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this is a classic. hhahaha! Love it! Can’t wait to meet her. we have pics of my son like this that we made into a mouse pad. Awesome picture! Remember this one for her senior annual. Can you guess who this is??? hehehe! I love this, shes so comical. so cute. that’s our Annie!!! what a cutie… josh looked over my shoulder at annie’s picture and said, “she’s diggin for gold!” 🙂 what talent your kids have! Classic, YES! Love those big brown eyes! my boys do that to!!!! lols LOVE it!… this is a ‘Senior Year Montage (sp?)’ if I ever saw one! LOL! She’s still adorable! Fridge worthy;) Oh Annie 🙂 Have I told you I just love her!!!! Double duty. She’s multi tasking already! I think Annie and my Claire are cosmic twins. 🙂 Heehee so cute! All your pictures are so colourful : ) Classic. Can’t wait for a post oh say 13 years from now when she is getting ready for prom! Wedding rehearsal video pic for sure! Annie is even adorable when she’s crying! Too skinkin cute! Hysterical. And I love that her name is in the background! She’s going to love this when she’s older. 🙂 my boys usually don't hang around where i am…which is where my camera is…which is why annie but i got sean this week.
sean is growing so fast. Wow, what a fine lad you’ve raised. He looks so cute, even with braces. I think he’ll grow up to be a very handsome young man. What a lucky kid. oh, i love this kid. i’m glad he has you. that brought tears to my eyes. 🙂 so awesome at that age to have a moment like that with your son & totally see and celebrate his uniqueness & individuality. and boyness. 🙂 those one on one moments are precious & priceless – you know they ADORE them, too. he is adorable! makes me hope this baby is a boy . . . then I’ll switch back to hoping it’s a girl when i see something equally wonderful girly . . . who knows! boys ARE soooo fun! i feel so blessed to have one… it is fun to watch them change and grow. i just pray for patience!!! What a handsome lad. And I so could NOT do that… lol love the first portrait of him, cute! Love the pictures! Especially the last one 🙂 He is precious and I love that last picture of him. Oh Megan! Sean is so big–what a handsome kid! He’s far from those Kindergarten days! Loved seeing all the pictures of him! love the one of him smiling. And I can’t even ride my daughter’s scooter! And there’s a handle! I do NOT get how these kids ride these ripstiks!!! I’ve tried this so many times. I can get it going down hill but the uphill is a battle. Kids make it look SOO easy! What a handsome young man. Glad to learn what a Ripstick is all about. Looks very fun! Mr. Balance needs an Indo Board: http://www.indoboard.com/ Hours of indoor fun. Oh, he is so cute ~ Great pics, Meg! he is my favorite…even if he likes chocolate and cherry in his sonic dr pepper. 🙂 Melting my heart! I know what you mean about the boy. Momma’s love their boys! They can do the goofiest thing and all you can do is smile, because they’re yours and you love em. Cute boy! He’s so handsome. i would need braces after riding a ripstick – or all new teeth maybe. That post had me in tears. Such a beautiful little man. Please do this with the other kids! I love hearing about them. Awesome photos! Continue to enjoy your blog even though I don’t comment much. Happy to see you guys had an awesome trip to and from Africa too. 🙂 Oh man!!! Those green eyes are TO DO FOR!!!! LOVE em! And boy howdy, I do love those braces 🙂 (Especially because my man is an orthodontist 😉 heee heee but your little guy wears them well!!!) So cute! I love his big braces smile! I wish I had more pictures of myself in that stage. He is adorable. I just love how you captured your boy there. Those pictures are amazing. Didn’t realize how much we have in common. You summed up so much of me with my sons. 🙂 He is so cute, and his personality cracks me up. And looks just LIKE you!! I know what you mean about always catching the littlest one in photos. The big kids aren’t really into hanging out with me like Camden is! he’s so beautiful! what a sweetheart. 1. His orthodontist should use the picture of him smiling so big for an ad…wonderful picture. He has one of those faces you just want to squish:). My baby boy has one that I hope stays forever. Sigh. We have a ripstik and the kids love it. My husband even goes out and does it. Me I tried and got about 10 feet. Anyway they are a lot of fun! whoa. Great Job Sean. 🙂 Seriously impressive. I know the feeling about wanting to do something your siblings can’t. I love the photos. I feel like I stalk my boys, they too, run when they see the camera…. Good for him that he mastered that thing! It looks very very difficult for me. Face plant, for me, I am sure. 🙂 I love the last photo of him. I love braces on teeth! Very cute! I thought of you the other day at Target. Did you see the little pokka dot plates out for summer? Looks just like you! I was praying for you on your mission trip each time I saw dots. I prayed for you a lot. 🙂 Love this post! He looks a lot like a MegCraig 🙂 Amazing photos Meg! So hard to get those boys to sit down for photos and look so natural!! What a handsome young man. I tell that to my son all the time and he rolls his eyes. 🙂 Can you believe how much we love those boys? Mama’s and Boys. We don’t get to see the boys a lot but it is always a treat when we do!! should we stop by your place on our big move back east, I will for sure keep Jack’s rip stick in the car!!!!! And no…I can NOT do it at all…I have tried…I can not figure it out for the life of me. Only Jack can. a couple summers ago we went camping and one of the kids brought a ripstick. They are kind of addicting! i tried…attempted my nephews once and plunged straight to the ground…those things are HARD!!! i see sean all the time ripping up and down the sidewalk…he has definitely mastered it! He has a great smile! Great photos mom! My 11 year old loves his RipStik. I would never attempt to get on that crazy thing… Nice pictures of your man:) I bought a ripstick for our Jacob who is 12 and the things he can do on it! He helped caleb 7 and abigail rose 9 how to do it. Adrain 6 can’t get it which is ok I don’t need broken bones:) I have tried those and I can’t stay on at all!! He is such a cutie…those eyes. You are in trouble mama:-) My daughter has a RipStick. She’s 15 now and still uses it all the time. I’m not even going to try. I like my tailbone too much. 