1 post tagged “prayer”

After I tucked the kids into bed,  as I was closing the door to Aidan and Alanna's room, I heard Alanna say, "Thank you, God, for Easter."  So I listened at the door to see if she'd say anything else.  I didn't hear anything, but I decided to go back in.  I had rushed them to bed because it was late, and we didn't say our usual prayers.  So we did, and, again, as I was leaving, Alanna had more to say.  It went something like this, though I don't think I can get it verbatim:

"Dear God, Thank you for Mommy and Daddy, and thank you for giving us to Mommy and Daddy.  They are the best mommy and daddy, called Megan and Jason."

Then Aidan sweetly chimed in with thanks for Emory, which was extra adorable, since they tend to butt heads the most.  Alanna protested:

"No, Aidan.  I'm thankful for Emory, but she's not my mommy.  I'm thanking God for Mommy.  God, thank you for our Mommy and Daddy, called Megan and Jason." 

Then, a random comment:  "Aidan, why does Grandad call Aunt Maureen "Aunt Mo?" 

A brief pause followed, as Aidan didn't respond.  Then she said "That's so silly."

We had a very nice Easter weekend with lots of fun family time.  We had an Easter Egg Hunt in our front yard with our sweet neighbor who is 13 months old.  She seemed to enjoy it, and our kids were very sweet in helping her find her eggs.  I had filled our smallest eggs with Cheerios for her, and I told the kids to let Katie (and Emory) get them.  It was a cute scene.  At Mom and Dad's house, we were inundated with chocolate...and lots of fun...and delicious food, as always.  The kids had 4 egg hunts, and Maureen and I had to make each hunt a little harder to try to extend the fruits of our labor.  Mom and Maureen made these delicious chocolate-covered-coconut eggs (a.k.a. moose droppings, as coined by Mom), and little bird nests (like rice krispie treats, but with chow mein noodles) with Peeps and little candy eggs in them.  I should've taken a picture, darn. That doesn't begin to describe the amount of treats there...I think I had at least 5 pounds of chocolate candy in a bag when I left.  If anyone who reads this needs some chocolate, call me.  Seriously.  

We are thankful in so very many ways for our many blessings.  It is nice to have days like today as a formal reminder; I know we get bogged down in the daily grind at times.  This morning I was thinking it would be nice to be able to put life on "pause" now and then, so we can hold on to these times that are so very perfect.  They pass by too quickly, and I'm not ready for our children to grow up.  (And we could use fast forward for the tantrums and other challenging moments! - I know there was a movie about this in the last few years with Adam Sandler...don't know what it's called though.)