Saturday, December 6, 2008

Counting my Blessings

My children are the most incredible gifts I have ever received. Their joy, curiosity and love take my breath away. Although we are very close, I never lived full-time with my stepbrother and stepsister. Because of this, I grew up mainly as an only child, so one of the most wonderful (and the most challenging sometimes) parts of being a mom to these four little people, is watching their relationships with each other develop. I am so thankful that they have each other to share life with.

Even on the tough days, there is plenty to laugh and smile about around here....

Their Dictionary

gassilator - alligator
rangakoo - kangaroo
sand oliver - sand dollar
companio - piano
superball - superbowl
outside outside - inside out


The benefits (?) of having three older sisters:
So, to my four little buddies, thank you for filling my heart. I love you to the moon and back.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

LOVE this post! --additional kid sized words:
heppacrawler for helicopter
but the MOST BESTEST (for adults only) was:
I was trying to get Chrissy off the bottle (soy-boob couldn't make that)--so I got a sippy transitional nipple for her bottle and started calling it her "funky ba-ba"...to her father's surprise, she came up to him (a bit irate) and yelled at him, "I want a EF-in' ba ba!!
He was SHOCKED...I was having a conniption fit (of laughter)...then I explained.

Alison Du Bois said...

What a lovely post ~ So sweet! When my son was little he couldn't say Lake Tahoe, instead it was Lake Taco...and it's remained that in our family for over 20 years.
Happy Holidays,
Alison

Melanie @ Whimsical Creations said...

Beautifully put!

Michelle (mkc photography) said...

Allie, so sweet - thank you for sharing! I think our funniest vocab addition has been "Cannibal's Soups" instead of "Campbell's Soup" ... it is not a very appetizing song when sung that way, lol!

Michelle said...

so very beautiful! Thanks to you my teenagers all just got hugged and kissed on :)

Frau Zinnie said...

How cute!!