a mother's thoughts

a glimpse into our daily events

Why does a mother ask her children to do certain things? Let's see. Here are a few recent occurences.
1. You guys go pick up the back yard, especially that snow shovel behind the play house. hhhhmmmmm...... fast forward to the next day when the snow storm moves through and buries the snow shovel in the back yard. Now, friend husband is upset because he can't find the snow shovel to get the sidewalk and driveway ready for church tomorrow. aaahhh, yes. I suppose 3 family members with regular shovels will work, but not as efficiently as the snow shovel would have.

2. Please go put your big fats and plastics on correctly before bed. ....a few hours later... mom takes a certain night time potty trainer to the restroom before she retires, to find that he has once again put his plastics on inside out. This means all the absorbant material is on the outside and the plastic repellant part has done a lovely job of repelling the urine onto his sweats and bedding towel. uugghh!
.....the next night after the same bedtime request ..... mom goes in a few hours after he goes to sleep to find a certain someone with NO training pants on at all. This, of course, does not keep one dry either. aaahhh yes.

3.You guys do not throw things in the house. One would think that cement would be quite difficult to dent or make holes in. Contrary to popular belief, a 4 yr. old boy can put a 1 inch hole in their home's wall by throwing a squirt bottle lid. Go figure.

4. I know you all are excited when the family gets new things, but you must be calm.
---After less than 24 hours, the CD machine is jammed in the new to us van by a certain 9 yr. old boy who shoved a CD into the slot when there was already a CD in there. Yes, this did lead to one mother and 2 butter knives probing/fishing to get the 2 lodged CD's out of the machine, while friend husband was at work. Some motivation might have been involved in my speedy CD recovery. hhmm, perhaps wanting to decrease the amount of complaining coming from one head of the household member.
---let's try the new zip cord extravaganza. This fun adventure requires that either 1 adult or 2 older children be strategically placed to stop the participants at the end of the cord trip. Now, it has been demonstrated that if the stopees do not stop the cord traveler; the traveler( if they do not have a strong grip and good coordination) will be propelled onto the ground face first at a rapid speed. Yikes!!! Thank you Father for good lip blood supply(which results in fast healing)and the invention of super glue for the outside of the lip area. I seriously doubt that info. would have qualified us for the family of the year award.
O.K., I could go on; but you get the point. The Hannah's live in a fun-filled type atmosphere and we love every minute of it.
Hope you all have a great week.
blessings,
Vickie