Sweet Life in the City

Some of you may have already read this on Facebook, but here is the conversation between Jeremy and Sam yesterday on his way home from school. " We were on the way home from school today when Samuel asked me to roll up the windows. After I did, he asked me, "Dad? Why did Jesus die for our sins?" That's a great question, but one I hardly expected from my almost five year old. I explained as simply as I could that God wants us to live forever with him in heaven, but that we are supposed to be perfect first. I explained to him that we all mess up, and that no one is perfect. We gave some examples of his disobedience and treatment of his sisters. He agreed that he messed up sometimes. So I told him that Jesus died for our sins so that we could go to heaven to live with God. I went on to explain in child-like terms that if we let Jesus live in our hearts, then we can also go to heaven and Jesus will help us live the best we can. I asked Samuel if he knew what "live i...

So I am not quite sure were this past week went. I did not realize it has been almost a week since I posted anything. I was pretty busy last week. I never mentioned this before but a few months ago we put our house up for sale. We put it up for sale for a few reasons but we actually took it off the market about a month ago. The reasons we put it up for sale was not worth the hassle of showing it or having it ready to show all the time, so we decided to stay where we are for a few more years. Well I said all that because when we were about to put it in the market I packed up a bunch of stuff and put it in the garage. I packed up stuff that we do not necessary use all the time but since we decided not to sell it I needed to bring most of it back in the house. Well it was definitely easier to pack up then put it back in the house. So I spent most of Wednesday and Thursday unpacking things and getting things organized. I also finally got the pictures of the kids taken by Jessica Hollis hu...

We are having a good week. Sam is having a great week at school and Emma is starting to like the idea of Sam being at school. She has figured out all the advantages of him not being at home all day. Sam has also been better about wanting to play with her when he gets home. Well there is not much going on this week. The girls and I are going to be leaving in a few minutes to make a Wal-Mart run. Here are a few pictures of the kids playing on their swing set. Have a great day!

We all survived our first week of Sam going to school. He had a great week but he was EXHAUSTED Friday night. He fell asleep on the way home from school and then slept on the couch until about 9:00 when I made him wake up to eat something. I had been trying all evening to get him awake but he was out. He ate a little mac and cheese and then he went back to sleep and slept until about 7:00 Saturday morning. He had a little sinus congestion and was not feeling so good when he first woke up and he did not want to go to school. We checked his temperature but he did not have one. I finally got him up and dressed and he was feeling better. Well I did not get a new camera this weekend. Jeremy has a flip camcorder that can also take still pictures so this picture was taken yesterday morning. I am thinking about waiting closer to Christmas and get a really nice camera but I do not know if I can wait that long for a new camera. Well the girls and I do not have much planned today. I am going to g...

We are having a pretty good week. Monday night we went to Sam's Open House at school and he was just too cute. Jeremy's parents came also and he was so proud to show them his room and meet his teacher. He was just bouncing the whole night. Yesterday was his first full day of school. He did great! I was worried because it did not start out so well yesterday morning because he did not want to get up and go. He fell asleep on the way home and slept on the couch for about 2 hours when they got home. He probably would of slept all night but we had to wake him up for supper. He had a little bit of a hard time falling back asleep last night but he finally went to sleep and he came running in our room at 6:00 this morning. I have been getting him up at about 6:20 but this morning he was ready to go. I hope he is not as hyper at school as he was this morning. He woke Chloe up being loud but thankfully I got her to go back to sleep, she is actually still sleeping. After the guys left I l...

Well I could only get one of the pictures posted from Friday, but you can see how cute he was on the first day of school. I will be so happy when I get a new camera. There have been so many moments the past week that I wished I could of snapped a picture but I could not. Hopefully this weekend I can get a new camera. Well day two of school was another success. Sam woke up this morning happy and ready to go to school. He took a LONG nap yesterday so he had trouble getting to sleep last night so I was sure he was going to be grumpy this morning. He only went half a day today so I have not gotten much accomplished today. The girls and I went out this morning to run a few errands. I had to go to the bank and then we went to Target. We were out of toilet paper and because of Chloe's little tummy ache I only had 3 diapers left this morning. After our errands we headed into Nashville to pick Sam up at school. He looked so cute standing with his class. He got in the van and started telling...

