Just resting my back

My house is a complete disaster. Well, that's not true, because I JUST picked up all the toys in the living room (with my big boy's help!) but this morning and for most of the day, it looked like the tornado that almost hit us yesterday (didn't hear about that one!??) actually DID hit us.

*Random note of explanation-- so there was a tornado watch for our area last night around 5pm and it was actually seen moving through our city and I had to take all three kids into a tiny windowless bathroom quickly and pretend I wasn't scared to pieces. Good times!

Anyway, so my house is a mess... but my kids are so happy. I've been ignoring all things housework to just play with them and be there for them. Mostly it's still hard, I nurse one, then play "jumpin jeeps" with the other, then catch one's spit up, then make sure to "shange doll diaper" and put on her "PINK pants!" and then build LEGOs with two of them while making googly happy faces at the other one so he stays happy. I'll let you determine which activities go with which kids ;)
BUT, it's been fun. Usually I have to deny little man's requests for things like driving jeeps all around because he is up and down on the floor and all over the place and my back has been killing me lately, so I have to rest it by sitting down on the couch for awhile. (this is key to one of the stories you're about to read!) But anyway today we've been PLAYIN IT UP and it's been fun. Amazingly enough, the dishes got done and some toys are picked up so it hasn't been a completely unproductive day either ;)

While hanging out with my kids today I've gotten some funny lines from them. I want to jot them down so we have them on record, kids are just so funny! It's so hilarious to hear them say these things because they are mostly things that I am saying ALL THE TIME to them so then they start repeating them.

For example, Monday morning Josiah makes me a beautiful picnic in the living room with play food and the works. I said, "What a beautiful picnic! I need to nurse Ben. Can you bring me a plate of something yummy while I sit here on the couch and nurse him? Oh I can't wait to see what you've made!"
Josiah-- brings me a tiny red plate, and a plastic onion.... and says, "I have cherry cake for you too! But you have to eat your WHOLE onion if you want to get dessert!" LOL.

This morning as we're sitting at the kitchen table finishing up breakfast...
"Mommy... you really need to sweep this floor, I just saw an ant."  :)

And my favorite one... he's racing around playing and playing and playing after lunch- then all the sudden he plops onto the couch and SIGHS and says... "I am back resting." :) oh goodness. these kids will copy anything!