Thursday Thirteen

1. My kids are lovin' the home made juice pop cycles. These are 100 % juice. Blueberry and the other Black Cherry and maybe $1.00 worth of juice for 8 of them. Very healthy! Very inexpensive too! $4. for the two sets of plastic re-usable pop cycle makers. They have a straw built in and the juice can be sipped up as they melt. On sale I can find a bit of a comparable at $3.50 for 6 of them. Dash wants to try Orange Juice or pineapple juice. I think a coffee with soy milk would be yummy!
2. I over heard Dove last night. She was alone with her brother..."Dash" she said, "you know when I made fun of you today... (he said yes) I'm sorry I treated you that way"...He said thank you Dove".
Then I heard her say " ...and Dash when I teased you about not going into the water fall that was not very nice for me to do...I'm sorry"...Dash replied..."I forgive you Dove"
Dove then added " and you know brother when I fight with you ,It's not o.k., I really want to be nicer to you"... He said Thanks Dove...I want to be nice to you too..."
I was washing dishes at the time and just felt the warmth of success and the joy of know that the future of my children is founded.
And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children."
3. Dove was "Board" ... "I'm Board and want to go for a play date mom...She said to Dash you go ask her... You have the cuter eyes!HA!
So she said I'm board... So...I told her to go swap the laundry she said "No", I firmly told her to go do so. Then I told Dash to go help. Then they had to repeat that they were board. I told them They could find something to do or they can help with chores there are a lot of them I could find for them to do.
I had Dash give the dogs water then...
I asked them if they were still board...I heard a roaring "NO MOM" then Dash pipes in "Even if I were Mom I won't tell you!
:)
4. I have 5 dove outside the window cooing.
5. I asked Dove to get me a snack and she just offered her brother one.
6. Beloved called and I told him about # 3 and then we laughed about me being a hard driver. The song came to me "I'm looking for a hard loving woman...One who will make me do my best..and if I find a hard lovin' woman I know the rest of my life would be blessed...yes,yes," I sung it to him and asked him are ya blessed. He said yes. I think it lifted him.
7. The kids pitched in and wanted to help make lunch so.. Dash stirred the wet ingredients and ground the herbs for the egg salad and then Dove asked to help. She got the plates and mixed all the ingredients together. She set out the bread.The kids ate EGG SALAD gleefully because they helped make it. Dove had most of hers except the crust. My kids normally eat the crust. I do not let them waist it. Dove with her new braces was told she did not have to today it is better to just eat the soft part. She ate it up!
8. I am enjoying the kids emerging independence. Not only is it lightening my load but they feel so good about them selfs.
9. Dash woke Daddy Man up with the "Your the best Dad in the whole world!" glee.
10. Dash loves my tools. I told him there is nothing better than a good tool to save up and get the best you can afford. It is better to wait and save for a good tool and buy it once. He said "Mom Lego's are my tools" :)
11. Dove is making those faces that come with new braces. She is trying to get used to them. she very seldom makes a complaint. Just if things are hard to eat. She asks me to cut them up small.
12. Willy the Lab is outside in time out! He ate a garbage can full of the compost type trash! all over the porch! I know that it was me who left the can just outside the door. It was while the breakfast eggs were cooking. I will give him mercy but he better not puke!
13. Oh those puppy dog eyes! :)