Moody Miracles

Monday, January 31, 2011

Shower Power

Have a fear of showers?

Mitchell has the solution:

GOGGLES!

They work every time for a little bit of extra bravery!

Sunday, January 30, 2011

This past week Mitchell and I were eating lunch together at a local Mexican restaurant. The cement floor was wet and slippery, and the man in front of us had his foot propped behind him. As Mitchell and I headed to our table, he tripped over the mans foot and fell head first onto the cement. The gentleman felt so bad, but I reassured him that it wasn't his fault and that Mitchell would be fine.

However, as we were finishing our meal, the man walked up to our table and again told Mitchell how sorry he was that he got hurt. Then he handed him a 5 dollar bill! I told him there was no need to do that, but he insisted!

Mitchell was on cloud nine, and he was especially excited when I explained that 5 dollars equaled 5 things from the dollar store! So off we went to dollar tree where Mitchell picked out 5 treasures and paid with his own money!

"This is the best day of my life!" He exclaimed!

Thank you to the kind gentleman who took a moment to care about my little boy and who absolutely made his day!

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Happy 11th Birthday Josh!

My Josh turned 11 years old this week! The day he was born I was teaching elementary school and had and inkling it might be the day. As I got increasingly uncomfortable, I called my Dad to see if he could take me to the hospital, since he was close and my husband was an hour away. I made sure my students were taken care of, grabbed my teacher bag then went outside and sat on the curb to wait for him to pick me up. I still laugh when I think of that image.

Josh was born at about the time the bell rang to end the school day. I was immediately in love, and he was immediately brought to the NICU because he was having troubles breathing. I remember crying in my hospital room because I just wanted to hold him, but I wasn't stable for a couple of days- so I just missed him. I remember my dad coming into my room while I was crying. I said, "I just want to hold my baby." He replied, "Do you want to hold mine?" You see, my mom was in the hospital room right next to me because she had given birth to my little sister, Alisa, 2 days earlier.

It wasn't long before I was able to bring Josh home and hold him for as long as I wanted... and this little boy has held my heart ever since.

Josh is a gentle soul. He thinks deeply about things and really tries to choose the right.

He is so kind to his little brothers and has a sweet way with little children.

Josh is a remarkable student. He doesn't like to be in the limelight, but he continually excels at school.

Josh loves to invent and create. He can usually be found making an invention, creating lego movies, or making his own board games to play.

He loves to experiment and learn new things.

I am humbled and honored to be the mother of such a special young man. He's growing up... too fast.

But I hope he knows, that no matter how big he gets, he'll always hold my heart.

Josh, thanks for making my wish to become a mother come true. I love you so very much.

(Josh always chooses a score bar cake instead of my traditional double deckers. German chocolate cake + sweetened condensed milk + caramel + whip cream and crushed up score bars = ooey gooey chocolaty goodness!)

Arrow of Light

Josh recently earned his arrow of light!

The shaft of the arrow is straight and true

The blue arrow symbolizes loyalty

The Fletch feathers on the shaft guide the arrow on it's course. One represents parents, another the ideals he's learned in scouting, the last one represents the gospel

The round shaft of the arrow represents the eternal life.

Each of the 7 rays on the arrow of light patch also represents a character trait-

* Wisdom

* Courage

* Self control

* Justice

* Faith

* Hope

* Love

As each one was explained, a hanging feather was added to Josh's arrow.

Congratulations Josh! We are so very proud of you!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Parenting: Touching the Hearts of Our Youth

Friday, January 14, 2011

Matthew's first basketball game

Matthew really wanted to play basketball this year. It's his first year so I've been crossing my fingers hoping it would be a good experience. He had his first game last weekend. I'll let you decide how much he enjoyed it...

ps. He left his jersey on all day.

and he slept in it too!

Monday, January 10, 2011

A glimpse of New Years Eve

*Pizza and Games at Grandma and Grandpas

*Home for popcorn and a movie

* Mitchell made it until 11:30 then begged to go to bed

* Josh and Matthew watched the ball drop

* We rang in the new year with some "bubbly" and fortune cookies!

HAPPY 2011!!

Sick Day

Josh recently stayed home from school and Mitchell was thrilled to get his buddy all to himself. Josh even created a treasure map with a treasure hunt for him. I might need him to stay home "sick" more often!

Happy Birthday Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad have birthdays shortly after Christmas so we had a party for them at my house to celebrate! We all wrote them a letter and enjoyed a yummy dinner with soups and rolls. We enjoyed being quizzed on some "Mom and Dad history" and laughed until we cried as family stories were shared. We love you Mom and Dad. Thank you for creating such a wonderful legacy of love!