Tonight Erin had a funny "solution" to a problem we were having in the car. Staff/leadership from University Church loaded up and drove to Bonner Springs tonight to share the vision of Nazarene Secular Campus Ministries and University Church with the congregation there. I drove separately, and missed a few minutes of the service. David and Erin rode home with me, though, and our problem was having too many talkers at the same time. David was trying to share a voice mail he'd received, I was asking about the part of the service I missed, and Erin was concerned about where/what we were going to be eating for dinner. Now, Erin, of course, feels she takes first place whenever there is a dispute as to who should be talking to mommy -- in her mind, it is a hands-down, no-brainer decision. We are trying to teach her that sometimes she needs to wait her turn, and allow others to speak or at least finish their conversations. Tonight, she had a great idea ...
"Erin, we're going to take turns talking, and right now, it's Daddy's turn to talk to mommy. You had your turn and shared about restraunts with mommy, and now it's Daddy's turn."
"No, it's my turn! I am always allowed to talk to mommy! Dad, it's not your turn! We are NOT taking turns, I am just going to talk to mommy! You are not allowed to talk to her. It is MY turn!"
"Erin, how can it be your turn, I thought you said we weren't taking turns?"
"Well, we aren't, see we can all talk."
"Oh? How is that going to work?"
"Well, (most resolutions begin with 'well')you can talk to yourself, and I'll just talk to mommy. See how easy that is?"
After much laughter, and several pleas from the backseat to divulge the source of the humor in the situation, we decided, that yes, it was a "valid" solution, and although it wasn't the choice we took, it was a creative, (yet manipulative) solution to a tricky problem. Here comes the diva!
Monday, January 30, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
Song Lyrics, Erin-style
As many of you know, our daughter is a singer, with quite an extensive repetoire. She finds great joy in music, and even though her tone and pitch sometimes aren't up to par, she sings with her whole heart, soul, and body. Tonight, I was amused as Erin serenaded one of the men at Phat Thursday with her rendition of "Father Abraham". She was plugging right along through the song and tweaked right at the end ...
Father Abraham had many sons. Many sons had Father Abraham. I am one of them, and so are you. So let's just bless the Lord. Right arm!
I smiled, because I thought, God probably was blessed through her moment of praise, even though the "real" words are let's just praise the Lord!
Other recent lyrical stylizations have been:
Johnjacobjingleheimerschmidt ... John Jacob Jingleheimerschmidt, his name is my name too. Whenever I go out the people always shout, "There goes not Johnjacobjingleheimerschmidt! -- cause my name's Erin!"
The B-I-B-L-E ... The B-I-D-Aweave, yes that's the book for me! I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-D-Aweave!
There are lots of others, and of course, I can't think of them right now, but I'll try to add them as we hear them. It's funny, because she has lots of CDs that have lots of songs, and her interpretation of them makes me realize that we don't always hear what we think we hear, and it's probably always good to stop and check before repeating!
Father Abraham had many sons. Many sons had Father Abraham. I am one of them, and so are you. So let's just bless the Lord. Right arm!
I smiled, because I thought, God probably was blessed through her moment of praise, even though the "real" words are let's just praise the Lord!
Other recent lyrical stylizations have been:
Johnjacobjingleheimerschmidt ... John Jacob Jingleheimerschmidt, his name is my name too. Whenever I go out the people always shout, "There goes not Johnjacobjingleheimerschmidt! -- cause my name's Erin!"
The B-I-B-L-E ... The B-I-D-Aweave, yes that's the book for me! I stand alone on the Word of God, the B-I-D-Aweave!
There are lots of others, and of course, I can't think of them right now, but I'll try to add them as we hear them. It's funny, because she has lots of CDs that have lots of songs, and her interpretation of them makes me realize that we don't always hear what we think we hear, and it's probably always good to stop and check before repeating!
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
New Erin quotes
Erin has been a queen of the "one liners" recently. A few that stick out are:
"Look, it's chicken on the cob!" (referring to a drumstick)
"Have a nice day there, Big Fella!" (greeting an old man at the grocery store)
"You are in deep trouble, Big Man!" (angrily addressing daddy fronm the second step at a church leadership meeting ... hands on hips, head bent down, eyebrows deeply furrowed)
We are in the process of trading Erin's room and our room (which will be the girls' room in a few weeks!). It's amazing what one finds when pilfering the contents of a 3 year old's room, as well as educational. Today I found bits of chewed up crayon, lots of torn coloring book pages (that I was quickly corrected in that they were "maps" or "messages"), medicine dispensers with sticky tylenol residue, various doll clothing (that explains why so many of the babies are naked!), and many many items that were "lost" previous to moving a few things off the floor. A perhaps even more mysterious adventure is combing through one's own room and "excavating" the nether regions of the "under-bed world" and finding what a 3 year old thinks is imprtant to bring to share with her parents. I found blocks, dishes, game pieces, gift bags stuffed with small "happy mealish" toys, dirty socks and undies, more medicine dispensers -- don't know exactly where these originate or that we had so many! --, and lots of other pieces of clothing that I thought were missing due to the "laundry monster" that is our dryer. In my closet, home of the bedroom unicorns (according to Princess Erin) I found a stash of beads, two milk cups (thankfully the milk was gone!), a "magnadoodle-type" contraption, and other various toys. I think she tried to move in months ago, and we just didn't notice! Oh the joys!
