they say it's your birthday............

if you, like i love the Scripture Scouts you have no doubt heard the song

"sung" by wicked king Noah

i want want want what i want want want

i find my mind filled with i want.....

...to have my favorite lunch..cause it's my birthday

.... no fighting...cause...

.....to read, play my guitar...cause...

....to have everything the way i want it...cause.....

why is it so impossible for me to get over this....

yes it is my Birthday...yes I have been celebrated...as much as a 1, 3, 5, & 6 year old really can be expected...

but the reality is

M is throwing up

the boss doesn't feel all that well & he just removed his diaper and peed on the bench

the boyz when left for too long without my constant supervision fight

so here i sit my eyes tearing to be honest

running through all the ways my special day has wronged me

to make matters worse me thinks to myself

yesterday they all cried and tantrum'd all day

and i only get one shot a year at being the center of attention {LOL}

my b day and mothers day often fall on the same day or as is the case today consecutive days

"why does sickness come when I NEED to be celebrated"

and now we see

the natural woman.....and how she is an enemy to God

i am responsible for how my day goes only i can decide it was an birthday unworthy of

my greatness...huh

so

my resolve today is to remember...

i am home with the children I LOVE getting to care take which is my delight

i have an amazing chocolate cake in the fridge...which i can/will eat for every meal & snack today

i get to stay in the home where we make amazing memories

i am blest beyond that which i deserve

i get to order books from Barnes & Noble thanks to the Internet

& my Mother

i may even get to sneak away this evening...

the day is young..it's not to late to make it the best 28 known to a mother of 4 under 7's

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME may I change my ungrateful attitude in time to enjoy it!

Should I ever become a potatoe

Emeline assures me this is what I'd look like ;)

felicity

is parking it Saturday with DAD in tow

the youngest and his malady

he has started to sleep & play through treatment....this seems to disturb me more than when he fought

i guess when he fought it...it meant it wasn't the "NORM" alas his lung condition

has become a thing we "do"...but isn't he sooo cute in his fishy face?

Soon he will grow out of this {cross your fingers}

and we will have spent a little extra time with the poor chap...

all's well that ends well...i'd like to say

Funny monday...my favs

I don't know if you all get a chance to read the comment section on funny Monday but I get a chance to giggle every Monday...and I am so grateful for it,

it really starts my week out !

so here are some of my FAVS from the past...i couldn't find all the ones that i was trying to but if these don't make you laugh you may need to think about a prescription

Lisa
Lately our sweet little Eliza is more like the other devilish two year-olds of the world. When the older kids appolgise she has started to say, with a dirty look on her face, "Don't sorry me."

Brandy
Georgia was sitting on her bed for yet another pee incident. She kept calling to my mom to come see her. My mom yelled, "George, I can't come in there, you're being punished." Down the hall Isaac chimed in, "Yeah, you're being punished for your own sins, and not for Adam's transgression."
( ***note from the author of flourish***i still laugh every time i even think of this story..i guess it is my all time number 1 favorite funny Monday story)

Ams
Last week, my hair was a little crazy. I desperately needed a cut. Tons of hair plus tons of curls equals frizz when not done. I was babysitting my nephew, and he promptly asks "Aunt Amber...is something wrong with your hair? You look like a clown."

Trish:
Michael was inside the movie theater the other night and called me to see which movie I would like to see. I said I just don't want to see anything Dramatic. Too which Kailye promptly said "Hey, dramatic! That's what I am!"

ohhhh that George....one more from
Brandy
Her Uncles were showing her off to their friends during the final four basketball game and I heard them ask Georgia (in the other room), to recite the Articles of Faith. She said a few and they all cheered for her. A few seconds went by and she says, "Can I have a dollar?"

creation is marvelous

in tribute to a little show on NPR called science Friday

i saw fit to mark Friday science day

today we learned about weather patterns...clouds...rain...tornado's...hurricanes...snow....sun...and the like

then we made a rainbow...unfortunately it didn't show up in the picture but take it from me it was a beaut !

then we watched the clouds while laying on a blanket

((((I LOVE FRIDAY's))))

***note from the author***

yes..Liam is wearing his birthday crown, and yes his birthday was 3 days before the photo was taken...hey take what you can get right..why not don your birthday crown throughout your birthday week....the best is that he is TOTALLY unaffected by what others think....he was asked more than 3 times why he was wearing it when it wasn't his birthday and his answer was "I LIKE IT!!"...that's enough reason for anyone i suppose..you can imagine how this affected our resident rule cop {Jax}...he he..."MOM it isn't his birthday anymore tell him he can't wear it"