We hate ants

Mackenzie reading a book about animals in the other rooms yells to me in the kitchen,

"Mom! Come heeeerre."

I come.

Kenzie: "Look! I just found the thing we hate more than anything else in the whole wide world."

Yes ants. 

They are from the devil and are full of all kind of evil. 

I'm pretty sure I almost cried today over ants.
They are everywhere. 

The other night Mackenzie came into our room in the middle of night to report that her bed was full of ants.
She wasn't lying.

So gross. 

And annoying. 

Ok I'll stop complaining now. 

Happy Thursday everyone. 

Hope you have an ant free day! 

Cereal lover

Wesley: "Mom you make the best cereal in the whole wide world."

He's easy to please :)

hide the clippers

Just a recent conversation at the Sellars' house. 

Me: Wes needs a haircut.

Aaron: Let's just buzz it.

Me: No. 

Aaron: Wes, do you want to have hair like Daddy?

Wes: (pause) No...I don't think I want the black hair. 

I will definitely be keeping his cute blond hair as long as I can.

And hiding the clippers. just in case.  

My little computer geeks

I came out of the kitchen yesterday to find the kids like this. 

All 3 lined up on the couch with their computers.

I don't even know what to say about this but it was pretty funny. 

And if you know my husband you totally know these are his kids (with little Mac's of course). 

He needs a brother

Poor Guy...

Sandwiched in between two sisters.

Yesterday we had this conversation...

Wesley (running out of the bathroom, super excited): "Mom! May I have this please?"

Me: "No Wes. Headbands are for girls." 

Wesley: "No Mom, it's blue. Blue is for boys."

Awww... I love him!

Hey

Wesley cracks me up. 

His favorite phrase is "Hay's for horses."

And he says it all. the. time.

Because apparently I say "Hey" all the time.  

The other day he corrected a total stranger after hearing them say "Hey."

Seriously.

I'm not sure if they thought it was cute or funny or rude.

 Or a little of both. 

And I couldn't help but laugh and then apologize. 

I love my little man and his sense of humor. 

Booger Boy

Boys are gross. 

 This is a conversation I had with Wesley the other day after I picked a booger out of his nose.

 Don't judge. 

You know you've picked your kids boogers too.

Wes: Mom, can I see it (the booger)?

(I show him the booger)

Wes: Oh. Can I have it? I want to eat it.

Me: No! You can't eat boogers. That's gross.

Wes: But Mooomm. They are SO yummy. I loooove boogers.

Me: No you can't eat boogers. It's really gross Wes and it will make you sick.

Wes: (in his pouty voice) Mom that makes me really sad.   

My silly booger eating boy. 

A rough day

I've had a rough couple of days.

Let me give you a recent snap shot of my life.

Saturday-ran a zillion errands to get stuff for the new house, randomly broke out in head to toe hives. Itchy, itchy hives.

Sunday- taught Sunday school at church in the morning, spray painted 2 chairs, then hosted 20 people for Community group at our house that night. Me and Madelyn came down with a cold.

Monday- went grocery shopping and packed during the day, hosted Bunco at our house at night

today- took the dog to the groomers, more packing, more errands

Needless to say we have been busy.

And with the move this Saturday I have felt extra stressed.

I'd like to say I have been handling the craziness with perfect ease and calmness but that would be a big fat lie.

Just ask my kids.

Today we were driving home from Target when this conversation took place.

Mackenzie: "Mommy, are you having a rough day?"

Me: "Yeah Baby, Mommy is having a hard day. But you know what. Just because Mommy is having a hard day does not mean it's ok to have a bad attitude. I'm sorry for being so frustrated and impatient with you guys. It's not ok to act like that and I'm sorry.

Mackenzie: It's ok Mommy, I forgive you.

Wesley: I love you Mommy.

(Mackenzie saying something about me being frustrated and how it's not good to get frustrated with little kids).

Me: I love you guys. Has Mommy not been a very nice Mommy today?

Mackenzie: Hey Mom! (getting really excited) I know what you have been like. You have been like the Mom in Cinderella!

Me: Oh Man. I hope not!

All of us start laughing :)

The past couple days I have had multiple "I can't do this!" moments.

Just today I had a few...

-Taking 2 toddlers and a baby and a dog in and out of the groomers. in the rain.

-Carrying a crying baby and a broom while pushing the other 2 kids in a full shopping cart that I can barely maneuver through Walmart.

-Trying to make dinner for the kids, give the baby a bath and clean throw up out of a car seat all without the hubby.

Anyways, in the midst of these moments the Lord has given me some clarity.

He gently reminded me that

I absolutely cannot do it on my own.

I can't be a good Mom

or a loving wife

or a loyal friend

without Jesus.

And praise the Lord I don't have to!

I am so thankful for a Heavenly Father who is so loving, forgiving, and patient for His Son Jesus who paid the penalty for my sin and for the Holy Spirit that dwells in me, helping me and making me more like Jesus.

Card from a girly girl

The other day we had a birthday party to go to.

A little boy birthday party.

So I had Mackenzie sit down to make a birthday card for her friend.

I explained that the party was for her good friend Matty

and I threw out some ideas of things he might like her to draw a picture of.

You know, boy things.

Trains, cars, planes, rockets, sharks, etc.

Instead, my little girly girl insisted her friend Matty would like this card instead.

Let me explain to you what she drew...

a red flower,

a purple princess crown with pink, red, purple and orange jewels

and since he was a boy she added a brown bush.

"because boys like brown bushes"

according to Mackenzie at least.

Lol.

I love kids :)

Most embarrassing Mom moment

Yesterday I had my most embarrassing Mom moment to date.

I'll walk you through it...

I run to the grocery store before dinner to grab a quick loaf of bread.

