Yeah, I know. I am updating less than a week from my last post...granted, it is a day less...but still, this is slight progress, right? Jonathan went back to work today and Landon starts school tomorrow, so life is getting back to normal. I have a client all scheduled for Wednesday morning, so that too goes back to normal this week. Now I just need to find someone to watch my kids Wednesday morning...
Lets see...Landon has been very argumentative lately. Really, that is an understatement. He argues about everysinglething and it is absolutely exhausting. I try not to entertain the argument, but then he says something disrespectful and we end up in discourse over that. My patience are shot, and I feel mentally exhausted. This morning he woke up to inform me that he is not going to argue with me for two weeks. He hasn't argued once all day. In fact, he is going way out of his way to be good. He even keeps asking me if his actions are making me proud of him. I talked to him about if he can do this for an hour, half a day, a whole day, a week...then he can maintain it for life. For now, I am just basking in these few precious hours in which we have had no arguments and immediate obedience. It was literally like a breath of fresh air. We will see how this evening goes.
Last night on our way home from our last Christmas with family friends, Landon goes, "Mom, 3+3+4 is 10. He has been adding two numbers for a few weeks now, but apparently last night he decided he is ready to take on three numbers at a time. Wasn't he just learning to recognize numbers and arrows? Just learning to talk and to walk and to run? Crazy kid.
And Noah, well...his vocab is sprouting like spring flowers (doesn't that picture just make you smile...ahhh, spring...). New words seem to sprout from his lips each new day. I love this age for the newness that comes with each passing day. He is certainly testing the limits, but also displaying a sensitive heart and a love for others and for life. He woke up laughing this morning, and I had to wonder what it would be like to greet the day with laughter. I certainly don't feel like laughing when I roll out of bed...but that kid has a love for life that is contagious. He continues to be our joy boy.
Jon has been building shelves and Landon got to help use the power tools...can you tell from the pictures that he was pretty excited about this? And the boys continue to play together every day...all day. Most of the time they love one another, time to time they try to kill one another. But they love one another fiercely...so it is all good. I got to see some of my friends from high school last week, which was fun. It is crazy that we are old enough to get together in one another's homes and play with each other's kids...what in the world? Speaking of time, have you seen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? We haven't seen a movie in a year or so, but we were able to catch this one at a matinee last week. It is one of those movies that inspires you to seize the day. I really enjoyed it...and a few of the phrases from that movie keep repeating over and over in my head. I like movies that force me to take an honest look at my life and to evaluate where my time is going. This movie is one of those...
A friend of mine recently gave me the book "Blue Like Jazz" to read. What are your thoughts on it, if you have read it? I am half way through...and am intrigued by his thoughts. I have really been wrestling lately with how my relationship with the Lord has changed from high school to college to motherhood. A lot of new books are emphasizing relationship with God over rules, and I certainly see the place for that. God desires relationship...but grace does not allow us free reign to live as we wish either. As a counselor, I am often imparting my beliefs unto others, and they can do with them as they wish. But as I embrace this opportunity I want to be sure that my beliefs are based upon Scripture and that I have a proper understanding of the relationship that God offers us through His son Jesus Christ. I know that relationship...but I also know that I fail to maximize it, and I do tend to get caught up in the shoulds and should nots. I know that I cannot earn anything and that all is by grace...but my heart has a difficult time translating that into life. I could give you a million reasons why, but not here and not now. So what do you think? I know this book is controversial...and I am back and forth on it....some of his points have been right on and some I have had to really dig as to why I disagree. Again, I am only half way through, but I would love your thoughts.
Well, dinner needs to be made and the kids need to be fed. Thanks for sticking with me through my spotty xanga attendance. My mind has been a mass of swirling thoughts lately, too many to wade through to form a cohesive post for the world to see. I hope to remedy this soon. In the meantime...thanks again for sticking with me 
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