Backfire

I bribed Zeke today and it has majorly backfired on me.
His fingernails and toenails were ridiculously long, they were like some of my girlfriends who grow their toenails long and paint them, they were freaking me out!
So I said I would put batteries in this hummer of his if he let me cut them!
I have been trying to cut them for the last 2 days and this bribe seemed like a good idea at the time.
So we got the nails cut but there was a very good reason why I had never before replaced these batteries!
It is a fire hummer and when you put new batteries in not only do lights flash (if only that were all!), but also this lady yells out All unites code 469, Avenue 63, then the siren goes off for like 10 seconds. And a guy yells back were on our way!!! Then the siren again!!!
And it is LOUD, and in the last 20 minutes I have heard that over and over again at least 100 times.
What was I thinking, that is what I get for bribing my kids!

Zeke's new hair do

So over the weekend after Scarlet and I got our hair cut I stated that Zeke would probably be next. Well he took those words to heart and yesterday morning went to work on his hair. I was upstairs getting dressed and Sofia was sleeping, usually during these times, Zeke draws or watches a short video, well this particular day he obviously didn't have anything to keep himself busy. He walks into my bathroom and says "hey mama do you like my new haircut" I laugh and turn to look at him and realize he is serious and has been busy cutting his own hair with his child scissors! He actually could have done much worse, he only cut his bangs and his hair is so thick that it was not completely gone . Still it looked really funny because his hair was short on his forehead and long over his ears and everywhere else. So when Dan got home he said lets just buzz it, he had been threatening to buzz it anyway, so we went for it. I must admit I was sad, I just love his long hair, it has so many shades of blonde and it is so thick and nice. He looks cute with it buzzed but he says now he can't shake his hair around! As you can see he was not happy while Dan was shaving it, he kept yelling, "daddy DO NOT CUT MY EAR OFF" we were outside and he was yelling this quite a bit so I am sure the neighbors were curious!
Anyway lesson learned on my part, keep the scissors put away and make sure he has something to do while I get ready!

Jesus and legos

Life lessons with Zeke:
So a couple of days ago Zeke and I were in the kitchen and he pointed at this old trivet I have hanging in the kitchen from my Grandma Krull. He asked what it was, so I explained to him and told him about Grandma Krull. He asked where she was and I said she is with Jesus know. He said who is Jesus? (now this is Zeke's new thing, I ask him if he wants some rice and he says who is rice?) So I began to talk about Jesus and what the Bible says he was like while here on earth. How he spent time with the poor and those alone and in need. He healed the sick and loved the lonely. At first he didn't agree, he said no Jesus was a baby. So we continued to talk and later he looked at me and said "mama I think Jesus would share his legos" I said Zeke I think you are right!
I love that he can put it into his own terms and make it make sense in his world.