The Collings Family

We go on this fun little treat every year to Leavenworth. It is the cutest little Bavarian town about 2 hours from our home. It may be the closest we ever get to Europe!

Have you ever been in a grocery or Target type store with all your kiddos and had a lovely employee tell your children to "please sit down in the cart!"? Well I have...several times. Each time I politely smile and say sorry, but all the while my brain is filled with smart aleck comments like "hey, last time I checked, I was their mother," or, "lady it's either standing up in the cart or pulling product off your shelves-you choose!" I have been sufficiently humbled. This morning, like all mornings, I put Eliza in her high chair to get her out of my hair for a moment so that I could make breakfast. She immediately climbed out and was about to stand on the table when she lost her balance and fell to the floor. I raced over to pick her up and noticed that while she was trying to scream nothing was coming out of her mouth. I picked her up and she started seizing, her eyes rolled back into her head and then she went limp. No words can describe the thoughts...

I was talking to my children about how important it is to be honest, and that nothing makes mommy more upset than lies. Shortly after, I started counting up all of the small white fibs that I've recently told like... *Telling Luke that potstickers and chili are vegetarian meals so that he will eat something besides jelly. *Telling him that our couch and ottoman as well as his basketball and baseball are made out of "plastic leather" so that he will touch them. *Telling my children that if they don't go to sleep and eat well, they won't grow. *When asked if the **&*@)!! is real, I smile and say yes. *Telling them that playing video games and watching TV will turn their heads into mush. Does the end really justify the means?