🙂 Lucky mama! We celebrated our youngest 4th birthday this weekend and our big boy is growing so fast (nearly 7). Time seems to be accelerating. Nice job capturing your boy in some truly sweet pictures:) Oh he is cute!!! My guys also read long after lights out – like I wouldn’t know (but I am not about to interfere with reading!!!)… and they adore club penguin – home from home!!! Must be universal boy things!!! He’s really cute! I do love that pic of him with his palm to his mouth…seems so natural. Beautiful portraits! You’ve probably answered this a million times, but I’m a new reader, so: what camera, lensesetc do you use? He is so handsome. I love the laughs at the end!! I really enjoyed this post. I actually came here today specifically because I know that your posts are always lifting me up. Thank you for that. gorgeous. Those are GREAT pictures! What a handsome guy! He is one handsome boy and looks like a tenderhearted boy… I can tell I would like him!! Love his moves!! wow meg! he has gotten sooo big! i remember after you had him and how i really wanted another…hello kristin!! great pictures of your good-lookin’ boy! you’ll treasure these for sure! happy spring! These are great pictures of him. And those eyes—watch out mama! Are the girls chasing him yet??? 🙂 Ripsticks are HARD! I can’t even get it up on it’s wheels. He is handsome. And you DO have to love the braces. What a handsome boy..He is going to be a heartbreaker lol! He looks lovely :D..It’s nice to be good at something especially when your siblings aren’t lol. You have beautiful kids. It was nice to see Sean in his element! I have three girls, boys are foreign to me. Becoming less so, since we have boyfriends appearing on the scene now. Love his beautiful green eyes. what a handsome boy!! I am so impressed! Those are GREAT pictures. I love the one of him sitting down smiling. I love thoses braces!! when scott arrived in our home 11.5 years ago…the noise level changed. enjoy. (oh…also…he was deep into an EAGLES phase…he loved bald eagles!)
Kaya kamaal likha hai irhsad shaib is k liye meri taraf se mubarkbaad qubool kijiye aur isi tarah ki jankari dete rahiye Allah aap ko shifaye kamil ata farmaye great work! im in complete awe to see this dosinmien of yours n that too so well-etched n honest to the core. Today,i feel proud being an avid n dedicated listener of the songs which are written by someone who has such in-depth knowledge of our literature. you’ve made me a very proud person today!THANKS for doing this. Sir, aapne jo likha vo kaafi accha laga Mujhe bhi kahin ek pada hua sheir yaad aaya, kisne likha yeh toh Yaad nahin par alfaz kuch iss tarah ke hain sirf andaze bayan he har baat badal deita harnwiaa duniya mein koi baat, kabhi nayi baat nahin hoti .sir aapke anusaan , sab geetkaar faiz sahab ki chaya mein nahin dhoop mein hain aur dhoop ke tukdon ko apne geeton mein piro kar garmahat ka anand le rahe hain Shabdon ka hamesha ki tarah accha prayog, main aapke jaisa toh nahin likh sakta par aapka likha hua pad toh sakta hun aur jo accha lagey aapki taarif bhi kar sakta hun .Aaapne accha likha isiliye mujhe accha laga, sir aise he accha achha likhte rahiye aur hamein accha accha lagate rahiye all the best Please could you clarify plans for litocoan and operation of the Nursery/Pre-School at the Lytham site for next year.It has been mentioned that it would be brought into the current Junior school building. Will this be in a secure part of the building with controlled access, and will there be secure, private outdoor play provision ?Are there also plans to amend the current policy regarding utilisation of Early Years Vouchers ? Currently at KEQMS these are only applicable for the hours 1-4pm Mon-Fri, which is not particularly helpful for those not looking for daily schooling at that age. Acabo de encontrarme a mà mismo diciendo, yo no sé … Y el más joven les pide tan rápido que apenas llega a la primera pregunta responderé. Me alegra saber que no soy el único ser interrogado por aquÃ! Ok…So I;ve been reading your blog for 2 days now, and am totally hooked! I love the colors, I love your photography…but most of all I love your stories about your kids! I have 3 kids, 14, 13, 11…. And the 13 and 11 year old are Big question askers…Makes my head hurt! LOL! Now that they’re getting older the questions are getting harder, and somedays I just find myself saying, I dunno…And the youngest asks them so quick you barely get to anwser the first question. Glad to know I’m not the only one being questioned around here!! I’m trying to think of a word that’s beyond adorable…because that’s what this is!!! I lurk your blog ALL THE TIME, and I wanted to just say that this list (as well as most of your blog, really) has pretty much decided for me that when I have kids, I’m going to stay at home with them. I can’t imagine anyone else answering their questions about life, or forming their memories. Too funny! Thanks for the laugh! I’m going to try this one day. wowwwwwwwwwww… i thought it was just my grandkids. LOL! ♥ Hillarious! Wow, he really had a fascination with creatures, speed, size and height eh?! great idea, that was time well spent! So funny! My favorites: “Does Jesus have a skeleton?” and “Why are you ignoring me?” That is SO cute! What a great idea to write them down to remember. Why are you ignoring me? Too funny! That is hilarious! I always wished I would have taken the time to do something like that. Too cute. It sounds like a 6 year old I know. And I am so guilty of tuning him out- good for you for writing it all down. Whew! hahahahahaha! Ours was the same way. Where does God go on vacation? Who is in charge when God is on vacation? He also tends to pair up fighting partners. “If Superman and Batman fought the Incrediable Hulk and Spiderman……” Oh my word you have the BEST ideas! 