but i didn't want to forget about a conversation we had last night as i was putting her down. her lamp is broken, so we decided to just talk in the dark instead of read the Bible like we normally do. so we're laying there, in silence, and she says:

her : "mommy, what is Jesus?"
me: "well, honey, Jesus is a person, and He is God's son, God is His daddy and they live in heaven." (i am at a total loss here. for some reason, i feel suddenly compelled to answer her as if she were an 18 year old that i was sharing the gospel with) "Jesus came to earth and died on the cross for you, to save you."
her: "why?"
me: "because you know when you disobey mommy and daddy?"
her: "yes, mommy. and my daddy lives in my house with me."
me: "well, back to disobeying, that's sin. and Jesus came to save you and me from it."
her: "well, when is Jesus gonna come to my house and play wif me?"
me: "um... well... Jesus is always with us, we just can't see Him like we can see each other." (i'm a little freaked now, because if someone told me that someone was always WITH me, but i couldn't see them, i would never want to be alone.)
her: "jesus lives in my heart?"
me: "that's right honey! and in mommy's heart too!"
her: " and in daddy's? and mimi's? and papa's?" (she begins to list several people we know)
me: "yup"
her: "mommy, i'm sad."
me: "why are you sad?"
her: "because Jesus won't come out of my tummy and play with me."

if ANYone has any further words for my daughter, let me know. :)

which is a segway to the other story i wanted to write about. at dinner the other night, the four of us were sitting around the table and we were talking about how God has the whole world in his hands and aislyn says "mommy, God saved me." she has said this before. kenny and i had never actually said to her these words, so we've wondered where she learned them. so i thought i'd ask. i said "honey, where did you learn that God saved you?" her reply?

"in your tummy mommy!"

WHOA. kenny and i just looked at each other. i mean, who knows what happens in there...

story #3. so, we're on the back porch at my parent's house, and aislyn sees an airplane. aislyn and grayson LOVE airplanes. my dad asks "aislyn, what makes that big ole airplane stay up in the sky like that and fly?" aislyn replies, chuckling with her eyebrows up, "its getting money papa!" OH MY WORD. really? does she watch the economics portion of the today show when i'm not looking? so weird.

no pic for today, sorry. i really need to update, i know! oh, and thanks dad, for the title of this post. :)