tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post7658391786449638490..comments2023-03-23T05:04:08.494-05:00Comments on Java Mamma: Enter to win a free photoshoot!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post-48953976608151436242011-04-23T11:58:54.158-05:002011-04-23T11:58:54.158-05:00When I was about 3 or 4 on a forest trip,I watched...When I was about 3 or 4 on a forest trip,I watched my brother peeing and decided I wanted to do it that way too.Now I was not sure how to do it but I copied him and it didn't work out that well...<br /><br />RonjaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post-60252930955969900972011-04-23T08:08:39.943-05:002011-04-23T08:08:39.943-05:00Okay...so where to start. My son has been a bundl...Okay...so where to start. My son has been a bundle of joy to raise so far and a complete headache because he thinks so much faster than I do. So, it started when he was a wee one and he decided early on that his poop was actually paint. Every time he "silently" pooped his pants he would paint the walls with it. This happened so frequently that we truly washed the paint off the walls and then had to repaint with a more durable washable paint. Once he graduated from his "brown paint" he moved on to more colors like blue for instance. Somehow on Christmas Eve, mind you I was a Director of Christian Education (Youth Pastor) in a church and this was a BUSY night for me...so 30 minutes before we are to leave for church, my son had rigged a way to climb up his closet and get a small...really tiny bottle of blue paint that was part of a project we had received to do with him. With this bottle he paints his beige carpet, yellow walls, his arms, legs and face royal blue. That was a joyful Jesus focused Christmas Eve. Well here we are, he is now 10 and those musings as a small child all should have been pointing us to his artistic side. He is incredibly artistic and has been blessed by God in that area. If only I'd known that was the prerequisite to his artistic career I could have found it more humurous then.Heather Ulrichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post-10406809153446850512011-04-23T07:42:19.281-05:002011-04-23T07:42:19.281-05:00When William was about 2 and Robby was a newborn, ...When William was about 2 and Robby was a newborn, our extended family gathered and we had a family photo-shoot. The photographer was trying to get a good shot of our little newborn and finally decided that Bill could hold him and he'd do a close up. The photographer said, "Okay, we'll get this shot and I'll just cut Daddy's head off." I didn't think anything of it because it was in context, but William refused to smile for any more pictures. When I asked him what was wrong, he said, really seriously, "I don't want that man to cut my Daddy's head off."<br />-JanieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post-6013789470344190062011-04-23T07:32:56.296-05:002011-04-23T07:32:56.296-05:00Nate and the girls often play out Bible stories. ...Nate and the girls often play out Bible stories. Its one of anna's favorite things to do. One day, we were "playing" the nativity scene. Anna went up to me and said "I'm Mary, Daddy is Joseph and you are the angel" So I asked her, "Well, who can Luci be?" and she thought about it and then said "Luci can be King Herod" (which perhaps was a compliment to Luci since Anna loved Nicolas' role in the Christmas drama- but nonetheless, it was humerous)<br />Wendy for the PenningsWendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post-72100259759028764412011-04-22T05:47:04.141-05:002011-04-22T05:47:04.141-05:00Given the weekend that I'm writing, I'll g...Given the weekend that I'm writing, I'll go with a spiritual theme.<br /><br />When Sophie, now 10, was only a sweet 2 year-old we were teaching her to pray for others. But given her age, she sometimes need a little prodding by her dad to keep reminding her of people to lift up. She must have been really stuck, because he whispered, "...and help Grandma and Grandpa..." and Sophie, deadpan, popped her eyes open, looked at him and said, "YOU help Grandma and Grandpa. I'M praying!" It should have been an early indication that we'd been given a girl who knew her own mind and wasn't afraid to speak it!<br /><br />Beth for the CooksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post-65745404914381811782011-04-21T11:49:34.241-05:002011-04-21T11:49:34.241-05:00When Loren was in first grade he had to come up wi...When Loren was in first grade he had to come up with an invention and bring it to school. He decided it was tedious to always put on and take off both your back pack and jacket each day so he created a jacket and back pack in one. Just imagine the collective time savings! He had his mother sew them together and he wore it to school... he even named it the "jack-pack". Overtime he became aware of the drawbacks of always having to wear a jacket with your backpack (say in summer) or having to wear your backpack if you just wanted a jacket (say to church). -hehe<br /><br />Jessica for the DarlingsLoren, Jessica & Ezrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270732597379188492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727485746505798892.post-81712658027165595662011-04-21T11:19:53.375-05:002011-04-21T11:19:53.375-05:00When I was a young lad of just eight, I wondered i...When I was a young lad of just eight, I wondered if my tongue really would stick to a metal surface in winter. I decided to test this on the monkey bars at a nearby playground. To my surprise, my tongue really did stick! unfortunately the injury that resulted when I pulled my tongue off prevented me from eating much the rest of the day.<br /> -Caleb GilboyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com