He Just Popped Right In There!

Noah came home tonight and said, "Guess what, Mommy? I accepted Jesus into my heart!"

I said, "That's awesome! What happened?"

He answered, "Well, I didn't even feel it. I guess he just popped right in there. I think he's in there right now. What did you feel when you accepted Jesus into your heart?"

"Happy," I said.

"Oh yeah. I think I'm feeling that too."

"So what does it mean to accept Jesus into your heart?" I asked him.

"For him to give me forgiveness for all the bad things I did."

"And do you know why he did that?"

"Because he loves us. And He takes good care of us and protects us in the night. And He saves us when we're in danger. And He loves us also for doing other stuff that's good."

Florida

We are learning about Florida this week, so I let Noah watch some videos about our state and it's natural features.

It is convenient that we are learning about Florida this week because we just took a day trip to Daytona yesterday and went boating with my sister out to Disappearing Island. Disappearing Island is exactly what it sounds like: an island that appears when the tide goes out and disappears when it comes in again. Its cool because there are a lot of grassy areas, isolated pools where minnows get trapped when the water goes out, lots of crabs and birds and shells. It's a fun place to explore. 

Here he is stalking minnows in one of the pools of water.

                                      

JJ and Noah at the end of the day, when the tide is coming in. The water comes in so fast you can literally see the island disappearing under your feet. Pretty cool. 

This is right before we left. The foreground of the picture is where we set up our cooler and stuff. It was almost gone by the time we took in the anchor and left. 

This morning, while Noah was learning about Florida, the trip was still fresh in his mind. While the lady on the video was talking about the coastline and all the animals that live around the beaches, Noah sighed and said, "I'm glad I was born here. You picked a good place, Mom."

Glad you agree, Noah. :)

Me, my Sister Erin, my nephew Eli and Noah.

 

Jack-O-Lantern

What Is a Betsy Anyway?

This morning, me and JJ had to take my car in to get some work done. I had to drop JJ off at work and drive home in his car. Apparently, my driving makes JJ slightly nervous because he felt the need to jokingly tell Noah to remind Mommy to take it easy on old Betsy.

Noah said, "Ok, but what is a Betsy anyway?"

This, my friends, is a Betsy.

After we dropped JJ off, Noah and I started the drive home in 'ole Betsy and Noah said, "You know what I've always wanted to do, Mom?"

"What have you always wanted to do?" I asked.

"Be on AFV."

Recently, Noah has been obsessed with watching America's Funniest Home Videos. And since it is on Netflix, he has had the great pleasure of watching it ALL THE FREAKING TIME!  

I asked him, "What kind of video would you make to get on the show?"

He sighed. "Isn't it obvious? A funny one. That is the whole point."

"Ok, Mr. Attitude," I said in my mom warning voice. 

"Sorry, Mom. I'll explain it better," he said. "You're supposed to send in funny videos. Like dog videos. Or falling videos. You know, stuff that is funny."

"Thanks for clearing that up, sweety."

You've Gotta Admit

I have been out of coffee for over a week. For those of you who do not suffer from a caffeine addiction, let me tell you that being out of coffee is like trying to go without deodorant for a week. You can make do, but everyone else suffers. 

Yesterday I finally went grocery shopping and bought my favorite coffee and several types of creamers. I got a little carried away. But by the time I got home, it was too late to make coffee and still be able to sleep through the night, so I abstained. This morning, I woke up and stumbled into the kitchen and started my morning routine of making Noah and myself breakfast. I belatedly realized I had coffee and got very excited and jumped up and down while I made my coffee.

Noah very sagely shook his head and said, "You like coffee a whole bunch don't you?"

I agreed with his assessment and danced around while I waited for my coffee to be done. When it was, I poured myself a massive cup, loaded it with milk and creamer and started to walk to the table. 

Enter Satan. 

Satan sometimes goes by the alias of Maximus the Dino Cat. Or, as the locals refer to him, Max. Max picked the moment when I walking from the kitchen to the dining room table to dart out from his lair at warp speed and crash head first into my legs. Either he is partially retarded and could not gauge the distance between my legs and the several feet of open space all around me, or he was actually trying to kill me. He did not succeed. I survived. 

But my coffee didn't.

 

And this is what happened.

Meanwhile, Noah is cracking up. For a creature who received his life by leeching off of my body for nine months and then breaking my vagina as he forced his way into the world, you would think he would have some semblance of sympathy. No. When he saw me glaring at him, he shrugged his shoulders and said...

"Come on, Mom, you gotta' admit. That was pretty funny."