…why i love my kids

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{driving in the car listening to Randy Travis “I wont need you anymore”}
me: hey guys, do you know why this song is so special?
jade: it’s you and dads theme song
me: ummm, our theme song?
jade: yeah, ya know, if you guys have a tv show they would play this song at the beginning
me: {laughing} yes, maybe they would

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me: okay, you need an ethnic food that starts with the letter R
joey:  rice
me:  rangoon
jade: enchilada
me: ummm, jade that doesn’t start with an R
jade:  well, it’s close

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me:  joey can you…
joey:  oh, i’m sorry mom
me:  for what
joey:  that the middle of my sentence interrupted the beginning of yours

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love these conversations that i have with my littles…and i never want to forget them…

out for now
~kisses

why i love my kids…

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me:  hey guys, guess what we are going to be taking care of for someone?
jade:  how big is it?
me:  not real super big
jade:  would it fit in our bathtub?
me:  um…yeah, it probably would
jade:  is it a whale?
me:  (looking at her to see if she was serious…and yep, she was) 
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joey:  looking at this picture of me when i was little
jade:  you were stronting it for the girls
me:  do you mean strutting?
jade:  oh yeah, isn’t that what i said?
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family:  (chattering about what we are going to have for dinner)
jade:  what would you do if i turned into a tucan and flew away
family:  (silence)
jade:  so seriously, what would you do
me:  ummm, not sure jade
jade:  would you turn my room into a rainforest?
me:  sure
jade:  what if i turned into a racoon
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**this is not meant to be offensive, just seriously funny**

(while we were sitting in the middle of a crowded restaurant)
jade:  so sometimes in school the kids put their arms up like this and say white power
me:  OH MY GOODNESS jade, ssshhhhhh, don’t ever ever ever do and say that…don’t you know what that is about?
jade:  yes, it’s about hitler…
me:  do you know who he is jade?
jade:  yes, he was a famous french painter
me:  (staring at her with my mouth hanging open…speechless)
joey:  wow jade, wow

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out for now
~kisses

i’ve finally decided on a word for the new year…COURAGE.  i want to have courage to just be myself, to step out and do things i’ve always been intimidated by, to love my husband the way he needs to be loved, to keep buidling my business and to have courage mentally and spiritually. 

i’m the type of person that feels totally uncomfortable walking in to a room by myself.  i instantly feel as if all eyes are on me and it makes me uncomfortable.  but if i have someone by my side it’s all good.  i would never EVER go into a restaurant by myself and eat.  i don’t know if that makes me a dependent person or what the word would be for it.  perhaps self-consious?

i’m also a completely indecisive person, just ask joe.  we can discuss for two hours “where do you want to eat at?” and i will always answer “doesn’t matter, up to you”.  i will ask joe 1,204 times before i kinda-sorta make a decision.  i’m always so so so terrified that the decision i make will be the wrong one.

so in 2011 i am going to have courage…and i began it yesterday when i walked into the gym by myself, not knowing anyone there.  that was HUGE for me.  granted, i had to sit in my car for a few minutes giving myself a pep talk…and again in the locker room before i went out to workout.  but ya know what, i did it.  and this morning i walked into the same gym, without knowing anyone, and worked out.  it’s all about courage!

here is a recent convo with my little that i don’t want to forget…

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jade:  tonight when we were at dinosaur class…
me:  what are you talking about jade, what is dinosaur class?
jade:  oh sorry, i was thinking of dinosaurs when i went to say exercise class…
me:  (laughing-so-hard-i-almost-pee-my-pants)

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out for now
~kisses