So I am sorry that I have not posted all week and I am sorry to say that I do not have any pictures to post today. Jeremy took a few pictures of Sam yesterday but our connection at the house is so slow and so he is having troubling getting them posted. I will try to get them up tomorrow sometime. This past week went by so fast but I will try to give an update on our week. Tuesday we had a few errands to run in the afternoon but for the most part we just stayed home. I got hooked on another series of books so I was not much use around the house because every free moment I was reading. Wednesday I finally put the book down and got my house cleaned and all the laundry caught up. I even got all the bedding washed. Thursday I took the kids to the dentist and they did great. Sam got a few teeth filled and did a great job during the whole thing. The dentist looked in Emma's mouth and everything looked pretty good except for a tooth she has in the front that is rotten. She already had that...

Well my plans to stay home today and get my house cleaned and laundry done did not happen. I called the doctor this morning to get Sam's immunization record filled out for school. I got off the phone and they called me back about 20 minutes later to tell me that Sam was needing 4 shots. I would not normally get upset but I had called their office back in May to set up appointments for Chloe's 2 year check up and Sam's Kindergarten appointment. They told me that Sam had all his shots last October was not in need of any shots. I specifically asked them again if he had all his shots to start school and they said YES. This is the second time that office has done that to me, telling me that the kids were up on shots and then when I needed something documented they come back and tell me that they are missing shots. I was also upset because I wanted to get him in over the summer so I would not have to drag all three kids with me. We have things going on the next two afternoons and...

We have had a pretty good weekend. I know I have not blogged since last week but my camera broke on Thursday and I have been pretty bummed that I could not take any pictures. I need to wait a few weeks before I can get a new one. I am going to borrow a friend's camera for Friday so I can get some of Sam on his first day of school (sniff, sniff). I thought since I could not take any pictures I would post a few of Sam from the past few years. The ones I posted tonight were taken on his first birthday and his first Thanksgiving. I have forgotten how little he was. Anyway, I better move on before I start to cry. Just a quick update on the past few days. Friday the kids and I went to our friend's house and swam in her pool most of the day. Her daughters played with the kids and kept them occupied in the pool so I had a very relaxing day by the pool. My friend also gave us their swing set. Her girls are too old for the swing set so she let us have it. Jeremy and a teen in our youth g...

The kids and I are just staying home today. We have church and VBS tonight so we will get out later. The kids have really enjoyed VBS the last two nights and I have enjoyed a few hours to myself. Monday night I went to Curves and went to the grocery store while the kids were gone and last night I stayed home and enjoyed a few hours of quiet. Last night when Jeremy and the kids were leaving Sam asked me if I was going to stay home when I said that I was he then said, "Well mom it looks like you could use some more rest." I guess I looked as frazzled as I felt. Today I am planning on getting the laundry done and get the house cleaned up. I am in the mood to organize but I think I am going to wait until school starts to do any major organizing. There are a few closets and cabinets that I want to tackle but it will be easier without Sam wanting to keep everything. Well that is about it for today. Here are some pictures of the kids from last night.

We had a pretty good weekend. Jeremy and I had a nice evening Friday. We out to eat and then just walked around the mall for a little while. Saturday we took the kids to the park for a few hours. It was a nice day and the kids had fun. We went to Sonic to get the kids lunch and then went to the park. Sam and Emma ate their chicken quickly and then played on the slides and swings. Chloe sat down on a bench most of the time just enjoying her chicken and bread. She did not want to play she wanted to eat. Jeremy had a youth group activity Saturday night so the kids and I stayed home. Yesterday was church and then we had lunch at Jeremy's parents house. Last night was our Back to School Bash at church and the kick-off for our VBS that we are doing tonight through Wednesday. The kids had so much fun last night. All three of my kids can go to VBS and Jeremy and I are actually not in charge of anything so I think Jeremy is going to take the kids while I have a few nights to relax. Jeremy...