"curious minds want to know"

"curious minds want to know"

Every day I get asked 100 questions. "Mommy, what is bigger a whale or a dinosaur?"

"Mommy, what does this mean?" "Mommy, how do you spell this?" on and on....

About 99 % of the time I am can answer the question but now and then I send them to daddy.

I have always feared the day when I am asked a question that I am not ready to answer..but always told myself I have some time b/c they are still small.

Well that day came yesterday. We were outside playing in the yard and

Ava came to me with a serious look on her face and the conversation went like this:

Ava: "Mom I really need to ask you a very important question"

Me: "what is your question?" thinking it was something about going to kindergarten-

Ava: "Actually, I have two very important questions for you. How does the baby get into a mommies belly and how does the baby come out?"

if you have ever been caught off guard and started to feel nauseous and a little dizzy. Well that explains what I felt in that moment.

We have always been honest with our kids, except for the normal things -Santa, tooth fairy, Easter bunny-

So I was torn on what to say and I really did not have time to sit there and contemplate an answer so I said a quick prayer to God to help me...

Me: "when a mommy and daddy get married God puts a baby in her tummy."

Ava: "with his magic"

oh my..... I was hoping the conversation would stop there... but not with Ava Grace.

Me: "God does not do magic, you know magic is not real and is just for fun, God puts a baby in mommies tummy with His Love. God loves us so much and wants us to be happy, and gives us children so we can love you like He loves mommy and daddy."

Ava: "ok"

woooooooooo that was over.. hoping she had forgot about the second question..

but no!
Ava: "So how does the baby come out?"

I did proceed to tell her in the simplest way I knew how- I have always heard if you keep your answer short and truthful the child will most likely except what you say and go on to something else.

and she did....

I wish when you have a baby you get a BIG book on how to be a parent.. It is the hardest job I have ever done, but by far the most rewarding! I hope I handled this well and have not scared my child for life.

friend, n. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. One who supports, sympathizes with and is loyal.

Moving to Clayton meant leaving some dear friends of mine which was hard for me to do. Then three of the most sweetest girls came into my life, Lisa Hardee, Michelle Oliver and Allyson Lee. They befriended me, included me in special events, introduced me to other people in Clayton, gave me advice and a listening ear. Each of them are such good role models in their own special way and I am so thankful and blessed to know these girls and to have them in my life.

Allyson: thank you for listening and giving me advice when I call overwhelmed with having 3 kids and no time- always being kind and thoughtful-and for being such a wonderful mommy role model!

Lisa: thank you for always including me when you girls do something-giving me advice-being so sweet and for your words of wisdom you give me on marriage!

Michelle: thank you for answering the phone when you see it is me calling again about chemicals in foods/drinks and allergy questions-for just talking with me about random things that are going on that day and great budget ideas!!!

I just hope I can be as good of a friend to you as you have been to me!

friday nights- movie night at the evans house

i started this a few months ago when Nathan went out of town and it has just stuck-
Friday we go to blockbuster and I let them pick a movie- that is a treat to watch

ava goes straight for the girly stuff- high school musical and princess's

ethan likes anything that has pirates

they look forward to movie night

we pop popcorn, have drinks and relax

well last friday night Nathan introduces Star Wars to Ethan

and he loved it- so he thought it would be fun to watch a Star Wars movie every friday night

well we are all in our pjs, have our popcorn and drink- and the movie starts

ethan never blinks- he is mesmerized but ava (my child) starts asking questions
daddy "what's he doing?", "why are they dressed that way?", "luke does not know who his dad is?", "what's going to happen now?"... and on and on.... Nathan was going crazy.... I do this to him all the time when we are watching shows-- it was so funny, needless to say we never finished Star Wars... I knew that would not last!

so next week back to Veggie Tale movies and cinderella:)

"love tree"

last valentine's we started the "love tree" for Ava. We found a stick outside and put it in a can with rocks and we made hearts to hang on it. Ava would tell me someone she loved and we added them to the tree. This year we got it back out and Ava added more names- new friends she has made this year. Ethan started a tree also. He is so funny. When I asked him who he loved he thought for a second and said "Ethan Wallace and Christian". Himself and his friend from school- that was it. Later he did add more names-

ava lost her first tooth

Ava's tooth has been loose for a few weeks and tonight she decided to let her daddy try to pull it.

She was so so brave. I remember how scared I was the 1st time my mom pulled my tooth, not knowing if it would hurt or not. One pull and it was out. She is so excited! She said she was big now. Earlier today we went to sign her up for kindergarten- she was so excited! What a way to end her day... Now we wait for the tooth fairy!!!!!!!

"computer crashes"

I never thought I would rely on my computer so much- some times I feel guilty for being on it-

Keeping up with all my pictures and making our home videos on dvd's becomes a weekly "things to do".

Plus keeping up with friends and family (which I love to do). All came to an end last week-

My computer crashed, yes it just went black- and of course I have never backed anything up- always thinking it will never happen to me- well it did. So when I found out they could not get anything back I did not cry, I went into shock- I could talk about it and really not get upset- until today when I got my computer back and I turned it on and everything was gone- no pictures that I have saved for 6 years, no email address's, no folders, no family movies - nothing- I started to cry and cry and I am still crying, and I tell myself it is just a computer- things could be worse, I have to look on the bright side, I had the pictures developed so I have them in a scrapbook- I do have my family dvd's on disk- which really is all that matter to me, but just the thought of having to start all over makes my cry some more!

addicted to 24

About a month ago Corey Lee told Nathan about this tv show he should watch. So Nathan got Season 1 just to try it out.

I had no idea what it was about, but I remember seeing clips of it on tv and that did not interest me. One night Nathan asked me to watch it with him.. I was feeding the baby so I thought I would watch some and if I did not like it I could go to another room. Well we stayed up that night until 3am trying to finish the 24 hours. We were hooked. I have never been so addicted to a show that I lost sleep over it... We finished Season 1 and 2 before Nathan went to Africa. But I had to wait for him to come home to start Season 3. Again last night we stayed up almost to midnight trying to finish- I normally go to bed at 9pm. This is getting out of control- -

Is there any Anonymous Help Groups for the tv show 24?