Are Our Kids Getting Smarter Than Us?

Are our kids getting smarter than us?

I was reading some of the stuff I had on my Facebook page from the last year. I ran across this entry and it made me laugh and think.


Joel(5yrs old): mom will u play a game with me?
me: sure!
Joel: want me to tell u how to play?
me: sure!
Joel: it's called go away! first you give me some of those(pointing to a box of candy) and then I go away!
me: Really???
Joel:(with a serious look on his face) yeah it's easy want me to show you how?


Ha ha, it made me think of the many times my kids have said things that seem too smart for their own good!
Since when can I not convince my 5 year old that I have eyes in the back of my head? I could do it 15 years ago when my oldest was 5! Now when I try to convince Joel he just says "mom I know your lying because God only puts eyes on the front of our head to see where we are going...If He put them on the back we would all walk around backwards more". lol

Of course I know this is due in part to the distance we have come with technology and TV in the last 15 years, but maybe it's also part of having a big family. I know I am always having to watch what my older kids say around the younger ones and 15 years ago there where no older ones around to corrupt my babies.....yeah, I think I have it all figured out! It's all my teenagers fault! See I have not lost my touch. I just have too many stinking teenagers in the house!


So, maybe my 5 year old is too smart for his own good, but hey in a few years he will be able to explain to me why the heck math at some point starts to use letters in place of numbers!!! Yeah...I will leave my math ineptness and struggles for a whole other day!
I love my kids though....smartas......umm I mean smart alecks and all! ha ha

Chocolate Warmer

Chocolate Warmer

So all I could focus on was that warm, dark liquid goodness! Yup that melted chocolate was calling my name. I couldn't wait to get one and my son decided to get me one for Christmas. I was so excited and couldn't wait to get to the store. They even charged $10 more than it was supposed to cost and I had them refund it back! So here I am 2 weeks later and it's still sitting on my couch in my room. You see I got it home and forgot the chocolate to put in it. I keep forgetting everytime I go to the store. Then this week I started to count my calories and can't fathom eating an entire bowl of melted chocolate.
What is the point of this story? When I didn't have something it was all I could think of. When I finally had it, I no longer had an insatiable desire for that warm chocolate goodness. How often in our lives do we long for and work so hard to attain things only to find it isn't always quite as satisfying as we hoped for. It doesn't mean we don't enjoy those things at all, but how many of us have closets or garages full of things we need to get rid of because of stuff we thought we needed but then let lay around collecting dust.
Is it time to start clearing the clutter and unnessary things out of your life? Do you need to focus on the basics around you? God, family, friends and letting go of that next "thing" on your list. I committ to giving something the next time I am tempted to buy! Ok, so maybe I will give and then buy it anyway, but hey baby steps right?
I know this post has not been a barrel of laughs, but I felt I needed to put it out there. You never know when it just might be what someone needed to hear, to make a change in their life!

Do I Have Time For A Blog?

Do I have time for a blog?
So here I am getting ready to do what I said I would....start a blog in my journey towards writing a book! So, I ask myself "Do I have time to blog or write a book?" Here is a rundown of my day!
2:30am: Finally fall asleep!
6:10am: Wake up when Tim goes to PT, then doze off and on for the next 2 1/2 hours because everytime I start to fall asleep my own snoring wakes me up!
8:40am: Realize I am not going to get any kind of quality sleep as my 15 year old daughter comes in and says "I've done all my school work, I changed one of the babies diapers and I'm off to go work-out at the neighbors.....wow, I'm so proud! Crap!....now that means I have to get up and be productive! You know lead by example, blah blah blah...
9:00am: Get up and get on the stationary bike(that I made Tim get all his stuff off of last night so I could use it for more than a place to hang clothes)and exercise for 25 minutes.....ok not the hour my daughter did, but she is 15 n I am 39 n have had 13 kids n according to the doctors I am morbidly obese....morbidly obese?.....grrrr, ok we will discuss that at another time! My point being I obviously can not do the insanity work-out she is doing....yet!
9:30am: Take a quick shower before Jessica comes home and uses all the hot water! Oh n pick what needs the most attention....shave my legs, or wash my hair....hmmm I did wash my hair yesterday and the last time the forest on my legs saw a razor was about 7 days ago....ding ding ding ding, legs it is!
10:00am: Make sure everyone has been logged into their computers to do school work and do shapes and writing with Jaben and Joel.
11:00am: Try to start this blog, change bandage on Jedi my 8 month olds fingers, chase Jasper n Juji out of my room for the 3rd time! Get onto my 20yr old son Josh who has decided on his second day off to sit in his room and play video games and watch a movie(but he apparently has no time to clean his room!). Is it his day off? Yes! Would it make his mother happy if he did something more productive? Yes! Of course maybe I'm just a little envious that I don't have the choice to waste away my day!
12:00pm: while I am getting my first bathroom break my kids are knocking on the door asking if they can have chips with their sandwiches for lunch. Oh yeah lunch....this is when teaching the kids how to do things comes in handy. They can make their own lunch! This is nice since about the time I get out of the bathroom the baby needs to be fed and while lunch is being made I sit and do science with my kinder, 3rd and 4th grader.
1:00pm: Make sure little ones go down for a nap.....(ok so it sounds good but doesn't always work and it's now 4pm and they never did take a nap!) Give all my older and middle kids a test in grammar, try to keep them focused as they help grade each others papers.
3:00pm: Disscuss and regrade their papers while my 20 year old interrupts us to tell us about the car he thinks he should buy!....He gets mad because I tell him his need to tell me this is not more important than my current discussion with his siblings and he needs to wait! I imagine at 20 I thought everything I had to say was more important than everyone else's conversations too! Ha ha ha now they have no choice but to listen to what I have to say...I'm the mom!
4:00pm: Have the car discussion with Josh, get the rest to do the next lesson in grammar, give into the fact that the babies are not going to nap(especially since Josh is now practicing his guitar in the garage) oh and suddenly realize I have not eaten today yet, but I did drink five 8oz bottles of water so far! I know this one has been long but I just needed to break it down and get it out there! I am only through half a day but I think this gives a pretty good picture of one of my calmer days! Thanks for reading!