Out of the Mouths of Babes!

Okay, so many times I forget the funny things my kids say as the day goes through. But tonight... something really stuck with me. Sadly (and I laugh about it).

Tonight I got ready for tennis class. I got on my sweat pants (yes, people, I do wear them) and tank top and t-shirt. I got on my tennis shoes and came down the stairs to my darling husband playing with Nicolas after dinner. He looked at me and said:

Shawn: Hon, are those underwear bunched up for those pants?
Trina: No. It is just my..... (okay stopped talking here because I realized I was going to say something inappropriate for in front my child. But he caught it...)
Nicolas: Bottom, daddy, it's just her bottom.

How matter of factly he said it. And he hit the nail on the head. Thanks, Nicolas. I knew I had been eating too much of that birthday cake... and having trouble stopping.


Tonight, putting Lexi to bed has been hard lately. She has had this croup and has been getting coddled a bit more because of it. Tonight I came home from tennis and went up to tell the kids goodnight. Their lights were on dim as I was supposed to turn them off when I went it. Lexi was wide awake, at one end of her bed, stuffed animals and all at the other end as she played... 8:30 at night!

I told her it was time for bed. She saw the tiny pink crib cross that was hanging on her crib. She looked at it and asked what it was. I told her it was a cross representing where Jesus is watching over her at night, keeping her safe and giving her blessed dreams. This was something she has struggled with the last few weeks.... being alone in her room at night. She whimpered and said she wants someone real in her bed with her though. I told her that she had a bed FULL of friends here and which one does she want. She smiled, asked for her green bear and her white bear tonight. I gave them to her and her response was....

"Night, night mom! Merry Christmas." No whimpers. No fights.

Funny to me. Christmas is "Christ" mas. Well, there it was. Christ watching over my baby as I promised!