Somewhere under the Rainbow….
I have absolutely no idea what I have to write about. Ususally when I sit down at my computer… i have something on my heart that I really feel like the Lord wants me to share…but…ummm.. nothing. It’s times like these that I like to be quiet before my Savior. I like to listen. I like to read His word. I don’t like to even try to think up anything to say to him. So that’s me tonight. I suppose I’m recharging. I had a crazy day today. Emma Faye wouldn’t let me put her down. It was driving me nuts. Will and Josh played extremely well in the playroom that at one point I had to go up there and see what the matter was… I mean… it was like “the calm before the storm”…you know.. a little too quiet for anyone’s good. Well, they were quiet in the playroom because they weren’t in the playroom… they were in the bathroom…. Will was teaching Josh how to wipe himself after going poo-poo. I will spare you the details, but whatever you are conjuring up in your mind…it was worse than that. 
’round of baths everyone… on the house.
Will keeps wanting medicine for his ‘cops’ (really coughs…that’s just for some reason how he says it)….and Josh, wanting medicine along with his brother, will be amazed, should he ever ask for a sip of some orange Gatorade, at the uncanny resemblance in taste it has with children’s motrin. (Hey, guys, I’ve got to get creative here…the child will meltdown at the drop of a hat… if he’s ok with his little teaspoon of “medicine”…so am I.)
Lastly, I must give a shout out to the Pops of the house. Around 5pm I allow one of the boys to go upstairs and wake their daddy up. Chris keeps threatening one day to have the boys wake ME up..(apparently he is implying that this process isn’t the most gradual of stirrings..) Anyway… we are both a little like zombies walking around and somehow our children are overpowering us. We are outnumbered and it is beginning to show. Here are some examples why I am realizing this:
1. The other day I was wiping Josh’s hands after bible study with this sanitizer wipe in the car. “What’s that mommy” Josh asks. “It’s a little wipey for your hands to clean them,” I ‘mommily’ reply with a smile. “No, Mommy… it’s called Hand Sanitizer. Can you say SANITIZER Mommy?” Will informs. “Yes, Will.”
2. Chris and I were in the kitchen engrossed in conversation when I happened to turn and see only a little fuzz of hair sticking out amidst TONS of stuffed animals the boys placed around Emma Faye’s exersaucer. She was getting buried alive before our eyes!!! We would have REALLY gotten upset had we not heard cackles from underneath the polar bear.
3. When you walk into our bedroom if you look down on the wall beside our door… Will has drawn a heart in permanent magic marker. I’m just going to let that be a representation of our love for each other…. hee!hee!…I mean, doesn’t the Bible talk about writing it on and around our door frames…. we’re just extremely biblical people…ha!
4. There are TONS more little things… like we walk around the house saying words like…baba, night-night…..we ask questions like,”do you want to rock, rock”….anyway….lately, one of my favorites was the other night while Chris was packing a little supper to take and eat at work during the middle of the night, to sort of get him through….I was using this little plastic fork thing that he usually takes… and he says,”Hey, don’t use that one! That’s my night-night fork.” We just started laughing. The sad thing is I knew exactly what he meant.
Yes, it’s crazy, but Will gave me a very beautiful and new perspective on things. Will and Josh were sitting in the kitchen coloring while I was feeding Emma Faye her bottle the other day. They came running towards me and from a distance I didn’t need to ask why they were running with such delight and anticipation as to what I would think of their new artworks. THEY were their artworks. They had drawn ALL OVER THEMSELVES! When they reached me.. I just said, “You guys are a MESS!” Will immediately replied..”but aren’t we so colorful!” I just laughed. YES!!! YOU ARE COLORFUL!! That’s what we are Will….we aren’t a mess…we are colorful!
So there you have it. When you think things are getting out of control…..you’re not messy… you’re not crazy… you’re COLORFUL. We all need our different colors in attitudes and moods… We NEED our different blue and purple days to contrast with the yellow and orange ones. God knew what he was doing when He created the rainbow—Just like He knew what He was doing when he created our families. They just wouldn’t be the beauties they are if they were all one color. Embrace your colors girls!!! Speaking of… I hear neon is the new COLOR this season in spring fashion……….. I’m gonna get my “hot pink on”…it’ll go really well with my new green pantsuit(one day, I’ll blog my green pantsuit story)……peace out sistas!
