Bubba...... 'nuff said

Today we hit a major milestone!!

Bubba ASKED to sit on the potty to go poopy!!!

Normally not a big deal, but he will be 3yrs old at the end of October, and has had basically zero interest in going. His potty chair makes for a fantastic drum, climbing toy, and something to jump off of. Not to mention that the plastic cushion makes for a fantastic "potty hat".

Whenever he HAD decided to sit on it....there must've been a spring inside of it, because literally one second after sitting, he would spring right back up, giggle, and then sit back. Repeat. Over and over until mommy said enough!



He was so proud of himself today, as is evident from his smile here. Either that, or he was laughing because he "tooted".









Of course no use sitting on the potty if you can't have your "trumpet".



Between us..... he is such a ham. I love his infectious laugh, his contagious smile, and his endless imagination.

But a lesson has been learned today. (Even though *I* already knew this lesson, it was one that daddy had to learn on his own.) No amount of me telling him listening would have done the trick. Somethings you just need to experience to learn.

Life's lesson for today:

NEVER leave a 2yr old in a room behind closed doors with a crayon, because YOU KNOW that said 2yr old will be very creative not sleep, but rather be artistic, and his imagination will just flow.

Let's take a look at the lesson that daddy learned today, shall we?

First, you will get this:




Well gosh....drawing on a wall is SO boring unimaginative, because ANY child can do that. Not to mention it's exhausting as well. So let's LAY DOWN while our mind (and arm) are still in rapid, rampant movement mode.

SAY......THIS looks like a good drawing board:




a bit fuzzy, but doable. But let's try some more anyway....





Hmmm.....that was fun, BUT...I think over here would be even better!
This window sill looks a tad plain with all that white. It's definitely needs some color.





That's much better!

Oh, but wait!! WHAT IS THIS???!?

Why, if I do this, everyone can see it from the outside too!!

Why keep my artistic abilities to myself, when everyone can see it from the outside. Let's share the love artwork.

Breast Milk Ice Cream...?

Between us.......

Breastfeeding is best feeding. I TOTALLY agree with that.





I think that it is a special time with your child, a bond like no other.





It is a blessing from God to be able to breastfeed your child.


But there is just something REALLY WRONG with this idea from PETA. Wanting Ben & Jerry to make ice cream out of breast milk. I just wonder WHO thought of it, and WHAT were they thinking?!?


Here is an article that talks about that.

40 days

On Wednesday September 24th, it will mark 40 days until the presidential election.

40 days is a significant number to God.


"Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days " ~Genesis 7:4
"And rain fell on the earth forty days" ~Genesis 7:12
"For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth" ~ Gen 7:17
"After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark" ~Gen 8:6
"taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming" ~Gen 50:3
"And he stayed on the mountain forty days" ~Exodus 24:18
"Moses was there with the LORD forty days " ~Exodus 34:28
"At the end of forty days they returned from exploring the land" ~Numbers 13:25
"I stayed on the mountain forty days " ~Deuteronomy 9:9
"At the end of the forty days" ~Deuteronomy 9:11
"I fell prostrate before the LORD for forty days" ~Deuteronomy 9:18
"I lay prostrate before the LORD those forty days" ~Deuteronomy 9:25
"I had stayed on the mountain forty days" ~Deuteronomy 10:10
"For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand." ~1 Samuel 17:16
"Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days" ~1 Kings 19:8
"He proclaimed: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned." ~Jonah 3:4
"After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry." ~Matthew 4:2
"and he was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan." ~Mark 1:13
"where for forty days he was tempted by the devil." ~Luke 4:2
"After his suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God." ~Acts 1:3


When God mentions something more than once, you know that it's important to HIM.
God does a lot in 40 days. At times God asks us to give him 40 days, so that HE is/will/able to do great things. 40 days.....

40 days until the election.

Let's give GOD these 40 days. Dedicate them to HIM and see what awesome and mighty things HE will do.

I heard this on our local radio station and thought that it was a fantastic idea.

FAST FOR 40 DAYS.

Obviously not totally fasting from food for a full 40 days, but fast SOMETHING and pray SPECIFICALLY during these 40 days for God's will, power, grace and mercy to shine through.
Think of something that you can "give up" or "fast" for 40 days. That 'time' that you are giving up, make that time an intentional prayer time to our LORD for our presidential election.

Please join me in fasting and prayer.

Let's watch God's mighty hand move during these next 40 days.

Guitar and attraction

One of db's biggest passions in life is playing his guitar.
He was about 10yrs old when his grandma bought him his first one, and he has been self taught ever since. I caught him goofing around one day "just making something up" he said. It amazes me that he can 'just do that' like that. He is so talented. Just one of the things that really endears him to me even more.





My dad always used to play guitar for us kids (all 8 of us), but I think that I enjoyed it the most! {Why wouldn't I, being daddy's little girl and all.}


That got me to thinking......