🙂 How smart to copy this all down! I love it! That is the sweetest, funniest thing I have read in a long time! How awesome that you wrote all those down. And seriously, there were some good questions in there. I’m not sure how I would have answered some of them ha! My 5 year old asked me if pigs have belly buttons, and I had to look it up. My 5 year old also says that God “picks you up and carries you to Heaven” when you die – I LOVE that. How neat that Scott said the same thing. That is just plain awesome. So great that you have that! Did you attempt to answer them all at the time! That is a fun and good idea to write all the questions down. I bet at the end of the two weeks you couldn’t believe how many there were! I am seriously nearly hyperventialiting reading this list! I’m not sure I’d be able to cope!! I love the question of “Are bad guys real?”, since we’ve been studying in philosophy that people who do bad things are less ‘real’ and people who do good things are more ‘real’ (and God is the ultimate reality, because he is the ultimate good). Oh my goodness…you are soooo good to have written that down! How priceless! WOW!!!!! my little guy just turned five and all he seems to want to do is build legos and sing Dancing Queen 🙂 Your Scott is going to do BIG things!!!!!!! I love this list…aren’t you sooo glad you kept a log….mainly to remind yourself you CAN endure through a lot of things 😉 im doing this. Oh my gosh – my husband and I just laughed so hard!! My favorite is “Why are you ignoring me??” Digby is going to be the same way…. That was extremely entertaining! Loved it! Glad you shared 🙂 I love that!!! hilarious!!!! What a cutie. I LOVE five year old boys! 🙂 (Mine is six and he still jabbers on and on… I kinda love it too.) 🙂 I love it. We’re right there with stuff like this, too, and I also scribble down their questions and comments. Here’s one I think you might enjoy: on Monday night, the kids and I were talking about Easter. Our six-year-old daughter asked why Jesus was in the tomb for three (versus one, or two, etc.) days. Our eight-year-old son immediately piped up with (and I quote): “there was probably a lot of paperwork involved with resurrection”. This is such a wonderful post I love it. I think I will write things down from my 7 year old. Our daughter who is 24 when she was a little she would allways stare at the graveyard when we would go to the store and I asked her what she was looking at and she said that she was looking for people who who flying up to heaven but never could see it. I will never forget. Kids are sooo precious. a great laugh for me… over and over! hilarity :))) I don’t normally comment on your posts but I do read your blog regularly. I did however want to comment on this one. My daughter just turned 3 months old already, and its bittersweet. I cant wait till she grows up to see how successful she’ll be in life, but I want her to stay small forever. I think it was wonderful and a great idea to write down everything. Thank you for sharing your life with us all and your family memories. I love it! Those questions are the best. I was so that child. . . I asked a lot of ‘what if’ questions. . . I remember my mom grounding me from asking ‘what if’ for one day. Love that you wrote them all down. Now I want to see all your answers? 🙂 our “why’s” have turned in to “did you know…” and still they are non stop! Precious!!! I need to do that notebook thing! Nate is six and cracking me up EVERY day. How cute!! You’re a good Momma to write those all down. I think I would’ve been hollering, “I DON’T KNOW!!!” by the time we got to the 4th question. whew. My kids seem to ask a lot of questions too and I find myself only half listening/half answering or chastising them for “interrupting my thinking”! I am ashamed to call myself a homeschooling Mom! LOL! ohmystars! how cute is that? i hope he’s still inquisitive. and not only would it be exhausting to hear all of those questions, but writing them all down must have been really, really tiring! Very sweet. How nice that you wrote down all those questions! I have two boys, so I can relate to some of those questions ~ real boy questions, and things my girls would never think of! So funny! I love it. I think every Friday you should post some of your answers to those. 🙂 My son is fixing to turn 16 yrs. old and I forgot how much kids talk. Those were cute but I would have gone crazy answering all of them:) Maybe that is why I only have 1 kid:) That brought back sweet memories. ahhhhhh im dying. that is hilarious!!! HILARIOUS! Also so endearing! How I wish I would have kept more information like that on my children. Sigh. BTW- I’m still asking some of those questions! oh my goodness!!!! i can soooooo relate!!! although you are WWWAAAAYYYYYY more patient then i am!!! by 9:30 this morning i was already going bonkers by my 3 year old’s questions!! i need to start writing them down so that i can get a laugh out of it in a few years….so funny! Meg, I read two of these lists to my class of 7th graders. We laughed HARD! Thanks for sharing the questions! I have something similar….wish I’d written every.single.thing. down….it does go so fast… That was so sweet. love, Love, LOVE the stage of questions! This is GREAT! I was able to not laugh out loud until I reached the “penis” part. What’s even funnier is that I just asked Pam the same question last week. (BTW, I’m glad that girls don’t have penis’s) This is hilarious! My nearly 3 year old is just beginning to ask a lot of questions and I love the idea of writing down some of the questions, to be able to look back and see what her little mind was thinking. Why didn’t you post the answer to all of those questions??? Wow!!! I better do my research before my little one starts to talk. LOL!!! My son recently turned 6 and has been talking non-stop since he was about 20 months old! He talked super well at such an early age and hasn’t stopped yet. I love that you’ve written his questions down! What great memories you’re creating! Oh this brings back some good memories. My oldest son went through a similar stage when he was 3. I wish I would have written down some of his questions. thanks for sharing. this is so cute! what a good idea. It is sooo cool that you wrote thsoe down!! WOW HAHA that reminds me of when my brother was 5, and i was 12… i was like Mum!! tell him to shut up please, i cant cant take any more… That’s so cute! My daughter just turned 5 and I should do something similar for her, but with her, she makes STATEMENTS because, well, I guess she has all the answers 🙂 my son is just like this. I had to answer about 27 questions just while i was reading this! love it 🙂 That is hysterical, and priceless! My daughter is the same…and she always expects a response…my mindless mommy “umm hmmmm’s” just don’t cut it. Haa! how did you answer some of those???? Hysterical! Reminds me of my son at that age. He talked nonstop and asked so many questions I used to beg him to stop, just for five minutes. Now he’s 17 and I wish he’d talk more! My favorite: “Why do I have to do all the work around here???” Ha ha! I should do this. Ginny’s list would be very heavily weighted on the “Can you read me a book?” side. Cute post. 