Mare's Mess

We have more stuff to add to our collection. Maly has been bugging us to get her a video game system so she can play games on the TV. She has friends who have them and she always loves to play them. She still had some birthday money and so we helped her put that aside and then she could add to it each week when she got her allowance and when she had enough she could buy one. We started looking at Ebay and found some units for $35-45. Then Matt mentioned to his students that we might be in the market for a video system in the near future and one student offered to sell him his old Nintendo 64 for $10. It also came with Donkey Kong. Maly had that much so he got it for her. She is loving it. Matt and the kids had to make a run to the used game store and she also picked up a new game called Rampage 2 that she bought. Then some friends dropped by when they heard about the new system and brought her a Mario Karts. We're finding that the video time is definitely going to be limited, but we're also finding it to be a great motivator to get them to do things we want them to do - and not do things they shouldn't be doing.


The day after she got her Nintendo, Maly was sucking on a piece of a balloon that had popped. I told her not to suck on that. She asked me why and I told her she could choke. She asked me what would happen if she choked and I told her she could die.
Her response, "But I want to see Jesus!"

"You can see Jesus another day. I want you here for a while longer."

She says, "And I do have my new video games to play!"

Maly is full of questions. She bombards me with them constantly. I try to answer her questions to the best of my ability, but when I'm not sure how to answer her I'll just tell her, "I don't know. We'll have to ask God that one when we see him." One day the kids asked me when they'll see God to ask him these questions and I had to tell them, "Probably when we die." So now, whenever Maly asks me a question and I answer, "We'll have to ask God about that," Will feels the need to throw in, "When we die." So even though it's very morbid, we've gathered quite a few questions to ask God. I started writing them down so we wouldn't forget them and here are some of the ones we've documented.


I sometimes start out trying to answer:
Maly - How old is God?

Mom - God isn't any age because he's been around forever.
Maly - How has he been around forever?

Mom (quickly realizing this is way out of her realm) – I don’t know. We’ll have to ask God that one when we see him.


It’s confusing for a kid when we say that God made everything and then they comment on how well he made our house. I’ve explained that God didn’t make our house but he made the people who made our house and he made the trees used to make our house. This is all very confusing, so I now just say, "Yep he did do a good job, didn’t he?" My favorite question along these lines is, "Why did God make pop so good?" Couldn’t answer that one so we’ll pose it to God - when we die.


Other assorted questions for the man on high:


Why do people start out little and get bigger?
Why did you make tornadoes?

If you’re bigger than the sky, why don’t you bump your head on it?


We’ll keep adding to the list and I’ll keep you updated on our questions to ask God. . . when we die.

Apparently Maly didn't appreciate all the attention her brother was getting due to his asthma. She decided if she couldn't beat him, then she'd join him. Maly was up coughing ALL NIGHT on Tuesday night so we went to the pediatrician on Wednesday who determined that we had another case of asthma at our house. This had been suspected, but now it's official. She is now on asthma meds and they seem to be helping. She did much better last night. The best part is that I got to spend $125 on asthma meds (7 different medications) for the kids yesterday, getting Maly's new ones and refilling some of Will's. My advice - buy pharmaceutical stock!

The much anticipated pictures have now been released. Don't be the last one on your block to see them.