Does a person usually end up marrying someone that reminds them of their parent - or at least have qualities/characteristics of that person? Why are they drawn to that particular person? Is it because there are similarities, that it is a comfort thing for them? A familiarity? Remembering how it was when they were younger, and the warm, fuzzy feelings it promotes?


I've often wondered about that, especially now, being a mother of teens. Bentley seems to be drawn to the same type of girl over and over. A petite girl that usually comes up to about his shoulder, blonde hair, blue eyes. This is a picture of his first girlfriend when they were 16.




I would like to think that it's because *I* have always been a [natural] blonde




for pretty much my whole life, and can't forget petite (yeah...in my dreams), that that "could be" a reason why he is attracted to that type. Is it because that is what he "knows"? Does it bring him a deep-seated, unconscientious comfort?
Or even maybe (in my fantasy reality) he is just so taken with his mother, that he can't help BUT be drawn to someone that would remind him of her. <----- I like that answer the best! HA! But it does make one wonder the WHY of someone being attracted to a certain "type" someone else....

God's Yellow Pages

Where to look when:


Afraid
Psalm 34:4
Matthew 10:28
2 Timothy 1:7
Hebrews 13:5,6

Anxious
Psalm 46
Matthew 6:19-34
Philippians 4:6
1 Peter 5:6,7

Backsliding
Psalm 51
1 John 1:4-9

Bereaved
Matthew 5:4
2 Corinthians 1:3,4

Bitter - Critical
1 Corinthians 13

Conscious of sin
Proverbs 28:13

Defeated
Romans 8:31-39

Depressed
Psalm 34

Disaster threatens
Psalm 91
Psalm 118:5,6
Luke 8:22-25

Discouraged
Psalm 23
Psalm 42:6-11
Psalm 55:22
Matthew 5:11,12
2 Corinthians 4:8-18
Philippians 4:4-7

Doubting
Matthew 8:26
Hebrews 11

Facing crisis
Psalm 121
Matthew 6:25-34
Hebrews 11

Faith fails
Psalm 42:5
Hebrews 11

Friends fail
Psalm 41:9-13
Luke 17:3,4
Romans 12:14,17,19,21
2 Timothy 4:16-18

Leaving home
Psalm 121
Matthew 10:16-20

Lonely
Psalm 23
Hebrews 13:5,6

Needing God's protection
Psalm 27:1-3
Psalm 91
Philippians 4:19

Needing guidance
Psalm 32:8
Proverbs 3:5,6

Needing peace
John 14:1-4
John 16:33
Romans 5:1-5
Philippians 4:6,7

Needing rules for life
Romans 12

Overcome
Psalm 6
Romans 8:31-39
1 John 1:4-9

Prayerful
Psalm 4
Psalm 42
Luke 11:1-13
John 17
1 John 5:14,15

Protected
Psalm 18:1-3
Psalm 34:7

Sick - In pain
Psalm 38
Matthew 26:39
Romans 5:3-5
2 Corinthians 12:9,10
1 Peter 4:12,13,19

Sorrowful
Psalm 51
Matthew 5:4
John 14
2 Corinthians 1:3,4
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Tempted
Psalm 1
Psalm 139:23,24
Matthew 26:41
1 Corinthians 10:12-14
Philippians 4:8
James 4:7
2 Peter 2:9,3:17

Thankful
Psalm 100
1 Thessalonians 5:18
Hebrews 13:15

Traveling
Psalm 121

Trouble, in
Psalm 16+31
John 14:1-4
Hebrews 7:25

Weary
Psalm 90
Matthew 11:28-30
1 Corinthians 15:58
Galatians 6:9,10

Worried
Matthew 6:19-34
1 Peter 5:6,7

Those words that just slip out

Oh, don't you wish you could take back some words or phrases that sometimes just seem to slip out of nowhere?

I wish I could.

Not too long ago, I had to take my [then] 15yr old son to buy a new cup/jock strap for baseball tryouts that were starting. We were standing there looking at some & just as I was grabbing a YOUTH size 26-32 waist (he's a 30.5 waist), he handed me an ADULT size 26-32 waist. (Obviously the only difference was the cup size. A youth size cup is about HALF the size of an adult size cup - with the same waist size.)

As he handed it to me, I looked at it and said, "You've GOT to be kidding me!"

He looked at me horrified that I said that, then he blushed, and said, "no mom. That's what I need."

Then to make it worse, I said, "you're trying to tell me that you're really that big?"

Boy, his face turned even more red. I could've just died. I wasn't MEANING to make it sound that way. I still think of him as being little - my little boy (my little baby)

not some teenager.

It really caught me off guard.

I wished the floor would've opened up and swallowed me.

So I said, "what I mean is.....to me......you're still this little boy that's playing t-ball. But if that's what you need, okay. I trust you," and I tossed it into the cart and quickly headed to the check-out.