🙂 This is hilarious! I have a 4 year old who could be his match!! I miss those days! My youngest is 7 going on 40 :o) Cute! I keep records like that of my oldest 2, too. (The baby thankfully does not talk yet!). I have a recurring post on my blog called Conversations with Olivia, she is 4 and really has so doosies! 🙂 love this…so much like my son…thanks Meg for a morning smile:) I’m laughing And feeling really ashamed…how great that you thought of writing it all down!!! I find myself getting completely exasperated by my sons’ constant questions! I’m going to have to try and write them down instead 🙂 oh. my. goodness!!!! I don’t know how you answered all of those questions, or maybe you had “selective” hearing, like I sometimes do! My favorites were – why does Dad look old, why does your skin look old? Oh to be 5 years old! HILARIOUS!!! He sounds like a HOOT. So very cute. wow!!! that is so funny 🙂 omg that’s hilarious! did you answer all those questions? or did he just keep asking new ones that you didn’t have to? i would have to have spent a lot of time on google! that’s so awesome that you wrote them all down. Last fall during wheat harvest my 8 year old wanted to know if my arms got tired when I was young using that big knife to harvest wheat when we lived on a farm. How old does he think that I am???? I have an 8, 6, 4, and almost 2 year old. Most days I love the conversation! Glad to know that mine aren’t the only inquisitive ones! Holy Cow! That is alot of questions!!! I love that, I recently read somewhere what the crazy number of questions an average preschooler asks is, wish I could find that. I just remember thinking, “no wonder my brain is fried at the end of a day.” My favorite question Scott asked was, “Does God have a penis?” hilarious That list is exhausting but adorable. The best were “Why is it my birthday?” “Can a wasp kill a dog?” “Do you think squirrels are sneakier than cheetahs?” the one about sharks he answered himself and the ones about age. Ha! That’s adorable! And what a good idea to write this all down! I always think I’ll remember those little gems, but as days turn into years, some of those sweet little memories fade. I may do this for my toddler at some point. I have a five-year-old boy now and I can relate to this list! I also have a four-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl – our house is buzzing with similar questions. I am loving their incessant curiosity now – I know it will get damped down or stuffed down later, which is sad. Although it must also be more peaceful, LOL! haha! i love it!! this is such an awesome memory to look back on and it reminds me so much of my meghan! sometimes i can barely get a word in just to answer!! Oh dear. Scott is Calvin. I need to start keeping this list. What a fun thing to look back on! My favorite was “Why don’t libraries have trophies?” this is such a man list! constantly trying to understand who’s the biggest and strongest creature out there…and then how could that big, strong creature be killed? my boy is five now, and i recognize many of the same kinds of questions! i love that you wrote them all down. Oh my too funny, you have to save that for his scrapbook. I’m exhausted just reading the list! So cute! My brain hurt trying to imagine all my possible answers to his questions! My son’s only three, so I guess I have one or two years to prepare. How truly wonderful to have such a curious boy! Bless your heart Meg! You must have been exhausted every day when he was 5! How sweet! I can totally relate. My son is 7 now, but I remember reading a statistic when he was 5 that said kids that age ask upwards of 500 questions a day. Having lived through that, I’m fairly certain it’s true. I am laughing b/c my daughter recently phased into the “ask a million questions and talk incessantly” stage. I can’t even read all of Scott’s cute questions right now b/c my brain is so full of little girl chatter! I love your idea of writing it down ~ funny memories! this was posted
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sean said: "When you get a baby out…. (i thought….oh no where is this leading?') can it cry so much that it would run out of breath?" ************************************************************************* after sean came home from a play date i asked "did you say thank you?" he said "Oh no! i was having such a good time i just forgot!" ************************************************************************* annie asked: "does food go into your throat, down to your tummy and into your toes and that's how we get energy?!" i answered "ummmm….yes!" to make it easy. sean said "hey!