the one where I could have pulled out the embryo photos

True Story

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Me: So, if Miss J gets a dog, what kind of dog should she get? A loud one or a quiet one?

Roo: One that will not sniff me or lick me.

Roo: Really, she should just get a fish.

Roo: I think we should take Maggie and Mo back to Petsmart and get a fish instead.

Me: Maggie and Mo didn't come from Petsmart. Mo was rescued. She didn't have a place or a home at all.

Roo: Where did Maggie come from?

Me: She had a good home and family and a mom named Meg and a dad named Beck. They had a lot of puppies, so Maggie had a lot of brothers and sisters. When they were big enough, they were ready for families of their own. So, Daddy and I picked out Maggie and made her part of our family.

Roo: Did you and Daddy pick me and Em out?

{crickets}

Roo: Well?

Me: Um… God picked you out. {tiny voice} and so did Dr. H.

R: Whatever

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body language

inmates...asylums...

You know that saying about the inmates running the asylum?

It's starting to feel like that could happen here at any moment.

J and I had a pow wow tonight about our new strategeries where the RGs and discipline are concerned.

Why?

A few things have happened lately.

-A couple of runaways just for the power trip of it all. One of which was a mad dash into a parking lot.

-Explosive reactions where the anger is taken out on a twin instead of the parent or situation they're mad at

And the one that almost made me bust out laughing while simultaneously making my blood boil...

Me: You're being very disrespectful.

Her: {gunslinger stare} Yes.

Her: And misopedient

Me: Yes you are being disobedient.

Her: And rude!

Her: And ugly!

Her: {more staring}

parenting takes courage

Parenting takes courage. Not all of us have to face that...many of us have kids who do pretty well with the combo of our built-in value systems and the culture we live in. But for those who don't, parenting them requires incredible fortitude.

-Asha D.

http://www.parenthacks.com

This comment spoke loudly to me. No wonder J and I feel so exhausted at the end of each day. Incredible fortitude takes a lot of energy! We don't have an ordinary experience in parenting. Ours is extraordinary. And I'd not trade it for anything in all the world. But, it's nice, every once in a while, to have it validated. Nicer still to know, in our heart of hearts, that extraordinary will triumph.

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see," (Hebrews 11:1)