Mosu's in Heaven

I think sometimes we all need to just sit back, relax and take a cue from the kids. Their great-grandfather passed away this morning. And, although we ready for it, my kids were happy. Mosu got to go be with God and Jesus! I told Nate this morning that Mosu is having breakfast with Jesus and he said, "He's in Heaven? Right now! Uh, I want to go too! Why can't I go to Heaven and have breakfast with them?!" He was quite upset to hear that he probably will not be joining them soon, but he was very happy to hear that they would be waiting for him. When Lex came home from school, I sat down and told him that Mosu died this morning. He just sort of stopped and looked at me and then said, "so he's in Heaven with Jesus?" I answered him, "yes" and he just said, "Okay!" and took off playing. They weren't sad at all. They were just happy that he got to go to Heaven with Jesus. I guess that really is what we should all be happy about. Our time here on Earth can be short or long, depending on what God has in store for us. But, in the end, we know where we're going and that it's going to be awesome!

N-A-T-E = N-O-P-E

I forgot to write this memory down when it happened...so here it goes...

A few months ago we started working on Nate spelling his name. I would sort of sing the letters and clap my hands...N-A-T-E, N-A-T-E. He had it down pat. That is, until he was asked how to spell his name. He would gladly spell out N-O-P-E.
I have to admit, this is classic as I *never* told him how to spell this. The only thing he can spell is Nate, so the fact that he can spell nope, is well, just too darn funny!

The cat is going to lose his recess

Yep. That's what I was just told by Lex. I walked into the living room and Lex was writing his numbers on the chalkboard. He turned and told me, "I am trying to learn (teach) the cat his numbers and he won't sit still and learn. If he keeps doing this, he's going to lose his recess."
All I could do was smile and drink some coffee. Seriously. Love. These. Kids. :D

Heaven and how to get there

Nate got his new big boy bed the other day from Grandma Florida. It is Mosu's (Nate's great-grandfather) bed. I talked with him tonight about it being Mosu's bed and he asked if he could talk to Mosu. I had to explain to him that Mosu is really sick and old and that he is going to be leaving us and going to heaven soon. Nate got a very concerned look on his face and asked how he was going to talk to him and see him. I tried my best to explain to him that Mosu would be waiting for us up in heaven and that we could talk to him when we got there. He asked some more questions about Mosu and not going back to Grandma's and such. I then asked him, "Nate, do you know how to get to heaven?" He got all excited and said, "Yep. First you get on the train and you go up, up, up into the sky until your reach the clouds. Then, you go over clouds, and more clouds, and more clouds and more clouds until you get to heaven." What an awesome answer for a 3 year old! I love it! I then asked him if he knew what the key to get into heaven was. He said, "yea, you have a key that God gives you and you use it to open the big door." I then explained to him that the real key was to love God and love Jesus. He said, "oh! God is Jesus' father, right?" "Yep" I told him. "Yesssssss, I finally got it right!" I tell ya, times like tonight make up for the stinkerness he possesses during the day.

been a while...yet again

I haven't written anything down for almost two weeks. It feels like two months have passed. As a family, we have just been so busy. Lex is in school all day everyday, Nate is on school for a few hours twice a week. Erik is busy doing two jobs and I'm busy with one full time one plus lots of extras. They all take up time. I feel like we are on survival mode during the week and then we get to finally LIVE during the weekends. Well, clean up and live :)

The boys are growing up and maturing so fast! We had a great Halloween. They both decided to be skeletons and had a blast trick or treating (or in the words of Nate...trigor treating!). It's just so fun to be able to watch them grow and learn and become their own person. I am so lucky I get to be their Mom.