….that's NOT what happens to food!" ************************************************************************ annie asked last night "why does bread have sugar in it?" she was eating cinnamon sugared toast. and before i could say that it didn't she shouted…… "Cause the chicken wanted to get to the other side!" ************************************************************************* while walking the dog annie remembers something: "Oh mom…you forgot to get me to ride a unicorn!" me: "i did? was i supposed to do that?" annie "yes. don't worry we'll do it in…..6 years." ************************************************************************** sean did not want to ride go carts yesterday. then he finally got brave and did it. while walking to the car he said "i wish i wouldn't have not wanted to do that before. it was great." me: "well, next time you are nervous about something you can tell yourself – remember the go-karts" he answers seriously "yeah well i am never going to be a doctor. you have to touch feet AND privates….gross!" huh? ************************************************************************* for some reason my kids think it's hilarious to see a man in a suit riding a bike. they laugh and laugh. the other night the conversation over ice cream sean: wouldn't it be funny to see a man in suit on a bike? scott: or on a bike in a diaper? talby: or in a diaper on tricycle? scott: with a beanie hat with a propeller? annie: yeah!! a diaper! hahahahahahahahahha!!!!" that would be pretty funny. ************************************************************************************ at bible study i served sloppy joes. sean asks "did you make these mom?" me: yes sean. you'll like them. they are the same that i always make. sean: are the same as dad makes? (craig makes sloppy joes occasionally when he has to cook) me: yes, they are the same as dads…it's our secret man-wich recipe. sean realizes i am kidding about the secret and says: "well it should be a secret because it's so good!" ************************************************************************************ funny stuff. I love when kids leave me speechless and confused! HA! 🙂 these are sooo cute, hahhahahah. Just the 5 billionth time I’ve checked to see if you are back…can’t wait. ha how cute!!! Love it!! This is my first time leaving a comment but I need to tell you how much I love your blog!! I can’t wait to hear all about your trip!! Sounds a like a segment from Art Linkletter’s show “Kids Say the Darndest Things”… oh wait, you are too young to know about that, LOL! out of the mouths of babes…that was great! Those are some of the funniest things I’ve heard. I love writing the quotes down. Prayed for you today – all of you there and all of yours back home. 🙂 feet & privates … & unicorns. 🙂 love it ALL! That was supposed to be “are” NOT atr!!!!! ooooops Oh man oh man atr you wishing you were home yet???? I am praying for you!!!! Cute quotes! I do similar posts about my daughters on my blog every once in awhile. then saying yes to making a cake isn't the best idea. while it cooked she got out all the things she wanted to put on the cake. i think they must have done it at sunday school or preschool…because we haven't ever done that. That’s so cute and she did a really good job! I love her cake, great job! WOW that is such a sugary cake– hehe! It does look yummy though- Annie did a great job 🙂 it’s like a gingerbread house…on a cake! so cute! great job for saying YES! AND for resisting the sugar. you are doing better than me! Jesus certainly would love it…and Annie is so very adorable! Yea for Annie! Great job! Kelly annie did such a wonderful job on decorating the cake who knowns she just might be a cake decorator when she growns up!! blessings. I don’t have kids of my own, but you’ve inspiring me to let my students be creative with more than just paper, scissors, and glue. Oh my gosh – Annie is so totally adorable and you are the very best mommy ever! I wish was I was more willing to allow my kiddos to be free to create. I’m going to get with God on that one. This is so awesome! We love singing happy birthday to Jesus too! Great post! That is awesome. So wonderful that you caught it all on camera! What a sweet day. Thanks for sharing. Still giggling about the Charlotte comment. 🙂 You need a like button for things like this. Super cool of you and her! She is so cute and you are a great mom. Very good for you about the sugar! That last photo is perfection. What a beautiful blessing God has given you. What a darling cake.. You are just an angel to sit through that and not eat the whole thing.. Loved the sweet smiles on her face.. That was a load of sugar in its self. Whewwwwwww, I can FEEL that sugar all the way across town! LOL! We don’t do a lot of sugar ourselves… but we let the grandkids do that when they are here. I’ve never been one to take much to sugary things, and amazingly, my own boys didn’t want lots of candy or stuff like that when they were growing up. i absolutely love your blog, so i nominated it for an award (over on my blog) I’ll bet someone has already said this (sorry, didn’t have time to check), but I know of a few people who make birthday cakes for Jesus on Christmas Eve or Day. They use white cake and white frosting (purity)…but the same idea your daughter had. Sing ‘Happy Birthday’, read the story of His birth, remember why we celebrate Christmas. I’m actually crying. How precious is that face?! And what a cake! She didn’t hold anything back, did she? 🙂 LOVE!! That girl ROCKS! Plus, it looks like she’s helping you out by getting all the sugar out of the house! LOVE this! This post cracks me up because I did that one year ago, and only made it until my daughters birthday. I baked her a wicked delicious birthday cake and as she stared at me with adorable 3 year old eyes saying “Mommy want some cake?” I caved, hard. But the exercise in self control really did make a difference to the cravings, both physically and mentally. I understand the whole sugar thing…but for me I’ve gone vegan and must leave the room when the cheese is out! Yes, happy birthday Jesus, He would love it…sugar and all! Kim oh. my. Goodness. Love, love. love it. This year we started our own tradition and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and ate cake for breakfast before we read some children’s books about the true meaning of Christmas and then we enjoyed our stockings and presents. Our eight month old simply played along, but our three year old truly enjoyed celebrating Jesus’ birthday…who can say no to blowing out candles and eating cake when you’re three. I also wanted to thank you for your link to Rachel’s beautiful speech. I immediately linked my friends and family to her speech via our family blog and have scheduled it for viewing at our women’s bible study this week. I am so excited to watch it for the second time and absorb