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There will be singing in this house!

The Drama Queen loves to sing…she sings all day long, every day, when she wakes, when she sleeps…she sings so much she doesn't even realize when she is singing!

Hubby said to me the other day, "She's stopped singing."

The past few weeks have certainly been days of chaos as we try to make adjustments and appointments. We need to have the music back. She has a big solo coming up and so we asked her to sing it for us. It took a few tries, but finally, she opened up and sang her heart out!

She's still not singing as much as she used to, but we're working on that. You see, we've discovered we have another child in the house who loves to sing almost as much as the Drama Queen. We've also discovered that in the midst of the chaos, singing, or even just listening to music seems to calm. It's the one time when the fighting stops and the teamwork starts. It's a time when we can focus on Him and just pour our hearts out and be who He wants us to be. When we can focus on something greater than what we're going through in that one moment.

So we will sing! Sing we must! We will sing when our hearts our broken. We will sing when we think we just can't do our homework. We will sing when we are happy. We will sing for fun. We will sing as we get ready for bed. We will sing on our way to school and we will sing on our way home! We will be a house that sings, and we will get through this for sure!

Hearing with the Heart

The Drama Queen likes to have the biggest or the best that there is to offer. If she is asked to share something, she will look it over with a keen eye and then demand to have the best one. I realize this is a natural thing for children (as well as some adults). She loves to share and to serve others, it's one of the things I love about her most! (That and her great enthusiasm for life!)

Not long ago, we had a little discussion about serving and sharing with others. I explained to her that when we are sharing something with someone else, it's nice to make sure that they have the best cookie or the bigger cup of pudding. I explained to her that Jesus tells us to treat others the way that you want to be treated. I got a hug and we moved on.

This morning we were making breakfast together. She was making toast for us. She noticed that some of the slices were smaller than the others. She took out a smaller slice from the front of the loaf and then went to the middle of the loaf and took out a larger slice. She showed it to me and said,

"I'm giving the greater one to you."

She took the smaller slice and I got another hug. It makes a mama feel good to know that not only do they listen with the ears, but hear with the heart.

Laughable Moment #4

And speaking of drama queens! The Drama Queen just came upstairs bawling. Once I got her to a calm cry and I could understand what she was saying, I asked her what was wrong.

Apparently she'd logged onto her Webkinz and all of her money was gone! She explained to me that she'd accidentally given her friend the password to her Webkinz account and now all the money was gone. Number one, there's a great lesson here; don't give out your password to anyone. Number two, it's not real money, so enough with the drama.

So anyway, she continues with the drama, telling me that she's going to change the password so her friend can't get into her account anymore. Then she tells me that she sold back everything that her friend had bought and already had her money back.

I'm trying to figure out why she's upstairs carrying on with me if everything has already been taken care of. So I ask her why was she still crying to me upstairs. Her reply,

"Because Daddy said I had to tell you about it!"

Drama…this house has way too much of it!

My week in a nutshell

Or not. Feeling like a nut by the end of it though. Whoo!

Hubby and I spend last weekend in Arizona with the youth at a Dare2Share conference. I was exhausted by late Sunday night and wanted nothing more than to just have a relaxing week catching up. Apparently the higher's that be had other plans for my week!

Monday: The Smart One wasn't feeling well. I knew this since mother-in-law had called on Sunday to let us know he wasn't feeling himself. By Monday it was starting to hit. I spent most of the day trying to catch up on laundry and comfort him as much as possible. He doesn't do illness well, so getting him comfortable is no small feat! No karate for him tonight!

Tuesday: After being up some through the night, I was pretty tired by Tuesday. The Smart One was really sick by now and his fever just kept going up no matter what I did. I was alternating Tylenol and Motrin and it still didn't help. by 11:30 am, he was crying that he was hurting so I figured I'd better call the doctor. By the time we got to the doctor, his fever was 104.6 and rising. Doc said his throat was raw and on fire and took a culture for strep. He's been our doctor forever and is normally a pretty laid back doctor, but he firmly told me to go home and start baths for the Smart One. 20 minutes in tepid water, then out for an hour and repeat. He said if he got worse or the fever didn't go down he'd have to admit him to the hospital. When we got home, I drew up a bath for him to get in. We pulled the shower curtain shut so I could stay in there with him because he didn't want to be left alone. For the next 20 minutes, I had to listen to him scream that he was freezing, he felt like he was going to die and every minute he'd ask me how many more minutes.