I'm walking down a teeny tiny aisle of the grocery store looking for the kind of bread I need when the following conversation takes place:

Mackenzie (in a very loud voice): "Mommy, I don't like that lady!" (speaking about the lady who is standing right next to us)

Me: "Baby! That is not kind. We don't talk like that. You don't even know that lady. I'm sure she's very nice."

Lady: "Why don't you like me? I'm a nice lady."

Me (feeling awful): "I'm so sorry! Mackenzie, you need to apologize to the lady for talking unkindly."

Mackenzie: "I'm sorry."

Mackenzie starts to smile realizing that the lady really is nice.

The lady smiles back, turns around and starts to walk away but is still very close by.

Mackenzie (again very loud): "Mommy! She is a nice lady! She just has scary teeth!"

So embarrassing.

What's your most embarrassing Mom moment?

Mrs. Grown Up

So I know Christmas is over but I had to share this story with you...

My mom's friend: "Mackenzie, are you SO excited for Christmas?! Santa is going to bring you lots of presents but only if you have been a good little girl so you need to listen to your Mommy and Daddy ok?"

Mackenzie (in her most serious adult tone): "Santa's pretend."

My mom's friend (shocked): "Well...ok. Good for you!"

Before you think we are Santa haters...

let me explain how Mackenzie came to that conclusion.

During the beginning of December we bought Mackenzie and Wesley this Veggie Tale movie.

The movie tells the real story (or at least the Veggie Tale version) of Saint Nicholas.

Both kids loved it and watched it multiple times a day for the entire month.

Mackenzie especially, was super into it and would ask me all kinds of questions about it.

Well if you talk a lot about the real person, Saint Nicholas, it begs the question

"Who is Santa?"

So when she asked we would tell her that Santa is pretend but he's based on Saint Nicholas who was a real person who loved Jesus and gave gifts to people.

We would also tell her that we give gifts at Christmas because Jesus gave us the very best gift of all (as well as a bunch of other things that explain the true meaning of Christmas)!

It was just so funny to me that she actually told the lady that because most of the time it seems like what I say goes in one ear and out the other.

Hopefully she got more then the Santa's-not-real part of Christmas but I guess for now that's a start.

We will work on the rest next year :)

Lioness

The kids' current favorite past time is pretending to be lions.

We crawl around the house roaring at each other pretty much

all.day.long.

It's fun stuff.

Anyways, the other day my little lions were playing when the following conversation went down...

Me (speaking to Mackenzie): "Come here my little lioness. It's time to get dressed."

Mackenzie (whining): "Mooommm, don't call me an "S" lion."

Me (laughing): "No Baby, a LIONESS. That's what girl lions are called."

Mackenzie (laughing hysterically): "Mommy, your silly! Lions don't live in "ness," birds do!"

Love my silly little girl.

Little Tiger

Mackenzie's response to Wesley's new shirt:

"Mom, why does my brother look like a tiger?"

She cracks me up.

And so does my little Tiger.

His new favorite thing to do is walk around the house "Roaring" at everyone.

It's pretty funny and adorable.

My little girl

Mackenzie's my little

fishy face,

lip gloss loving

spunky firecracker.

I'm loving the stage my little 2 1/2 year old is in.

She's so funny and smart and adorable.

We have been having so much fun together lately.

Right now Mackenzie is super into lip gloss.

Did I say lip gloss?

I meant face gloss.

It pretty much goes from her nose to her chin.

And is applied every 2 minutes.

She also insists on wearing a dress

every.single.day.

and brings her baby dolls every where we go.

She's such a girly girl.

Here's a funny Mackenzie story for you guys.

My husband has a couple tattoos.

Mackenzie thinks they are the coolest thing ever.

The other day Mackenzie got a fake tattoo at her friend's birthday party.

She was so excited to have a tattoo like Daddy.

The tattoo held up pretty good for almost a week

then it started coming off.

My little tattoo loving baby girl was traumatized.

Apparently when I put the tattoo on I forgot to mention it was fake.

She totally thought it was permanent

and was really upset that it wasn't.

What are you loving about the stage your kids are in?

You Choose

Setting:

Sitting at the table getting ready to eat dinner.

Mackenzie just picked a stick from the prayer pail.

Mackenzie: "Mommy, what does it say?"

Me: "You choose! That means you can pray for whoever you'd like. Do you know who you want to pray for?"

Mackenzie: "Yeeaaah. Dear Jesus, I pray for you choose..."

Purple tattoos

Mackenzie: "Mommy! I have a purple tatttoo!!!"

Me: "Let me see!" (Thinking...sweet Jesus please say she did not get into any pens, markers, etc... AGAIN)

Mackenzie whips out her arm, pushes up her sleeve and shows me her wrist.

Me: (laughing) "Oh. Yeah. That does look kind of like a tattoo but it's a vein. It's part of your body."

Mackenzie: (clearly uninterested in my boring answer) "Mommy let me see your arm."

I show her my arm.

Mackenzie: "Mommy YOU have a purple tattoo too!!!"

Funny Girl

This little girl

has been cracking us up lately.

I'm not sure if it's just the age she's at right now (almost 2 1/2) or what

but she is hilarious.

Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing some of her funny moments

for your viewing pleasure.

Don't worry, I asked Mackenzie for her permission first

and she gave me a thumbs up.

She even told me to start you off with a couple teasers.

Enjoy!

While driving in the car:

Me: "Mackenzie, you are so special."

Mackenzie: "No mommy. I'm not special. I'm a little girl."

Mackenzie with sunglasses on and purse in hand,

"Mommy I want to go to summer."

Kids sure do say the Darndest things!

(By the way what ever happened to that TV show? It was one of my favorites!)