everything she has to share all over again. I like you have her voice in my mind and keep saying “I am here to serve with joy” over and over again. God bless you Meg. We are on a sugar holiday of sorts at our house too and it is BRUTAL! I wanted to share a little something I found that helps take the edge off. (I even sound like an addict. And don’t get me started on caffeine.) Have you tried “organic Raw Blue Agave”? It is low glyvemic and won’t spike your blood sugar like the good ol’ white stuff. Perfect in things that you need a little sweet…oatmeal, grape-nuts,tea, etc. My kids even eat it on pancakes. (My mom gave it to them and they didn’t know the difference.) fantastic. beautiful. Annie is so cute…cake was lovely…and I wish I had your will power…cutting back on all things bad for me…slowly but surely! Good Luck! What a sweet girl!! Love her fun cake, and singing to Jesus! That is truly the cutest thing ever! Annie is just about the cutest girl I have ever seen! And what a wonderfully creative cake…..I love it. We love to make cakes at our house, too. I need to learn to be a bit more hands-off, and I think I can do it after reading your post. I just can’t stand the sound of sprinkles crunching under my feet for the rest of the day 🙂 I love your blog!!! We sing happy birthday to Jesus every Christmas morning at breakfast. This year we sang 4 times in a row. It’s fun! I love Annie’s cake, and Jesus would love it too! :o) My girlies made a jesus cake for christmas, it is so much fun. I am amazed that you have all the lovely candy goodness in your cupboards, uneaten and waiting to be used on cakes. It would be gobbled up in my house. I have to do special runs to the supermarket when decorating calls. Loved the Rachel link. There should have been a kleenex alert before viewing. Great message. Great job staying away from the cake (& one finger lick is NOT a big deal)! I am new to commenting but definitely not new to reading. My sister in law is the one that made that cool scrapbook paper wall that you featured on your sidebar. Anyway, LOVE your blog! Oh yeah, and I made your crescent chicken yesterday and it turned out GREAT (and you’re right….no leftovers). I am a “mac n cheese” out of the box kind of gal so it was nice to find something so tasty that was super easy to make. Keep doin’ what you’re doin’! Laura’s comment is funny…”Jesus gave up sugar too”! Did she eat this cake after she made it? It looks way too sweet to actually eat! “But there was nothing else to do”???? She is just the cutest thing ever! Love the cake! A friend of mine did a “cake for Jesus” with her kids when they were little, so sweet. Love this post! She is an absolute doll. Seeing kids be imaginative & creative is the best! Good for you on the only licking your finger once… impressive!!! WOW!! She did an amazing job. I love your reference to that Sex in the City scene, so funny!!! I feel ya. I’m doing a no sugar thing too. I would have done the same thing. You are one strong chick to even stand that close to the cake, just the smell would do me in:) i absolutely love this…what an awesome memory for her… It’s perfect. 🙂 hi meg! quick and silly question for you. i think it was on your blog {in the sidebar} that you linked to this colorful canvas someone did that listed out their family goals. i can’t find that link in my bookmarks. do you know what i am talking about and if so, could you pass along the link to me again? thanks SO much!! Too sweet. 🙂 There is nothing like the precious heart of a child. Thank you for sharing! HOW AWESOME IS ANNIE!!!???? Well, we allll know that answer 🙂 Sweet Sweet Annie!!! I’m serious, I’ve said it before….my littlest guy will turn 5 in March….please let Annie marry him!!!! And then, I, too can have a Happy Birthday Jesus Cake made by Annie 🙂 (But we would make her go to OU football games!!! 😮 How cute! The way you are with your kids is so inspiring to new momma’s like me! The Charolette scene (and what followed) was great!! And the cake looks yummy! So sweet! You’ve inspired me to go on a sugar detox….I was getting so out of control. I haven’t had any in four days. Really, I can’t believe how much better I already feel. I do have to say, that is some real self control on your part! So sweet! That is the most darling cake I’ve ever seen. And your reference to Charlotte in the shower just made me laugh so hard I snorted. I showed this photo to my 4.5 year old. She said she wants to be Annie’s friend so she can make cakes with her. seriously? she is such a cute girl! that is one precious little girl. and one awesome mama. i love that you let her do it all. how special for her. and rewarding. and you didn’t go back for a second lick? impressive I don’t know hat was more beautiful her or the cake… Yes Jesus would love it it is fit for a KING! Happy Wednesday to you and yours. Beautiful! And the Charlotte comment had me cracking up – I’m pregnant and did that with raw cookie dough the other day – and I thought about the SAME exact thing! I hear that Jesus is off of sugar too Her bangs/haircut just kills me. She’s so freaking cute. And your sugar boycott is inspirational, although right now, I’m cutting sugar vicariously… I feel ya on the sugar thing. Attempting to cut back my ridiculous coffee consumption right now. It’s making me cranky with a capital CRANK! That is darling! So cute! I would eat it up though, good self control! Oh my goodness!!! You are the front runner for mom of the year! Not only did you agree to bake a cake while doing no sugar, but you let her frost and decorate it too!!! I really need to loosen up and just let the kids create! Love how loaded the cake was! Reminds me of our Christmas cookies with and inch of frosting and twice as high in sprinkles! (Serious kudos for only taking a lick…I thought letting the kids get schwan’s ice cream cones was hard!) I never had the nerve to let my children do something like that in the kitchen. You are such a great mom to do that. Sorry I missed out on such things. OMG…way too yummy!!! How cute! Better than I could do!! Very cute! Reminds me of yesterday…minus the cake. My six year old asked me during lunch if I knew how to find “the place for poor people