Kids Crack Me Up

Here are a couple little things I thought I’d get a chuckle about later.  These aren’t unique stories in terms of what I hear come out of the boys’ crazy mouths on a daily basis, but they are a good representation.

Elijah is always making up songs.  They usually don’t mean much and generally consist of him narrating a little bit about life, but this one made me laugh, almost made me rebuke him, and then kinda made me say “hmmm” because maybe he does get it.  While I was brushing his teeth the other morning, Elijah said he’d sing a song for me when I finished.  He performed a song standing on the stool, eyes closed, singing a very heartfelt song that went like this… “God made the world a long time ago with his friends” (I’m thinking maybe the trinity?) “Jesus doesn’t know he can go to jail if he does bad things” (I’m opening my mouth to tell him how messed up this is, but then he continues with…) “But he never ever ever does bad things, so he’ll never go to jaillllllll” [he continues head sway with eyes closed then open eyes and smile big].  It was all I could do to not burst out laughing.  I couldn’t think of anything to say except that it was great!

 

Josiah has never liked to draw attention to himself.  At VBS this year (his first year) they did something special everyday like crazy shirt day, safari day, crazy sock day, etc.  He refused to participate out of shyness, but when it came time for crazy hair day he was super excited about  wearing a mohawk!  He and Elijah love to have them after bathtime so he associates them with fun.  I combed him a fantastic mohawk that he was thrilled with and sent him on his way.  When I picked him up a few short hours later, his hair was as flat as could be.  When I asked him what happened he said he flattened it, but before I could get upset (as he feared) he assured me there was a good reason, but he wouldn’t tell me till we got to the car.  He later revealed that everyone kept looking at it, talking about it, and touching it and it “was SO ANNOYING so I just flattened it!”  Typical.  Any other kid would beam with pride.

 

Elijah “talks” a lot these days.  He babbles on and on and sounds like he is truly trying to say something to us.  He was doing a good job of talking to Bill the other day and Savannah asked, “is he speaking Spanish?”  Yes, Savannah.  Yes, that’s exactly what he’s doing  :)

 

And lastly, both Josiah and Elijah love to pray.  Josiah sticks to the tried and true Lord’s Prayer while Elijah starts every prayer with, “God I love you.  I love you again.” Followed by a million simple things he is thankful for.

 

I love my boys!

Goodbye, Good Girl

We had to euthanize Molly, our sweet heeler/lab mix of 14 years recently.  She’s had a huge mass on her rump for about 3 years that we were never able to figure out what it was.   Because of it’s size, attachment, her age, and how well she was doing, we decided not to remove it and it never seemed to slow her down or be detrimental. 

Well, recently she started having unexplained wounds on her right front leg that were unresponsive to treatment.  I got some samples and, while it’s not confirmed, the pathologist thinks that it is the result of the original mass spreading through her lymph system.  The type of mass she started with is generally only locally invasive and rarely spreads, so she was a unique case that he’s going to use in his presentations.  Leave it to us to have weirdness in our home.

At any rate, she still was pretty functional, but the wounds were bothering her, she seemed a little stress and was dropping some weight and not eating great, so we decided to let her go before she progressed.  Molly was a family favorite and she will be missed.  She, and her brother Cowboy who we lost to a brain tumor last year, were the first dogs Jacob and I got as a couple and we’re sad to see them go.  It feels like an end of an era.