Kendall and Sharon Batson: This is for me, but you can read if you want to.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

This is for me, but you can read if you want to.

I have been wanting to blog a lot lately, but my desire to blog seems to be met with my kids' desires to, well, distract me. One needs a new diaper, then another one does too. One is hitting another, the other is slapping the first back and/or jumping on him. Then one spits up, then another one needs a diaper again. Then there's the one with the homework and while homework is being addressed two others are eating sugar and throwing it all over....Oh! see? I got distracted again. Blog, Sharon, blog...

Today is May 30th. My brother turned 36 yesterday, my other brother turned 30 last week and my sister turned 34 last month. What does that mean? It means that I'll turn 38 very soon. I'm not sure what that means, maybe just that I'm seeking the magic that will give me the energy of a 28 year old instead. I have these little boys that suck everything out of me. I love them so much and I can't believe I have been this blessed! I sat in Sunday School today and there was actually a portion I was able to pay attention to. That portion of the lesson was the teacher talking about how Hannah just wanted a son. She told God that if she could have a son she would give him back to him (God). I asked for a little while (It felt like forever to me, but I know it wasn't really that long) to have children. So, I was reminded today what my job is...it is to give them back to God. Oh Please, I don't mean right now, literally back to HIM. I mean I know it is my job to do everything I can to teach them and train them to be HIS servants, to be good priesthood holders, amazing missionaries, good husbands, and overall just valiant men. Oh boy am I overwhelmed by that responsibility, but Hey! I asked for it, didn't I? That's all. To Eric, Eli, Noah, and Lucas: I am committed to you my loves!
Love, Mom

1 comment:

Campbells said...: Sweet post. A good reminder for every mom. Sometimes its hard to keep the right focus. You are a great mom and doing a fab. job! Miss you tons!; June 1, 2010 at 7:03 AM

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September 12, 2009
Oh to be in so much wonder of the world as a two year old! Noah looks at new things every day and loves to say, "Wow! Amazing!" Oh yeah and he calls everything wonderful too!

July 23, 2009
Since about May or so Eli has been very interested in how old he is. When we ask him, he says, "I freezer old!"
I made the mistake once of giving him 3 of some sort of treat, saying that he got 3 because he's 3 years old. Now, anytime I give him anything he says, "But I freezer old!" Meaning, I MUST give him 3!

A couple of weeks ago we were going to play with the Huismans. Eli knew he would see Greg and he started asking, "Mommy Greggars freezer old too?" "Yes, Eli, Greggars is 3 years old just like you." He thought for a moment and then figured out, "Oh! He same big are me!" I love 3 year old grammer.

Eli has also memorized when his birthday is. When we ask him he says, "My burfday is Febrary!" Since his birthday is on the 5th, I showed him that he could hold up all 5 fingers. Now when we ask him he says, really loudly, "My burfday Febrary fift!" with whole lot of spit and a very proud extended high five-style hand.

Today at the park Noah was having a blast climbing UP the slide. IT was a fairly tall slide and he felt very accomplished. When he would get to the top, he'd hang his head over and look for either me or Eli then say, "What doing?" Then he'd laugh and slide on down. This was repeated a bunch of times.

Some of Noah's phrases lately, "Where are you?" "Oh, there I are!" "I wanna hide" (usually under a blanket or a table, etc.) He'll tell us a whole lot of gibberish that we don't understand, while holding his hands out, palms up, like he's explaining something. Then he says, "K?", very know-it-all like we should know exactly what he's talking about.

11-09-08
"Don't mess with me!"
This is said as he waves his finger at me and gives me a squinted-eye look.

September 2008
"I wanna like pirate!" As he climbs up and sits on top of the toilet tank. Anyone seen that commercial?

"I wanna like friends!" This means that he wants to hold hands and walk toward whereever it is HE wants to go.

"I wanna sleep mommy." This means that I have to lay down and fall asleep with him.

"I wanna need it." He wants to need just about anything that anyone else has.

July 2008
This is what I heard from the back of the van tonight. "bacons? (translation: spankins? as in do you need spankins?). Time out! bacons! time out!" Wow, is this how I sound to him?

"Later! Catch the bus!" As he puts on his really cool free IKEA backpack (upside down, mind you) and is heading toward the door. But before getting to the door he had to come back and get his good bye kiss. He just wants to be like daddy and big brother!

"Out!", he screams to me, pointing his finger to get me out of HIS kitchen (which, by the way, he pronounces chichen). Hmmm...where would he get this kind of bossiness?