to live.” I replied that I could find out, why did she need to know? She explained that she was hoping we could spend the afternoon shopping for clothes and shoes and toys….all for the poor people, then we could take them there. I agreed that it was a very thoughtful idea, but wondered what made her think of that. Her reply: “Because Christmas isn’t about getting gifts, it is about giving them. It is about love. It is about what Jesus would do.” Great post, Meg. I love to see Annie in all her glory. I thought of you yesterday while we made sugar cookies and let the kids go to town with cutters and sprinkles. Steve and I were both silently cursing the dough that wouldn’t cooperate. I said, “We’re making happy memories for them, remember?” He just laughed at me. It was good. It was a “Meg moment.” Cheers! xoxo this is the cutest thing I’ve seen and heard all day! So precious. such a beautiful cake!! That is the sweetest thing! And wow, is she creative! What a perfect kid cake. absolutely precious! well done annie! Gorgeous cake! Of course, once she added all that candy, I wouldn’t have been able to eat it. Well, okay, but just the bottom two layers. 😉 Annie – the cake is beautiful! Great job!!! HOW PRECIOUS and SO SWEET! She is such a cutie pie! P.S. I, too, am trying to give up the sugar habit – it is like crack to me! HA! Good luck and keep up the good work – you can do it my friend! Big hugs! :o) Every time I look at your pictures…I think I wish I had the “gusto” to be so patience…not concerned about the “mess” etc….your kids seem to be “kids”…. Gorgeous cake Annie! I could never give up sugar I’m just too weak! She’s precious! I love how kids come up with this stuff all on their own without any prompting from us. That’s awesome and it did make Jesus happy 🙂 Don’t you know that, that cake made her Father smile!!!!! How precious she is to you and Him! Thanks for sharing! these pictures are ridiculously cute. i need to squeeze that kid. I’ve done the “spit out” thing when I’ve been on sugar fasts in the past, too. It’s rather comical! Loved the photos, and the commentary. So sweet. I just love this post. Well done Meg with the sugar. You are to be commended! As for me I ate one and one-half cinnamon buns yesterday…before bed…it would have been two whole ones but someone caught me. It was a weak moment for me. Annie is so cute. Love the bangs. It is a beautiful cake! As for the sugar thing I am the same way with caffiene right now. Funny thing is that I have given up a lot of sugar by giving up the caffiene. I am starting to think I may survive it also,lol! oh He does! Go Annie! Good for you, I don’t think I would have been so strong to avoid sugar this long! You are inspiring 🙂 Jesus would love the cake! That is so sweet! OH MAN! That’s unreal. I really really love it. 🙂 She did such a great job just like her momma would do. Both are so creative! annie had birthday money to spend that came inside birthday cards. she chose 2 barbies, 2 books, a webkinz and a baby alive (small version). 20 minutes later in the grocery section of walmart annie said
i told annie and her friend to "sit on their bottoms in their carseats" oh my. ************************************************************************************************************* i was giving a lecture in the car on the way to school (that's not the funny part)
************************************************************************************************************* talby asks "how much does a car cost mom?" (thinking for when she gets a car) i laughed so hard. ************************************************************************************************************ at dinner sean said "ALL white people like coffee….except if they are allergic." ************************************************************************************************************ annie told me while driving in the car *************************************************************************************************************
Love that you have this blog to capture these moments… I was laughing hysterically… In the car the other day, my 3 y.o. daughter pointed to and yelled at the auto repair shop we were passing, “You are on the NAUGHTY NAUGHTY list cause you don’t have Cwistmas decowations and Santa won’t bwing you pwesents…” (the salon next to it was decorated). I want Annie to come play at my house. so funny…kids say such funny stuff My 22 month old Louise had this to say about your blog this morning: “Where’s the paints? The paints! The paints!” (The Christmas decorations are lovely, by the way.) oh my. i just loved this. and needed it today, too. christmas with the skanks was too much. i laughed so hard. so, thank you! and, that’s just precious that annie’s gunna send jesus all her money 🙂 the baby alive…so cute. smart decision though…she can freak out with a real baby in 20 years and stay a kid with no diaper changing responsibility for now. Loved the one about the bun! And the coffee:) thanks for storytime. hilarious!! Oh, man. This white girl (who happens to like coffee) is fwreakin’ laughing hard! Thanks for that 😀 Your kiddos are precious!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I needed these laughs! i about died laughing. your family is hilarious. So great! Christmas with the Skanks. Annie has the right idea…giving Jesus all her money! LOL! so cute! well, you know, they probably get their joking and fun attitudes from you and craig… just shows what a happy family you have and what great parents you are 😀 Precious babies! Your home seems like the most magical place to grow up…lucky kids 🙂 these are so freaking hilarious! your kids crack me up! I love this! I post what I call “Finnanigans” quite often. It’s what comes out of my 3 year old’s [Finn] mouth. There’s never a dull moment with kids! it rocks to be a mom!j I love it! My three-year-old told me that Jesus thinks it’s already His birthday b/c our Christmas tree is up. 🙂 I would love to get our kids together…the conversations would be priceless… Priceless. I love when you share these moments! You guys crack me up! Those kids of yours are hilarious. I have a feeling it has something to do with your ability to tell jokes! I had to share some quotes/coupons Hunter gave me for mother’s day when he was a first grader — So funny! I love her addition to your in the car lecture. 