Impress Them On Your Children

Deuteronomy 6:4-7 states, "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."

It is so important that we teach our children about the Father. And sometimes our kids say things that make us realize we need to do a better job! Today Mason noticed that the sun was shining in Max's eyes as we were driving in the van. He adjusted the sunshade and said, "We don't want Max to go blind like the blind man that Jesus helped." I asked Mason to tell me how Jesus helped him. Mason said, "Jesus spit gum in his eyes." What! Gum? Did they even have gum then? Wait - there's a more pressing issue. I corrected the story and reminded Mason that it was dirt that Jesus spit into and mud that he applied to the man's eyes. Mason seemed to remember that being correct. And I will remember to continue impressing the Lord's commandments on my children.

Can You Duet?

As Blake continues his pursuit of country music fame, we became addicted to the Country Music Television show Can You Duet?. The winners just blew the doors off the thing, and have set the bar pretty high for Blake and me. If we ever make it, this is what we'll have to compete with. Ha! We fell in love these two and are SO happy that they won! Watch for them world - here come Caitlin and Will!

Another Funny Day

There's never a dull moment in the Baysinger house. Here are the funnies from today:

• Marcus was "flashed" by a woman at Bible study this morning as he prepared to work in the child care department. When you're 14, that scar runs deep. She didn't intend to flash him, but the damage is done nonetheless.
  
• A few years ago, Marcus put an external slide lock up high on his door so he could prevent Mason from entering his room when he wasn't in it. Every time Marcus leaves his room, he slides the lock shut and voila - little brother can't get in. Unfortunately, little brother has access to a step stool and locked Marcus IN his room today. Time to inact plan B.
• Mason has been making his bed regularly lately, and at some point I started rewarding him with popsicles. Today he told me, "Hey mom - I made my bed twice today!" Nice try buddy.
  

Happy Father's Day

Today I asked each of the boys to tell me their favorite thing about their dad. I thought it would be a fun way to honor Blake on this Father's Day.

Me: Since today's Father's Day, tell me your favorite thing about daddy.
Mason: I like the cake.
Me: Yeah. Me, too. But what is your favorite thing about daddy?
Mason: I like the presents.
Me: Let me help. I love daddy because...
Mason: He's SO STRONG! He's WAY stronger than me.

Me: What's your favorite thing about your dad?
Marcus: (Rolling his eyes) This is weird.
Me: Come on - it's for my blog.
Marcus: I like that he drives really fast in the Jag (this merits some investigation on my part), he drives really fast on his motorcycles (this I knew) and he gets wild hairs and spends money on random things.

That last point made me giggle as I remembered the time Blake went in to Wal-Mart to buy low-carb candy bars and came out with a go-kart. A few weeks ago he went in for a microphone and came out with an acoustic guitar, a water slide and the microphone. Marcus is right on - and since he was the recipient of the go-kart, it makes sense that he would be fond of that impulsive trait in his father.

Me: Baby Max - what do you love about your daddy?
Baby Max: (spitting carrots out through a huge grin) Sspppppllllllttttt!
I think that translates to the most precious thing imaginable!

I guess I'll answer the question, too. While I could create a list a mile long, one thing that has been on my mind today is how incredibly capable Blake is. I am convinced that there is nothing he can't do. I often joke that if there's ever a disaster, even a nuclear attack, I'm pretty sure we'd be the only people with fresh water, electricity and high speed internet. Even as I type this he's creating a new masterpiece on his wood lathe. Capable with a capital C.

What an awesome daddy! We have an awesome life. He's a great provider. He's fun. He loves his kids like crazy, and I am so thankful that God gave him to me.