more talk...

Haven't blogged lately...is it possible that I've been too busy to blog or check email.  Yes.  So, here's a desperate attempt of finding something to talk about other than all the 'stuff' I've been up to.  

Erin watches TV in the car from time to time...okay, too much TV in the car...so we're trying to fit some Veggie Tales (Christian stories with a moral) in the middle of all her princess/fairies movies...one that she likes to watch is Jonah. 

Erin: Where is Jonah?

Me: In heaven.

Erin: He died?

Me: Yes, a long time ago...

Erin: but he's broccoli...

Me: No, he's a daddy...a man, who looks like a daddy...

So, there's an ongoing theme to her conversations as of late...death and heaven...I think in preparation for Good Friday and Easter (a lot of showing and telling of the resurrection eggs), this has been on her mind.  

my inquisitive one...

Brown Bag with Michael W. Smith...

Rachel and I went to Chick-fil-a's brown bag with Michael W. Smith in far away Houston...west Houston? :)  We got there early so we could have good seats...but had to leave only ten minutes after he went on because our little ones had had enough...they sat from 10:45 till 12:45 in their seats with strict orders to stay under the umbrella :)

the stage from our seats...

Michael W. Smith

Yes, thanks to Rachel we were safe in the sun...all five babies under the shade of an umbrella :)

The crowd we maneuvered through with a double wide (stroller)...thankfully, it was a very friendly crowd :)

Erin's soccer pics...

chasing the ball with her sidekick, Tyler...

dribbling with Joe...

first game, just scored, and looking for some crowd reaction...

just found it and eating it up :)

again, her sidekick...

this is why she plays...for the snacks!

saying the Y pledge...

getting it down the field...

thinking "soccer is kinda boring, you just go up and down the field"...

group huddle... 

Erin's goes back n' forth in her feelings towards soccer.  Last week, she was all about it, but the week before we were telling her to keep her finger out of her nose!  Just plain bored out there :)  Kyle and I are enjoying watching her and can't wait for Brooke to join her next year.

Conversations with Erin...

Erin is asking some tough questions lately....ones that I've considered not telling her the whole truth on. For instance, last weekend we were driving in the car and Brooke was in the back seat chanting that she didn't love God...so Erin started asking me questions...

Erin: "Mom, Brookie doesn't love God...Doesn't everyone love God?"

Me: "No"

Erin: "What happens to people who don't love God when they die?"

Me: "They don't go to heaven."

Erin: "then where do they go?"

Me: "Uh...they're separated from God"...(thinking she'll stop here, but she doesn't)...

Erin: "What is that place called?"

Me: stalling, "What place?"

Erin: "the place where they're separated from God!" (duh)

Me: honesty is the best policy is what I was thinking when I blurted out, "hell".

Erin: "what's that place like?"

Me: "it's a place where they don't feed you and you're always thirsty"...

Erin: closes her eyes and starts to pray, "Dear God, I love you and will you please give Brooke something to drink when she's in "ell"...

Imagination Play...

at 6 in the morning...I love it!  The girls really make me laugh with their imagination play.  This morning, before school, and now thanks to daylight savings, before the sun comes up,  I heard Erin telling Brooke to get her nap mat and bring it to "school".  A few minutes later I walk into the dining room or "school" to all the "kiddos", Winnie the Pooh, a cat, a raccoon (not pictured...on the other side of the table), and a baby, lying on place mats or nap mats for their afternoon naps...Erin played a "kiddo" while Brooke, the teacher, told the class a story....

Miss Brooke and her pupils :)  Did you see the playground they set up on the taggie?