The mystery is solved

For Christmas, Brandon and I bought Cade a set of Bible story books that were still easy to read, but had a little more substance than the super short versions in his toddler Bible.  One of them is the story of Adam and Eve.  We've read the story countless times, and afterwards he always gives me a re-cap, but it's always incorrect whenever he comes to the dialogue between Eve and the snake in the story.  This is the usual converstaion...

"Mommy, the snake told Eve "no, no don't eat dat apple", but God said "yes" eat it."

I would always correct him and tell him that it was the other way around.  I would explain why God didn't want her to take the fruit, and how it hurt God for them to disobey.  He'd still give me the same summary 5 minutes later.

Well, today, his reasoning for this came out.

After going through the whole routine of correcting him, I asked why he kept saying God told her to eat it. He said, "Mommy, God wouldn't want Eve to be hungwry.  Dat snake is mean, and he wanted to take her food!"  My heart smiled.  He knows that God is the Great Provider.  Now, I must be sure to teach him about the jealous God who wants our obedience and fellowship.

Well, that mystery is solved.  Now if I can just get him to stop randomly shouting "Let my people go!  I'm gonna turn a stick into a snake and he's gonna eat you!"  Yeah...he's coming up with his own little Bible story blend : /

Word on the street is...

I can't think of anything profound or productive to say, so I'm just gonna share some things I've heard other people say lately.  It's fun to listen : )

After the register rejected one of my coupons and a cashier had to call the manager, this cashier looks to the man behind me in line and says "I don't even know why dese women be trying to use dese croupons when de stuff is already on sale"...like I couldn't hear her.  Geez.  Instead of giving a tutorial on matching coupons with sales, I opted not to, and had the four cans of soup taken off my order and re-shelved.  Hollybush Dollar General...not "croupon" friendly.

While looking through the remnant bin at Hobby Lobby, I heard an older lady talking to a lady who was buying fabric to sew for her grand daughter.  The older lady whined about how time-consuming sewing is, and the seamstress stated that she didn't have a husband or anyone else in the house, so she had lots of free time.  The older lady told her that was a good thing, because seamstresses can't sew and have families, too. She said "They just can't be good housekeepers and still be able to do all that blame sewing.  I bet their kids just fall all over garbage and their husbands don't get any real food."  Ever heard of balance?  Obviously not.

Ok, the next was an encounter with an older lady at Kroger.  She grabbed a block of cheese that was B1G1 free, and walked back towards her cart.  I let her know that she could get another block or bag for free since it was B1G1.  She said "Oh, I'm just not a bargain shopper.  I don't have the time to look for deals and such."  IT'S FREE!  I thought about asking for her number to see if I could shop alongside her from now on and get all the free and discounted stuff she neglects to pick up.  

Now, on to my little man child.  This kid says some stuff that is straight whack.  

"Mommy, look at this page (a page in his book, "Jesus and His Friends").  There's Jesus, John, and Pooter."  Sorry Peter : /

As I was getting my ghetto on in the kitchen (dancing), he said "Mommy, you needa stop!  Somebody can see you doin that.  You not dancin good mommy."  Guess I'm not quite the dancer I thought I was.

He is quite the lyricist, as well.  He has come up with many complementary tunes which mimic, but should not be confused with the ever-famous "Pants on the ground".  These are just a few  

"Poop on the Ground"

"Pee in the Tub"

"Pee in the Bed"...are you seeing the theme?

"Poop on the Rug"

"Plates in the sink"...just to break up the excrement monotony.

And, the phrase that we have been trying to eradicate from his vocabulary.  So far, our attempts have been futile...

"Oh my gawsh"...all the time.  "Oh my gawsh, I can't bewieve you did that."  "Oh my gawsh, Eve is lookin so cute."  "Oh my gawsh, this food is wreally awesome, mommy.  You use butter and chwocolate?"  (a little too much Paula)

Told you.  Nothing profound.  Just a little taste of the last few days.

On a different note.  I think I may have developed an addiction to sewing home decor items.  I've been so focused on sewing clothing, I haven't sewn anything decor-wise, except for Eve's bedding.  It's just sad.  I've decided I'm tired of my home looking like it came out of a box or bag, which until now, it has :/  I'm customizing like nobody's business.  It will be a slow process due to super low fundage, but I'm determined for this home to look like "home" and not a neutralized, staged house.  Pics to come.

**I do have a deeper post saved and on the back burner.  It was getting too serious too quickly, so I hit pause.  I'll re-visit it someday when my sewing machine isn't whispering my name.