Growing Up Together: Rabbi Shmuley

Monday, December 1, 2008

Rabbi Shmuley

...have you heard of him? i had not until this evening while reading one of my favorite mommy blogs. Kyle said that he has heard about his TV show. I have been reading his articles and listening to some of the You Tube clips for the past hour.

I really, really, really, REALLY liked this article. You can click here to sign the petition and make a difference by December of 2009! We already have established Friday Family Nights. Most of the time we do an activity together. Now i am inspired to do MORE!

I also enjoyed the challenge this article presented and hope to rekindle some of my own. Speaking of marriage: KYLE AND I CELEBRATED OUR 9TH YEAR OF MARRIAGE!!!!! We had initially planned to get a way for the weekend, just the 2 of us. Sounds so super nice, doesn't it? It's just not easy leaving 3 kids with one person and it would be hard to split them for a weekend. We also decided to go away for Thanksgiving instead of hosting the feast. 2 weekends away wasn't going to work. SOOOOOO We had our first date in over a year :) I dressed up like a grown-up and even wore make-up.

As a tribute to you dear here are some of my favorite things about you in no particular order:

* from day one you had me with your hugs

* the thought of growing old together is actually comforting

* how squirmy you get when i can manage to hold you down long enough to tickle you

* i love your determination

* i love your laugh... no, your giggles

* i love singing country music with you

* i love raising a family made of you and me

* i love having a past with you

* i love knowing you would kick the bageesus out of anyone that hurt your family

* i love when you go to the store and come back with ice cream and other goodies

* i love that you never leave your socks on the floor

* i love taking baths with you

* i love your insatiable desire to continue learning

* i love to watch you love your children

* i love that you try so darn hard sometimes

* i love that we celebrated our anniversary with our family :) xoxoxo

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Words of Wisdom From My Children

"Mommy, is that a picture of Minna when she was new?" (It's a picture of my mom when she was young.)
~Mackenzie 02/16/10
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"Mama, hot moon!" She was pointing to the sun ;)
~Kiera 10/10/09
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"Heaven is God's house & your heart is his backyard." (super sweet)
~Mackenzie 7/5/09
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"MOM, dad didn't let me get any accessories for my ice cream!"
~Kienan 7/5/09
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"My blood is frozen!" (Referring to her scab)
~Mackenzie 6/16/09
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"Look mom I'm Molting!" Kienan's scab was falling off! Ha-ha!
~Kienan 4/29/09
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"Daddy go faster! Step on the puddle!"
~Mackenzie 3/8/09
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Mom: I need you guys to make good choices while we're here.
Kienan: That's cuz we are in republic, right mom? (public)
3/5/09
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"We should just buy a cow and save money."
(We drink a gallon of milk a day.)
~Kienan 1/17/09
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"Mommy, Josh tried to turn on the lights and they didn't work cuz they ran outta gas." (Referring to a power outage at home).
~Mackenzie 1/11/09
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"I'm grown up cuz' i got my receipt" (from his purchase at the $.99 Store).
~Kienan 1/6/08
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"Mommy, i was giggling SO hard i peed my pants!!!" (Cute when you're 3 1/2 years old, not so cute when your 35 years old)
~Mackenzie 10/14/08
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Mom, can i go to a "Nose Picking Class" to help me stop picking my nose? (i think he came up with this cuz kyle was going to a "Stop Smoking Class!" LOL!
~Kienan 10/13/08
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"That's called a 'rat'."
Mackenzie referring to the Computer 'Mouse' :)
~10/01/2008
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"Mom!!! Mackenzie has another ear infection. She's not listening to ME!"
~Kienan 09/29/08
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Scene: Josh at the refrigerator for the 10th time in one evening.
Malaka: "Josh...... Why are you in the frig again?"
Josh: "I'm maintaining it's population."
Thank you for making sure it doesn't get overcrowded!
~09/13/08
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Mackenzie: "Mommy, my draw you."
Mommy: "Ohh, I like when you draw pictures of mommy. I look so skinny!" :) (it's a STICK FIGURE!) hee-hee
~09/10/08
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"That's a person sitting on a ball." (Referring to the handicap icon)
~Mackenzie 09/09/08
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Mommy: "Hey, look at the praying mantis!"
Kienan: "COOL! I want to catch him!"
Mackenzie: "Is he praying to God?"
~08/30/08
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"Mommy, these shoes are hurting my nickels (ankles)"
~Mackenzie 07-20-08
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i found this jotted down in a book ;)
We were leaving for a trip when my concerned son said, "Let's go to Arizona before it closes!"
~ 08/04/06
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"Mommy, can i hook up on line?"
"What?!?!?"
"I want to hook-up online about lizards."
~Kienan 07/01/08
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I told Mackenzie that i had just called to make a doctor's appoinment. She curiously asked, "With Dr. Suess?"
~06/02/08
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"But mommy the Slip n Slide was my bath today!"
~Kienan
05/19/08
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Kienan's financial investment tip of the week: Mom, just go buy more money.(i think it sounds better than Bush's Stimulus Package)
02/01/08
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Kienan is definitely at the age where kids stay the darnest things. We were playing a game, "Guess Who" and he asked if Mackenzie's person had CLEAR HAIR!!!! translation: BALD.
~01/17/08
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Kienan experinced his first toilet overflow. He bolted out of the bathroom yelling, "There's a POOP FLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!"
~01/09/08
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"Babies are little grown-ups."
~Kienan
11/01/07
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I told Mackenzie to run to the bathroom to get a tissue because her nose was OOOOOOZING with thick snot. She came running back to me with tissue in hand claiming "MY NOSE IS MELTING!!!!!!!!!"
10/04/07
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Kienan crawled into bed with me the other morning and wanted to lay with me, so i put my arm around him which exposed a mildly unshaven armpit. His comment was, "Mom, you need to shave that beard right there.
05/03/07
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While watching someone put on deoderant Kienan asked, "Is that Pit Lotion?"
04/20/07
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"Yesterday we were taking a walk. Both kids wanted to stop, but I told them that baby really wanted me to exercise. Kienan informed me that I could do jumping jacks instead. I explained that I really couldn't jump since baby was in my tummy. He responded with, "Mom, then you can just do "Jacks" (as he clapped his hands above his head eliminating the jumppart.)" I thought that was pretty cute and ingenious. But then his next sentence caused me to raise an eyebrow. "You just really need todo A LOT of Jacks, Mom."
04/08/07
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