"Look, it's chicken on the cob!" (referring to a drumstick)
"Have a nice day there, Big Fella!" (greeting an old man at the grocery store)
"You are in deep trouble, Big Man!" (angrily addressing daddy fronm the second step at a church leadership meeting ... hands on hips, head bent down, eyebrows deeply furrowed)
We are in the process of trading Erin's room and our room (which will be the girls' room in a few weeks!). It's amazing what one finds when pilfering the contents of a 3 year old's room, as well as educational. Today I found bits of chewed up crayon, lots of torn coloring book pages (that I was quickly corrected in that they were "maps" or "messages"), medicine dispensers with sticky tylenol residue, various doll clothing (that explains why so many of the babies are naked!), and many many items that were "lost" previous to moving a few things off the floor. A perhaps even more mysterious adventure is combing through one's own room and "excavating" the nether regions of the "under-bed world" and finding what a 3 year old thinks is imprtant to bring to share with her parents. I found blocks, dishes, game pieces, gift bags stuffed with small "happy mealish" toys, dirty socks and undies, more medicine dispensers -- don't know exactly where these originate or that we had so many! --, and lots of other pieces of clothing that I thought were missing due to the "laundry monster" that is our dryer. In my closet, home of the bedroom unicorns (according to Princess Erin) I found a stash of beads, two milk cups (thankfully the milk was gone!), a "magnadoodle-type" contraption, and other various toys. I think she tried to move in months ago, and we just didn't notice! Oh the joys!
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Back to square 1
Well, I hate to write this blog, but I'm also looking forward to it. My team missed our target production for our Vibe last month, and now I fear we have to start over again. The good news is that we don't have to wait and as DIQ target production is the same, I also will be starting over again. However, more good news is that I didn't lose any consultants/team members, and we can resubmit in two days. I am a little disappointed, but excited as well, because if we want that car and the director suit before the baby arrives, we have a definite deadline to work with! My team members are excited to get their businesses rolling this year, and we are going to rock! I don't usually understand God's timing on the front end, so I'm looking forward to enjoying the understanding part later! He is good, All the time! Talk to you again soon!
Monday, January 02, 2006
New Year
Well, we are at the beginning of a new year -- it seems like I just got used to writing 05 on things, and now will need to change again! Oh well. It is always a time to reflect and set new goals, and I have several.
One, I need to wrap up my car production this month -- I didn't meet my goal last month, so I'm hoping that doesn't put me back at ground zero again, in the $18,000 production, because I think I have just about $2000 or less to go as of orders placed in December. If so, we'll just start from scratch, though!
Another goal is to wrap up my unit by the end of January, so again, I need to get a move on, and motivate my team to start recruiting as well! As we are officially in DIQ, team members they recruit count toward our unit, and we need to have 30 active consultants in our unit to become official. I think our name is going to be Rahija's Radical Reachers -- at least until someone else comes up with a better name!
Personally, I also need to become a better homemaker -- I'm not the best Martha Stewart, thus am always behind on housework, dishes, laundry, cooking, ... the list goes on :) They say that practice makes perfect ... here's hoping!
Well, it is getting to be bedtime, and my body's telling me it needs more sleep :) Seems to be the case all the time now. Happy New Year!
One, I need to wrap up my car production this month -- I didn't meet my goal last month, so I'm hoping that doesn't put me back at ground zero again, in the $18,000 production, because I think I have just about $2000 or less to go as of orders placed in December. If so, we'll just start from scratch, though!
Another goal is to wrap up my unit by the end of January, so again, I need to get a move on, and motivate my team to start recruiting as well! As we are officially in DIQ, team members they recruit count toward our unit, and we need to have 30 active consultants in our unit to become official. I think our name is going to be Rahija's Radical Reachers -- at least until someone else comes up with a better name!
Personally, I also need to become a better homemaker -- I'm not the best Martha Stewart, thus am always behind on housework, dishes, laundry, cooking, ... the list goes on :) They say that practice makes perfect ... here's hoping!
Well, it is getting to be bedtime, and my body's telling me it needs more sleep :) Seems to be the case all the time now. Happy New Year!
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