Boy, oh boy. Talk about a major OOPS of the mouth!!

Pink

Just because pink is pink doesn't mean that all pink's are "pink".






Noni is in dayschool and wanted to pick out her own outfit to wear to school.

She LOVES to match EVERYTHING that she wears - right down to her big girl pants - but doesn't undertstand [yet] that (a salmon-ish) pink doesn't necessarily go with (a blue-ish) pink.

I must say, she does have style though. Her own style, but style nonetheless.

Between Us

It's time.
I just need to sit down and do it.

There.

I actually did it.
Being the wonderful procrastinator person that I am, I wasn't sure how it was going to go. But go it went.

I FINALLY typed my first blog sentence ever. I had set up this page WEEKS ago, so that it would be ready for when I typed my first awe-inspiring blog post.

And there it sat. And sat. And sat.
So much so, that everytime I was on one of my mommy groups and my dear hubby would see a picture of our family/kids/us, he would start to ask me "so you finally got your blog going?"

Umm...sure.
I found myself coming up with MANY insightful, inspiring, witty, awesome topics to blog about, but couldn't do ANY of them until I did THE FIRST ONE.

So here it is. I found this about as difficult to do as any of my papers I had to write during my school days. Once I get the first sentence out, the words would just flow from pen to paper. (yes, yes, I am about as old as dirt.) I struggled with this first sentence. So instead of dealing with it, I just did what I normally do.
I procrastinated. Shocker, I know. I used the excuse that I needed to "peruse" more blogs first, to get a feel. A feel for what, I have no idea. I just know that it sounded good.

So I guess to get this blog off on the right start, I should begin with an introduction of the [soon to be - though unknowingly] main characters of this blog......and to put my blog title in English too. (I suppose that would help.)

The title: Chez' Bichet is French for "House of Bichet" (though this particular spelling of Bichet is not how we spell our last name, but for all intense purposes, it's pronounced "Bi-shay". Shay Bi-shay, House of Bishay.)
The sub-title: Entre Nous is French for "Between Us". We're not French, but because I titled my blog after a phrase my husband always used to say that IS French, I just thought that the French version for 'between us' flowed better. And I liked that saying 'entre nous' (pronounced "on-tray new"). Because this [hopefully] over time is something that will be shared 'between us'.

There are 5 main characters - besides myself - that I'm sure will come up QUITE A FEW times.



First is my dear Husband, db.

A wonderful, hard working man with gorgeous eyes and incredibly LONG eyelashes (that THANKFULLY my children inherited from him instead of me). Works very hard at his 2+ jobs so that I can stay at home for the toddlers and help out with the teens by being available for them. Very dedicated to God and his family. I am very blessed to be married to him.




First in line of our peeps, is our oldest son, Bentley.

A senior in high school. An employed-with-his-own-vehicle, senior. A trumpet player in band. Very gifted naturally, that refuses thinks he doesn't need to practice type-gifted player. Smart, yet has an IEP for a learning disability, quiet, reflective, and an all around good kid. Funny as all git out, in a weird, Monty Python sense of humor way.

Next is Rooney.

A sophomore in school. A football-playing-I'm-way-cool-joker-of-the-class-kid. LOVES any sport - watching or playing - but football is number 1 with him. Then he also wrestles and plays church basketball during the winter, and runs track in the spring. He is in all the advanced honor classes, and breezes his way through them, so not your typical "jock". VERY outgoing, personable, and has a heart bigger than Texas. Will help you out in a pinch, lend you his ear, even give you his last piece of gum! He's an "old soul" in a young body. Very insightful, wise beyond his years, and cool to talk to too!

Those are our teens, now onto our toddlers.

First in line of our second generation of kids is Noni. (non-nee)

The princess of the family. The sweet girl with the long lashes and mesmerizing eyes. Very, very shy in public, but can perform a whole vaudeville act at home without even batting one of those lashes of hers.


Last, but definitely let's us know that he is not least in any way, is Bubba, baby of the family.

Not to be outdone by anyone, he HAD TO make his appearance in this world on the SAME DAY as his sister's 1st birthday! YES. I get those double looks and question a lot. "Ma'am, were they REALLY born on the SAME DAY ONLY A YEAR APART?" Umm...No. I just like to write the birthdays that way to see what kind of reaction I'll get. OF COURSE they were. Otherwise I wouldn't have written it that way. er. So Bubba has QUITE the personality. He is a very happy toddler. Finds humor in EVERYTHING. He is like a swing when wound extra tight and then is let go. Walking is not an option. He has two speeds. Fast and forward. CONSTANT motion - beyond hyperactive. Whew!


If you have made it this far, thank you thank you thank you!! I already like you.


Wow! Longer than I expected (but that's normal for me). How'd I do for my first outing?