Snippets

Taylor {at bedtime prayer} I'm gonna teach my little sister all about believing in Jesus and God and she's gonna wear my clothes, and I'm gonna sing the piggie song with her. (this little piggy went to the market)
Luke: I can't wait until I can teach her to play with her toys, especially the killer whale. But you have to be VERY careful with babies because their skin is really soft. :)

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Me: {after reading about Josiah} What would you do if you were King or Queen?
Taylor: I would obey God and do what he wanted me to.
Luke: Umm, I don't really wanna be King, I just wanna be a sports player. A hitter, like in baseball and golf.

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Baby girl is head down, cervix isn't doing anything, ultrasound next week to see how big she is. Still measuring 2 weeks small, 25th percentile but as my doc said, "She's not gonna be a big baby but you're still gonna have to get her outta there." lol

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Luke: Taylor if you keep whining and begging, I'm gonna call you Delilah, cuz that's what she did.
Taylor: {grunt}

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I love listening to the kids make up stories together.
Luke: Hey Taylor, remember when my 10 kids got chased by that lion, that was crazy, huh.
Taylor: I know, and then you came over to my house after.
Luke: Yeah, remember I drove your car because you didn't have it.
Taylor: Yeah and then we all played at my house all day.
Luke: Yup then you came to my house.

.....on and on....

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What a blessing. Not only did the kids spend the whole day having a blast at the Stoner's while Nick and I packed and cleaned out the attic, but then we got a homemade meal for dinner...meatballs, mashed potatoes, peas and HOMEMADE bread that Luke and Taylor "helped" with. ♥

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{To Nick when he came home}
Taylor: Did you get pulled over today Dad?
Nick: No...
Taylor: YAY, Daddy, good job for not getting pulled over.
Nick: Thanks sis.
Taylor: Did they take you to jail when you got pulled over?
Nick: No.
Taylor: That's good.

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{Luke and Taylor playing cars with the community I drew for them complete with Isaacs, Chilis, Rutters, Post Office and McD's}
Luke: I'm gonna park right here!
Taylor: Did the police officer say you could park there?
Luke: No, but Mom did

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Miss Taylor strapped herself into her 5 point harness car seat 3 times ALL by herself today! I'm all about it, because soon, I'll have a baby to get in the car too! Luke can get the top part and he's working on it too. :)

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{eating outside of Panera, there was a man without a shirt on}
Luke: Dad, Why is that man naked?
Shirtless man's lady friend: What did he say?
Nick: {smiling at her trying to avoid answering}
Shirtless man's lady friend: What did he say?
Nick: He asked why he was naked.
{couple laughed}
{As we were leaving we saw the couple on a motorcycle.
Luke: Mom, look, there's the naked man and his wife on a motorcycle!
Me: I see.
Luke: Mom, he doesn't have enough clothes on.
Taylor: He has shorts on.
Luke: Well....that's not enough.
Taylor: His wife has a shirt on.
Luke: Yeah but her husband needs to put some clothes on.

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Nothing like a completely unexpected deep spiritual conversation with two 4 yr olds that lasted about an hour before bedtime. I adore them and this age of asking questions. ♥ Questions such as:

Luke: Why can no one come to the Father except by Jesus? (John 14:6)

Taylor: You get baptized because you believe in Jesus, right? You believe in Jesus first and then get baptized?

Luke: Why was the one man on the cross mean to Jesus? He didn't go to Heaven with him did he, he was mean and did bad things? The other man even though he stole stuff and did bad sins went to heaven with Jesus, why the one man and not the other?

Taylor: Did God want the soldiers to kill Jesus? How can God love those soldiers still when they were so mean to Jesus?

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Taylor: {to Daddy} Oh Daddy, I like your belt today.
Daddy: Thanks.
Taylor: Yeah...it matches your pants.
Daddy: Yup.
Taylor: Where did you get those pants Dad, Rite Aid?
Daddy: No.
Taylor: Did you get them at a clothes store?
Daddy: Yup.
Taylor: Oh I like them.

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{Taylor was flipping her hair forward and back}
Taylor: Look Mom, my hair's like Katie's.
Me: Katie who?
Taylor: You know.......Katie...like Laura and Hope and Sue and Katie?
Me: Ohhh...Katie Althouse.
Taylor: Yeah. You're hair is the same color as Katie's. Mine's more like Laura's color. But you have those pieces in your hair that look like mine.
Me: Highlights.
Taylor: Yeah....you have like all kinds color of hair. Did you know that Laura is ticklish? And She was throwing up popcorn and catching it in her mouth and stuff and stinker pot was too......they are SOOOOO silly.

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Me: Sissy, come here please.
Taylor: I'm Taylor. Call me Taylor. {this is a first}
Luke: You're real name is Sissy, not Taylor.
Taylor: No Luke. My real name is Taylor.
Luke: It's Sissy, Taylor.

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Taylor: Can I push you on the swing Luke?
Luke: IIIIIIIII dunno if you can push me Taylor. Cuz I'm really big now and older. I'm 4.

