lucy, jack and calvin: the three best kids!

Here's an update:

Lucy: She is still my most challenging child, maybe it's just a first kid thing. She is soo much like her daddy. She is funny and outgoing. And still demands constant entertainment. I am trying very hard not to let her walk all over me, but it is a challenge. With her you must be ready at all times for new things, again I think that goes back to her being my first. She is a sweet girl but she is also needy.
She likes to swim, watch movies, hang out with bunny in her room, have friends over, go places, play outside, she LOVES to read! She is very good with structered lessons and art projects, I think she do really well in school.
Right now her favorite toy is Jessie from Toy Story 2, which she likes to recite when she plays with her.
Her rules that she knows by heart are 1. be nice to your family 2.don't whine 3.Listen 4. don't lie, that last one is new and she is still learning exactly what that means!
One of the cutest things she does is that when anyone leaves they must get a hug and kiss and it is very upseting if that doesn't happen! This applies to EVERYONE.What a sweetie!


Jack: My challenges with Jackie are his fit throwing and determination. When he puts his mind to something you can't stop him. But most of the time he is VERY happy. He is finally making progress potty training but we are taking it slow!
Jackie likes to play with his cars, play outside, go outside and scream (can't take it inside), swim, tear things up, jump off things, wrestle... you know boy stuff! He can tolerate reading but can't sit still long which may be challenging later on. but for now it works to my advantage because he is so good at entertaining himself.
He is still working on learning to talk it is slow but steady. He's added a new "Jack" word to the mix bideet. All in all he is a weird kid, really I say that to him several times a day!

Calvin: He is my bouncy, baby boy. he is fat and happy and super friendly. He is still the best baby in the world, although he hates naps, he sleeps fine at night. He is totally fascinated by jack and lucy. He spends alot of time watching them play. He hasn't started big food yet and still nurses every three hours, Which is why he is so fat.
At naptime he gets all sweaty and stinky, its my fav!

love those kids!!!!!

Jesus + America

I hate to break my blogging silence with something like this but I am going to anway. warning this will be offensive to some, so if you don't feel like being offended please don't read this! Today I heard a man at church (not mine) talking about the "the good old days" back in the 40s when people didn't go to the movies on Sunday, and he was hoping/praying that we could get "back to God". It reminded me of something Mark Driscoll said "Jesus plus anything ruins everything". I felt like for this guy it was Jesus+ America. And that seems to be a lot of Christians additude. They think that somehow this was or is God's nation. Particularly many seem to think that because of things like homosexuality and abortion our nation is "worse" than it once was. But have they forgotten about slavery or how in the gloriuos 40s black people were expected to literally take a back seat to white people and that bi racial children were considered vial!! How is it that those atrocities are more godly than our national sins of today! Let me say I am very thankful for my national freedom but my emphasis and hope is in my spiritual freedom and that has never and will never come from any country. There is no such thing as a christian nation just christian individuals. If you need something to fight for fight for the gospel of Christ.