Tonight was one such night. It was a funnier moment than most with my little guy, Aidan. From the time Aidan was born, he has been the best of the 3 children at falling asleep the fastest. He is purposeful at bedtime. When he goes in his bed, he knows it is time to lay down, roll up the covers and go to sleep. I have caught him on many occasions intentionally closing his eyes with the express purpose of "closing down shop" for the night.
Tonight, as I lay with him, we started talking and decided it was a good time to pray and close out our evening. As I finished my prayer we laid in silence for a minute or so and Aidan says, "Mommy, you fawgot to pway for something that stawts with a "T"." (All of Aidan's "Rs" are "Ws" by the way.)
"Oh, I did?", I replied. (So I begin thinking of what he could possibly be speaking of that starts with a "T".)
"Is it a person?", I ask.
"No. It's temptation. You fawgot to pway for our temptations."
"Oh. Well, what are you tempted by Aidan?" I ask.
"Thwee things...XBox, mawshmallows and donuts."
"Oh," I say, "Well, lets pray about that then."
So, I begin to pray about Aidan's "thwee" temptations in life and he pipes in, "I know what tempts Daddy the most."
"Oh really? What?", I say. (Thinking because he mentioned his XBox temptation he would say Daddy had the same one. Which he does.)
"Sneaking goodies at night. And Uncle Wob (Rob, Pete's brother) has the same temptation too."
Oh, he just melted my smiling heart tonight. That child must have gotten about 50 kisses from me tonight before bed. I can only imagine what his dreams will be of tonight. Probably him sitting in the living room in front of the XBox with a big bowl of marshmallows and donuts. He was out for the count about 3 minutes after that conversation. Like I said, he's a great sleeper. Here's how I left him.
We went to "Olivet Day" last Friday. Olivet Day is a monthly homeschooling co-op that we participate in with our school, Olivet. Many of the parents teach a number of different classes utilizing the classrooms at Westside Baptist church in Fort Pierce. It is an amazing blessing to us. Connor and Noelle look forward to it as they get to see their friends and participate in some very unique opportunities in a classroom setting with their peers.
Because Aidan is only 4 years old and Olivet is only credentialed as a K-12 private school, he is not allowed to participate in Olivet Day. Which is just fine with me because it has become a day we can look forward to spending some one-on-one time together while Noelle and Connor attend their classes. So, last Friday we decided to take a walk around Westside Baptist's campus. There are a number of tress, many of which are great for climbing. I was thankful to have brought along my camera that day. Here are some of the images I captured of my handsome lil' guy.
Tonight, as I lay with him, we started talking and decided it was a good time to pray and close out our evening. As I finished my prayer we laid in silence for a minute or so and Aidan says, "Mommy, you fawgot to pway for something that stawts with a "T"." (All of Aidan's "Rs" are "Ws" by the way.)
"Oh, I did?", I replied. (So I begin thinking of what he could possibly be speaking of that starts with a "T".)
"Is it a person?", I ask.
"No. It's temptation. You fawgot to pway for our temptations."
"Oh. Well, what are you tempted by Aidan?" I ask.
"Thwee things...XBox, mawshmallows and donuts."
"Oh," I say, "Well, lets pray about that then."
So, I begin to pray about Aidan's "thwee" temptations in life and he pipes in, "I know what tempts Daddy the most."
"Oh really? What?", I say. (Thinking because he mentioned his XBox temptation he would say Daddy had the same one. Which he does.)
"Sneaking goodies at night. And Uncle Wob (Rob, Pete's brother) has the same temptation too."
Oh, he just melted my smiling heart tonight. That child must have gotten about 50 kisses from me tonight before bed. I can only imagine what his dreams will be of tonight. Probably him sitting in the living room in front of the XBox with a big bowl of marshmallows and donuts. He was out for the count about 3 minutes after that conversation. Like I said, he's a great sleeper. Here's how I left him.
We went to "Olivet Day" last Friday. Olivet Day is a monthly homeschooling co-op that we participate in with our school, Olivet. Many of the parents teach a number of different classes utilizing the classrooms at Westside Baptist church in Fort Pierce. It is an amazing blessing to us. Connor and Noelle look forward to it as they get to see their friends and participate in some very unique opportunities in a classroom setting with their peers.
Because Aidan is only 4 years old and Olivet is only credentialed as a K-12 private school, he is not allowed to participate in Olivet Day. Which is just fine with me because it has become a day we can look forward to spending some one-on-one time together while Noelle and Connor attend their classes. So, last Friday we decided to take a walk around Westside Baptist's campus. There are a number of tress, many of which are great for climbing. I was thankful to have brought along my camera that day. Here are some of the images I captured of my handsome lil' guy.
I love you my little booger.