🙂 Thank you for sharing those with us! I really needed a good laugh this morning! You’r kids are too cute! My 14 month old just started talkin and the only word she understands how to use is “no”. Can I have a kiss? “Nooooo”, Lil’ miss, don’t feed the dogs, “No!”. Can’t wait until she can say such cute things like annie!! so so funny! And I love it when mommies document all these funny things. We think we’ll remember them but we don’t…..and the way she talks. Priceless! Your kids are adorable! annie cracks me up! LOVE. And it wouldn’t have been half as fantastic w/o the “proper” spellings. Love those! Aren’t you glad you wrote these down so you can remember them? Thanks for the laugh this morning….you guys are hilarious. Nice to know that you are so good with jokes too!!! Love that you are writing down the cute things they say!!!! Thanks for the laughs Megan…maybe you could hear me from CO! I am always so bad about remembering the funny things my kiddos say. I need to carry a notepad with me all the time and write it down immediately. Happy day! hilarious! fwreaked out…so stinking cute i can’t stand it! I love these posts! Thanks for sharing and starting my day with a laugh! I love these posts! Kids are so funny! DD Beth came home from religion class to say”Guess what? Jesus is born in Bethlahem, like me BETH!” 4 yr old Molly says”Oh yeah, well Jesus’s bruder(brother) was born in Mollylahem! Oh that was so funny!! I seriously wish I would have taken the time to write down all the fun things my girls have said over the years. You have a record now to look back on and laugh and laugh! too funny! thanks for starting my day off with a laugh! These are great. Tell Julia that I loved that video she posted! I laughed so hard, you probably heard me from your house! LOVE IT! hilarious. thanks for the morning laugh. especially christmas with the skanks. i will forever laugh when i see that movie and think of you. Oh I love kids! Too funny!! I love it. this song made me think of you and your blog… This is great! Annie is hilarious! I saw on another blog someone made a Memory Jar and wrote down all the funny things her kids said and put them in the jar. It will be so fun to look back on what they said someday! Christmas with the Skanks… now that is a funny picture. Tell Sean I’m white, I don’t like coffee and I’m not allergic. A cold diet coke in the morning is my caffeine of choice! 🙂 I love all of those moments you’ve captured…and shared. That is so funny! so funny….they made me laugh! Those comments are so funny! What a great way to start off my day! Thanks for sharing! I love starting my day with a chuckle! And I love your holiday blog banner, if that is what it is called. classic!!!love it!!! I especially love the one about Jesus! 🙂 Oh, thanks for sharing! Now I wish that I had been writing down all the funny things my kids would say. hello…I’m learning english(I’m French) and I love to read your blog…it’s so funny…. oh my word. I just laughed out loud and about woke the snoring king next to me. hilarious. So funny Annie is a character she would have me in stitches everyday! i want a fashion limo too! i LOVE annie reminding you you’re ALSO good at telling jokes. that kind of stuff just kills me. what a sweetheart, looking for an opportunity to compliment you! 🙂 priceless. it’s posts like these that make me so excited to have kids. I wish I could meet your family.. it seems like there is never a dull moment 🙂 Out of the mouths of babes. I think the last one is my favorite, “ing-cited!” Love that she would send in all her money. Too adorable and kind-hearted.
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Kimberlee J. - Love the earrings you’re wearing in that last shot.
Christina - Those first pictures with your younger son (I think that’s right) are so funny. And Talby is looking so like you! What a sweet face!
Happy Mother’s Day.
karen - Happy Mother’s Day Meg!!
Melanie - I love the photo of Talby. She is adorable!
Erin from Skoots and Cuddles - i love the photo of you and your pooch! it truly is the good stuff. thanks for sharing!
amy jupin - please move to alabama and be my bff. pretty please!
Jennifer - Wonderful, happy pictures! Especially the ones of you all terrorizing some indoor pool. HA!
We did a family cannon ball (Mom and Dad too!) on our cruise back in December. A family was allowing their kid to be VERY rude, splashing my girls terribly with no regard at all. So before we left, we retaliated. Great lesson for the kids, no?
Sixty-Fifth Avenue - Looks like so much fun! All of it!
We are starting swim lessons next week for our 4 year old…I hope this year she has more fun in the water.
Have a fabulous mothers day!!
Carrie K - good stuff for sure!! love the pool pics the most…
and that one of you and waffle…haaahaahaaa…that made me laugh LOUD…at WORK…whoops…haaahaahaa
Caroline @ The Feminist Housewife - Such priceless photos! I’m so glad I found your blog. I loved the guest post at 320 Sycamore!
Staci - Fun times 🙂 And I love Waffle’s “mean dog” face 🙂 I love it that you have to help him be mean 😉 Happy Mother’s Day Meg!!!!!!!!
Sue K. - oh ya, i forgot to say, it hard to make a doodle look vicious, even when you try too!
Sue K. - love waffles haircut – looks just like koda used too sniff sniff… and oh my goodness, talby looks just like you!!!
Molly - Looks like fun!!!
Molly
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Jesse Peak - My little ones just started taking swim lesson 2 months ago. We are loving it. Can’t wait to let them take off and swim this summer.
P.S. I have been thinking I might try to make an at home photo booth and duplicate that look. I think it would be fun! Happy Mother’s Day!
Gemma - Your pictures are lovely!( As per usual lol)
Yummy doughnuts 😀
Gemma X http://musings-of-a-gem.blogspot.com/
seriouslyahomemaker - stop it with the cute kids. its not fair to the rest of us! 🙂
angie
kelli - please have a drubers giveaway! 🙂
Dana Banana - This is the 3rd post I have seen today about Drubers. Makes me REALLY want donuts!