Living Life One Cheerio at a Time

I have wonderful in-laws that have helped us greatly during this move. One day my MIL left her cup at my house. Now if you've spent any amount of time with me or on my blog you know that I am a whole lot of not right! I decided to have a little fun but not as much my friend  Malia  who ransomed my coffee cup sometime ago and sent these to me.  Here is my MIL's cup just hanging out while we babysit it until she is returned to her rightful owner. 

This week I had a reminder of how sweet God's grace is! I offered to watch a neighbor's baby for a few hours. This baby and my baby are 1 year apart. It wasn't so long ago I had a 4 yr old, a 1 yr old and a newborn. I don't remember much of those days. I wander how I got anything done? Did anyone wear clean clothes? Did anyone eat? How did we survived? God's grace! As I was holding the crying baby and my 1 yr old was toddling between trying to help and destroying my house, I remembered those days. Today I got a shower and I am sure on those days I did not. I am dressed. Those were the days I wore a lot of sweat pants. God's grace was perfect for those moments of absolute pandemonium. God's grace is perfect for today in the moments when I don't know what to do next as a parent of an 8 yr old, 5 yr old, 4 yr old and a 1 yr old. Most of the morning was spent with #4 waving HI at him and #4 trying to feed him with a play ...