What a great day!

I never blogged yesterday because I was out on a hot date with my hot hubby. My mom watched the boys and Gabe and I went out for lunch, then out for a long coffee (this is our favorite thing to do on a date) and did some browsing and walking and then went and bought groceries. It was really nice. We came home to boys with full tummies who had already been bathed and were ready for bed. We spent about a half hour with them and then they were asleep.

Today was a beautiful day outside. As soon as we finished breakfast, all of us headed out. Gabe wanted to do an oil change on our van and on his old car, so while he pulled out his ramps and got everything set up, the boys and I played.

Poor Mr A with his scratched up face. (He had rubber boots full of water and misjudged how high to lift his foot when stepping on a sidewalk - this injury is over a week old!)






I went inside to make lunch and decided that we should have a picnic outside. So nice! No floors to get messy outside. Haha! I bought a rotisserie chicken yesterday, so I sliced that up, sliced up some pickles, cheese, cucumbers, celery, carrots and some fresh french bread. It was tasty and perfect for today.

After lunch, I took Mr. E in for a nap while A stayed outside with his dad. When E woke up, we went back outside until suppertime. This was our first all "outside"day this year. I am so happy that is it is spring and we can finally do this!

As for the 21 days of prayer for your son, I only rememebered to pray for my boys to submit to authorities a couple of time two days ago, so decided top redo again today, and once again, only remembered a couple of times. SOOOO...up for a redo again tomorrow. This may be more like 1000 days of prayer for your son. Prayer never hurt anyone, though.

I have to go. My hubby wants some caramel popcorn!

Momma said there'd be days like these..and 21 Days of Prayer for Sons Day 2 (Submission to Authority)

What a day!

Seriously, today was a pretty crazy day in our house. It started off pretty nice. We woke up, had a quick breakfast and headed out to story time at our local library, just like we do every Monday morning. Story time was nice and there are a lot of puddles between our house and the library!

Anyways, we got home, and I decided to tackle the laundry that seemed to build up so quickly while I was sick. I was putting away the first load and I heard a bang, breaking glass, and E scream all at once. My stomach dropped. I went running and there was E, sitting amidst a broken toaster plate and a broken glass. And there was blood. I picked up E, praying out loud that everything was okay. My panic-y voice was making A panic. I washed off E's hand (that was where the blood was coming from, and I could see quite a big gash on his finger. I talked calmly to A, reassuring him that it was okay and to help mommy get the band aids. He got his Disney Car's band aids, and started digging through for which one he wanted. I got angry with him, because he was leafing through them so carefully and I needed one NOW! E was bleeding so badly that every time I would bring the bandage close to his finger, the whole thing would be covered in blood and wouldn't stick. Two facecloth's and three band aids later, I finally got one on the big cut. I looked at his hand and found 5 more cuts. Ughh. 5 more band aids. E didn't like them on, so he would bite them off. Ughh. I used packing tape to keep the band aid on the worst cut.
I thought he might need stitches. I called Gabe, who was an hour away. I called my mom who came over. We took of the band aid, it was still bleeding but not so bad anymore. We both decided it looked okay. Thank you, God!

Now, I was praying often for my boy's obedience. Wouldn't you know it, A was so disobedient today. He was driving me up the wall! Laying here now, thinking about it, his disobedience was a way God was reminding me to pray.

Now little E, today he has become the busy body of the family. Those of you who know A, know that he is a very busy boy. E was like a mini A today. He was pushing chairs up to everything and wreaking havoc wherever he went. Countless times in the toilet, with or without the plunger, dumping cereal all over the floor, eating the markers, throwing stuff on the ground.

I felt pretty crazy today with my busy-bodied little one and my missing-ears big one. But momma said there'd be days like these....

Day 2 (Submission to Authority)

Another quote from Brooke McGlothlin:

All of their lives, our sons will find themselves needing to submit to someone. From parents, to teachers, to bosses, to government officials, and even to God Himself, they will always have someone in a position of authority over them.

Thought: When was the last time you told your son you were proud of a choice he made to submit to authority. Even when they’re little, our boys need to know that mama sees and rejoices over their wise choices and cries out to God over their foolish ones. Today, make a point to lavish love and praise on your son when he chooses wisely..even in the small things.
“But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” ~Acts 5:2

I am not sure how much I will be popping in here during the next three days because my hubby is on days off. Woo-hoo. And we're going on a date! Yay! Good night.

21 Days of Prayer for Your Son (Obedience)

So I just came across a blog that had this really neat idea. They actually started April 1, so I am almost completely missing it, but I thought I would do this for my boys starting tomorrow. The idea is based on a blogger's e-book, Warrior Prayers.

The idea is to pray for your son(s) everyday, at least 10 times a day, in the areas of life that they need it most. You are actually supposed to buy her book to follow along, but we are on a tight budget, and I have already bought a new book this week that I am super excited to read (that will be a whole other post) Anyway, I am going to just read her posts, what the specific area of my boys life I am praying for, and just pray, without having a book tell me what to pray. Make sense?

So tomorrow, I will start praying for an obedient heart in both of my boys. Sometimes, A is so wonderfully obedient, and other days he loves to push every button I have. Boy, does he know how to push my buttons.

I will end this post with a long quote from the author's blog.

Obeying God is intimately linked to loving Him. If we focus too much on forcing our boys to change their outward behavior, and forget to hold out the great depth of love that sent a Savior to the Cross, we’re running the risk of raising little Pharisees.

Thought: As we pray for our sons to have obedient hearts today, let’s examine our own, and ask our Savior to help us live out His great love for us so that our sons will see how truly valuable it is.

Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.” ~John 14:21