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Luke: {at dinner} The people at my church don't have houses. They don't have any place to live and they don't know God. Isn't that sad?
Me: Yeah. Why don't you tell them about God.
Luke: Well...there's a teacher there and he tells them about God.
Me: Oh, well that's good.
Luke: Yeah...I'm gonna build them houses to live in.
Taylor: They can stay with us if they don't have a place to live.
Luke: Yeah but I'm gonna build them their own houses...I got a lot of houses to build.

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Watching the kids watch Danny Tanner & Lorrie Tanner sing Blessed Be Your Name on our wedding video...Luke is playing his guitar and singing into his microphone just like Danny and Taylor has her tutu on and is dancing her little heart out. {melts my heart ♥ love ♥}

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Taylor was praying tonight and she thanked God for his Mighty Power! :) Amen.

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Luke: Moooooooommmmmm....I can't get my socks on!!!
Taylor: Luke, You can do EVERYTHING through Jesus who gives you strength! (phil 4:13) :)

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Luke: {looking into mirror} Mom, look how much older I look. Can you believe I'm 4?

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Taylor: (to Luke) Buddy, I can't believe you're 4 now.
Luke: I know, I'm so big now.

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{Taylor was doing a puzzle and Taylor didn't want help from Luke and they were arguing about sharing it...then she at one point got tired of doing the puzzle and walked away and Luke started working on it}
Taylor: Luke, can I help you with the puzzle?
Luke: Sure Taylor, you can share with me.
Taylor: I love you Luke.
Luke: Thanks Taylor, I love you too.
Taylor: I'm glad you're my brother.

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Seriously can not believe Luke and Taylor will be 4 tomorrow. Crazy. When the kids had asked WHEN the baby was gonna be born we said when they were 4.

Luke: So our baby sister is gonna be born tomorrow when we're 4 right? :) (mister literal)

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{kids went to docs check up with me and there was a mirror on the door in the exam room and they were dancing like crazy to the music when the doc came in and then froze when she walked in} hehe

They got to hear the heartbeat and are getting excited! Taylor keeps saying she wants to go to the hospital with me to have her. ;)

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Luke and Taylor were arguing in the car over who was not looking at the other nicely first}

Luke: Taylor THAT was a mean face and it doesn't make God happy when you're mean to me, it's a sin.

Taylor: Well Luke...God says, Be kind to one another and build each other up. (1 Thes 5:11) AND you're NOT being kind OR building me up.

Luke: Well Taylor, you're being mean and that's a sin and that makes God sad and you don't wanna make God sad do you?

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Taylor: {having her headband flower in her hair by herself that wasn't under her hair and was all jacked up...cracked me up} Mom....I think I'm gonna have to lose this headband....it's messing me up and freaking me out. :)

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Me: Taylor can you get the vacuum cleaner out and ready for me?
Taylor: {dragging it out with ALL her might, unwinding the cord, and pressing the ON button} Mom...this thing is freaking me out. It's not working. ;)

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Taylor: Hey Mom, I already picked out my outfit and Luke's outfit for today, so you don't have to worry about it.
{was seriously surprised...she did AWESOME. A dress for her with skinny jeans and a long sleeve shirt under, matching socks and jeans and orange long sleeve shirt for Luke with matching blue and orange socks}

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{last night}
Taylor: I love Jesus SO MUCH that I want to give my life to him.
Nick: What does that mean, to give your life to him?
Taylor: It means you get baptized. :)
{then today}
Taylor: I love Jesus SO MUCH that I want to give my life to him!
Me: What do you think it means to give your life to Jesus?
Taylor: It means I get baptized, I obey Jesus and follow him and love him with ALL MY HEART FOREVER and EVER!
Luke: Yeah...Cuz Jesus likes when we do that, huh Mom?
{not a bad understanding of what it's all about from a 3 almost 4 year old}

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{Coming home from haircut}
Luke: Mommy, why is your hair short? {very concerned lol}
Me: Because I got a haircut.
Luke: But Mom. I don't want it short. I want you to grow it long like Taylor's.
{funny thing was.....I KNEW I'd get this reaction from him}
{Taylor for the most part was pretty neutral, then at bedtime}
Taylor: {As I was walking out of their bedroom} Mommy, I like your haircut.
Me: Thank you!
Luke: I still don't like it, it's TOO short.

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{Taylor fell and scraped her knee in the stones, made a nice hole in her jeans}
Taylor: {crying}
Luke: Ohhhh there's blood, that's not good. What happened Taylor? How did you fall down?
Taylor: {not ready to talk}
Luke: Well Mom, we better pray for Jesus to heal it cuz it's pretty bad.
Me: {nodded for him to pray}
Luke: Dear God, I pray you would heal Taylor's knee in the name of Jesus and help her to deal with the pain. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Taylor: {still pouting} Thank you Luke.
Luke: I'm a nice brother aren't I, Taylor?
Taylor: Yeah.

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While we were reading devotions Luke had his hand on my belly and he started feeling the baby kick, he literally giggled for about a half an hour feeling her kick and kept saying, I love my baby sister. :)

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Taylor: Mom, I love you so much that I give my life for you.

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{the last part of Taylor's prayer last night...of course after listing off as many names as we'd possibly let her}
Taylor: I want to pray that Jesus would protect us from our enemies. And pray that Jesus would help me obey Mama and Daddy and that Jesus would give Mama and Daddy wisdom for decisions with the house and that Luke Michael Bair would love me. :) {♥ this girl}