The things I do to make the children happy. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't.

Babe and Honey

Usually Ellie and Steven play really well together. In fact they normally pretend they are married. You can hear them in the corner calling each other "Babe" and "Honey". Well, today that was not the case. I hear them both crying and I walk over to ask whats going on and Steven responds by crying out "Ellie hit me"! (I found out later that while they were dancing to Hillsong's DVD Steven "graciously" pulled her by the arm and Ellie "lovingly" whacked him.) So I told Ellie that she needed to say sorry to Steven and she wouldn't respond. Then I gave her the choice of a time out or to say sorry. Needless to say she went on a time out in the next room. A couple minutes passed and she was still crying so I went to console her and ask what was going on. She responded thru her tears and yelled out "I don't want to be his babe anymore"!!

Look Up There

"Ethan, stop screaming and look up there. Look at the sky! It's Strawberry Shortcake! She is riding Rainbow Brightning!

What not to do at midnight while Kirsten paints a desk.

I decided to stay the night at the Groves abode while Shane was in Mexico. We were on our way to bed and Kirsten pauses in the kitchen. "Wait, I need to do one more thing. I need to paint the desk one more time." I thought to myself, who does that at midnight? But hey, whatever floats her boat. So I thought I had time to kill. Wash my face, check my myspace.... So I wondered into the bathroom, grabbed a washcloth, opened up the shower, grabbed a bottle and proceeded to wash my face. I thought, this face wash is good! My makeup is coming off so easy! I then went and sat on the bed unaware of what Kirsten was going to find. Meanwhile, Kirsten finished painting, walked in the bathroom and came out holding a bottle and asked "why is this out"? Suddenly I realized that something was not right. I looked at Kirsten with a puzzled face. She then fell on the bed and then rolled onto the floor not breathing. At this moment I have realized, that was not face wash but mens citrus mint shampoo. Almost immediately I find myself on the ground, drooling with laughter. Oops. What do you do?