We had soccer this morning. For the first time I didn't bring the baby because he had just fallen asleep, so he stayed home with daddy. Kaden woke up wanting to invite his soccer coach to church. He begged me for an invitation. Why did the thought cross my mind, "these people are going to think we're lunatics?". Kids don't care what people think about them. Perhaps that's one of the many reasons Christ exhorts us to "become like little children." I pray for ever-increasing boldness to please God and not man.

I hosted a baby shower at my house. I was thankful to do it, but boy I was NOT expecting everyone to bring their children. There was about 20 kids at a baby shower. Imagine that.

Kason is potty-training. None of my other kids every got potty-treats. I was that mom, that didn't want to bribe my kids with candy. Not anymore, I'd bribe him with money if I'd thought it would send his tushy to the toilet. So when you walk in my bathroom and see a bottle full of candy, you know the deal.

We ate baby shower food for dinner. I tried to convince the kids, "wouldn't it be fun to eat Cheetos for dinner?" Didn't have any takers, so I had to actually feed them. My amazing mother did however by me a pressure cooker recently. She's fantastic like that, everyone should have one of her. However, the manual is a little lengthy so I haven't read it yet, and still don't really know what a pressure cooker actually is. Stay tuned... I may read the manual this week, and use it, and have something to report.

I played video games with my oldest son tonight to encourage him. I'm not really a video game fanatic, but I'm trying to become "all things to all people". I had fun with him, and I try to pick games that I like and won't give me a headache.