This has to be one of the worst moments as a mom. There is nothing that makes a mom feel worse than having to torture her child on purpose!

This went on for hours, but we finally got the fever down to 102 by 8:30 that night. It was indeed the toughest day of the week! We obviously ended up missing swim lessons!

Wednesday: Wednesday was just more of the same. Fever hung around the 101-102 range all day. He was just miserable and hasn't been out of bed the whole week except to go to the doctor on Tuesday. I was starting to get a little stir crazy after being stuck in the house for three days, but motherhood called first! No Karate again tonight. Hubby was good enough to go to the store for me to purchase things I need for Thursdays' Steven's Soup.

Thursday: Can you believe the man was still running a fever, and now the Drama Queen was sick, too! This meant I wasn't going to be able to deliver the soup as planned. In addition, I was out of children's Tylenol and Motrin. I called a friend down the street who brought me enough to get me through the morning. Then I called my friend and asked her to come pick up the soup instead of me delivering it. That was totally a God thing, because she ended up bringing me some magazines, 7-Up, more meds…and we got to talk about the new bible study that we're starting next week and she's going to join us. I was thrilled! The rest of the day was spent with the kids on the couch dozing off and on while I dusted, vacuumed and stayed on top of laundry. Obviously, swim lessons were canceled again.

Friday: The Drama Queen seemed to be a little better. She was running around all over the place. I could not settle her down for anything even though she had the cough and a slight fever. The Smart One was still not well enough to get off the couch and his cough was much worse. Doc had called and said it was NOT strep and that it just needed to run it's course. I managed to get the upstairs vacuumed, the kitchen and dining room swept and mopped, as well as clean the bathrooms. I guess being stuck at home does have some advantages. Hubby had to go out and get some more cough syrup. Again, no karate tonight.

Saturday: Drama Queen woke up SICK! 102 fever and all the drama she could bring up with it! In addition, the Smart One was still running a low grade temp! I pretty much resigned to myself that I was never leaving the house again. Hubby had soccer stuff and church stuff to do, so that meant I was stuck at home again. I did get the house windexed in between shuffling back and forth with the kids. Hubby finally got home around 3:30 and I was out of there!

I got to have a short visit with a friend, get the oil changed in the van and then share an appetizer with my oldest son while I waited for B-Boo to finish bowling with her friends. By the time we were done, I was so exhausted, I couldn't wait to get home to my bed! OF course, the whole time I was gone, my phone kept ringing…the two little ones were begging me to come home.

And now we're up to speed. It's Sunday and I think they're on the road to recovery. I stayed home with them this morning while the older ones went to church. The Smart One slept until noon! We managed to make a great lunch and they're actually up now.

I'm headed off to church for children's choir (without my two) and youth….but before I go, I need to stop at CVS. Apparently the Talented One, 15, is now coming down with it. What's a mom to do?!

Laughable Moment #2

Not a whole lot of laughing this week with sick kids, but the Drama Queen came up with a funny one today. We were sitting around the table at lunch talking about how Bible study went this morning. I had stayed home with the two sick ones while the older children went to church with dad. I didn't get to teach the class this morning that I was REALLY looking forward to teaching. It was such a great study! Anyway, after discussing Mother Theresa, using your home as a homeless shelter and more, the drama queen pipes up.

"Mom, it's kinda nice that you get to be with them (meaning the two teenagers) at church and at home. This means that you can correct them at home and at church!"

Guess it was kind of a "you had to be there moment," but for those of us sitting around the table we got quite the laugh out of it!

On a side; I'm so blessed with teenagers who actually want me to be a part of their youth and enjoy my teaching rather than trying to run away from me!